2023 2024 Loyola University Maryland Graduate Planner and Services Handbook

MORE THAN READY. LOYOLA READY.

Note: This datebook is designed to supplement the Graduate Catalogue as well as any materials distributed by your academic program. In cases where information conflicts, such materials take precedence.

Dear Loyola graduate students,

Welcome (or welcome back) to the Loyola community!

The Graduate Student Organization (GSO) was created to address student needs, and help graduate students feel more a part of Loyola. As a graduate student, this is not a club which you join: you are already a member of the GSO!

We know that you wear many hats in addition to being a student. This planner is our small gift to you to help you organize your day, and plan for your upcoming year. You may only have the occasion to come to one of the Loyola campuses in order to go to class, or your program may be entirely remote. Regardless, we would like to invite you to learn more about what is available to you as a graduate student, and to meet other students like yourself!

One way to do this is to become familiar with some of the services and resources in the following pages. Many students don’t realize there are free tutorial services available for many courses, or assistance in writing papers, for example

Another way is to attend GSO programs or events, which we plan with your help to be of interest to the graduate community. These ev ents might be happy hours or social occasions, or they are sometimes opportunities to provide service to the community. This year, we will particularly depend on suggestions from you for ideas. Watch for our events on Facebook (Loyola University Maryland Graduate Student Organization), in our monthly newsletters, or on our events page at www.loyola.edu/gradfriday. Even better, help us plan something new by clicking on the QR code below to make a suggestion

Please contact us at gso@loyola.edu and introduce yourself! We hope to meet you soon, and we wish you the best of luck on your graduate journey. Team

GSO

www loyola edu/gso

www.loyola.edu/gradfriday

gso@loyola.edu

Suggest an event or idea:

About us: Graduate Students

• Fall 2022 Enrollment: 1261

• 67 percent of us are part-time students

• About 70 percent of us are female

• 37 percent of us are students of color

• If not online, virtually all of us commute to Loyola, whether at Baltimore/Evergreen, the Clinical Centers, or Timonium

Many graduate students aren’t aware of the many graduate programs are available at Loyola, such as:

Data Science

Montessori Education

Emerging Media Psychology

Speech-Language Pathology

Theology

Finance

Emerging Leaders MBA

Kodály Music Education School Counseling

Educational Technology

Forensic Pattern Analysis

Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT)

Master of Accounting

Curriculum and Instruction for Social Justice

Teaching English Language Learners (TELL)

Distribution of graduate students by college:

33%

Source: Loyola University Institutional Research Data

Graduate Center—Timonium Campus

2034 Greenspring Drive, Timonium, Md. 21093

Directions:

- I-695 to I-83 North (Harrisburg Expressway)

- Exit 16A, Timonium Road East

- Greenspring Dr is the first right turn after leaving I-83

- The Loyola parking lot is the second right turn

Public Transportation:

- The closest Light Rail stop is Timonium, a 14 minute walk

- The MTA CityLink RED drops at Ridgely Rd. & Kurtz Ave., a 20 minute walk

- See mta maryland gov for more information.

PARKING and SHUTTLE BUSSES

https://www.loyola.edu/department/parking-transportation

Parking:

• For the Evergreen campus, graduate commuter students may park at 5104 York Road and the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen on Charles Street.

• The Cathedral lot is available 7 am to 10 pm, Monday through Friday, University holidays excepted, during Fall & Spring Academic semesters only.

• Cathedral Express shuttle runs 7 am to 7 pm; requests for service to the Cathedral Lot after 7pm is on-demand from any shuttle in operation during the 7pm – 10pm timeframe during the academic year

• Graduate student parking is also available at the Butler/Hammerman lot between the hours of 4 p.m. and 6 a.m. Monday through Friday, and all day Saturday and Sunday.

o Graduate students attending classes at Timonium need not pay a fee, but they must complete the parking registration form

(https://www.loyola.edu/department/financial-services/parking/registration/graduate-students)

• Hang tags issued for the Timonium Graduate Center will differ from those issued for the Evergreen campus Any graduate student attending classes at Evergreen may use that hangtag for Timonium.

• Contact Student Administrative Services in Maryland Hall 140, 410-617-5047, sas@loyola.edu for help with parking permits.

Loyola University Maryland Shuttle:

The Loyola University Shuttle offers 4 different routes on the Evergreen campus Routes reach locations such as the York Road parking lot and administrative buildings, the Cathedral parking lot, the library, Sellinger Hall, and the Ridley Athletic Center. For real time tracking of shuttles, visit loyola.doublemap.com, or download their app.

ALANA Services

(African, Latinx, Asian & Native American)

ALANA Services is committed to providing support, services and programs that facilitate the success of all ALANA students at Loyola University Maryland. Through intentional programming and a myriad of services, we foster the academic, cultural, personal, spiritual and leadership development of ALANA students. We seek to create and maintain an environment of respect and awareness, while advocating for ALANA students and responding to their needs.

The ALANA Services office is a resource center for:

• Academic intervention and support

• Affinity and Identity development groups such as MAN2MAN and Sister to Sister

• Multicultural programming

• Meaningful dialogue and reflection about multicultural issues and diversity

• Community building and networking; the Center for Intercultural Engagement (connected to the ALANA office) is a space to study, engage with peers, and access informational resources centered around academic and multicultural interests.

Stay connected with us via Twitter and Instagram (@ALANA_Services), as well as via Facebook at www.facebook.com/ALANAServices 3rd floor Andrew White Student Center, E315 410-617-2310

alana@loyola.edu

www.loyola.edu/alana

Loyola Greyhounds Athletics

For schedule information visit our website

www.loyolagreyhounds.com

Loyola Athletics competes at the NCAA Division I level as part of the Patriot League in 18 sports:

Men’s Soccer

Men’s Basketball

Men’s Lacrosse

Women’s Soccer

Women’s Basketball

Women’s Lacrosse

Men’s Swimming & Diving Women’s Swimming & Diving

Men’s Cross Country

Men’s Tennis

Men’s Crew

Men’s Golf

Women’s Cross Country

Women’s Tennis

Women’s Crew

Women’s Volleyball

Women’s Indoor Track & Field Women’s Outdoor Track & Field

Tickets are required for men’s and women’s soccer, basketball and lacrosse. Check the website for ticket prices and availability. Graduate students may receive one complimentary ticket to a game at the box office on weekdays or on gamedays. Box Office is located in the DeChiaro College Center.

