Loyno Magazine Spring 2023

Moon Landrieu

1930-2022

A personal reflection on his life and legacy

A HEALTHY FUTURE

The College of Nursing and Health embraces new technology

LAWYERING UP

The College of Law sets a high bar

DO THIS

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SPRING 2023

Vol. 32, No. 1

Editor

Eve Crawford Peyton Designer

Stephanie Moody ’08

University Photographer

Kyle Encar

Contributing Writers

Fritz Esker ’00

Marcel Garsaud ’54, J.D. ’59, H ’o4

Autumn Giusti ’00

Patricia Murret

Assistant Director of Donor Relations and Advancement Communications

Dominique Becnel

Director of Stewardship and Advancement Communications

Mariah Weinand

Executive Director of Development

Stephanie Hotard ’04, M.B.A. ’10

Associate Vice President for Alumni Engagement

Laurie Eichelberger Leiva ’03, Ed.D.

Vice President of Marketing and Communications

Rachel Hoormann ’94

Vice President for University Advancement

Chris Wiseman ’88, Ph.D.

Interim University President

The Rev. Justin Daffron, S.J.

Get Your Groove On

Support your school while eating crawfish bread at The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, April 28-May 7. The Loyola University Jazz Ensemble will play a set, along with many other bands with a Loyola connection! Wear your maroon and gold, and don't forget your sunscreen!

Smile on the Nile

Join the Loyola University Alumni Association on a trip to Egypt from Oct. 5-16. Highlights will include Cairo; the Grand Egyptian Museum; Giza, along with the pyramids and the Sphinx; and a four-night Nile River cruise. Book by April 6 to save $250.

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Dear Loyola community,

2022 was a year grounded in gratitude at Loyola University New Orleans. We opened the $1.9 million Loyola-Ochsner Nursing Simulation Lab and expanded our nursing programs. We launched new career and educational opportunities through Loyola Online and City College. We christened the newly renovated Connie and Elaine Jones Band Hall, made Billboard’s Top Music Business Schools, and held the inaugural LaunchU competition. One LaunchU prizewinner, Loyola senior David Price, surpassed our wildest imaginations with his invention of the Safety Pouch, a device that makes traffic stops safer for everyone and is now available in Walmart stores worldwide.

We reflected on the past while finding meaning in the present. We celebrated the life of former Mayor Moon Landrieu ’52, J.D. ’54, H’79, H ’05, as we saw the law school flourish under the leadership of his daughter, Madeleine, J.D. ’87, H ’05. We renamed a residence hall for Dr. Norman

C. Francis, J.D. ’55, H’82 one of the most successful university presidents in the history of higher education and the first Black graduate of Loyola's College of Law.

Our 2022 Integritas Vitae Award recipient, The Hon. Mary Ann Vial Lemmon, J.D. '64, reminded us of the strength and integrity demanded of trailblazing women, as we trumpet the fifth successful year of the Women’s Leadership Academy.

We continue to live our mission every day by preparing students who will be our next leaders. When our students graduate, about 60% remain in Louisiana to work, live, play, and grow their families.

Our post-graduation employment rate is up to 91%, our highest-ever recorded career outcomes rate. The median base salary for graduates beginning their careers is $46,384. This is a legacy that we take great pride in.

Loyola is in a position of strength thanks to the hard work of the past several years, and

I’m honored to be able to help finish what we started. Last fall, Loyola welcomed the most diverse first-year class in university history, leaders of tomorrow who show us daily what it means to live a good and just life. Loyola is well-positioned to maintain this momentum, and I’m committed to ensuring that our journey forward remains a smooth one.

This is a period of hope and courageous innovation for Loyola and our entire community. The successes of the past several years have shown what greatness is possible for the university. I’m confident that Loyola will continue on this path to success as we stay the course with our strategic plan; support our employees; and, most importantly, ensure the excellence that is integral to a Jesuit education for our students.

Father Justin Daffron, S.J. Interim President

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Loyno news worth howling about Rock on!

For the second time running, Loyola University New Orleans’ acclaimed College of Music and Media is named among Billboard magazine’s Top Music Business Schools. The elite list places Loyola in excellent company, alongside music education greats, including Boston’s Berklee College of Music, Belmont University’s Mike Curb College of Entertainment & Music Business, and the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music. These universities are training the next generation of music industry leaders.

Fulbright Scholars

Young alumni Sasha Solano-McDaniel ’21 and Zachary Dowling ’21 received Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards from the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board and U.S. Department of State. As Fulbright participants, SolanoMcDaniel and Dowling are studying, conducting research, and teaching abroad this year in Italy and Spain. Solano-McDaniel won the Fulbright-Casten Family Foundation Award to attend the University of Gastronomic Sciences (UNISG) in Pollenzo, Italy. She is working to earn a Master of Gastronomy: World Food Cultures and Mobility degree. Dowling is an English teaching assistant in the Canary Islands, aiding schoolteachers in English immersion classrooms; constructing lesson plans; and engaging students, both in the classroom and through after-school programs.

Gilman Scholars

A record-breaking 13 Loyola students received Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships to participate in study abroad and intern abroad programs in 2022. With an acceptance rate of one in four students, this competitive award run by the U.S. Department of Education supports undergraduates who are traditionally underrepresented in study abroad.

