COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Forty-four books into the internationally renowned Object Lessons book series, English professor Chris Schaberg has received additional funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities to continue his great work. The NEH funding helps support internships in Loyola’s new Center for Editing & Publishing, where the Object Lessons series is a key experiential learning component. Launched in 2015, the series can be found in exclusive book shops and museums around the world, from SF MOMA, The Strand, and Harvard and MIT Bookstores to The National Gallery of Art, The Tate Modern Bookshop and Blackwell’s Oxford. Every day, Loyola students gain excellent experience in the editing and publishing process. Environmental biology professor Paul Barnes is lead author on a recent paper in Nature Sustainability that analyzes how the Montreal Protocol is helping countries curb rapid climate change and avoid catastrophic ozone depletion, making a more sustainable future possible. The landmark agreement designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production and consumption of ozonedepleting substances is the first multinational environmental agreement to be ratified by all 197 countries of the United Nations. Barnes, who serves with the paper’s co-authors on a U.N. advisory panel, says the Montreal Protocol is proof of how international cooperation can address, alleviate, and in certain cases, eliminate, some of the world’s most pressing environmental problems.
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS Studying in New Orleans, Paris, and Munich– doesn’t that sound grand? Loyola University New Orleans joins with two top European universities to launch a triple degree program that will allow enrolled students to attain simultaneously a U.S. Master of Business Administration (MBA), the French Diplôme Grande École, and the German Master of Science in Management. President Tetlow and the presidents of SKEMA Business School in Paris and LudwigMaximilians-Universität in Munich have signed a memorandum agreement to launch the Global MBA program. The joint program will expose students to the best of each university while teaching them to deal with a changing global environment.
Loyola University New Orleans is the latest university to be welcomed into the CFA Institute University Affiliation Program. This program positions students to obtain the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation, the most respected and recognized investment credential in the world. Entry signals to potential students, employers, and the marketplace that Loyola’s finance curriculum is closely tied to professional practice and wellsuited to preparing students to sit for the CFA examinations. Participation also means Loyola is eligible to receive six student scholarships for the CFA Program each year.
COLLEGE OF LAW In an exciting learning opportunity for law students, the Louisiana Supreme Court held oral arguments at the College of Law in October. The Court heard arguments on three cases, including one involving use of a non-unanimous jury in a criminal case in which the crime occurred before Louisiana law was changed to require unanimous juries and the constitutionality of the court’s actions. For more than 20 years this honored tradition of holding oral arguments away from the Court, known as “riding the circuit,” is a means of ensuring citizens statewide have access to justice. The Greater New Orleans Section of the National Council of Jewish Women presented Dean Madeleine M. Landrieu with the 2019 Hannah G. Solomon Award in October, honoring her as “a woman whose actions have made a positive impact in the community.” The award is given annually to a community leader who exemplifies the qualities of Hannah G. Solomon, founder of the National Council of Jewish Women. These leaders have brought about important community programs and services through their leadership in a volunteer capacity. Each has been a catalyst for social change.
COLLEGE OF MUSIC AND MEDIA Loyola’s acclaimed School of Music Industry unveiled new leadership as students returned to campus this fall. Director Jeff Albert and Associate Director Kate Duncan are prepared to continue the legacy of their predecessor-- renowned producer and professor John Snyder, a devoted champion of the intellectual rights of musicians and the cultural economy. Snyder, who propelled the program for more than 15 years, retired from Loyola in May.
Music Professor Valerie Goertzen will spend the 2019-20 academic year studying Brahms, courtesy of an ATLAS grant provided by the Louisiana Board of Regents to Louisiana artists and scholars. Professor Goertzen will spend her sabbatical writing a book entitled View from the Piano Bench: The Arrangements of Johannes Brahms.
COLLEGE OF NURSING AND HEALTH NURSING Three School of Nursing faculty members serve this year as Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing Practitioners: Interim Dean and Professor Laurie Ferguson, who also serves as a member of the executive board; Associate Professor Debra Friedrich; and Associate Professor Janet DuBois. Assistant Professor Warren Hebert, Jr. serves as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. COUNSELING The Loyola University Center for Counseling and Education (LCCE), a community health clinic which opened in spring 2019 to offer sliding scale individual, couples, and family therapy, has expanded its repertoire. In partnership with the New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic & Assistance Foundation and Preservation Hall Foundation, the LCCE now offers a therapeutic support group for service industry professionals aged 18 and older. The clinic also offers “Play it Out! A Playful Way to a Closer Relationship,” which allows parents of children up to age 11 to take part in psychoeducational support groups. LOYOLA INSTITUTE FOR MINISTRY High school students from across Southeast Louisiana converged on campus last summer to participate in Faith Acts Summer Youth Theology Institute run by the Loyola Institute for Ministry. Launched in 2016 with a $600,000 grant from the Lilly Endowment Fund, the weeklong residency is designed to help participants develop their Catholic faith, explore contemporary world issues through a moral construct, and serve their communities. Through field trips, prayer sessions, and study, the program encourages young people to explore theological traditions, ask questions about the moral dimensions of contemporary issues, and examine how their faith calls them to lives of service.
ONLINE Loyola now offers more than 20 online degree programs at the bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral levels in subjects ranging from nursing to finance, psychology, theology, and criminology. We also offer summer courses! Visit online.loyno.edu to learn more.