Hours are 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. weekdays during the academic year

Soccer and lacrosse home games are at the Ridley Athletic Complex. Basketball home games are at Reitz Arena.

Season Tickets are available for soccer, basketball and lacrosse.

Check the website at www.loyolagreyhounds.com/tickets for more information.

CAMPUS MINISTRY

I S HERE TO SERVE AND CARE FOR YOU!

WATCH FOR THESE IMPORTANT EVENTS (SEE OUR WEBSITE FOR DETAILS)

MASSOF THE HOLYSPIRIT

THE FESTIVAL OFLESSONS ANDCAROLS

HOPE ANDRENEWAL INTERFAITHPRAYERSERVICE

JUSTICE

Our Ignatian tradition calls us t o live a "faith that d o e s justice " Campus M i n i s t r y invites students to respond t o t h i s c a l l through our i m m e r s i o n & programs Faith & Justice Cohorts, M i n d f u l Meals, t h e Faith & Justice Lecture, Ignatian Teach-In for Justice.

September

December

February

COMMUNITY

We invite you to join t h e Koinonia f a m i l y a s a w a y o f b u i l d i n g meaningful relationships i n a supportive c o m m u n i t y of peers. There are graduate student-focused s m a l l faith sharing commuitites that m e e t w e e k l y to share conversation, activities, and prayer. Students are welcome to j o i n a group at a n y t i m e during t h e year.

CATHOLIC WORSHIP & LITURGICAL MINISTRY

CatholicMass

llam & 5pm: Alumni Chapel

7:30pm H a m m e r man H a l l Chapel

10pm: Hopkins Court Lounge

DailyMass

12:10pm: A l u m n i C h a p e l

You are encouraged to use your particular talents and gifts in service of our faith community as:

Ministers o f Hospitality

Ministers of the Word

Extraordinary Ministers of Communion

RootsofRefugeEcumenicalCommunity

M o n t h l y Sundays at 3pm: Alumni C h a p e l

Music Ministry

T h e Loyola University Chapel Choir

If you enjoy singing and playing music for othersjoin us on Thursdays at 6:30pm.

All voice types and instruments n e e d e d

No auditions for s i n g e r s

Info Sessions are held in September.

Pre-CanaMarriagePreparation

Engaged students can choose to participate in Loyola's Pre-Cana program in the Spring. While space is limited, it is a great way to begin your new life together !

Career Development at Loyola University Maryland serves all students and alumni in discovering fullling career paths, preparing to present their best selves to the world, and maximizing available resources to achieve their goals

CAREER COUNSELING AND COACHING

INTEREST/PERSONALITY ASSESSMENTS

RESUME/CV and COVER LETTER POLISHING

JOB/INTERNSHIP SEARCHING

NETWORKING

Appointments, jobs, internships: Loyola.edu/Handshake

Networking with Greyhounds: Loyola.edu/Connect

Inter view practice: Loyola.edu/BigInter view

Drop-In Hours: Rizzo Career Center, M-F, 12-3

DISCOVER

EXPLORE PURSUE PREPARE

Connect with us

The Counseling Center team is staffed by licensed clinicians and advanced-level trainees who strive to provide services that are affirming and inclusive. Consider us as an option for support as you embark upon your graduate school journey.

The Counseling Center is located on the Evergreen campus in Humanities Center 150. To make an appointment call (410) 617-CARE (2273), Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Online scheduling is also available for initial, non-urgent appointments on our website. 24/7 crisis support is available by calling (410) 617-5530.

Learn more about our services below:

Life as a graduate student is full of new experiences – opportunities and challenges – that can bring up a range of emotions. You aren’t alone in your feelings, and you don’t have to be alone in working through them.

Wellness in Graduate School

Graduate school comes with a lot of responsibilities, and most graduate students are also working (part-time or full-time) and hold other identities, including but not limited to, being a parent, a partner/spouse, or a caregiver. It can feel like there is so much to do with so little time. Learning how to balance multiple responsibilities is important. When imbalance occurs, it opens the door for stress, anxiety, worry, burn-out, and sometimes depression. Below are some things to consider to support wellness:

Practice compassionate time management

Set small, balanced goals for yourself and set specific times to accomplish tasks

Find a way to write down or track your commitments and plans

Create a self-care plan

Be intentional about your wellness plan (what activities calm, ground, and/or energize you?)

Incorporate one rejuvenating activity to your schedule per week (reading for leisure, listening to music, deep breathing exercises, unplugging from social media, dancing, etc.)

Plan for the week AND the weekend

Identify fun, soothing, and enjoyable activities that can be planned throughout your week

Consider the potential value of boundary setting as you reflect on your needs for the week

Get connected and reach out for support

Know that support is available, both through on-campus and community resources

Visit our website or Instagram (@loyolamd_counselingcenter) for more information

Disability Support Services Extends a Warm Welcome to New and Returning Graduate Students!

Loyola University Maryland is committed to eliminating ba rriers to ensure students with disabilities can fully access all courses, services, and activities included in our graduate programs.

If an accommodation is required to address a disability-re lated barrier, graduate students should register with the Disability Support Services (DSS) office by submitting an online application and documentation of their disability Documentation is maintained in a confidential manner. Information about the registration process, including documentation guidelines, is available under the “Register” tab on the DSS website.

Unsure of what to request or how your disability may im pact you once you enter an externship or the clinical component of your program? DSS can help you assess your needs or initiate a conversation with your program director to obtain more information about program requi rements We encourage you to reach out as early as possible, so that reasonable accommodation s can be arranged in a timely manner.

Accommodations are determined on an individualized, case-by-case basis and may include things such as extended time on exams, a less-distracting testing location, or access to assistive technology in the classroom or externship/clinical site Students who were approved for accommodations while completing an undergraduate degree at Loyola may be able to continue to receive similar accommodations but should reach out to the DSS office to confirm their needs prior to the start of their program.

DSS is located in Room 107, Newman Towers West on the Evergreen Campus. We are happy to schedule virtual appointments, or in-person appointments at a graduate ce nter upon request For more information or to schedule an appointment, please contact:

Disability Support Services

(410) 617-7380 / 2750 / 2062

dss@loyola.edu

OFFICE OF GRADUATE FINANCIAL AID

www.loyola.edu/gradfinaid

The office of graduate financial aid administers several types of financial assistance for graduate students. Loan assistance is available through the federal government and private lenders. Assistantships are available through several academic and administrative department s. Additionally, individual departments offer a limited number of fellowships, scholarships and grants to assist students with their education expenses.

