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Experience Loyola Again! JUNE 22 – 24
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Over a three-day weekend, you will have the opportunity to attend classes taught by Loyola’s outstanding current and retired faculty and alumni. When you are not in class, you will have a chance to mingle at meals and social events with fellow alumni, Loyola faculty, and administrators.
Special thanks to the 2011 – 2012 Enrichment Committee who planned this special weekend: Allison Hotard Amy Cyrex Sins ’98 April Gonzalez, M.B.A. ’03 Bob Barnes ’65 Carlos Calix ’96 Claire Simno ’72 David Moore ’67 Elizabeth Brister ’98 Elizabeth Manshel ’89 J.T. Hannan ’99 Jude Boudreaux ’00 Lisa Adams ’82 Liz Blum ’94 Mary Jo Sapp ’85 Michael Plaisance ’00, J.D. ’07 Renee Smith ’90, J.D. ’94, M.C.M. ’94 Renny Simno ’98 Darla Rushing Sharonda Williams, J.D. ’01 Ted Stacey ’70
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Dear Alumni, Parents, and Friends, As part of the Loyola Alumni Enrichment Series ~ Growing in Knowledge and Deepening our Faith and in celebration of Loyola’s centennial, the Alumni Association is pleased to invite all alumni and spouses, parents, and friends to the inaugural Alumni College: Experience Loyola Again! Over a three-day weekend, you will have an opportunity to attend classes taught by Loyola’s outstanding current and retired faculty and alumni. Come sample the recent research and top-notch teaching emerging from Loyola University. When you are not in class, you will have a chance to mingle at meals and social events with fellow alumni, Loyola faculty, and administrators. Alumni College classes will be grouped into tracks or themes that will help you to identify topics of particular interest. There will be four tracks, six sessions per track, and a joint session on Sunday taught by Loyola’s president, the Rev. Kevin Wm. Wildes, S.J., Ph.D. A special dinner will be offered at Arnaud’s Restaurant and a faculty concert is being planned. Three complimentary field trips will be offered for those who sign up to attend. For your convenience, several blocks of hotel rooms are reserved. For those of you who would like to re-live dorm life, a small number of rooms in one of Loyola’s residence halls will be available. We look forward to seeing you June 22 – 24, 2012. Sincerely yours,
Amy Cyrex Sins ’98 2011 – 2012 Enrichment Committee Chair President–Elect, Alumni Association
Monique Gaudin Gardner Director Office of Alumni Relations
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What is a Track? You will notice icons next to each course description throughout this brochure. The sessions offered at Experience Loyola Again! are grouped into tracks to help you identify topics of particular interest:
New Orleans and the World A look at the history of New Orleans and the State of Louisiana and what makes them special.
Art and Culture A glimpse of music, literature, and art in New Orleans.
Loyola and the Jesuit Mission An extraordinary blend of theological insight and historical perspective from Jesuits about Jesuits in the world, in New Orleans, and at Loyola.
Politics and Society Aspects of our society that brings life to New Orleans.
You are not restricted to any one track and are welcome to float between tracks.
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Extra Curricular Activities FRIDAY MORNING COMPLIMENTARY FIELD TRIPS You have a choice of one of three complimentary field trips, traveling by chartered bus. Each will leave Loyola’s Horseshoe at 9:30 a.m. and return at 1 p.m.
The National WWII Museum A special tour has been arranged for you to see The National WWII Museum. The museum includes 40,000 square feet of exhibits covering America’s entry into the war, the European Theatre of Operations, D-Day, and the Pacific Theatre of Operations. The Louisiana Memorial Pavilion features WWII airplanes, boats, vehicles, and weapons.
Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden Tour by Loyola Professor Mark Grote, M.F.A. The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden at the New Orleans Museum of Art is the home to more than sixty sculptures from artists from all over the world, set in a stunning environment of meandering footpaths. The collection includes a number of the most important sculptors of the 20th century, such as Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, and Jacques Lipchitz. Come join Loyola professor Mark Grote as he guides you through this fabulous addition to the New Orleans’ treasures.
Post-Katrina Tour by Loyola Professor Bob Thomas, Ph.D. Join Dr. Bob Thomas as he explores the events surrounding the most devastating natural—and man-made—disaster on American soil! Learn the history of the original city, the French Quarter, and why it was built at this particular location along the Mississippi River, as well as the direct connection between America’s disappearing coastal wetlands, oil and gas pipelines, levee protection, and hurricane destruction. This tour will travel through neighborhoods such as Lakeview, Gentilly, New Orleans East, St. Bernard, and the Ninth Ward. After this tour, you’ll have a better understanding of events pre- and post- Katrina and the rebirth of New Orleans.
FRIDAY EVENING COCKTAILS AND DINNER at Arnaud’s Restaurant Leave Loyola’s Horseshoe at 6 p.m. and return at 9:30 p.m. For an additional fee, you are invited to join us and celebrate in true New Orleans style the food of our great city. Located steps off of Bourbon Street in the heart of the French Quarter, Arnaud’s offers classic Creole Cuisine in beautifully restored turn-of-the-century dining rooms. Since its inception in 1918, Arnaud’s has remained true to its traditions and courtesies. Stroll through the historic corridors of this old building while you sip a cocktail and visit the Germaine Cazenave Wells Mardi Gras Museum. Arnaud’s knowledgeable staff will share with our group the history of the building, the restaurateurs, and the food. Enjoy a relaxing evening with old friends and great food. alumni.loyno.edu/alumnicollege12
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SCHEDULE Friday, June 22 Registration Field trips Lunch Session 1 Session 2 Reception and Dinner
8 a.m. – 5 p.m 9:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. 12:15 – 1:45 p.m. 2 – 3:15 p.m. 3:30 – 4:45 p.m. 6 p.m.
St. Charles Room Marquette Horseshoe St. Charles Room
8 a.m. – 5 p.m. 8 – 9 a.m. 9:15 – 10:30 a.m. 10:45 a.m. – 12 p.m. 12:15 – 1:45 p.m. 2 – 3:15 p.m. 3:30 – 4:45 p.m. 5 – 6:30 p.m. 7 p.m.