Howl to Jabez Berniard ’22, Peyton Finch ’23, Hallé Gugsa ’23, Josi Guidry ’23, Macie LaFonta ’23, Augie Lodholz ’24, Mohamed Mohamed ’23, Anna Nguyen ’23, Heather Rabassa ’23, Kaliah Rodgers ’24, Kailey Shakerin ’23, Victoria Sosa ’24, and Akilah Toney ’24. We wish them well in all their adventures and travels!

Engine of Opportunity

National Champions

Loyola Athletics honored its 2021-2022 NAIA Men’s Basketball National Championship team with a special Championship Banner Drop and Ring Ceremony past November prior to the team’s home game against Southern University New Orleans in “The Den.” At the ceremony, Athletics officials unveiled the National Championship banner, the school’s first national title since the men’s basketball team championship win in 1945, and members of the team received their National Championship rings.

A Century of Success

The Maroon, which turned 100 in November, celebrated a century of making headlines this fall while being honored by the Society of Professional Journalists as the nation’s Best All-Around Student Newspaper among small colleges and winning the Associated College Press’ Pacemaker Award, known as “the Pulitzer Prize of college journalism.”

“To get this level of recognition from both the SPJ and ACP is heartwarming – being recognized both by the professional media and the people who specialize in college media,” said Mike Giusti ’00, M.B.A. ’12, chair of the Journalism Department, who has led The Maroon for 15 years as adviser and served as the newspaper’s editor-in-chief as a student.

Giusti and eight student journalists traveled to Washington, D.C., in November to learn they had won the eighth Pacemaker in university history, accept their No. 1 title, and celebrate with esteemed alumni: Coleen O’Lear ’07, head of curation and platforms at the Washington Post; Hank Stuever ’90, editor for the Washington Post Style section; Ylan Mui ’02, an anchor for CNBC; and Rob Treadway ’01, a top public relations professional in Washington.

Loyola’s post-graduation employment rate for undergraduates is up to 91%, our highest-ever recorded career outcomes rate – and 5% higher than the national average. The median base salary for graduates beginning their careers is $46,384. Loyola continues to serve as an engine of opportunity.

Nearly 40% of Loyola students come from within a 90-minute drive of campus When they graduate, about 60% remain in Louisiana with the vast majority remaining here in New Orleans.

Zachary Dowling ’21

Sasha Solano-McDaniel ’21

Environmental Justice Scholars

Generous funding from the Entergy Charitable Foundation will support the applied research and service learning projects of five promising students within Loyola’s acclaimed Environment Program throughout the 2022-2023 academic year.

Howl to Katie Buc ’26, Faythe Endres ’24, Robbie Moreau ’26, Taiyah “Tai” Murphy ’24, and Jackie Mutter ’24!

“Loyola Environmental Justice Scholars will partner with a local community organization to bridge the knowledge they are learning in their classrooms with what's happening in their community,” said Dr. Aimée K. Thomas, assistant professor of biological sciences and director of the environment program. “The Environmental Justice Scholars at Loyola are tomorrow’s environmental leaders.”

EBONY’s Power 100

Loyola student David Price ’23 started the school year with a nationwide launch of the Safety Pouch, a product he developed in an entrepreneurship class at the university. By November, he had traveled to Los Angeles to celebrate being named to EBONY’s 2022 Power 100.

Inspired by a caring teacher, the 21-year-old built his Black-owned business during the pandemic, at the height of the Black Lives Matter movement and surrounding protests. Last summer, Price launched the Safety Pouch nationally into over 400 Walmart locations.

Says the card-carrying founder and CEO: “The Safety Pouch is an essential driving tool for both civilians and law enforcement designed to eliminate active reaching during traffic stops The Safety Pouch minimizes movement within the vehicle and allows for complete visibility and storing of all driving credentials in one place. The Safety Pouch provides a sense of relief and facilitates quicker and more efficient traffic stops for both civilians and law enforcement.”

Canizaro Center for Catholic Studies

With gratitude, Loyola announced a generous new gift that established the new Canizaro Center for Catholic Studies at Loyola. The $5 million in support comes from real estate developer and founder of First Bank and Trust, Joseph C. Canizaro, who is dedicated to growing and supporting the Catholic community in the city of New Orleans and beyond. The Canizaro Center will allow Loyola to grow its Catholic Studies Program and promote the Catholic intellectual tradition and Jesuit spirituality. This exciting new endeavor will advance the Roman Catholic Church in our region. New pilgrimages, retreats, and scholarships will help provide the formative experiences to develop leaders in service to others.

The $5 million gift – one of the largest gifts from a single donor in university history – positions Loyola to become the leader in Catholic studies in the United States and on an international level. An endowed fund will support the hiring of new faculty, grow resources for students, educate K-12 Catholic elementary teachers, and provide scholarships for Loyola students to study abroad in Rome.

The Rev. Nathan O’Halloran, S.J., who joined Loyola in 2020, will serve as center director. Since arriving at Loyola, O’Halloran has brought new excitement to the university’s Catholic Studies Program, with inspiring speakers, retreats, conference and travel opportunities, and a pilgrimage to Mexico City this summer.

A Loyola Hero

This fall, Loyola University New Orleans celebrated its great diversity by renaming a residence hall in honor of the university’s first Black graduate,

Dr. Norman C. Francis, J.D. ’55, H ’82, President Emeritus of Xavier University of Louisiana.

Francis is a civil rights leader and one of the longestserving and most successful university presidents in the history of higher education.