QUICK LOAN FACTS

Who can apply?

Federal Direct Unsubsidized Loans are available to all graduate students who are enrolled at least half‐time in degree seeking coursework and who meet federal financial aid eligibility requirements.

When can I apply?

Application procedures are updated on the graduate financial aid web site every mid to late February. Students must reapply every academic year. The academic year begins in summer and ends with spring.

What forms must be completed?

• Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/fafsa.

• Direct Loan Program Graduate Information Sheet

• Federal Direct Loan Electronic Master Promissory Note

• Federal Direct Loan Entrance Counseling

A complete financial aid application must be submitted at least four weeks prior to registration if loan proceeds will be used for tuition and fee payments. Course registrations submitted before the completion of the loan application process must include full tuition payment.

To learn more about graduate financial aid, go to www.loyola.edu/gradfinaid. You may contact the office of graduate financial aid at gradfinancialaid@loyola.edu or 410‐617‐5020.

The Fitness and Aquatic Center

www.loyola.edu/recwell

The Fitness and Aquatic Center (FAC) is located just one block north of the Charles Street Bridge at the Baltimore Campus. Graduate students are eligible to purchase a membership. Refer to our website for facility hours, usage policies, guest use policies and fees.

Facility Features:

• Aquatic Center: 8 lane, 25-yard swim course, shallow lane, and diving well; on-deck sauna and hot tub.

• 6,000 square foot Fitness Center: Treadmills, bikes, ellipticals, stair climbers, free weights, and more.

• Two-Court Gymnasium

• Multi-Activity Court: Features a Sport Court surface ideal for indoor soccer, volleyball and inline sports.

• Equipment Room: Available to all members with a valid Loyola ID or membership card. General recreation equipment check-out, locker and towel service.

• Indoor Rock Climbing Wall: A 30-foot-high climbing wall and bouldering area designed for all skill levels; instructional classes available.

• Locker Rooms

• Elevated Walking/Jogging Track

• Two Group Exercise Studios: Classes are available throughout the academic year.

• Outdoor Adventure Center: Offers expansive resource library, gear rental and meeting location.

• Two Racquetball and Two Squash Courts

• Outdoor Grass Field

• Functional Fitness Area: This area includes a Functional Trainer, TRX, turf and more.

• Erg (Rowing) Room: 15 machines for general usage.

Search for: Loyola FAC

For all new graduate students,

Congratulations and Welcome! Our staff at Student Health Services works hard to promote Healthy Hounds. Here is our list of the top things you should know about us!

H H T T A A E E L L H H

Health Profile Completion

The Student Health Profile, including required immunizations, needs to be completed by all full-time graduate students. The profile can be accessed on the Patient Portal at www.Loyola.edu/PatientPortal.

Enroll in a Health Insurance Plan

Most full-time graduate programs require students to have health insurance coverage. You can enroll in the school-sponsored insurance plan, or waive it if your insurance meets our waiver criteria.

Appointments Available

Our office is open from 8:30am-5:00pm Monday-Friday during the school year. There is a $25/visit fee for graduate students. There are also charges for any testing or medications dispensed from our in-house pharmacy.

Look at Our Website

For more information on our services take a look at our website at www.Loyola.edu/StudentHealth. And follow us on Social Media at @LoyolaMDHealth for the most up to date information.

The Flu Shot

The Flu vaccine is strongly recommended for all full time students, including graduates. It is best done in September or October to protect you through the fall and spring semesters.

Help is Always Available

Even if our office is closed, an on-call physician is always available by calling 410-583-9396.

Need

Off-Campus Housing Website!

• Loyola’s official off-campus housing website

• Search a wide variety of housing listings

• Create and search roommate profiles

• Students can post a FREE sublet or roommate listing

• Resources section with valuable off-campus living information

offcampushousing.loyola.edu

Of ice of International Student S ervices

The Of ice of International Student Services (OISS) is committed to providing services and programs bene icial to a culturally diverse academic environment that enhances the international student experience. We work with our international undergraduate, graduate and exchange student community from the time of admission to graduation and beyond, working closely with campus partners to support a smooth and successful transition to Loyola. OISS provides services and programs to welcome and assist international students with their acclimation to the U.S. and Loyola, serves as a resource during their studies, and helps prepare students to succeed in a diverse, global environment Our services range from international student orientations, to advising sessions, to immigration and visa assistance, to cultural adjustment and support.

Services Provided by OISS:

• F-1 Student Visa Immigration Advising and Support

• Advocacy and Support for International Students

• International Orientation and Immigration Clearance

• SEVIS Administration

• Assistance with Academic and Personal Matters

• Visa and Immigration Documents

• Cultural Adjustment Support

• Compliance with Federal Immigration Regulations

• U.S. Tax Workshops (Non-Resident Alien Taxes)

• Advise Students on Available Resources and Logistics (U.S. Cell Phone, Bank Accounts, etc.)

• Promotion for International Education

• MD Driver’s License and MD Non-Driver IDs Assistance

• Campus Programming

• Assistance with International Student Legal Concerns

Loyola welcomes international students from all around the globe!

Countries Represented in our International Community

Australia

Bahamas

Belize

Brazil

Botswana

Canada

Chile

China

Colombia

Dominican Republic

Egypt

Ethiopia

France

Germany

Greece

Guatemala

Hong Kong

Iceland

India

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Jamaica

Japan

Kenya

Mexico

The Netherlands

Nepal

Nigeria

Panama

Peru

Poland

Philippines

Rwanda

Saudi Arabia

Serbia

Spain

Taiwan

Turkey

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

Venezuela

Vietnam

OISS@loyola.edu

www.LNDL.org 200 Winston Ave. Baltimore, MD 21212 (410) 617-6801

See what the library has to offer!

Need research help?

Visit lndl.org to chat with a librarian 24/7 or to schedule an in-person or online consultation with a research librarian.

Access to Online Resources

Over 150 databases

Online journals, magazines, and newspapers

eBooks

Research guides with discipline-specific tutorials and sources

Streaming video Dissertations and theses

Access to Print Resources

Over 10 million items are available to check out between LNDL and the sixteen other schools in our library consortium (USMAI)

Request books from our partner schools and pick them up within a few days at LNDL

Check out books for four months and renew books online

What if we don’t have the item you need?

Request books, book chapters, and articles via Interlibrary Loan – for free! Please allow delivery time of 1-2 days for articles/book chapters and 5-8 days for books.

But wait, there's more!