St. Charles Room St. Charles Room
7 – 9 a.m. 8 a.m. 9:30 – 10:45 a.m. 11 – 11:45 a.m. 12 – 1 p.m.
St. Charles Room Holy Name of Jesus
Marquette Horseshoe
Saturday, June 23 Registration Continental Breakfast Session 3: Session 4: Lunch Session 5: Session 6: Reception and Dinner Faculty Concert
St. Charles Room
St. Charles Room Roussel Hall
Sunday, June 24 Continental Breakfast Mass Joint Session Closing Ceremony Lunch
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FRIDAY: Sessions and Tracks SESSION 1: FRIDAY, 2 – 3:15 p.m. New Orleans and the World: Louisiana’s Civilian Heritage: Historical Sources and Current Influences • Dian Tooley-Knoblett, J.D. Art and Culture: History of Music in New Orleans Sanford Hinderlie, M.M. Loyola and the Jesuit Mission: Faith, Science, and Theology The Rev. James C. Carter, S.J. Politics and Society: Wetland Loss: Past, Present, and Future Robert A. Thomas, Ph.D.
SESSION 2: FRIDAY, 3:30 – 4:45 p.m. New Orleans and the World: Vive La France: Louisiana as a French Colony • David Moore, Ph.D.
Art and Culture: Picturing New Orleans • Leslie Parr, Ph.D.
Loyola and the Jesuit Mission: The Scriptural Roots of Contemporary Faithjustice • The Rev. Alfred C. “Fred” Kammer, S.J., J.D. Politics and Society: The Press of New Orleans: The Past. The Present. The Future? Alfred Lawrence “Larry” Lorenz, Ph.D.
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SATURDAY: Sessions and Tracks SESSION 3: SATURDAY, 9:15 – 10:30 a.m. New Orleans and the World: Creole Crossroads • Judith Hunt, Ph.D.
Art and Culture: Depicting Disaster: Describing the Flood and Its Aftermath • John Biguenet, M.F.A. Loyola and the Jesuit Mission: The History of Jesuits in New Orleans The Rev. Donald Averill Hawkins, S.J. Politics and Society: New Orleans Saints: The Business of Football Dennis Lauscha, M.B.A. ’93
SESSION 4: SATURDAY, 10:45 a.m. – 12 p.m. New Orleans and the World: Latino New Orleans Uriel Quesada, Ph.D., and Maurice Brungardt, Ph.D. Art and Culture: Music Therapy: Where Are We Now? 1957 – 2012 Anthony Decuir, Ph.D. Loyola and the Jesuit Mission: Ignatius Loyola, His Life and Spirituality The Rev. Theodore “Ted” Dziak, S.J. Politics and Society: Politics and Policies of Rebuilding New Orleans Peter Burns, Ph.D.
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SATURDAY: Sessions and Tracks SESSION 5: SATURDAY, 2 – 3:15 p.m. New Orleans and the World: Louisiana Women Writers: Kate Chopin, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, and Grace King • Barbara Ewell, Ph.D.
Art and Culture: Visual Arts in New Orleans • Mark Grote, M.F.A. Loyola and the Jesuit Mission: Athletics & Jesuit Mission: TraditionExcellence-The Whole Person-The Court & The Classroom The Rev. Gregg Grovenburg, S.J. Politics and Society: Courtroom Carnival: Famous New Orleans Trials • Sherry Lee Alexander, Ph.D.
SESSION 6: SATURDAY, 3:30 – 4:45 p.m. New Orleans and the World: Food, Ethnicity, and Community Justin Nystrom, Ph.D.
Art and Culture: The Free Southern Theatre • Laura Hope, Ph.D. Loyola and the Jesuit Mission: Treasures Old and New: A Survey of Special Collections and University Archives at the Monroe Library Trish Nugent, M.S. Politics and Society: The Current State of the Economy William Barnett, Ph.D.
SUNDAY: JOINT SESSION, 9:30 – 10:45 a.m. First Class, Business, Coach, and Being Left at the Gate: The Ethics of Health Policy and Medical Insurance The Rev. Kevin Wm. Wildes, S.J., Ph.D.
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SESSION 1: FRIDAY, 2 – 3:15 p.m. Dian Tooley-Knoblett, J.D. College of Law
Louisiana’s Civilian Heritage: Historical Sources and Current Influences “Did you ever hear of the Napoleonic code, Stella?…Now just let me enlighten you on a point or two…Now we got here in the state of Louisiana what’s known as the Napoleonic code. You see, now according to that, what belongs to the wife belongs to the husband also, and vice versa.” — Stanley Kowalski, A Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams This class chronicles the valiant struggles of the residents, both Spanish and French, of the Territory of Orleans to protect the territory’s civilian tradition against attempts to force its assimilation into the common law system then prevailing in all states and territories of the United States. Their persistence and dedication resulted in the preservation of Louisiana’s civilian tradition. Dian Tooley-Knoblett is the Jones-Walker Distinguished Professor of Law and teaches both common and civil law. She publishes in the areas of Louisiana property, sales and leases, community property, and conflict of laws. She is the lead editor of the ninth edition of Yiannopoulos’ Civil Law Property Coursebook, and her Louisiana Civil Law Treatise on Sales will be published by West in 2012. Since 1987, she has actively participated in law reform in Louisiana, principally revisions to Louisiana’s Civil Code. Prior to joining the Loyola faculty in 1984, she served as law clerk to Chief Justice John A. Dixon of the Louisiana Supreme Court. She received her J.D. from Louisiana State University in 1980, where she served as executive editor of the Louisiana Law Review.