The newly renamed Blanche and Norman C. Francis Family Hall recognizes the Francis family’s many contributions to Loyola and Xavier universities, the city, state, country, and Catholic Church. The symbolic move also signifies the university’s spirit of welcome and inclusion, values shared and lived by the Francis family.

“Norman C. Francis embodies everything we strive for here at Loyola,” said the Rev. Justin Daffron, S.J., Loyola's interim president. “He and his late wife, Blanche, have set an example for us all, showing us how to live and love in the way the Gospels have taught us, with compassion, kindness, hope, courage, and service to others.”

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God, Spirituality, and Engaging Gen-Z

Dr. Tracey Lamont, interim director of the Loyola Institute for Ministry, or LIM, recently received a $1.5 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. that will allow LIM to train and support parish ministry teams in research and practices that will help them create a more engaged and participatory church, especially in relation to young adults.

Lamont is a top-flight expert on what Gen Z-ers are seeking from their churches as they transition from young adult life to adulthood. With this grant, she and her team will explore how the Catholic Church can listen better to young people; strengthen their leadership potential; and help them to engage in deep and meaningful relationships with God, themselves, and others. LIM will serve as an innovation hub, helping parishes become more welcoming communities for young adults, capable of developing innovative ministries for and with them.

New Dean of Loyola Online & City College

As the inaugural dean of Loyola Online and City College, Dr. Paul Cesarini will further establish Loyola as a regional leader in online education. He and his team will expand the availability of creative new online programs in applied, professional fields. Dr. Cesarini and City College already have greatly expanded educational access and opportunity for the region through partnerships, continuing education, and certificate programs designed for working adults. His team oversees the prestigious Women’s Leadership Academy at Loyola.

Learn more at online.loyno.edu and pacs.loyno.edu.

LaunchU

In September, The Center for Entrepreneurship and Community Development held the inaugural Wolf Pack LaunchU Pitch Competition, where eight finalist teams pitched their business ideas to win their share of $35,000 in seed funding. Uniquely, LaunchU is open to the entire Loyola family – students, alumni, faculty, staff, and parents. Fourteen participant teams engaged in a five-month boot camp and incubation program, where 35 alumni and New Orleans professionals either instructed or mentored them.

The Wolf Pack LaunchU Pitch Competition was an evening event that started with a happy hour and brought people from all over the city to see the Wolf Pack pitch their big ideas. David Price ’23, a Loyola senior who launched the Safety Pouch during the pandemic (see p. 6), won $7,000 to expand his business. Srinee Bajaj ’15, won $7,500 to develop Port Lookout, software developed to streamline port activities.

Other winning big ideas included Beaucoup Beauty, natural hair and beauty products for women of color from Andreca Johnson ’22; Presson Productions, a video production company working with lawyers to develop marketing strategies from Jonathan Presson ’25; Ceres, a plant-based high-protein cereal company operating on a subscription model from Rich Simmerman ’21; the Lovelace, a fully immersive popup theater experience in development by Loyola theatre and dance faculty member Salvatore Mannino; Ate It First, an app developed to create better relationships and food reviews for both foodies and restaurateurs, from Andrea Alarcon ’17, M.B.A. ’22; and SMOse, an essential oil-based wearable product for people with olfactory issues from Aubin Duchier ’22.

New Dean of Libraries

Dr. Deborah Prosser is now serving as the dean of libraries at Loyola University. Prior to joining the administration here, she served as the dean of the library at Rollins College, the dean of library services at the University of North Georgia, and the dean of libraries at the Savannah College of Art and Design. Her academic background is in American studies, art history, and material culture. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Delaware, a master of arts degree and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, and an M.L.S. from Southern Connecticut State University. Her most recent article is Access and Deaccessioning in the Academic Library: Feelings About Books and Place, which was published in Library Trends’ Winter 2020 issue.

As dean of libraries, Dr. Prosser is charged with envisioning and leading the growth and direction of the awardwinning J. Edgar and Louise S. Monroe Library and its service to the Loyola community. Dr. Prosser’s current priority is creating an engaged, collaborative work environment within the library. To this end, she is focused on ensuring that the library provides students with targeted resources and services in support of their learning – and a welcoming environment for work and study. As a member of the Provost's Council and President's Leadership Team, Dr. Prosser also works collaboratively with other members of senior leadership to further the strategic direction of the university.

LaunchU is generously supported by Lori and Bobby Savoie, MBA '81.

History in Action

Thanks to the hard work of Dr. Naomi Yavneh-Klos, a Fulbright Scholar and chair of Loyola’s Languages and Cultures Department, Loyola is hosting the traveling exhibit Anne Frank: A History for Today Primarily aimed at young people 11 to 18 years old, the international teaching exhibition tells Anne's story against the background of World War II and the Holocaust. The 30-panel exhibit is designed not only to provide historical facts but also to use peer docents to encourage discussion regarding tolerance, inclusion, racism, and human rights. Working with trainers from the Anne Frank House in the Netherlands, Loyola students in Yavneh-Klos’ seminar course, “In Quarantine with Anne Frank,” learn to serve as docents for the exhibit, guiding peers in discussions of stereotype, inclusion, tolerance, and hate. They also learn to train younger students as docents so that the exhibit can continue as an educational presence in New Orleans for multiple years, enhancing empathy and connection in teenagers.

Iggy's Cupboard

Iggy’s Cupboard is a food pantry on campus where the motto is: “Take what you need. Leave what you can.” Started by students in 2018, it’s a free resource open to all Loyola community members who may be facing food insecurity or simply need a little extra help.

