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Will the return of a Catholic to LMU's top position steer the University in a different direction?

Inside this issue

Anatomy of the inaugural invitation

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Looking at LMU’s past presidents

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A full-size poster of President Snyder

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Dr. Timothy Law Snyder: from coast to coast

Snyder’s day planner, as imagined by the Loyolan’s cartoon staff

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An unexpected EDM DJ: Snyder’s musical career Graphic: Xian Wong | Loyolan

This week’s Inauguration Events Monday, Oct. 5 Life Sciences Building Dedication 4:30 p.m. at William H. Hannon Courtyard

Tuesday, Oct. 6 Mass of the Holy Spirit Celebrating the Inauguration of Timothy Law Snyder 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart Chapel Community Lunch 11:30 a.m. at Alumni Mall Delegate Lunch 11:30 a.m. at Jesuit Residence

Inauguration Ceremony 1:30 p.m. at Gersten Pavilion Inauguration Reception 3:15 p.m. at Alumni Mall

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Getting to know Timothy Law Snyder

Snyder’s experience will help him tackle ambitious goals in his presidency.

Ali Swenson Editor-in-Chief @AliSwenson

“When you graduate and somebody asks where you went to school and you say LMU, I want them to say one word: wow.”

These were Dr. Timothy Law Snyder’s words during his first interview with the Loyolan, on the afternoon of Friday, March 27.

Earlier that day, it was announced that Snyder would succeed President David W. Burcham to become LMU’s 16th president, effective June 1, 2015. In a special, off-schedule meeting held Friday, the Board of Trustees deliberated and selected Snyder, via John Kiralla according to Kathleen Aikenhead, chair of the board.

Snyder is an ambitious leader, judging from the bold visions he has articulated for his time at LMU. With goals to share LMU’s successes “more broadly and more deeply,” to further globalize LMU and to foster creativity and the arts on campus, his dreams for LMU are not small. They are challenging and far-reaching.

But in conversation with Snyder, it becomes clear that his academic background and his professional experience substantiate his ability to make these visions a reality.

What’s more, his demonstrated knack for setting lofty goals and actually achieving them testifies to his qualification for the position.

For example, as an undergraduate at the University of Toledo, Snyder realized he could have two different degrees if he enrolled in nine courses in his final quarter instead of the typical four or five. He took on the challenge, graduating with both a B.S. in mathematics and a B.A. in psychology. That quarter, Snyder got all As. Beyond his undergraduate career, Snyder’s academic feats are even more impressive. In addition to his two undergraduate degrees, Snyder holds an M.S. in mathematics from the University of Toledo and master’s and doctorate degrees in applied and computational mathematics from Princeton University.

Snyder has also dedicated his professional life to academia, points out Provost Joseph Hellige, who served on the presidential search committee that selected Snyder.

“Tim Snyder comes to LMU with a wealth of expertise in both higher education generally and Catholic Jesuit higher education in particular, having served as dean at both Georgetown and Fairfield universities and as vice president for academic affairs at Loyola University Maryland,” said Hellige.

The incoming president’s career in education also includes institutions such as the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and the Berklee College of Music in Boston.

Snyder has worked in higher education for 28 years, ever since he started teaching at Georgetown University in 1987.

Snyder is passionate about

learning and sees it as the most precious experience one can have at an institution of higher education.

“I’m really very much about what I like to call sort of the critical moment,” said Snyder. “And that’s what happens when students learn.

And it happens certainly between students. It happens between students and persons in student affairs. And most often it happens between students and faculty. …

That has to be the strongest moment in students’ lives.”

Snyder’s words bring to the surface another element of his leadership style – his focus on students, building relationships with them and helping them succeed.

David Zuercher, chair of the presidential search committee, found that this quality stood out in Snyder during the search process.

“He’s very much oriented toward finding ways to help students, toward finding ways to help students to afford an education at Loyola Marymount,” said Zuercher.

Burcham is optimistic about Snyder’s stated student focus.

“Obviously he will work with the board and the senior leadership on campus and the faculty and the students to determine the emphases he wants to place on his administrating,” said Burcham. “But my hope is that he will continue the drive to raise money for student scholarships so that we can keep LMU affordable and accessible.”

Snyder plans to continue Burcham’s efforts to increase both diversity and student scholarships at LMU in the coming years.