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2012 ALUMNI COLLEGE • JUNE 22 – 24 ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss SESSION 1: FRIDAY, 2 – 3:15 p.m. Sanford Hinderlie, M.M. College of Music and Fine Arts ART AND CULTURE
History of Music in New Orleans The story of New Orleans is recorded in its music. This session will explore that story from 19th-century music in Congo Square to contemporary rock, jazz, and rap, with an emphasis on the racial influences and the relationship between musical identity and social identity in New Orleans. Sanford Hinderlie has been a member of the faculty of the College of Music and Fine Arts since 1981, teaching composition, technology for music students, music industry musicianship, and the history of American pop music, as well as performing as a jazz and contemporary pianist. He was the winner of the Delius Composition Competition, Piano Division, in 1980. Hinderlie is the director of SYNTHESIS 2000, which is devoted to electro-acoustic music. He has produced more than 20 albums of jazz, blues, and world music. He earned a master’s degree in music from North Texas State University and a bachelor’s degree in music from Washington State University.
SESSION 1: FRIDAY, 2 – 3:15 p.m. The Rev. James C. Carter, S.J., President Emeritus Department of Physics, College of Humanities and Natural Sciences
Faith, Science, and Theology This session will critically analyze various ways of knowing: faith, science, and theology (critical analysis of faith). The methods of the physical sciences and the life sciences will be discussed. Topics will include the epic of creation, evolution, and quantum theory.
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Fr. James Carter, President Emeritus of Loyola University New Orleans, is a scientist, theologian, and civic leader, and the Gerald N. Gaston Distinguished Professor in Religion & Science. He joined the faculty of the physics department in 1960 and was appointed provost and academic vice president in 1970. In 1974, Carter was named the 14th president of the university. Following the longest presidency in Loyola’s history, 21 years, he was named chancellor in 1995. Carter received his Ph.D. from the Catholic University of America, as well as the S.T.L. (Licentiate in Sacred Theology) from Woodstock College. His scientific research field is nuclear and elementary particle theory, and he has published numerous articles in both nuclear physics and in theology. Besides his teaching responsibilities, he currently serves as chaplain of the Alumni Association.
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SESSION 1: FRIDAY, 2 – 3:15 p.m. Robert A. Thomas, Ph.D. School of Mass Communication, College of Social Sciences Director, Loyola University Center for Environmental Communication
Wetland Loss: Past, Present, and Future Professor Thomas will present an overview of the devastating losses suffered along the Louisiana coast over the last 80 years. Discussion will include historical events and causes, current initiatives, and a prognosis for the future. Special emphasis will be placed on how one uses critical thinking skills in viewing environmental matters and the national security implications of the current national policy regarding the loss of Louisiana’s coastal wetlands. Bob Thomas holds the Endowed Chair in Environmental Communications and is the director of the Center for Environmental Communication at Loyola. He served three years as the interim director of the School of Mass Communication and is well-known both regionally and nationally as a commentator on environmental issues. He is equally noted as a spokesperson for science education. Thomas was the founding director of the Louisiana Nature Center and is a past president of the Association of Nature Center Administrators. He has served on the Accreditation Commission of the American Association of Museums and as chair of the Environmental Advisory Committee for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. He received his Ph.D. in vertebrate zoology from Texas A&M University. Loyola University Center for Environmental Communications (LUCEC) was founded in 1998 to serve students in the School of Mass Communication and in the interdisciplinary Environmental Studies Program. It hosts the Institute for Environmental Communication for citizens interested in widening their communication circle and serves as a media resource on environmental issues. It intervenes in environmental challenges faced by businesses and presents workshops intended to improve environmental reporting in the Caribbean region. There are two threads that run through all LUCEC programs: 1) sharpening critical thinking skills to encourage the development of reasonable solutions to environmental challenges, and 2) spreading the word on social justice with regard to people and the environment within the economic community.
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2012 ALUMNI COLLEGE • JUNE 22 – 24 ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss SESSION 2: FRIDAY, 3:30 – 4:45 p.m. David Moore, Ph.D. Chair, Department of History, College of Humanities and Natural Sciences
Vive La France: Louisiana as a French Colony
NEW ORLEANS AND THE WORLD
Just over a century after the French claimed and partially settled it, Louisiana would become the 18th state in a newly formed union, the United States of America. Louisiana was unlike any of the 17 states that came before it—and unlike most that would come after. Its social, cultural, and political institutions, as well as its majority population, came not from English stock and origins, but from French. What did France do, or not do, that would influence the development of its colony at the mouth of the Mississippi River and that would leave an indelible stamp, setting that colony apart from its neighbors? David Moore received his undergraduate degree at Loyola, served two years in the Peace Corps in Ethiopia, and taught two years in high school before receiving his Ph.D. in American studies from the University of Maryland. His areas of expertise are American cultural and intellectual history in the late 19th and the 20th centuries, American popular culture, and Louisiana history. Recently, most of his research and writing has been on aspects of Louisiana (and New Orleans) cultural and social history. He has been the department chair since 1989. In 1998, Moore won the College of Arts and Sciences Excellence in Teaching award. Moore currently serves as the faculty representative on the Alumni Association Board of Directors.
SESSION 2: FRIDAY, 3:30 – 4:45 p.m. Leslie Parr, Ph.D. School of Mass Communication, College of Social Sciences Director of the Center for the Study of New Orleans
ART AND CULTURE
Picturing New Orleans Since the 19th century, photographers have documented New Orleans and have captured the meaning of its urban landscapes. This session will explore the ways photography has recorded the glory and the shame of our city, preserving our history and shaping our struggles for social justice. Leslie Parr teaches photography, documentary photography, the history of photography, and photojournalism, and is the journalism sequence head. She holds a Ph.D. in United States history from Tulane University and an M.F.A. in photography, also from Tulane. She has worked professionally as a photojournalist and writer and has published three books. She completed an online photography project for The Journal of American History about Hurricane Katrina, and has taught four Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities teacher institutes for advanced study. She is the founding director of the Center for the Study of New Orleans. alumni.loyno.edu/alumnicollege12
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SESSION 2: FRIDAY, 3:30 – 4:45 p.m. The Rev. Alfred C. “Fred” Kammer, S.J., J.D., Executive Director, Jesuit Social Research Institute, College of Social Sciences
The Scriptural Roots of Contemporary Faithjustice This session will develop the foundational themes from the Judeo-Christian Scriptures for the contemporary stance of faithjustice of the Catholic Church and the Society of Jesus. Included will be the gratuitousness of creation, stewardship, the Jubilee, justice, and the “Three great parables of Jesus.” Fr. Fred Kammer is a priest and an attorney, and has been director of the Jesuit Social Research Institute since 2009. From 2002 to 2008, he was the provincial superior for the New Orleans Province of the Society of Jesus, guiding its post-Katrina recovery and service to the devastated region’s poor and needy. From 1992 to 2001, he was the president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, the nation’s largest voluntary human service network. Fr. Kammer is also a retreat director and author. His books include: Doing Faithjustice: An Introduction to Catholic Social Thought; Salted with Fire: Spirituality for the Faithjustice Journey; and Faith. Works. Wonders: An Insider’s Guide to Catholic Charities. A New Orleans native, Kammer received his J.D. from Yale University and M.Div. from Loyola University Chicago. The Jesuit Social Research Institute works to transform the Gulf South through action research, analysis, education, and advocacy on the core issues of poverty, race, and migration. The institute is a collaboration of Loyola University New Orleans and the Society of Jesus rooted in the faith that does justice.