Access Google Scholar via the Library’s website to read articles for free

Visit the Innovation Station, a makerspace with Virtual Reality, 3-D printers, a 3-D scanner, a digital sewing and embroidery machine, a button-maker, a recording studio, a laser cutter, and more Study in a variety of workspaces on our four floors including reservable group study rooms

Use accessible technology

Get help with copyright and intellectual property at the Copyright Information Center

Explore Consult with a Librarian on a research data management plan

need funding?

The Educa on for Life Commi ee

invites grant proposals for programs and ideas that extend learning outside the classroom.

This includes conference attendance / presentations, ideas for graduate student events, and speakers

loyola.edu/educationfor life

What’s the Spin on the Records Office?

The R Records Office serves the University with maximum efficiency and customer satisfaction, in an atmosphere of respect and understanding. The office also serves as the custodian of all student academic records, ensuring accuracy, integrity, and security.

Access Self-Service using https://inside.loyola.edu to:

Register for Classes

Place classes on your preferred sections list

View Class Schedule

Request a Transcript

Electronic or Paper Delivery

View Final Grades Apply to Graduate

Review Degree Audit

Access you academic progress

Request an Enrollment

Verification

A free service provided by the National S tudent Clearinghouse (NSC )

For more information: The R Records Office website is located at www.loyola.edu/records o or visit the Records Office at the Baltimore campus in Maryland Hall Room MH141

Dean of Students Office

www.loyola.edu/sswp

Our office provides the following services:

• Assistance for students who exhibit significant emotional distress and who seek cohesive and comprehensive support systems while they continue through school

• Collaborative wellness promotion efforts that focus on eight primary wellness areas, which include:

o Academic

o Social

o Spiritual

o Physical

o Emotional

o Multi-cultural

o Professional

o Environmental -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Loyola's Women's Center is dedicated to empowering everyone by educating the University and its surrounding community on issues of gender that are of particular interest to women. The Center supports Loyola’s mission to learn, lead, and serve in a diverse and changing world. Our core pillars are service, wellness and connection.

The Center actively works to promote an environment of equality and acceptance for all people of all religious beliefs, ethnic backgrounds, and sexual orientations. The Women’s Center offers confidential and free support and services to any student, undergraduate or graduate, who experiences sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence or stalking.

In collaboration with other offices and departments across campus, the Center provides information, offers advocacy, and plans educational programs for faculty, staff, students, and, when appropriate, the general public. The Center is a resource open to all members of the Loyola community, serving both as a haven where women’s issues may be freely discussed and as a beacon which guides the community toward genuine gender equity.

The Women’s Center welcomes graduate students’ involvement in its programs and initiatives and invites them to form groups that would benefit all students in the Loyola community.

Peer Tutoring for Graduate Students Loyola Writing Center

M a k e Y o u r A p p o i n t m e n t T o d a y

§ Writing Center Mission

Students from all deg ree prog rams can collaborate with peer tutors at any point in the writing process. Face-to-face and online appointments are available.

§ Focus on the Graduate Writing Process

Our tutors will help you improve your knowledge of the g raduate writing process. We focus on promoting critical thinking and writing through non-directive dialogue that centers on your work and ideas.

§ Online Workshops

Interactive online workshops supplement instruction for specific aspects of the g raduate writing process. http://www.loyola.edu/depar tment/writing-center/online-workshops

Online Tutoring

We provide synchronous online appointments through LoyolaÕs distance lear ning platfor m to accommodate g rad students who canÕ t always get to campus. Details are available on our website

§ APA Style

Extensive APA Style resources are available online: http://www.loyola.edu/depar tment/writingcenter/resources/ apastyle

A Pocket Guide to Jesuit Education

Courtesy of Intersections Program

J.A. Appleyard, S.J., former Vice President for University Mission and Ministry, Boston College

BE GINNINGS

Th e fir st J e sui t coll eg e o p en ed a t M es sin a in Sici ly in 1 5 4 8 , bu t t he roo ts o f J es uit e d uc ati o n re ac h ba c k to a n ea rlie r ev e nt . I n 1 5 21 , a yo u ng m an t rai n ing f or a ca re er at t he S p a nis h c our t w a s wo un d ed i n a m ilit ar y e ng ag e m en t w ith th e Fr e nc h. Ig na tiu s L o yol a wa s th e yo u ng est chil d i n a f a mil y o f f eu d al lo rd s i n t he B a squ e r egi on o f no rth er n S p ai n. H e r etu rn ed to his f a mil y ’ s ho m e to r e co ve r fr o m his w ou nd s . Th er e , he pa ss e d th e ti m e r ea d in g a lif e of C hri st a nd a b oo k abo ut t h e sai nt s , w hic h l ed hi m t o re fle ct d e e pl y abo ut his o w n li fe an d to ex p eri e nc e a c alli ng t o ab an d o n hi s c ar ee r at c ou rt a n d to foll o w J es us i nst ea d .

Calling himself a “pilgrim,” he traveled across Spain to the ancient monastery at Montserrat where he dedicated his sword to Mary as a symbol of his new life In the nearby town of Manresa, he spent months alone in prayer, reflection, and service of the needy, trying to learn the rudiments of the spiritual life on his own In spite of his mistakes, he slowly learned how to distinguish between what led him in a good direction and what did not He later said of this part of his life that God was teaching him the way a schoolmaster deals with a child He discovered he had a talent for helping others find the freedom to respond to God’s invitation in their lives He began to keep notes about his own spiritual experiences and his conversations with those who came to him. These became the basis for a small book he later put together for those helping others to grow spiritually, which he called Spiritual Exercises

JESU ITS

Ignatius decided that to serve God effectively he needed an education. This quest brought him to the University of Paris, where he became the center of a group of friends. Using his spiritual exercises, he challenged them to think about how they were going to use the unique gifts and personalities God had given them. After receiving their degrees, they decided they would stay together as a group and “help people” as Jesus and his disciples did. Gradually, they came to t he decision to form a new kind of religious order. They were ordained Catholic priests and, in 1540, they received the approval of the Pope and called themselves “The Society of Jesus ” Later, critics derisively called them “Jesuits” and this is the name that has stuck

HOW DID JESU ITS GET INVOLVE D IN SCHOOLS?