“We always need to think of it as a way of gathering further strength in our student body by allowing access to an LMU education that could otherwise not be allowed,” said Snyder. “And our strength comes from our diversity. That’s where our ideas complement one another.”

Aikenhead said, “Dr. Snyder is the right person to build upon the initiatives and strong progress that have been brought about under President David Burcham’s amazing leadership.”

Academically lauded, professionally respected and concerned with the student experience, particularly in the Jesuit and Marymount tradition, Snyder was a top candidate for the presidency from early on in the search.

“In the beginning, we receive many applications with cover letters and CVs,” said Aikenhead.

“And his was outstanding from the beginning. So we kept narrowing the groups of applicants and his was always in the mix. He was always in the top three, from the beginning.”

His vision to enhance the Jesuit and Marymount mission, globalize LMU and market LMU into the community jumped out to Aikenhead as well. But setting aside Snyder’s reputation on paper for a moment, it is his personal charm and his healthy balance between realism and idealism that many find to be his most unique strength.

“As for personal qualities,” said Hellige, “[Snyder] is extremely bright, creative, articulate, energetic, humorous and personable.” Echoing Hellige’s emphasis on Snyder’s personable nature, LMU’s former president Robert Lawton, S.J. said, “Dr. Snyder has so many wonderful qualities. [He] is both a dreamer and a practical. He knows how to prioritize. … He will be very good at ‘branding’ the university. He is also

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With Timothy Law Snyder’s inauguration, the LMU community will finally get to know the new president. wonderful with people.”

Entertaining the question of how much personal communication he will have with the student body at LMU, Snyder quipped, “Only when they make a lot of trouble.”

But after a short pause, Snyder

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“No. I would have as much as my job would allow. I think it’s critically important for any university leader to stay in touch with students, undergraduate and graduate, students to be and students of the

past, whom they call alumni. We have to stay in touch as much as we can. And you’ll see some of that, I hope.”

This article was originally published in the April 8, 2015 issue of the Loyolan.

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Snyder’s Catholic faith will guide University Timothy Law Snyder’s inauguration marks the first lay Catholic president of LMU, but what does that mean for the University?

Michael Busse Executive Editor @mrbusse

Less than two years after the New York Times reported a “battle for the university’s soul” taking place at LMU, the University has appointed its first lay Catholic president in Dr. Timothy Law Snyder.

The debate over covering faculty members’ elective abortion under LMU’s healthcare plans ­– the subject of the New York Times article – has been the centerpiece in a variety of controversies surrounding the school’s religious identity during the fiveyear tenure of former president David W. Burcham.

Burcham was notably the first non-Catholic president of the University, which has been led by Jesuit priests since its founding.

Does the return of a Catholic to LMU’s helm mean a new direction for the school?

THE DECISION Although the University’s official announcement did not state that Snyder is Catholic – that was later reported by the Los Angeles Times – it made clear that his selection is in part intended to bolster LMU’s role as a participant in and promoter of the Church.

In her announcement to the LMU community, Board of Trustees Chair Kathleen Aikenhead emphasized that Snyder had the full support of local Catholic leaders. Father Michael Weiler, leader of California’s Jesuits, and Sister Joan Treacy, leader of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary for Western America, were specifically named. Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, who oversees the largest Roman Catholic Archdiocese in the country, lent his voice to the message as well.

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Snyder pictured with Cardinal Roger Mahony at the PLACE Corps Commissioning Mass. LMU’s Catholic identity has been under fire in the press and within the University itself in the past couple of years, so will Snyder’s inauguration ring in a new chapter of faith in leadership?

Snyder has worked at three Jesuit universities and was a professor of mathematics and statistics at Loyola University Maryland. This experience, in addition to his personal involvement in the Church, makes him uniquely positioned to lead the University. The Society of Jesus – members are referred to as Jesuits – is one of LMU’s sponsoring religious orders.

“I know Dr. Snyder well. He is quite religious and in a way that sees the relationship between religion and academic excellence,” said Father Robert Lawton S.J., who served as LMU’s president for 10 years before Burcham. “He has spent his entire academic career at Jesuit institutions and knows the Jesuit tradition well.”