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2012 ALUMNI COLLEGE • JUNE 22 – 24 ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss SESSION 2: FRIDAY, 3:30 – 4:45 p.m. Alfred Lawrence “Larry” Lorenz, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus School of Mass Communication, College of Social Sciences
The Press of New Orleans: The Past. The Present. The Future?
POLITICS AND SOCIETY
At the age of 175, the New Orleans Times-Picayune is the sole survivor of what was a thriving and competitive newspaper community in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Its lineage includes not only the Times and the Picayune, but the States, the Item, the Democrat, and the Tribune. That it survived all of those ancestors—and a host of other competitors—is testimony to its strength as a newspaper and as an advertising medium. In recent years, however, like other newspapers around the country, the Times-Picayune has lost circulation and advertisers. While its coverage of Hurricane Katrina won the staff of the newspaper a number of awards, including a Pulitzer Prize and an honorary doctorate from Loyola, the aftermath of the storm has left it weakened, and in this anniversary year, some wonder whether it can live to celebrate its 200th anniversary. This class will examine the Times-Picayune’s history, its post Katrina performance as a news and advertising medium in the face of competition from other media, and its (possible) future. Larry Lorenz came to Loyola in 1991 as chair of the Department of Communications and was the A. Louis Read Distinguished Professor of Mass Communication. He was the founding dean of the College of Social Sciences and, upon his retirement, was named Professor Emeritus. His early career was as a journalist in print, radio, and television. Lorenz received his Ph.D. from Southern Illinois University and, prior to coming to Loyola, taught at Southern Illinois, Marquette University, and New Mexico State University. Since 1987, he has hosted the public affairs program Informed Sources on New Orleans’ public television station, WYES-TV. Lorenz is the author of News: Reporting and Writing (with John Vivian) and Hugh Gaine: A Colonial PrinterEditor’s Odyssey to Loyalism.
SESSION 3: SATURDAY, 9:15 – 10:30 a.m. Judith Hunt, Ph.D. Associate Dean, College of Humanities and Natural Sciences
Creole Crossroads
NEW ORLEANS AND THE WORLD
New Orleans music, food, literature, religious practices, and carnival reflect the unique mixture of the city’s African, Caribbean, and European roots. The session will trace the historical threads that converged in this cultural crossroads to create a city like no other.
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SESSION 3: SATURDAY, 9:15 – 10:30 a.m. John Biguenet, M.F.A. Department of English, College of Humanities and Natural Sciences ART AND CULTURE
Depicting Disaster: Describing the Flood and Its Aftermath After the collapse of levees in New Orleans, the problem for writers was not just what to say about this man-made catastrophe, but how to say it. There was nothing in the canon of American literature that could offer a model to imitate. Never in modern America had a major city been destroyed, so how was a writer to describe the event and its aftermath? Showing Professor Biguenet’s video reports for The New York Times and previews of his Rising Water trilogy of plays, we will discuss the challenges of depicting the destruction of New Orleans and its rebirth. John Biguenet is a noted novelist, playwright, essayist, and literary translator, and is the author of Oyster, a novel, and The Torturer’s Apprentice: Stories. His short fiction has received an O. Henry Award and a Harper’s Magazine Writing Award. Among his other books are Strange Harbors, an anthology of international literature in translation, and two volumes on literary translation. For the last six years, Biguenet, first as a guest columnist for The New York Times, and then as a playwright and fiction writer, has addressed the problem of depicting disaster. His Rising Water and Shotgun have won numerous awards and have been seen in production at Southern Rep and at other theaters nationally. His Night Train was developed on a Studio Attachment at the National Theatre in London. He holds the M.F.A. from the University of Arkansas and a B.A. from Loyola, and is the Robert Hunter Distinguished University Professor at Loyola University New Orleans.
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2012 ALUMNI COLLEGE • JUNE 22 – 24 ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss SESSION 3: SATURDAY, 9:15 – 10:30 a.m. The Rev. Donald Averill Hawkins, S.J. Pastor, Holy Name of Jesus Church
The History of Jesuits in New Orleans
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This session will trace the Jesuit presence in New Orleans from the early 18th century to the present, highlighting the role that Jesuit institutions have played in the life of the city. Fr. Donald Hawkins has been the pastor of Holy Name Parish in New Orleans since 2007. He entered the Jesuits in 1965 at Grand Coteau, La., and was ordained priest in 1976. He taught for many years at Jesuit High School in New Orleans and served as the archivist of the New Orleans Province. He was rector of the Spring Hill College Jesuit Community and was assistant director of novices at the Jesuit Novitiate at Grand Coteau. Hawkins earned a B.A. and an M.A. in English from Spring Hill College and the M.Div. and S.T.M. (Master of Sacred Theology) at Regis College in Toronto. He did graduate work in American studies at the University of Texas at Austin and has researched and written on the early history of the Jesuits in the South.