LOYAL DAY

MARCH 22-23, 2023

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Make your gift this Loyola Loyal Day — March 22-23, from noon to noon.

Neighbors, Partners, and Friends

After 100 years of working together as neighbors and colleagues, in 2022 Loyola University New Orleans and Holy Name of Jesus School announced a strategic partnership that benefits the faculties and students at both institutions in creative ways. Primary benefits of the partnership are hands-on teaching experience, curriculum development, and academic enrichment.

During the Spring 2022 semester, Loyola professors began visiting Holy Name classrooms to serve as guest speakers and to discuss curriculum with an eye toward collaborations that would help develop lifelong learners. Holy Name students have visited Loyola’s state-ofthe-art communication studios and STEM labs, learned how to conduct research in Monroe Library, enjoyed performing arts presentations on campus, and been introduced to the Jesuit cura apostolica preference – care for our common home – while taking nature walks with faculty from Loyola’s Environment Program.

Loyola students have received hands-on experience as student practitioners through service as student-teachers and counselors but

also as volunteers, introducing the younger generation to a hope-filled future through physical fitness, music, and even philosophical conversations.

Additionally, Loyola students trained with Holy Name students to serve as docents for the Anne Frank project, an educational exhibit focused on the larger context of the Holocaust, contemporary systemic racism, and how to discern the root causes of injustice. (See above.)

To provide a Jesuit education beginning at birth, Holy Name created its Little Gators Program, using Loyola’s former Whelan Daycare Center. Faculty and staff at both institutions receive discounted tuition rates for their children, and faculty and staff at Holy Name also can further their education and receive discounted tuition at Loyola.

The hope is to continue collaborations that will help enrich teaching and learning opportunities at both institutions. As Catholic institutions everywhere look to the future, this partnership serves as a model for Catholic education.

During Loyola Week, the Loyola Alumni Association hosted a food donation drive for Iggy’s Cupboard as part of Wolves on the Prowl: Loyola’s National Day of Service. The Loyola University Community Action Program and Student Government Association members helped with this event. Despite the inclement weather, the event was successful, collecting over 250 pounds of food for Iggy's Cupboard.

Since its inception in 2018, Iggy’s Cupboard has distributed over 30,500 pounds of food and received more than $13,000 in donations. Our students have donated over 15,500 service hours to this important project.

To give, visit giving.loyno.edu/cupboard

Your gift on Loyola Loyal Day supports the General Scholarship Fund, immediately and directly benefiting the student body. Scholarships allow Loyola students to focus on pursuing their educations, talents, and passions. Loyola welcomed 824 incoming students in the fall of 2022, and 99% of all of our students receive some sort of financial aid. Our goal is 824 donors on Loyola Loyal Day.

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A Long and Beautiful Relationship

Saying goodbye to Moon Landrieu and reflecting on his legacy

BY MARCEL GARSAUD ’54, J.D. ’59, H ’04 PROFESSOR EMERITUS AND FORMER DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF LAW

In the story of race relations in New Orleans around the late 1940s and early 1950s, the histories of Loyola University and Moon Landrieu ’52, J.D. ’54, H’79, H ’05, are inseparable.

When Moon enrolled at Loyola in 1946, the university did not enroll Black students. The Jesuits, similar to society as a whole, were deeply divided on the issue of the integration of the university. The leaders in the Jesuit community in terms of public commitment to integration were two remarkable men: Louis Twomey, S.J., regent of the law school, and Joseph H. Fichter, S.J., chair of the Department of Sociology.

In later years, Moon recalled his early contact with Frs. Fichter and Twomey in a panel discussion with Norman Francis, J.D. ’55, H ’82, and Edgar "Dooky" Chase III ’71, J.D. ’83, at Loyola when he said: “When I came to Loyola University on a baseball scholarship, I didn't think much about race at all. And the first ‘movement’ I sensed was Fr. Fichter’s book. Because Fr. Fichter had written a book about Mater Dolorosa Parish, which was my parish, and the talk was all over campus about it because he was eventually silenced. His book was suppressed. Then I met Fr. Twomey, who was preaching social justice and racial justice. And I began thinking and got involved a little bit in the discussion process. In any event, by accident, I ended up in law school in 1952.”

Coming into this fractured environment, Moon soon grew to share with these two Jesuits the moral imperative of equality for all. Frs. Fichter and Twomey awakened in Moon his quest for racial equality.

It appears that Fr. Fichter, in his role as moderator of the National Federation of Catholic College Students, or NFCCS, also known as the National Conference of Catholic College Students, was an early influence on Moon. The minutes from an Aug. 15, 1953, meeting of Loyola’s chapter of NFCCS indicate that a discussion ensued relative to whether a college that was segregated should continue to be admitted to membership. The issue was to be considered at the annual convention at which Moon was Loyola's delegate. At the Aug. 15 meeting, a suggestion was made for a resolution that all member colleges who excluded African Americans from attending be asked to resign from the federation. In the midst of a heated discussion, Moon protested that “we would be excluding the very schools which needed conversion and hence defeating our own purposes,” an early hint to his activist bent in regard to integration.

In addition to Fr. Fichter, Fr. Twomey also affected Moon's view of integration. Fr. Twomey founded and led the Institute of Industrial Relations, later called the Institute of Human Relations, and forcefully and courageously fought for the laboring man and for integration. In his entire time in law school, Moon encountered Fr. Twomey on almost a daily basis.