Although the presidential search committee considered LMU’s religious identity in the selection process, many factors

were prioritized over the personal faith of candidates, according to 2014-15 ASLMU President

it; he’s able to say how and why, because he’s lived it.”

Snyder’s background suggests that he is likely to continue to lead LMU down a path that follows this model of Catholic education, seeing a wide range of practices as expressions of a deeply rooted institutional faith.

Alyssa Perez. Perez was the only student on the committee.

“We weren’t so narrow-minded that someone had to be Catholic or have experience in a Jesuit school, but it only helped his case,” said Perez. “He’s not just able to read our mission and talk

WHAT IS “CATHOLIC” EDUCATION? Conservative groups like the Cardinal Newman Society and RenewLMU have consistently criticized LMU for what it sees as compromises to the University’s mission. Aside from the debate around abortion, points of contention have included hiring non-Catholics to top administration positions, the decreasing number of Catholic students and faculty and allowing a 2012 performance of “8,” a play that advocated for same-sex marriage.

These events may be seen as part of a bigger picture of the declining influence of the Catholic Church in America. The percentage of Catholics attending Mass once a week fell from 47 percent in the 1970s to just 24 percent by 2012, according to a study by Pew Research Center. According to a 2009 study, those who have abandoned Catholicism outnumber converts to Catholicism four to one.

For many others at LMU, the supposed controversies of Burcham’s presidency are anything but a watering down of Catholic values. Rather, promoting the understanding of many beliefs on campus may be the direct demonstrations of the University mission.

“Catholic schools can be, should be and are schools that welcome people of all faiths,” said Patrick Furlong, LMU’s di-

rector of global Ignation academic initiatives.

“We sing ‘All Are Welcome’ in Mass and we have a chance to live that out by welcoming our brothers and sisters from other faith backgrounds saying, ‘Here, we respect your faith. We welcome you into this intellectual community,’” Furlong said.

THE NEXT STEPS Snyder’s background suggests that he is likely to continue to lead LMU down a path that follows this model of Catholic education, seeing a wide range of practices as expressions of a deeply rooted institutional faith.

“He is a devout Catholic but also has great respect for other religious traditions. He also respects non-believers,” said Lawton.

Burcham has left Snyder a university well-positioned to explore its Catholic identity. During his tenure, LMU adopted a strategic plan that included a blueprint for “advancing LMU’s role as a premier Catholic university in the Jesuit and Marymount traditions.”

The Academy of Catholic Thought and Imagination, the Center for Catholic Education and the CSJ Center for Reconciliation and Justice were all established under Burcham’s leadership, in an effort to “deepen engagement with the Catholic intellectual tradition,” as stated in the strategic plan.

According to Snyder, one way he hopes to strengthen LMU’s identity will be to “help ourselves understand how what we do is rooted in our Catholic identity, and help others understand how what we do and how we succeed are rooted in those identities as well. That would be a first step.”

“Many of our students, our faculty, our staff and administrators are doing things Ignatian day in and day out,” Snyder said.

“Quite often we forget to realize that we are doing that.”

This article was originally published in the April 8, 2015 issue of the Loyolan.

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Dr. Timothy Law Snyder: From coast to coast

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University of Toledo

1977-1981, Student, Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Bachelor of Arts in Psychology 1981-1983, Student, Master of Science in Mathematics

Georgetown University

1987-1992, Assistant Professor of Computer Science 1992-2001, Associate Professor of Computer Science 1997-2001, Wright Family Distinguished Professor of Computer Science 2002-2006, Dean of Science

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Berklee College of Music

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2014-2015, Visiting Scholar of Liberal Arts and Electronic Production & Design

1983-1985, Student, Master of Arts, Applied and Computational Mathematics 1983-1987, Student, Ph.D, Applied and Computational Mathematics.

The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

1991-1992, Visiting Professor of Statistics

FairďŹ eld University

2001-2007, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences

Princeton University

Loyola University Maryland 2007-2014, Vice President for Academic Affairs 2014-2015, Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Loyola Marymount University

2015-Present, President

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"We haven't rehearsed creativity as well as we could in our culture."

"Creating the stuff you wish to sell is one thing, but having it and it's not yet sold as well as it could be is awesome."

"I'm excited to work with this savvy, really smart group of people. I think we're ready to roll, and that's a blessed position to be in."