SESSION 3: SATURDAY, 9:15 – 10:30 a.m. Dennis Lauscha, M.B.A. ’93 Executive Vice President/Chief Financial Officer, New Orleans Saints
New Orleans Saints: The Business of Football
POLITICS AND SOCIETY
This session examines the business of football, specifically the New Orleans Saints and the National Football League, the politics of football vis-à-vis the city and state governments, and the economic impact of the Saints as a major New Orleans industry. Dennis Lauscha, a graduate of Loyola’s MBA program and executive vice president/chief financial officer of the New Orleans Saints, is in his 13th season with the Saints, and maintains multiple roles within the operations of the club and other holdings of owner Tom Benson. His professional and charitable work was recognized by New Orleans CityBusiness when he was selected as one of the 40 Most Influential Members of the Community. Lauscha received an M.B.A. from Loyola, and completed the NFL Managers Program at Stanford University’s Executive Education Graduate School of Business. He received Loyola’s College of Business Alumnus of the Year Award in 2010, and currently serves on the college’s Visiting Committee.
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SESSION 4: SATURDAY, 10:45 a.m. – 12 p.m. Uriel Quesada, Ph.D., Chair, Latin American Studies and Director, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Maurice Brungardt, Ph.D., Department of History, College of Humanities and Natural Sciences
Latino New Orleans New Orleans’ relationship with Latin America and with Latin Americans is rooted in the 16th century, when the Jesuit order was founded and when the Spanish began their colonization of much of the New World. New Orleans itself was part of the Spanish Empire from 1763 until 1802 and played a key role in the history of Latin America. Given its location as the port for much of the trade between the United States and Latin America, it remains a significant link between north and south. With the expansion of the Panama Canal, scheduled to be completed in 2015, this role will only increase as products and commodities make their way to and from the Far East, where a majority of the world’s population resides. New Orleans has long been a meeting ground for Americanos and Latin Americans. Mexico had a consulate, its first, in New Orleans from 1822 to 2002. It was re-established in 2008 because of the influx of workers who are helping rebuild the city after Katrina. Today, New Orleans is a much more vibrant Latino city than it was immediately before Katrina. We will discuss the presence of Latinos in New Orleans from the historical perspective, from the 16th century to the present, and will reflect on current issues regarding the Latino communities in New Orleans. Uriel Quesada is the Latin American Studies chair and the director of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Loyola University. In 2009, he co-edited a special issue of the academic journal Istmo, devoted to the study of gender and sexualities in contemporary Central American literature. As a writer of fiction, he has published seven books. Quesada earned a B.A. from the Universidad de Costa Rica, an M.A. from New Mexico State University, and a Ph.D. from Tulane University. Maurice Brungardt is currently working on a book-length manuscript on the career patterns and income and wealth of high Spanish officials in the Spanish Empire in the 17th century tentatively titled All the King’s Men: The Limits of Power and Wealth in the Spanish Empire. He has also been director of Loyola’s Study Abroad Program in Mexico City at the Universidad Iberoamericana since 1983, and he was a Fulbright Visiting Professor at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia in Bogota, Colombia, in 1994. Brungardt earned a Ph.D. from the University of Texas. The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies attempts to bring together Loyola’s students, staff, and faculty with the Latino community and the New Orleans community at large by supporting scholarly and academic programs. The center uses a multifaceted effort to increase interdisciplinary educational experiences and promote the active engagement of the university with the worlds around it and to build from and promote the spread of Jesuit values throughout the global community.
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2012 ALUMNI COLLEGE • JUNE 22 – 24 ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss SESSION 4: SATURDAY, 10:45 a.m. – 12 p.m. Anthony Decuir, Ph.D. Associate Dean, College of Music and Fine Arts
ART AND CULTURE
Music Therapy: Where are we now? 1957 – 2012 This session will focus on the history of music therapy and Loyola’s seminal role in the development of the South Central Region of American Music Therapy Association. Dr. Decuir will pay particular attention to the contributions of Fr. Joseph Bassich, S.J., a former dean of the College of Music at Loyola, Dural Black, a New Orleans businessman, Charles Braswell, Carol Marsh, DePaul Hospital, Central Louisiana State Hospital, and the National Association for Music Therapy. Anthony Decuir has been the associate dean of the College of Music and Fine Arts since 1990, and has also served as interim dean. He is an active member of the American Music Therapy Association, and has served that organization in many capacities, including president (1986 – 1988). He is currently an associate editor for the Journal of Music Therapy. Decuir has published in numerous professional journals and has lectured throughout the United States and abroad. He joined the College of Music faculty in 1974. Decuir earned a Ph.D. from Louisiana State University, M.M.T. and B.M.T. degrees from Loyola, and a B.S. from Xavier University.
SESSION 4: SATURDAY, 10:45 a.m. – 12 p.m. The Rev. Theodore “Ted” Dziak, S.J. Vice President for Mission and Ministry
Ignatius Loyola, His Life and Spirituality
LOYOLA AND THE JESUIT MISSION
This session will consider the life of Ignatius of Loyola, his conversion, and his unique spirituality, which includes the Spiritual Exercises. We will learn how his personal experience became the foundation of the Society of Jesus and the Jesuit movement into education and schools. Fr. Ted Dziak came to Loyola in 2006 to serve as director of the Jesuit Center. Prior to that, he spent six years serving as president of St. George’s College, Kingston, Jamaica. He spent two years in pastoral work in the Mayan villages and as director of the Trinidad Farm retreat house in Belize. Previously, Dziak worked at Boston College, where he served as assistant to the president, and director of Ignacio Volunteer immersion programs. He was also involved in retreat and immersion programs for students and faculty. In 1983, Dziak founded the Jesuit International Volunteers and served as the organization’s executive director for six years. Dziak earned a B.A. in English from Michigan State University, an M.A. in teaching from the University of Illinois, studied graduate philosophy at Boston College, and received a master’s degree in divinity and a master’s degree in theology from Weston School of Theology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Dziak was ordained a priest in 1983 and is a member of the New England Province of the Society of Jesus. alumni.loyno.edu/alumnicollege12
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SESSION 4: SATURDAY, 10:45 a.m. – 12 p.m. Peter Burns, Ph.D. Department of Political Science, College of Social Sciences
Politics and Policies of Rebuilding New Orleans In this session, education, housing, and economic development are highlighted through perspectives of race and class. Peter Burns is the author of two books, Electoral Politics Is Not Enough: Racial and Ethnic Minorities and Urban Politics and Success in College: From C’s in High School to A’s in College. His teaching and research interests include American politics, urban politics, race, ethnicity, and public policy. Since 2006, he has written and published extensively on governance in New Orleans and the rebuilding of the city after Hurricane Katrina. His research on these subjects has appeared in, among other places, Urban Affairs Review, Journal of Urban Affairs, and Marion Orr’s edited volume Transforming the City: Community Organizing and the Challenge of Political Change. He holds Ph.D. and M.A. degrees from the University of Maryland, College Park, and M.A. and B.A. degrees from the University of Connecticut.