The influence of Frs. Fichter and Twomey on Moon is evident, but his new and close friendship with Norman Francis cemented his strongly held beliefs regarding race relations. Norman and Ben Johnson, J.D. ’55, were the first African Americans admitted into Loyola’s law school in 1952.

As remembered by Norman, when he was enrolled as a freshman, Moon, who was already in law school, walked up to him and said, “I know who you are, and I'm here to be your friend.” This warm welcome led to a lifelong friendship. While in law school, they participated together in the National Conference of College Students. In fact, Norman introduced Moon to the NCCS. Moon and Norman were also members of the St. Thomas More Law Society – the only integrated student organization in the law school. Their shared beliefs in civil rights and their friendship was no doubt supported by the law school’s dean, Antonio Papale, who was a leader in the Association of American Law Schools and advocated for the integration of the nation's law schools.

Sharing classes, meals, conversations, rides, meetings, and memberships with Norman solidified for Moon his long commitment to racial justice. Loyola’s law school was truly the incubator for their relationship.

As members of the St. Thomas More Law Society, Moon and Pascal Calogero, J.D. ’54, H ’91, future chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, sought to have a party but were unable to obtain a public venue because the group was integrated. As a result, the party was held at Moon's home, where he lived with his parents. During the party, Moon's mother answered the doorbell, and when she opened the door, there stood Ben Johnson.

She asked, "Can I help you?”

Johnson replied, "I'm here for the party." And another barrier fell.

During his public life, Moon continued his connection with Loyola by teaching a course in the College of Business and often lecturing at the renowned Loyola Institute of Politics.

In his later years, Moon and his wife, Verna, were members of the Ignatius Chapel community, an intentional small Christian community that celebrates Mass every Sunday at 10:30 a.m. in Loyola's Student Chapel. After the service was over, Moon would sit in the first row while Verna got him coffee and a doughnut. One after another, members of the community would go over and engage in a timely conversation with Moon, which he thoroughly enjoyed. It was the only Sunday Mass in the Archdiocese that had more than one homily. Truly, Moon was a living homily!

Loyola and Moon surely had a long and meaningful relationship, a mutual admiration society in which each learned from the other as they wrestled with social challenges and the issues of the day. This was aptly alluded to by Fr. Tom Greene ’86, J.D. ’89, the Jesuit Provincial, in his homily at Moon’s funeral Mass when he said: “It was said in one of the papers this week that Moon learned about faith and justice from the Jesuits. I think if we are honest about ourselves, Moon taught us a lot about how to live faith and justice. He had the courage to lead at times when we did not. What a great blessing this friendship has been for us, the Society of Jesus.

Sharing classes, meals, conversations, rides, meetings, and memberships with Norman solidified for Moon his long commitment to racial justice. Loyola’s law school was truly the incubator for their relationship.

The Picture of Health

BY AUTUMN CAFIERO GIUSTI ’00

Through strategic partnerships, accelerated degree programs, and cutting-edge technology, the College of Nursing and Health is charging full speed into the future.

Inside a fifth-floor lab in Monroe Hall, College of Nursing and Health students are treating patients for a diverse set of conditions.

They respond to patients experiencing cardiac arrest, stroke, and hemorrhage. They deliver babies and perform CPR. They place IV lines, insert catheters, and intubate patients in distress. Then the students wait to see whether their patients’ conditions improve or deteriorate, based on their interventions.

The lab affords students the opportunity to develop the skills they will eventually apply in professional care settings.

Except here, it's all a simulation.

The $1.9 million lab is the latest in a series of major developments to advance Loyola’s College of Nursing and Health and build a pipeline of nurses at a time when the industry is experiencing a nationwide nursing shortage, coupled with a global pandemic and an aging work force.

In addition to the Sim Lab, the college is charging forward with academic and clinical partnerships and a new accelerated bachelor of science in nursing degree geared toward professionals looking for a career change, plus four more graduate programs that are in the works.

And just in the past two years, the college has brought in a new dean and School of Nursing director.

“We are in growth mode,” says Dr. Michelle Collins, dean of the College of Nursing and Health.

One degree, many careers

The national nursing shortage has reached an all-time high, with one analysis projecting a need for 2.5 million nurses by 2025.

While the shortage predates COVID-19, the pandemic dramatically intensified the problem. Before the pandemic, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projected more than 1.1 million new nurses would be needed by 2030.

“The challenge with the nursing shortage is it’s multi-pronged,” says Dr. Cherie Burke, director of Loyola’s School of Nursing.

Along with the high stress levels and burnout nurses encountered during the pandemic, people are also living longer. “When you look at the demographics of nurses, there’s a significant number who will be retiring over the next few years,” Burke says.

To stem the shortage, Loyola set in motion a series of transformational changes to its College of Nursing and Health, starting with the initiation of an undergraduate nursing program.

In late 2020, the university teamed up with Ochsner Health to launch its bachelor of science in nursing degree, a four-year, prelicensure undergraduate nursing program that brought in its inaugural class in Fall 2021.

Prior to the launch of the program, all of Loyola’s nursing school students were registered nurses, as the university offered only post-licensure nursing education and graduate programs.

In January 2021, the university brought on Collins, a practicing certified nurse-midwife, as the new dean to help steer the LoyolaOchsner BSN program. Burke, a practicing certified registered nurse anesthetist, joined as director that fall.

“With a shared vision, we knew we could move the school forward and grow,” Collins says.