"We have a strange phrase here that we're the best kept secret on the hill.

Why, if you're doing something great, should it be a secret?"

"We need to step it up in the arts."

"My main wish is that for which I pray every time I'm in church — that the prayers of other are heard, in ways just, fair, right and healthy."

"How do we prepare ourselves for a world that changes at an accelerating speed?"

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"You will be nimble and be able to lead in opportunities as they arrive and create opportunities for humankind. That's cool."

"Being in the Jesuit environment has changed me very much. It's helped me understand the value of always thinking about your work as a stone in some water, wondering what sort of wave shapes your work will create."

"We need to globalize much more than we have. On the West Coast of the United States, we are approximate to Latin America, we are approximate to Asia, yet four out of five of our students study abroad in Europe. I wonder why."

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Anatomy of the Inaugural Invitation

Emilia Shelton | Loyolan The invitation (above) features Felix Sockwell’s art engraved on thick cardstock. Early drafts of the mural (right) show some of the central subjects. Sockwell has also created a range of portraits for LMU over the years, including one of President Timothy Law Snyder (far right).

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Felix Sockwell, the New Jersey-based artist who created the whimsical invitation for Timothy Law Snyder's Inauguration, gave the Loyolan a behind-the-scenes glimpse at his work.

On the integration of LMU's mission statement "I think it was kind of my idea to put the words in there, too.

We sort of went back and forth on whether the words should be in there and how they should fit."

On his inspirations "Inspirations would be Picasso, Calder ... I've been drawing this way for probably 20 years."

On his favorite part "My favorite element of it would probably be some of the people and activities that are strewn about, like the person playing soccer."

On his process "They're drawn mostly on the computer, and then I go back in and tweak some of the lines to make them feel like they're a little more flowy and natural."

On the fluid lines "That's just sort of the feel and the aesthetic of it, to make it feel like it’s one line. It might not be all one line but it’s pretty close. The general meaning would be that everyone is connected and we’re all sort of in this together."

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On the timeline of the piece "I think we did this probably two or three years ago, maybe two and a half years ago. I think it was supposed to be used for something else last year and we sort of picked it up and used it for this, this time."

On the mural as a whole "We started in a different direction initially, and we sort of came to that one finally. The mural is architectural and it’s got some whimsy going on."

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Advice from recent presidents

David W. Burcham LMU President 2010-2015

Robert Lawton, S.J. LMU President 1999-2010

"There are tremendous demands on the President's time and energy, many coming from constituencies external to the University. Notwithstanding these demands, my advice is to be certain to spend sufficient time listening to and speaking with those at the core of the University–students, faculty and staff."

"The LMU Presidency is one of the best jobs in the country. You will be surrounded by and meet all sorts of wonderful people. Enjoy!"

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BCLA Welcomes our new President

Timothy Law Snyder, Ph.D. a man who has studied

psychology, mathematics, computer science and music... and who embodies

the inherent, enduring and practical value of the Liberal Arts in the Catholic, Jesuit tradition.

African American Studies Chicana/o Studies Classics and Archeology Economics English History Modern Languages and Literatures Philosophy Political Science Psychology Sociology

Theological Studies Women’s Studies Asian Pacific American Studies Asian and Pacific Studies Catholic Studies Environmental Studies Ethics European Studies Humanities Irish Studies Jewish Studies

Journalism Liberal Studies Peace Studies Urban Studies Yoga Studies Asia Pacific Media Center Bioethics Institute Caloyeras Center for Modern Greek Huffington Ecumenical Institute Institute for Leadership Studies World Policy Institute @ LMU

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"When you're out of here and you tell someone you went to LMU, I want them to say one thing: Wow."

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Inaugural lecture reconciles science and faith Timothy Law Snyder’s inaugural activities began with a lecture.

Michael Busse Executive Editor @mrbusse

LMU’s first inauguration event aimed for nothing less than questioning the fundamental assumptions of Western thought.

John Haught, a distinguished professor of theology at Georgetown University, delivered a lecture at the event in the new Life Sciences Building’s auditorium on the evening of Wednesday, Sept. 30. The lecture, titled “Science, Faith, and the Cosmic Future,” traced the evolution of how scholars reconcile theology and science. According to Haught, a transformation in the relationship between the two disciplines may be underway, particularly in the Catholic Church.