NEW ORLEANS AND THE WORLD
SESSION 5: SATURDAY, 2 – 3:15 p.m. Barbara Ewell, Ph.D. Department of English, College of Humanities and Natural Sciences
Louisiana Women Writers: Kate Chopin, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, and Grace King Louisiana has produced many notable women writers, but these three contemporaries helped to define the image of the state in the national imagination at the turn of the 19th century. Two were natives of the state, two were white, two were married, two wrote history as well as fiction, and all three were gifted storytellers. This session will explore the life and times of these three writers, with a close reading and discussion of examples of their fiction. Barbara Ewell earned her Ph.D. in English literature from the University of Notre Dame. She is author of Kate Chopin, a bio-critical study, as well as many articles in areas as diverse as Renaissance poetry, North American writers, and feminist pedagogy. She has co-edited two collections, Louisiana Women Writers: Critical Essays and Bibliography and Southern Local Color: Stories of Region, Race and Gender. A native of Baker, Louisiana, she attended the University of Dallas and taught at Tulane and at the University of Mississippi before coming to Loyola’s City College in 1984. Committed to adult learning, she continues to instruct and advise adult students in the humanities program and also teaches in the Women’s Studies program.
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2012 ALUMNI COLLEGE • JUNE 22 – 24 ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss The Women’s Studies minor is an interdisciplinary program that seeks to provide students and the university community with educational frameworks and strategies for intellectual and personal growth, positive social change, and political awareness that informs active participation in public affairs. The Women’s Resource Center supports the educational mission of Women’s Studies through programming and services. It encourages and promotes the interdisciplinary exchange of knowledge about women among faculty by supporting research and course development assistance in those areas.
SESSION 5: SATURDAY, 2 – 3:15 p.m. Mark Grote, M.F.A. Department of Visual Arts, College of Music and Fine Arts
ART AND CULTURE
Visual Arts in New Orleans This session will outline how New Orleans has evolved over the past 30 years as a national leader in the visual arts. The session will explore local collecting, public and private, new galleries, plus the creation of nationally ranked art centers. Professor Grote will also highlight how New Orleans has been a mecca for young arts from around the country and abroad. Mark Grote earned a B.F.A. from Dayton Art Institute and an M.F.A. from Washington University. He has exhibited his work both nationally and internationally. He received a Fulbright to England in 1992 and has received numerous grants from the National Endowment of the Arts. His work is placed in many public and private collections, including the K & B Collections New Orleans, La.; Virlane Foundation New Orleans, La.; Pan American Life Insurance Company New Orleans, La.; Museum of Art in Alexandria, La.; West Texas Museum in Beaumont, Texas; Museum of Art in Jackson, Miss.; Dayton Museum of Art, Dayton, Ohio; Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Ala.; Meadows Museum, Shreveport, La.; Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, La. He also exhibited his work at the Gallerie Christian Siret in Paris, France; Gasworks Gallery, London, England; Sculpture House Gallery, London, England. He has lectured at several universities throughout the United States and England.
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SESSION 5: SATURDAY, 2 – 3:15 p.m. The Rev. Gregg Grovenburg, S.J., Associate Chaplain for Sacraments & Faith Formation/Resident Chaplain
Athletics & Jesuit Mission: Tradition-ExcellenceThe Whole Person-The Court & The Classroom This offering explores the place where athletics fit into the Jesuit and Ignatian view of the world and educational experience—the notion of the whole person (body, mind, soul) and striving for the “magis” (excellence) in all things is presented. Fr. Gregg Grovenburg earned a B.A. from Gonzaga University, the M.Div. degree from Weston School of Theology, and completed a diploma in Pastoral Theology at Heythrop College, University of London, and earned a master’s degree in education and pastoral theology at Boston College. He was ordained a priest in 1988. Grovenburg has worked in youth ministry/adolescent spirituality, has taught English and theology at the high school level, and has taught Caribbean literature at St. John’s College in Belize City, Belize. Additionally, he spent a year in campus ministry at the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland and was part of the Campus Ministry team at Fairfield University from 1997 to 2003. Grovenburg served as Chaplain and Campus Minister at Rockhurst University in Kansas before coming to Loyola.
POLITICS AND SOCIETY
SESSION 5: SATURDAY, 2 – 3:15 p.m. Sherry Lee Alexander, Ph.D. School of Mass Communication, College of Social Sciences
Courtroom Carnival: Famous New Orleans Trials Louisiana’s legal foibles and follies, from Edwin Edwards’ outlandish antics to Chicken King Al Copeland’s romances, this session will explore a collection of stories about 10 of New Orleans’ most memorable high-profile litigants. Featured characters include Chinese Cowboy Harry Lee, Singing D.A. Harry Connick, Sr., Larger-Than-Life Darleen Jacobs, State Senator Michael O’Keefe, NOPD officer Antoine Saacks, and TV reporter Richard Angelico, among others. Sherry Lee Alexander is an award-winning journalist who worked in print, radio, and television before beginning her academic career. She holds Ph.D. and B.A. degrees from the University of Florida and the master’s degree from University of Miami. She specializes in press coverage of courts and is the author of Covering the Courts: A Handbook for Journalists and Media and American Courts. Her most recent book, and the subject for this session, is Courtroom Carnival: Famous New Orleans Trials. In addition to her award-winning scholarly research, Alexander continues her professional work, serving as host of “Writer’s Forum,” a weekly author interview program on WRBH-FM.