At first, no single activity defined the new religious order. The early Jesuits preached in the streets, led men and women through the Spiritual Exercises, taught theology in universities, instructed children in the catechism, and cared for plague victims and prostitutes. Others went off to work in distant parts of the world, as Francis Xavier did in India. They were discovering their mission by doing it, adapting to change, taking risks, and learning by trial and error. Nonetheless, the early companions were all graduates of the best university of Europe and they thought of themselves as specialists in “ministries of the word ” Gradua lly, they came to realize that there was one emerging activity that connected their intellectual training, their world-affirming spirituality, their pastoral experience, and their goal of helping souls. When citizens of Messina asked Ignatius to open a school for their sons, he seems to have decided that schools could be a powerful means of forming the minds and hearts of those, who, because they would be important citizens in their communities, could influence many others. When the college in Messina proved a success, requests to open schools in other cities multiplied and soon education became the characteristic activity of Jesuits.

WHY WERE JESUIT SCHOOLS SO SU CCESSFU L?

The simple answer is that they met a need. Europe entered the modern world almost overnight in the early 16th century. The voyages of exploration to the Americas and the Indies, the Protestant revolt, and Gutenberg’s printing press changed people’s understanding of the globe, redistributed wealth, and turned Europe into a battleground of ideas A prosperous middle class wanted an education that would prepare their sons for the oppo rtunities of this new world that was unfolding around them at a dizzying pace.

When Jesuits began their schools, two models were available One was the medieval university, where students prepared for professions such as law, the clergy, and teaching by studying the sciences, mathematics, logic, philosophy, and theology. The other model was the Renaissance humanistic academy, which had a curriculum based on Greek and Latin poetry, drama, oratory, and history. The goal of the university was the training of the mind through the pursuit of speculative truth; the goal of the humanists was character formation, making students better human beings and civic leaders. Jesuit schools were unique in combining these two educational ideals.

Perhaps the most important reason for the success of the early Jesuit schools was a set of qualities that Jesuits aspired to themselves and which they consciously set out to develop in their students:

• Self-knowledge and discipline

• Attentiveness to their own experience and to others’

• Trust in God’s direction of their lives

• Respect for intellect and reason as tools for discovering truth

• Skill in discerning the right course of action

• A conviction that talents and knowledge were gifts to be used to help others

• Flexibility and pragmatism in problem solving

• Large-hearted ambition

• A desire to find God working in all things.

These qualities were the product of the distinctive spirituality that the early Jesuits had learned from Ignatius and that Ignatius had learned from his own experience. Jesuits hoped, in turn, to form their students in the same spiritual vision, so that their graduates would be prepared to live meaningful lives as leaders in government, the professions, and the Church.

JESU IT EDU CATION IS A PROCESS

How does this spiritual vision get translated into an educational vision? The early Jesuits struggled to describe what they called “our way of proceeding.” Their accounts varied but it seems that they thought of their distinctive spirituality as a three-part process It begins with paying attention to experience, moves to reflecting on its meaning, and ends in deciding how to act. Jesuit education, then, can be described in terms of three key movements:

1 . B e A t t e n t i v e

We learn by organizing our experience and appropriating it in the increasingly complex psychological structures by which we engage and make sense of our world. From infancy, learning is an active process but in our early years it happens without our being aware of it. Once we become adolescents, though, whether we will continue to learn is largely a choice we make.

Conscious learning begins by choosing to pay attention to our experience---our experience of our own inner liv es and of the people and the world around us When we do this, we notice a mixture of light and dark, ideas and feelings, things that give us joy and things that sadden us. It is a rich tapestry and it grows more complex the more we let it register on our awareness Ignatius was convinced that God deals directly with us in our experience. This conviction rested on his profound realization that God is “working” in every thing that exists. (This is why the spirit of Jesuit education is often described as “finding God in all things”). So, our intimate thoughts and feelings, our desires and our fears, our responses to the people and things around us are not just the accidental ebb and flow of our inner lives but rather the privileged moments

through which God creates and sustains a unique relationship with each of us.

How do I pay attention? By observing, wondering, opening myself to what is new, allowing the reality of people and things to enter my consciousness on its own terms.

This is why Jesuit schools have traditionally emphasized liberal education, a core curriculum, and the arts and the humanities---studies that can enlarge our understanding of what it means to be human and make us more sympathetic to ex periences different from our own This happens outside the classroom too---for example, in service programs, when we enter into the lives of others. Referring to students engaged in working with the poor, Peter Hans Kolvenbach, the former leader of Jesuits across the world, has said “When the heart is touched by direct experience, the mind may be challenged to change.” The key movement that begins this process of learning and change is paying attention.

2 . B e R e f l e c t i v e

The outcome of paying attention to our experience may be a complex variety of images, unrelated insights, feelings that lead in contradictory directions. To connect the parts of our experience into a whole, we need to examine data, test evidence, clarify relationships, understand causes and implications, weigh options in light of their possible consequences We need, that is, to see the patterns in our experience and grasp their significance. Reflection is the way we di scover and compose the meaning of our experience.

Figuring out our experience can be an inward-looking activity---identifying our gifts and the future they point us toward or confronting the prejudices, fears, and shortcomings that prevent us from being the kind of people we want to be---but it can also mean looking outward---at the questions that philosophy and theology pose to us, at subjects like biology and finance and economics and the different ways they organize a nd interpret the world and help us understand ourselves. In either direction, the goal is the freedom that comes from knowing ourselves, understanding the world, and finding the direction that God is disclosing for our lives in and through our experience

Reflection is a kind of reality-testing. It takes time and care. Ultimately, it is the work of intelligence, which is why Jesuit education has always emphasized intellectual excellence. There is no substitute for using the minds God gave us, to understand our experience and discover its meaning.

3 . B e L o v i n g

Being attentive is largely about us and how God is working in us through our experience Being reflective moves our gaze outward, measuring our experience against the accumulated wisdom of the world. Being loving requires that we look even more closely at the world around us. It asks the question: How are we going to act in this world?

In part, this is a question about what we are going to do with the knowledge and self- understanding and freedom that we have appropriated by refle ction. How shall we act in ways that are consistent with this new self and what it knows and values?

But we can’t move very far in the direction of answering this question without discovering that it is not only a question about how our lives can be authentic. It is also a question about our relationship to the world around us and what the world needs us to do We are not solitary creatures From the womb, we live in relationships with others, grow up in cultural, social, and political institutions that others have created for us. To be human is to find our place in these relationships and these institutions, to take responsibility for them, to contribute to nurturing and improving them, to give something back.

We can understand this in quite secular terms if we choose to, but through the eyes of faith there is an even more compelling reason for thinking and living this way. Ignatius ends his Spiritual Exercises with a consideration of love. For him growing in love is the whole point of the spiritual life. He suggests two principles to help us understand love. One is that love shows itself more by deeds than by words. Action is what counts, not talk and promises. This is why Jesuit education is incomplete unless it produces men and women who will do something with their gifts.