The lecture gave the audience a glimpse into the intellectual interests of Snyder, who will be sworn in Tuesday. Snyder first encountered Haught at Georgetown, and Haught’s teachings have since had a profound effect on Snyder throughout his own academic career. While working at Fairfield University, Snyder read one of Haught’s books, “Is Nature Enough?”

“That book changed me. It changed my spirituality. It changed my life dramatically,” said Snyder,

who introduced Haught at the event.

“It helped me see, as a scientist, that if we seek to be truly objective, you never should ignore data associated with faith.”

In the hour-long talk, Haught described how humanity shifted from a panvitalist worldview – in which everything has life and meaning – to a materialist worldview, which believes that nothing is essentially alive. According to Haught, this shift began when Descartes proposed that the mind and the body existed separately. Because of this idea, called dualism, science and religion have gradually been parting ways for centuries.

“Mindless matter has become the philosophical foundation of so much modern matter. Life and mind, therefore, are reducible to states of matter,” said Haught. “So much modern theology abandoned the natural world because they thought it was somehow a different realm than that of the world of spirit.”

Haught believes that Pope Francis’ latest encyclical, “Laudato Si,” marks a shift away from this intellectual framework. It has been effective, he says, in “calling our attention to the defectiveness of this way of thinking, at least on the part of Christians.”

The inaugural event kicked off with a discussion of science and religion because it represents the type of interdisciplinary dialogue Snyder believes is particularly relevant for LMU. “Especially in a place that values its teaching so much that we want to

get in the way of it as little as we can, we decided the best way for us to approach our inaugural event would be to have one awesome powerful thoughtful discussion,” said Snyder.

“LMU, being a Jesuit and Marymount Institution, is a perfect place to have interdisciplinary conversation.”

Administrators, professors and students almost filled the new auditorium, which seats nearly 300 people. The strong attendance was “a sign, I hope, of our hunger as faculty, staff and students for high-quality intel discourse that nourishes both our minds and spirits – our whole persons,” said Dr. Joseph LaBrie, special assistant to the president.

The event was co-sponsored by the Inauguration Planning Committee, the President’s Office and the Academy of Catholic Thought and Imagination.

Following Haught’s lecture, two faculty members – Jennifer Abe, a psychology professor, and James Landry, chair of the chemistry and biochemistry departments – provided their thoughts on the subject. Abe and Landry both echoed Haught’s belief that science and religion are complementary and are both necessary in a modern world.

“We can learn to love God without turning our back on the world, and we can love the world without feeling we have to turn our back on God,” Haught said in his conclusion. “Science itself has helped us make this transition to this new way of thinking toward love, toward God and toward the world.”

via Jay Coffey | Contributor

President Snyder welcomed guests to a lecture by John Haught, called “Science, Faith and Cosmic Future”, which kicked off inauguration festivities.

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Global Imagination:

Student leaders weighed in on this year’s inauguration theme Senior management and recording arts double major Peter Schrupp, President of Sigma Chi "I think global imagination is a way of looking at higher education through a new lens. A lot of thinking and education happens in a very linear structure and that works ... to a certain degree. However, sometimes it helps to shift our thinking and focus less on goals but more on creative improvements.

That's the imagination aspect. The global portion to me just seems to be a way of applying this to all aspects of education. It is a university, after all."

Senior marketing major Julie Walters, president of Pi Beta Phi "To me, global imagination means expanding our ideas, minds and hearts worldwide. This guides our actions, thus making us more educated and understanding global citizens."

Senior finance and economics double major David Tassone, ASLMU president "Personally, global imagination is a direct extension of the diversity on LMU's campus. With a strong emphasis on interculturalism, LMU encourages students to become globally aware and responsible citizens through different cultures, both around the world and on campus.

From this diversity, thoughts, ideas and conversations arise that advance students' perspectives."

Senior communication studies major Tori Owens, president of Lambda Pi Eta (communication studies honor society) and president of Order of Omega (Greek life honor society) "When I hear the term 'global imagination,' I associate it with the idea of thinking on a global scale, particularly in relation to the ways in which we approach today's major societal issues. It's obvious that the world is becoming increasingly globalized, particularly within the realm of business. This also leads to our ideas and our customs becoming deeply integrated as well.