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2012 ALUMNI COLLEGE • JUNE 22 – 24 ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss SESSION 6: SATURDAY, 3:30 – 4:45 p.m. Justin Nystrom, Ph.D. Department of History, College of Humanities and Natural Sciences
Food, Ethnicity, and Community
NEW ORLEANS AND THE WORLD
Despite the issues that divide New Orleanians, they share a proud culinary tradition rooted in great ethnic diversity. Coming together over signature dishes, from muffaletas to shrimp creole, from rice calas to Banh Pho is a treasured cultural ritual that forges communal bonds. This session will explore the ethnic, environmental, and historical forces that have made food a source of community in the Crescent City. Justin Nystrom first came to New Orleans in the spring of 1999 to do research for his master’s thesis on the White League. Like so many who now live in the city today, he has been consumed by this most interesting town ever since, particularly with its life and culture in the 19th and early 20th centuries. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Georgia in 2004 and, before coming to Loyola, taught at Virginia Tech, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and the University of Mississippi. His book, New Orleans after the Civil War: Race, Politics, and a New Birth of Freedom, was published in 2010, and he is currently working on a combined book and documentary film project titled Making Groceries: Corner Markets and the Food Culture of Italian New Orleans. Nystrom joined the Loyola faculty in 2009 as a specialist in the Civil War Era, fulfilling a long-held dream of working in the city and at a job that he loves.
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SESSION 6: SATURDAY, 3:30 – 4:45 p.m. Laura Hope, Ph.D. Department of Theatre Arts, College of Music and Fine Arts
The Free Southern Theatre The Free Southern Theatre was a black theatre company that formed in order to use theatre as a tool of social justice in order to help African Americans living in the south achieve civil rights. They were activists as well as artists. In 1965, the Free Southern Theatre relocated from Mississippi to New Orleans, where they remained until they disbanded as a company. Dr. Hope will be giving an overview of their art and politics while in New Orleans. Laura Hope is an assistant professor of theatre and dramaturgy. She has a B.F.A. in acting from the University of Colorado at Boulder; a M.A. in drama from San Francisco State University; and a Ph.D. in performance studies from the University of California, Davis. She served as the Resident Dramaturg for the California Shakespeare Theater until relocating to New Orleans, and continues to be a contributing dramaturg for the company during summers. She is also an associate artist with Golden Thread Productions, a San Francisco-based theatre company dedicated to theatre about the Middle East. She has directed, acted, and dramaturged at professional theatre companies throughout the U.S. She is currently working on two books: The Road Less Traveled: Adventures in Feminist Dramaturgy with Dr. Philippa Kelly, and Between the Hurricanes: Performing New Orleans 1965-Post Katrina with Dr. Jim Fitzmorris. Dr. Hope serves on the committee for the minor in African and African American Studies. The minor invites students to study peoples, histories, and cultures of Africa and people of African descent in the United States, Caribbean, Latin America, and other places where there is an African diaspora presence. In addition to the course offerings, students are encouraged to take part in the events, including theatre performances, that address aspects of the diaspora experience.
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2012 ALUMNI COLLEGE • JUNE 22 – 24 ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss SESSION 6: SATURDAY, 3:30 – 4:45 p.m. Trish Nugent, M.S. Special Collections Librarian/Archivist, Monroe Library
Treasures Old and New: A Survey of Special Collections and University Archives at the Monroe Library
LOYOLA AND THE JESUIT MISSION
This session provides an introduction to Loyola’s Special Collections and Archives, with particular emphasis on Loyola University’s history. Attendees will also learn about Special Collections and Archives’ unique and rare holdings and the scholarship that these materials support. Trish Nugent is an associate professor and Special Collections librarian/archivist in the J. Edgar & Louise S. Monroe Library. Nugent received her M.S.I.S. from the University of Texas at Austin, and is a certified archivist. Prior to becoming an archivist, she was in professional theater in New York.
SESSION 6: SATURDAY, 3:30 – 4:45 p.m. William Barnett, Ph.D. College of Business POLITICS AND SOCIETY
The Current State of the Economy Dr. Barnett will discuss the current state of the economy, how we got here, and where we are most likely going. William Barnett is professor of economics and Chase Bank Distinguished Professor of International Business in the College of Business. He is also an adjunct scholar at the Ludwig von Mises Institute. He earned a B.B.A. in economics from Loyola University New Orleans in 1967, a Ph.D. in economics from Michigan State University in 1974, and a J.D. from Loyola University New Orleans in 1982. Barnett has published more than 50 articles in scholarly refereed journals, including the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, the Review of Austrian Economics, Advances in Austrian Economics, the Independent Review, and Public Choice, and he appears regularly on television and radio. His teaching and research interests are in Austrian School economics, particularly the Austrian theory of the business cycle, and domestic and international macroeconomics and macro finance.
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First Class, Business, Coach and Being Left at the Gate: The Ethics of Health Policy and Medical Insurance Escalating health care costs present us with serious ethical challenges. How can some be denied access to health care? What roles do class and gender play in limiting access? The seminar focuses on injustices in American health care and on the ways New Orleans, as it rebuilds its system, provides a lens on larger national issues. Fr. Kevin Wm. Wildes is the 16th president of Loyola University New Orleans. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1976 after graduating from St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. He holds advanced degrees in theology and in philosophy and received his Ph.D. from Rice University in 1993. His scholarly work is in the field of bioethics. He serves as associate editor to and on the editorial board of a number of ethics and medicine journals and book series, and is a founding editor of the Journal of Christian Bioethics. He was a member of the department of philosophy and a Senior Research Scholar in the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University, where he also held an appointment at the Georgetown University School of Medicine. At Loyola, he teaches undergraduate and law students each year. Wildes is the author of Moral Acquaintances: Methodology in Bioethics, is the editor or co-editor of four additional books, and is currently working on a new book on organizational ethics in health care. He has lectured internationally on medicine, ethics, and health care. He is a member of the boards of Loyola University Chicago and St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, a member of the New Orleans Business Council, and serves as the vice chair of the Board of Directors of Friends of New Orleans. He is a founding member of the New Orleans Ethics Review Board that oversees the Office of the Inspector General in New Orleans and served as its chair for four years.