More profoundly, Ignatius says that love consists of communication. One who loves communicates what he or she has with another. Thus, lovers desire each other’s good, give what they have to one another, share themselves

It is easy to see this communication in two people in love. For Ignatius, however, love was most dramatically evident in the relationship that God has with human beings Two examples of this are central in the Exercises First, God creates the world and gives life to everything in it. People and things come into existence because God communicates God’s own self to them. And God continues working in each person and thing in its own specific reality and at every moment God keeps wanting to be in relationship with us, even when we fail to respond. Second, surpassing even the gift of creation is the gift God has given us in the person of Jesus God’s taking on our human nature in order to heal our brokenness is the ultimate evidence of God’ s love for us. Jesus’ life and death are, for Ignatius, the model of how to love in return.

If every human being is so loved by God, then our loving relationships do not stop with the special people we choose to love, or with our families, or with the social class or ethnic group we belong to. We are potentially in love with the whole world.

So, for Jesuit education, it is not enough to live authentically in the world. We have to participate in the transformation of the world (the Hebrew phrase tikkun olam conveys the same idea, of mending or repairing the world). For more than 400 years, it has been said that Jesuit education educated “the whole person.” Today, we live with an increasingly global sense of what it means to be human A person can’t be considered “whole” without an educated solidarity with other human beings in their hopes and fears and especially in their needs. We can’t pay attention to our experience and reflect on it without realizing how our own lives are connected with the dreams of all those with whom we share the journey of human existence, and therefore with the economic, political, and social realities that support or frustrate their dreams This is why Jesuit education is so often said to produce “men and women for others.”

THE HABIT OF DISCERNING

Je suit ed uc ati on , we ha ve sai d , i s a pro c es s th at ha s th re e ke y p a rts , bei ng a tt en tiv e , bei ng r efl e ctiv e , an d b ein g l ovi ng . It re sul ts i n th e ki nd o f go od d e c isio n- m a ki ng t h at I gn ati us c all e d “d i sc er n m en t . ” Th e goal of J e suit ed uc atio n is to pr o d uc e m e n a nd w o me n f or w ho m d isc er n m e nt is a h abi t.

We can think of discernment as the lifelong project of exploring our experience, naming its meaning, and living in a way that translates this meaning into act ion. We can also think of this process as something we focus on with special intensity at particular moments in our lives -- during the four years of college, for example, or when we have to make important decisions and want to do so freely and with a sense of what God is calling us to. At these times, we might be especially conscious of using spiritual exercises to help us negotiate the process. But we can also think of these three movements as the intertwined dynamics of daily life, the moment-by-moment activity of becoming fully human

Arguably, it is the daily exercise of discernment that grounds the other kinds of spiritual growth---the regular practice of attentiveness, reflection, and choosing through which our lives take on a meaningful direction. In fact, Ignatius thought that the most useful kind of prayer is to spend a few minutes each day deepening our awareness of how God works in the events of the day and how we respond, a practice he calle d an examen. I begin by calling to mind that God is involved in shaping the direction of my life and I ask for light about this. Then, I review the events of the day, especially those where my feelings have been most engaged, positively or negatively. I notice the patterns and the emerging insights about which experiences lead me towards God and which lead away. And I end by looking ahead to tomorrow and asking to live with a growing sense of God’s trust in my future.

For Ignatius, a key element of discerning is the exercise of imagination. In doing the examen, he suggests we use our imaginations to elicit the feelings that have pulled us one way or another during the day and to picture how we might live differently tomorrow In the Exercises, when he is advising us how to pray, he urges us to take a passage from the Gospels and imagine ourselves present in the scene, listening to the words of the people there, experiencing their feelings, and h e asks us to elicit our own feelings in response. And, in the account of his very earliest spiritual experiences, he tells us that, while he was recovering from his wounds, he used to lie on his bed by the open window of his room and contemplate the stars, lost in reveries about the great deeds he would accomplish, at first for the princess he was in love with, and then for Jesus. Even in old age, when he spent his days sitting at a desk in Rome administering the affairs of the Society, he would go to the roof of the Jesuit residence in the evening and look at the stars in order to see his life as God saw it Finding images that embody our dreams can be a lifelong form of prayer

In the practice of discerning, we grow in being able to imagine how we are going to live our lives. We discover our vocations. The novelist and theologian Frederick Buechner describes vocation as “the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.” When we arrive at this place, and understand the fit between who we are and what the world needs of us, Ignatius urges us to be unafraid to live with the consequences of this realization, to respond with generosity and magnanimity because this is the way we can love as God loves. Jesuit tradition uses the Latin word magis or “more” to sum up this ideal, a life lived in response to the question: How can I be more, do more, give more? Jesuit education is complete when its graduates embody this vision of life and work

JESU IT EDU CATION TODAY

In the United States, there are 28 Jesuit colleges and universities and 59 high schools. The first of these was Georgetown, established in 1789. Loyola University was the ninth when it was founded in 1852. Around the world, there are more than 200 Jesuit secondary schools--- including 93 in India alone and more than 130 institutions of higher education, along with numerous centers of social and cultural analysis. Jesuit education is still growing. In recent years, U.S. Jesuits and lay men and women have created 14 inner-city middle schools, along with five high schools modeled on Chicago’s Cristo Rey School.* Increasingly, all these institutions are staffed and administered by men and women who are not Jesuits and may not even be Catholic or Christian but who are animated by the vision of Jesuit education and the spirituality of Ignatius Jesuit education continues to adapt old ideals to new times and new needs. *at the time this essay was written

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Mawlid al-Nabi begins at sundown

Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown

First day of autumn Yom Kippur begins at sundown

September 2023

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-punct- (point) – punctuate, punctilious, puncture, punctual, acupuncture, contrapuntal

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Labor Day

Wednesday

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traverse v. – go through or across. When you traverse this field, be careful not to step on the wildflowers.