Recruitment has been an essential piece of the undergrad program, and Collins and Burke have been working to reach out to students as soon as middle school to “plant the seed early” for people to consider nursing as a career, Burke says.

“With one bachelor’s degree in nursing, you can have 10 different careers,” Burke says. Beyond hospital rooms, nurses can work in doctor’s offices, emergency rooms, assisted living facilities, schools, camps, cruise ships, the military, or as flight nurses."

It’s all part of the new Loyola Ochsner Simulation Lab, a 6,600-square-foot space that re-creates the experience of working in a real health care facility. The state-of-the-art lab relies on both low- and high-fidelity technology, including wearable learning devices and lifelike, responsive mannequins that mimic the functions of the human body.

"As more smaller community hospitals become part of larger regional health systems, the necessity to partner with the larger health systems becomes even more important. The future of academic medicine really is in academicclinical partnerships."

Dr. Michelle Collins, Dean of the College of Nursing and Health

Pictured above: Director of the School of Nursing Dr. Cherie Burke

A FAST TRACK TO NURSING

Along with exacerbating the nation’s nursing shortage, the COVID-19 pandemic forced many professionals to re-evaluate their career choices.

“One of the really interesting things we’ve seen with the Great Resignation is that during COVID, people thought about what’s really important. ‘What do I want to do?’ So we’ve seen a lot of mid-career people coming back,” Burke says.

To meet that demand, the School of Nursing, at the start of 2023, began offering an accelerated bachelor of science in nursing degree, a program allowing students to apply their previous academic experience to earn their degree in just 17 months. The full-time program is available to individuals who have already earned a bachelor’s degree in a non-nursing field and have completed all prerequisite courses.

Students who complete the program are guaranteed clinical placements with Loyola’s local health care partners.

“We have quite a few people who are not your typical 20- to 30- year-olds who are now coming back to our ABSN program,” Burke says.

Like the real thing

With a new cohort of nursing undergraduates to educate, the College of Nursing and Health needed to give these students a space to practice.

In September, one year into the LoyolaOchsner BSN program, the university launched its $1.9 million Nursing Simulation Lab in partnership with Ochsner Health.

The tech-driven, experiential learning space provides students with hands-on opportunities in simulated inpatient and outpatient settings, as they prepare for careers in hospitals, labor and delivery rooms, emergency rooms, and other clinical settings.

“Everything in health care has evolved to where simulation is really embraced,” Burke says.

Collins recalled that when she was in nursing school, there was no such thing as “sim.”

“We practiced on each other,” she says. “When we learned how to start an IV, you’d turn around and get to start an IV on your student classmate.”

With the advanced simulation Loyola’s Sim Lab offers, students who are learning a skill for the first time no longer need to practice on humans — at least not until they’re ready.

“There’s a wealth of literature to show that simulation improves outcomes in the actual clinical setting,” Collins says.

The lab features lifelike, computerized mannequins that can replicate the body’s functions. The mannequins are designed to look and act like humans, allowing students to interact with them in the same way that they would with real patients.

“With computerization, they can talk. They can tell you, ‘Oooh, my stomach hurts so bad. I’m really in a lot of pain,’” Burke says, “and when you palpate their abdomen, it’s rigid.”

The mannequins also can be adjusted so that students can hear the “patient’s” heartbeat, lungs, stomach, and bowel sounds, much like a real human.

The lab also features wearable simulators and prostheses that students or patientactors can put on to give students more realistic patient experiences.

“With computerization, they can talk. They can tell you, ‘Oooh, my stomach hurts so bad. I’m really in a lot of pain,’” Burke says. “And when you palpate their abdomen, it’s rigid.”

One example is a wearable birthing simulator that allows the patient-actor to take on the appearance of a pregnant woman at full term. It features an abdomen that tightens to let the student know when the “patient” is having a contraction, and it’s capable of simulating childbirth.

Another simulator represents a patient who has a tracheostomy. If a student goes too far while suctioning the patient’s airways, the actor will feel a buzz on a wristband to indicate the student has triggered the cough reflex and the actor will cough.

“The technology is just amazing. And it’s constantly improving,” Burke says.

Along with high-tech simulators like mannequins, there are low-tech items, such as modified surgical scrub pants with all of the anatomical features of a woman in labor. A student or patient-actor can put the pants on over their clothes to simulate childbirth.

“We have simulation tools that cost as little as $30 that we know are just as effective an educational tool as our $70,000 mannequins,” Collins says. “They serve very different purposes.”

The Sim Lab will serve students in Loyola’s traditional BSN program for undergraduate students, as well as Loyola’s new accelerated BSN program. Loyola graduate students of various advanced practice nursing specialties also will use the Sim Lab.

‘The future is in partnerships’

Academic partnerships have been key to the growth in the College of Nursing and Health.

Ochsner has partnered with Loyola on its traditional BSN program, as well as the Sim Lab.

With its partnership, Ochsner offers guaranteed clinical placement at its facilities to Loyola’s traditional BSN students. Ochsner

also is providing two clinical instructors for Loyola.

Both the traditional and accelerated programs are supported by the Ochsner Scholars initiative, a tuition-assistance program for aspiring nurses, allied health workers, and physicians who pledge to serve as Ochsner employees after completing their education at an accredited school.

Loyola also is partnering with LCMC and other health systems across the state. Loyola nursing students will have access to clinical placements at LCMC-affiliated hospitals, as well as hospitals in Covington, Baton Rouge, and Lafayette.