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ExperienceLoyola Again! R E G I S T R AT I O N F O R M Alumni College Weekend is $275 per person or $175 for Young Alumni (YA) who graduated in 2001 or later. A Saturday-only pass is $150 per person or $95 for YA. The cost includes session fees, meals (excluding dinner at Arnaud’s), and parking. The early-bird registration concludes May 1. Registration received after the May 1 deadline will be $300 per person and $200 for YA for the weekend program, $165 for the Saturday-only pass and $105 for the YA Saturday-only pass. DINNER AT ARNAUD’S: On Friday night, you are invited to a Cocktail Reception and Dinner at Arnaud’s for a very special price of $80 per person. See Details on page 5. Carrollton Residence Hall Suites are available for $60 per night. A suite consists of two bedrooms, each with two single beds, a shared living room, and a shared bathroom. Linens will be provided. Registrant 1 Name (for name tag)
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ExperienceLoyola Again! Payment Options Please return your registration form with your check (payable to Loyola University New Orleans) or credit card information to Loyola University New Orleans Alumni Association, 7214 St. Charles Avenue, Campus Box 909, New Orleans, LA 70118. If paying by credit card:
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Please check your preference. This information will assist us in planning and will in no way limit your choices that weekend. Thank you for your participation! FIELD TRIPS n Besthoff Sculpture Garden at NOMA Tour with Professor Mark Grote n The National WWII Museum n Post-Katrina Tour with Dr. Bob Thomas TRACKS AND SESSIONS TRACK 1: NEW ORLEANS AND THE WORLD n Session 1: Louisiana’s Civilian Heritage: Historical Sources and Current Influences • Dian Tooley-Knoblett, J.D. n Session 2: Vive La France: Louisiana as a French Colony • David Moore, Ph.D. n Session 3: Creole Crossroads • Judith Hunt, Ph.D. n Session 4: Latino New Orleans • Uriel Quesada, Ph.D. and Maurice Brungardt, Ph.D. n Session 5: Louisiana Women Writers: Kate Chopin, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, and Grace King • Barbara Ewell, Ph.D. n Session 6: Food, Ethnicity, and Community • Justin Nystrom, Ph.D. TRACK 2: ART AND CULTURE n Session 1: History of Music in New Orleans • Sanford Hinderlie, M.M. n Session 2: Picturing New Orleans • Leslie Parr, Ph.D. n Session 3: Depicting Disaster: Describing the Flood and Its Aftermath John Biguenet, M.F.A. n Session 4: Music Therapy: Where Are We Now? 1957 – 2012 • Anthony Decuir, Ph.D. n Session 5: Visual Arts in New Orleans • Mark Grote, M.F.A. n Session 6: The Free Southern Theatre • Laura Hope, Ph.D.
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R E G I S T R AT I O N F O R M TRACK 3: LOYOLA AND THE JESUIT MISSION n Session 1: Faith, Science, and Theology • Fr. James Carter, S.J. n Session 2: The Scriptural Roots of Contemporary Faithjustice Fr. Fred Kammer, S.J., J.D. n Session 3: The History of Jesuits in New Orleans • Fr. Donald Hawkins, S.J. n Session 4: Ignatius Loyola, His Life and Spirituality • Fr. Ted Dziak, S.J. n Session 5: Athletics & Jesuit Mission: Tradition-Excellence-The Whole PersonThe Court & The Classroom • Fr. Gregg Grovenburg, S.J. n Session 6: Treasures Old and New: A Survey of Special Collections and University Archives at the Monroe Library • Trish Nugent, M.S. TRACK 4: POLITICS AND SOCIETY n Session 1: Wetland Loss: Past, Present, and Future • Robert Thomas, Ph.D. n Session 2: The Press of New Orleans: The Past. The Present. The Future? Larry Lorenz, Ph.D. n Session 3: New Orleans Saints: The Business of Football Dennis Lauscha, M.B.A. ’93 n Session 4: Politics and Policies of Rebuilding New Orleans • Peter Burns, Ph.D. n Session 5: Courtroom Carnival: Famous New Orleans Trials Sherry Lee Alexander, Ph.D. n Session 6: Current State of the Economy • William Barnett, Ph.D. JOINT SESSION n First Class, Business, Coach, and Being Left at the Gate: The Ethics of Health Policy and Medical Insurance Fr. Kevin Wm. Wildes, S.J., Ph.D.
Register online with Visa or MasterCard at alumni.loyno.edu/alumnicollege12 OR Detach and mail both registration form pages by JUNE 1 to: Office of Alumni Relations 7214 St. Charles Avenue, Box 909 New Orleans, LA 70118 Questions? Please call (504) 861-5454 or 1-800-798-ALUM If paying by check, please make checks payable to Loyola University New Orleans.
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HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS The Office of Alumni Relations at Loyola University New Orleans offers the following list of hotels near campus for accommodations. Please mention the special group rate for: Experience Loyola Again. Each hotel charges additional fees for valet parking. The Alumni Office is not responsible for room rates or availability. Hampton Inn – Garden District Hotel 3626 St. Charles Avenue New Orleans, LA 70115 (504) 899-9990 $129 Double/King Standard CUT-OFF DATE: May 23, 2012 Hilton New Orleans Riverside 2 Poydras Street New Orleans, LA 70130 (504) 561-0500 $145 Single/Double Standard $175 Triple Standard CUT-OFF DATE: June 1, 2012 Wyndham Riverfront New Orleans 701 Convention Center Blvd. New Orleans, LA 70130 (504) 681-1001 $99 Single/Double Standard CUT-OFF DATE: May 22, 2012
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