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Web Registration ends for Fall Semester and Second Eight-Week Session

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Mass of the Holy Spirit

September 2023

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-ject (throw) – eject, reject, conjecture, dejected, inject, subject, projection, interject

Monday

Patriot Day

Tuesday

Late Registration ends for Fall Semester and Second Eight-Week Session

Wednesday

Course Withdrawal Period begins for Fall Semester

“Be a student as long as you have something to learn, and this will mean all your life.” - Henry L. Doherty

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betroth v. – become engaged to marry. The announcement that they were betrothed surprised everyone. 17

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September 2023

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-tion (act or state) – completion, reaction, devastation, production, creation, transition

“If you hear a voice within you say, ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.” - Vincent van Gogh

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First day of autumn

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-loc- (place) – locomotive, location, local, locus, relocate, dislocate, localize

Mawlid al-Nabi begins at sundown

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“Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.” - B.F. Skinner

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October 2023

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amphi- (both) – amphibious, amphitheater, amphibian, amphibole

Columbus Day

“If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.” - Dalai Lama

penchant n. – strong inclination; liking. She had a penchant for fine jewelry.

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October 2023

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magn- (great) – Magna Carta, magnanimous, magnate, magnificent, magnum opus

OCTOBER 2023

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“Teach us to give and not to count the cost.” - St. Ignatius of Loyola

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trilogy n. – group of three works. We read the first book of the Star Wars trilogy. 22

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October 2023

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eu- (good) – Eucharist, euphony, eulogy, euphemism, Europe, eugenics

Second Eight-Week Session begins

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“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” - Confucius

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November 2023

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endo- (within) – endoplasm, endocrine, endogamous, endoskeleton, endothermic

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” - Wayne Gretzky

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Standard time begins

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-phobia (fear) – claustrophobia, acrophobia, xenophobia, agoraphobia, hydrophobia

“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” - Beverly Sills

Election Day

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frugality n. – thrift. We must live with frugality if we are to get ahead financially.

Thursday

Friday

Web Registration begins for Spring 2024 Semester

Saturday Sunday

Veterans Day

November 2023

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ortho- (straight) – orthopedics, orthodontist, orthodox, orthography, orthogonal

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“There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.” - Roger Staubach

November 2023

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-put- (think) – reputation, putative, impute, dispute, computer, disreputable

Wednesday

Thanksgiving Break (No Classes)

“I’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it”

- Thomas Jefferson

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Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Break (University Closed)

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Thanksgiving Break (University Closed)

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Thanksgiving Break (University Closed)

Thanksgiving Break (University Closed)

November 2023

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-ver- (true) – verify, veracity, veritable, verdict, verisimilitude, aver, cinema verity

NOVEMBER 2023

Last day to withdraw from Second Eight-Week Session with a grade of W

Wednesday

Course Withdrawal Period ends for Fall Semester; last day to withdraw from a course with a grade of W

“If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.” - Latin Proverb

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First day of winter

December 2023

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DECEMBER 2023

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DECEMBER 2023

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mega- (large) – megalith, megaphone, megalomania, megalopolis, megahertz

“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.” - Benjamin Franklin

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pop- (people) – popular, populist, populate, population, popularize, populous

DECEMBER 2023

Exams and close of Fall Semester

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Thursday

First day of winter Exams and close of Fall Semester Second Eight-Week Session ends

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Christmas Break (University Closed)

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Christmas Break (University Closed)

Sunday

Christmas Break (University Closed)

tureen n. – deep table dish for holding soup. Her great grandmother served soup in the tureen she received as a wedding gift.

December 2023

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DECEMBER 2023

Christmas Christmas Break (University Closed)

Kwanzaa begins Christmas Break (University Closed)

Christmas Break (University Closed)

“While one may encounter many defeats, one must not be defeated.” - Maya Angelou

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Christmas Break (University Closed)

Saturday

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day

January 2024

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vita- (life) – vitamin, vitality, vital, revitalize, viable, vitalize

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New Year’s Day Christmas Break (University Closed)

Wednesday

University Opens

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January 2024

WEEKLY GOALS:

demo- (people) – democracy, demography, undemocratic, democratize

“Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is.”

- Vince Lombardi

itinerary n. – plan of a trip. She left her itinerary with us in case we need to contact her.

Thursday

Friday

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January 2024

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stereo- (solid) – stereoscope, stereophonic, stereotype, stereopticon, stereotropism

Wednesday

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

First Eight-Week Session begins

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University Closed

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“I didn’t fail the test. I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.” - Benjamin Franklin

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force. Don't try to coerce me into doing this.

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January 2024

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-ism (doctrine) – Marxism, capitalism, Imagism, Cubism, nihilism, pluralism

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“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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cognosc-, -cognit- (to learn) – agnostic, incognito, cognition

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Groundhog Day

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Presidents’ Day

Ash Wednesday Valentine’s Day

Washington’s Birthday

February 2024

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-graph-, -gram (writing) – epigram, telegram, stenography

“Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react.” - John Maxwell

February 2024

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-ile (pertaining to, capable of) – civil, ductile, puerile

Wednesday

Lincoln’s Birthday

Ash Wednesday Valentine’s Day

“The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.” - Chinese Proverb

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February 2024

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“Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.” - Napoleon Hill

Monday

Presidents’ Day

-dict- (to say) – abdicate, diction, verdict

Tuesday

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Washington’s Birthday

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ab-, abs- (from, away from) – abduct, abdicate, absent

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“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” - Albert Einstein

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“Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.”

- Albert Einstein

verdigris n. – a green coating on copper due to weathering. The statue became coated with verdigris.

Thursday

Spring Break

Friday

First Eight-Week Session ends Spring Break

Saturday

Spring Break

Sunday

Daylight saving time begins Ramadan begins at sundown Spring Break

March 2024

WEEKLY GOALS:

“Motivation and bathing don’t last long. That’s why we recommend them daily.” - Zig Ziglar

Monday

-solv-, -solut- (to loosen, explain) – absolve, dissolute, absolute

MARCH

Classes Resume Second Eight-Week Session begins

Tuesday

Wednesday

soporific adj. – sleep-producing. Thanksgiving dinner had a soporific effect on all our guests.

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St. Patrick’s Day

March 2024

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-cord- (heart) – accord, cordial, discord

First day of spring

“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.”Theodore Roosevelt

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acr- (sharp) – acrimonious, acerbity, acidulate

WEEKLY GOALS:

Did you know? Tutoring is available in a number of graduate courses through “The Study.” They also provide workshops on time management and organization coaching. See page 31 in this handbook, or www.loyola.edu/thestudy.

Did you know? You have access to Microsoft Office 365. Start by logging into houndmail. loyola.edu, and then click “Office 365” in the upper left.