These types of academic-clinical partnerships are part of a larger trend in academic medicine.

“Up to this point, academic institutions like us had to try to make one-off agreements with every hospital in the region,” Collins says. “As more smaller community hospitals become part of larger regional health systems, the necessity to partner with the larger health systems becomes even more important. The future of academic medicine really is in academic-clinical partnerships.”

New grad programs up next

Now that the wheels are turning on Loyola’s traditional and accelerated BSN programs, there are more programs on the horizon for the College of Nursing and Health.

“We have only just begun our trajectory of growth,” Collins says. “We are getting these programs going while also thinking through the ideas we have for what we are going to add next.”

The college is working to expand its existing graduate programs to include four new programs.

The School of Nursing is in the pre-accreditation process for two of the programs:

• Nurse Anesthesia

• Nurse-Midwifery

Meanwhile, Loyola has received approval to launch an Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program, and the university will offer Post Master’s Certificates for NurseMidwifery and Adult Gerontological Acute Care Nurse Practitioner.

The personal career experience of Collins and Burke has helped inform the development of the new programs.

“Dr. Burke is a practicing nurse anesthetist; I’m a practicing certified nurse-midwife,” Collins says. “Those are two programs not already

here that we knew were very much in demand in the country. It made perfect sense that we should start those, as well as other programs.”

Speaking to nurse-midwifery, Collins says the program will be especially important for Louisiana, which is ranked as the state with the highest rates of maternal and fetal mortality.

“In simplest terms, the state’s poor maternalchild outcomes in pregnancy and birth leave Louisiana as the worst state in which to have a baby,” she says.

That’s especially true for women of color, Collins says, adding that a college-educated woman of color is four to five times more likely to die in pregnancy and childbirth than a high school-educated white woman. This is due to factors like institutional racism and bias, which inhibit women of color from receiving the care that they deserve.

“We could do so much better in Louisiana, especially for women of color,” Collins says. “Creating a nurse-midwifery program here will help us put providers into rural areas of Louisiana where there are currently shortages of qualified providers.”

Looking ahead, Burke says there will be a continued effort to identify nursing education needs and help Loyola’s programs evolve.

“Our goal is to be the No. 1 nursing program in Louisiana — and then the Gulf South,” Dean Collins said. “As we increase our visibility and program offerings, our national ranking will reflect the strong work we have undertaken, as well.”

“Our goal is to be the No. 1 nursing program in Louisiana — and then the Gulf South"

Dr. Michelle Collins, Dean of the College of Nursing and Health

Faith That Does Justice

Under the leadership of Dean Madeleine Landrieu, J.D. ’87, H ’05, the College of Law continues to embrace Jesuit traditions.

FRITZ ESKER ’00

A FAMILY TRADITION; A CALL TO SERVICE

Dean Madeleine Landrieu, J.D. ’87, H ’05

Loyola degrees run in the family for Landrieu, who graduated from the College of Law in 1987. Her parents and one of her sisters all earned undergraduate degrees from Loyola, and she and her late father, Moon; her sister-in-law; three brothers; and her husband also have law degrees from Loyola. In 2005, the university conferred honorary degrees on the entire Landrieu family, and multiple grandchildren have attended or are currently attending.

But her commitment to public service is also a strong driving force. A former Orleans Parish Civil District Court judge of 10 years, a former state court appellate judge for six years — who served as president of both the Louisiana District Judges Association and the Louisiana Judicial College and was honored twice by the Louisiana State Bar with its President’s Award – Landrieu is one of the most influential people in the city and state and has connections across the nation.

She stands among the 15% of the nation’s “nontraditional deans” who are bringing diverse perspectives and leadership, as law schools look outside their walls to adjust to the changing nature of academia.

Loyola University New Orleans College of Law has been educating and shaping legal minds for a century, and it has made exciting new progress under the leadership of Dean Madeleine Landrieu, J.D. ’87, H ’05.

Five years into her leadership at the College of Law, Landrieu has made investments into key diversity, equity, and inclusion, or DEI, initiatives, including the appointment of an associate dean of DEI. Creating a culture of diversity and belonging has been part of a longstanding Loyola tradition, Landrieu says.

After all, the law school was founded with diversity principles in mind – opening as a night school to offer opportunities to those who had to hold down jobs during the day. But creating the position of associate dean of DEI ensures that it is “someone’s job to wake up every day thinking about how and what we could do better.”

While the initial diversity push more than a century ago may have been one of social class, the search for diverse legal minds grew to include women and people of color. When asked how Loyola encourages diversity in their student body today, Landrieu says the first step is to create a welcoming environment.

“When you welcome people, they will come,” she says. “You have to believe that diversity matters, that it’s important to the legal profession, and that it increases access to justice for all communities.”

The law school also has used technology to enhance their students’ experience during Landrieu’s tenure. The law school’s night program used to involve four classes a semester and four nights a week on campus for students. But with Zoom and other technology, students can enroll in a hybrid program where they are only required to be on campus two nights a week and take classes online the other two nights.

“It provides a lot more flexibility to our students with jobs, children, or other responsibilities,” Landrieu says. “It actually makes a law degree possible for them.”

Setting a High Bar

This flexibility has not come at the cost of academic rigor. In 2018, in her first year as dean, the College of Law increased the median LSAT score of its entering students by 4 points, the only law school in the

country that year to see such an increase. In ensuing years, this average has held relatively steady, and we see the return on this investment in Loyola’s high bar passage rates, Landrieu says.