What this means for individuals and society as a whole is that we must think in terms of others, as opposed to in terms of ourselves."

Senior accounting major Edward James Asuncion, president of Isang Bansa, LMU’s Filipino club "To me, global imagination is working cohesively with the cultures within and beyond the LMU community to share one another's background and have a respect for each other's identity."

Information compiled by News Editor Amanda Lopez and Asst. News Editor Anna Sugiura; Graphic by: Xian Wong

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Our Cartoon staff visualized what a page of President Snyder’s day planner might look like. Here’s what they dreamt up.

Graphic by Mikey Barreto, Hannah Kim, Madison Brown, and Ellen Czinski

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The musical stylings of Timothy Law Snyder Main Mang Kelsey Mangan Life+Arts Editor @kmaaaan_

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imothy Law Snyder may not be the first LMU president to have a passion for music, but he’s certainly the first with his own SoundCloud account. He also might be the last person you’d expect to have this passion. His presidential profile on the LMU website cites that he earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in applied and computational mathematics from Princeton University, and also earned a B.A. in psychology, a B.S. in mathematics and a M.S. in mathematics from the University of Toledo. The typical reputation of those interested in math and sciences, otherwise known as “left brains,” don’t gravitate towards the arts.

Yet, Snyder’s love of music and the arts is an asset to LMU’s dedication to a well-rounded education. Here are the top three things you should know about Snyder’s past with music: 3. He spent time at a music college.

For about a year, Snyder was a Visiting Scholar of Liberal Arts and Electronic Production and Design at the Berklee College of Music. He was thrilled by the opportunity, and in a conversation with the Loyolan staff, Snyder said, “I had this fantasy that I could go to Berklee College of Music. I was stunned at the ways in which they accepted me. The music helped, but my academics helped, too. I think they saw me as a hybrid, so I managed to get in there and spend a year there and really learn about how an arts school works.”

2. He’s mastered multiple instruments.

Snyder has demonstrated interest in a diverse range of music and instruments, from percussion to keyboard to guitar, according to his SoundCloud page. Snyder explained, “I used to sing for a living.

When I was maybe two to four years younger than most of you, then two to four years older than most of you, I played some guitar with that, and always just messed around with software at home, a lot of composition software.”

1. “Uncle Wiggly” If you check iTunes, “Uncle Wiggly” is Snyder’s only released track.

He told the Loyolan about the mechanics and thought process that went into the song, saying, “The ‘Wiggly’ track is just a very simple blues riff, but put into a rhythmic context that makes it sound a little more bluesy, a little more jumpy.

The only thing sophisticated in that track is that the key change is not what you’d expect. It’s largely the same riff over and over, though.”

We still haven’t figured out the reasoning behind the name, but we can definitely vouch that the song makes the Loyolan staff wiggle.

The entire student body can take away a lesson or two from Snyder’s passion for music and diverse interests. With our central location in Los Angeles, there are many opportunities to explore one’s interests on and off the Bluff. As Snyder told told the Los Angeles Times, “L.A. is one of the most creative places in the world ... and we should take advantage of that.”

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This is the opinion of Kelsey Mangan, a senior English major from San Jose, California. Tweet comments to @LALoyolan or email kmangan@theloyolan.com.

October 6, 2015 Dear President Snyder, On the occasion of your inauguration as the 16th president of Loyola Marymount University, we congratulate you!

We look forward to this next era of LMU leadership with optimism, and are fully committed to working with you to serve our students, faculty, staff, and community in fulfillment of the university mission.

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President Timothy Law Snyder has always had a passion for music, as evidenced by his SoundCloud account.

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THE LIFE OF A PRESIDENT

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Dr. Timothy Law Snyder, LMU’s 16th president, holds a B.A. in psychology, a B.S. in mathematics and an M.S. in mathematics from the University of Toledo. He went on to earn an M.A. and a Ph.D. in applied and computational mathematics from Princeton University. His career in academia began at Georgetown University in 1987. Since then, he has taught and served as a dean at various institutions, including Fairfield University, Loyola University Maryland, Berklee College of Music and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Also interested in music and the arts, Snyder has played in several bands; his original music is on iTunes and SoundCloud. He is married to CNN Newsroom anchor Carol Costello.