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” - George Eliot

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Thursday

Easter Break (No Classes through 3/31)

ruddy adj. – having a healthy red color. The baby’s ruddy skin was a sign of good health. 31

Friday

Good Friday Easter Break (Offices Closed)

Easter Break (Offices Closed)

Free and confidential short-term individual counseling is available for full-time graduate students. Referral services, as well as group counseling, are available to all graduate students. Visit p. 16 of the handbook, or visit www.loyola.edu/counselingcenter

Easter Easter Break (Offices Closed)

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Earth Day Passover begins at sundown

Eid al-Fitr begins at sundown

Laylat al-Qadr begins at sundown

April 2024

WEEKLY GOALS:

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Monday

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Tuesday

-ag-, -act- (to do) – act, agent, retroactive

Wednesday

April Fools’ Day Classes Resume

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Thursday

Laylat al-Qadr begins at sundown

maudlin adj. – tearfully sentimental. I am annoyed when a movie turns needlessly maudlin. 7

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Friday

Join our Graduate Student Organization programming board! Sign on to help plan a grad student event, and you can attend for free! gso@loyola.edu

The Graduate Student Organization distributes a newsletter written specifically for graduate students on a monthly basis. If you are not receiving it, check out www.loyola.edu/ gradfriday, or email gso@loyola.edu.

Did you know? Catholic Mass is celebrated daily at 12:10pm in the Alumni Memorial Chapel, and four times on weekends on the Evergreen Campus. See page 13 of this handbook for more info.

ad- (to, forward) – admit, adhere, advance

WEEKLY GOALS:

“All things are ready, if our minds be so.” - King Henry V

Eid al-Fitr begins at sundown

Did you know? You have access to Microsoft Office 365. Start by logging into houndmail. loyola.edu, and then click “Office 365” in the upper left.

vilify v. – make abusive and slanderous statements toward someone. The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews.

Thursday

Friday

Web Registration begins for Summer 2024 Sessions

Saturday

Sunday

-mon-, -monit- (to warn) – admonish, premonition, monitor

WEEKLY GOALS:

Course Withdrawal Period ends for Spring Semester; last day to withdraw from a course with a grade of W

Last day to withdraw from Second Eight-Week Session with a grade of W

Wednesday

“Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” - Carl Bard

inter v. – bury. The cemetery's sexton would inter the casket after the family left.

Thursday

Friday

Saturday Sunday

agri-, agrari- (field) – agrarian, agriculture

WEEKLY GOALS:

“Happiness can’t be traveled to, owned, earned, or worn. It is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, & gratitude.”

Monday

Earth Day

Passover begins at sundown

Tuesday

Wednesday

- Denis Waitley

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Thursday

075061_8160

Friday

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Saturday Sunday

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Cinco de Mayo

Mother’s Day

-ali- (another) – alias, alienate, inalienable

WEEKLY GOALS:

MAY 2024

Did you know? Tutoring is available in a number of graduate courses through “The Study.” They also provide workshops on time management and organization coaching. See page 31 in this handbook, or www.loyola.edu/thestudy.

Exams and close of Spring Semester

Did you know? You have access to Microsoft Office 365. Start by logging into houndmail. loyola.edu, and then click “Office 365” in the upper left.

Exams and close of Spring Semester

“I would rather die of passion than of boredom.” - Vincent van Gogh

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Thursday

4

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Cinco de Mayo

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May 2024

WEEKLY GOALS:

alter- (other) – alternator, alteration, alter ego, alternative, altruism, altercation

“Laugh and grow strong.”

- St. Ignatius of Loyola

Wednesday

MAY 2024

Exams and close of Spring Semester

Exams and close of Spring Semester Second Eight-Week Session ends

Mother’s Day

amat- (love) – amatory, amateur, amorous, amiable, amigo, amour

WEEKLY GOALS:

MAY 2024

“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind.” - Henry Ford

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Thursday

18

075061_8160

Friday

Commencement: Location TBD

Saturday Sunday

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Free and confidential short-term individual counseling is available for full-time graduate students. Referral services, as well as group counseling, are available to all graduate students. Visit p. 16 of the handbook, or visit www.loyola.edu/counselingcenter

ambi- (both) – ambidextrous, ambiguous, ambivalent

WEEKLY GOALS:

Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.

- Arthur Ashe

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

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“If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.” - Tony Robbins

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Thursday

1

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

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Flag Day Eid al-Adha begins at sundown Father’s Day

-arch- (ruler, first) – anarchy, archeology, archbishop

WEEKLY GOALS:

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JUNE 2024

4

Wednesday

“Explore, Dream, Discover.”

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Thursday

075061_8160

Friday

8

Saturday

Sunday

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June 2024

WEEKLY GOALS:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

-anim- (mind, soul) – animadvert, unanimous, magnanimity

JUNE 2024

“I learned the value of hard work by working hard.” - Margaret Mead

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Thursday

15

Friday

Flag Day

Saturday Sunday

Eid al-Adha begins at sundown

Father’s Day

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Did you know? Catholic Mass is celebrated daily at 12:10pm in the Alumni Memorial Chapel, and four times on weekends on the Evergreen Campus. See page 13 of this handbook for more info.

June 2024

WEEKLY GOALS:

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Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

JUNE 2024

-annu- (year) – annuity, biennial, perennial

Juneteenth

Did you know? You have access to Microsoft Office 365. Start by logging into houndmail. loyola.edu, and then click “Office 365” in the upper left.

“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.”

- Eleanor Roosevelt

levity n. – lightness. The boy’s levity toward the serious situation was bothersome.

Thursday

First day of summer

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

-ity (state of being) – annuity, credulity, sagacity

WEEKLY GOALS:

JUNE 2024

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

“Either you run the day, or the day runs you.” - Jim Rohn

27

Thursday

29

Friday

Saturday Sunday

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July 2024

WEEKLY GOALS:

deb-, -debit- (to owe) – debt, indebtedness, debenture

“Love is shown more in deeds than in words.” - St. Ignatius of Loyola

4

Thursday

Independence Day

6

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Muharram begins at sundown

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dec- (ten) – decade, deciliter, decimal, decagon, decathlon

WEEKLY GOALS:

Did you know? You have access to Microsoft Office 365. Start by logging into houndmail. loyola.edu, and then click “Office 365” in the upper left.

“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.” - Henry Ford

lachrymose adj. – tearful. The friends of the deceased became lachrymose during the touching eulogy.

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

-cad-, -cas- (to fall) – decadent, cadence, accident, cascade

WEEKLY GOALS:

“Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right.” - Henry Ford

itinerant adj. – traveling from place to place. The itinerant circus will make its next stop in my town.