The 2021 College of Law graduates (the 2018 entering class) achieved the highest bar passage rate on the July Louisiana State Bar Examination, both among first-time testtakers and test-takers overall. Loyola’s 2021 92% pass rate is an all-time high record for the law school. This past summer, results from the July 2022 examination showed Loyola grads neck-and-neck with Louisiana State University on both measures and surpassing both Tulane University Law School and Southern University Law Center.

“The results speak to the quality and excellence of Loyola’s curriculum, faculty, and one-of-a-kind academic success and Bar preparation programs,” Landrieu says, “and, of course, to the quality and commitment of our students.”

“The law school’s high-touch atmosphere, seven law clinics, extraordinary faculty and staff, and our commitment to experiential learning and to educating the whole person

really matter,” Landrieu says. “Our small class sizes and tight-knit faculty-student relationships allow our students robust exploration of legal issues throughout their academic careers, and so they head into bar preparation well-prepared for success.” The pandemic brought unprecedented challenges for law students across the nation – from online classes, clinics, interviews, and bar exams to real-life struggles, as families coped with unemployment, childcare challenges, home-schooling, illnesses, and even death. Even as every individual in some way saw their own life altered, Loyola students persevered in the pursuit of excellence and justice.

“Exemplary Numbers”

After successfully passing the bar, Loyola law alumni continue to excel. New data released by the American Bar Association, or ABA, shows that 94% of the most recent law graduates at Loyola found jobs within 10 months of graduation.

“We have exemplary numbers, and the world should know,” says Blaine LeCesne, associate dean of DEI and John Fraiche Distinguished Professor of Law.

The 2021 College of Law graduates (the 2018 entering class) achieved the highest bar passage rate on the July Louisiana State Bar Examination, both among first-time test-takers and test-takers overall.

The ABA data shows that 89% of the law school’s 2021 graduates are working in industries where they must be licensed to practice law or where the J.D. is an advantage to their work, and two-thirds of graduates from the Class of 2021 remained in Louisiana after graduation. Most of the class is employed at law firms. Other industries where recent grads are starting their careers include business, industry, government, public interest, judicial clerkships, and education.

Especially exciting is Loyola’s high placement of diversity hires. In its August 2022 report, the National Association of Law Placement reported that 89% of Loyola’s African American graduates and more than 87% of its Latinx graduates were employed 10 months after graduation. Diversity at Loyola remains remarkable, a microcosm of the world around us.

“The law school student body reflects the diversity of New Orleans and our nation,” LeCesne says. “Our longstanding leadership in social justice and our Jesuit values – academic excellence, service, inclusion, respect for the world around us – help us to excel in this arena. We hope the holistic approach we have taken is modeled at more law firms when selecting their clerks and future associates. It’s good for business to foster a culture of diversity, inclusion, and equitable access. The more business-savvy firms are beginning to recognize the reputational value of having a diverse law office culture. Today, many

prospective clients and the majority of recent law grads increasingly scrutinize the diversity of the law offices with whom they choose to do business.”

Global Perspectives

In addition to a heightened focus on DEI, Landrieu and other College of Law faculty also are making sure that Ignatian values of social justice are baked into the curriculum. Law students recently have been working to help Ukrainians affected by Russia’s 2022 invasion. The College of Law partnered with Yeshiva University’s Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law to teach law students critical skills needed in wartime. Such skills include conducting trauma-informed interviews with clients as well as structuring case briefings. The program features six sessions of 90-minute lectures every two weeks via Zoom. The lecture topics are chosen based on surveys sent to Ukrainian students and faculty.

And the College of Law isn’t just teaching international students; it’s also bringing in distinguished lawyers from around the globe. Negina Khalili of Afghanistan will serve as a guest lecturer for the law school and teach an undergraduate course in human rights for the Honors Program. Khalili was the first female prosecutor in Ghor Province and prosecuted cases of violence against women. She was forced to flee Afghanistan when the

Taliban took over and freed the prisoners she prosecuted.

Living Her Values

As the College of Law sets its goals and plans for the coming years, Landrieu says she tries to keep Loyola’s Jesuit philosophy in her mind and let those values guide and inform her choices: Do these goals encompass magis, the “more,” the motivation to strive for excellence and self-improvement? Do they reflect cura personalis care for the whole person, in allowing for balance and flexibility?

Are we forming and educating agents of change, students who will work to challenge established power structures and systemic racism and sexism and make the world a better place? Are we finding God in all things and being men and women with and for others?

She says she encourages law students to ask the same questions, citing the Jesuit principle of seeing God in others as an example.

“Can we see God in our most vulnerable clients? Can we see God in our most challenging clients? Can we see God in our adversaries?” Landrieu asks.

The College of Law isn’t just teaching international students; it’s also bringing in distinguished lawyers from around the globe. Negina Khalili of Afghanistan will serve as a guest lecturer for the law school and teach an undergraduate course in human rights for the Honors Program.

Events Alumni

College of Law Class Reunions

6. College of Law Class of 1972 Reunion at Andrea’s

7. College of Law Class of 1986 Reunion at Drago’s

8. College of Law Class of 1997 Reunion at Brennan’s

Young Alumni Pack Happy Hour

1. In January 2023, members of the Young Alumni Pack gathered in New Orleans for Thirsty Thursday Happy Hour.

Hall of Fame

2. Hall of Fame inductee Janeicia Neely ’15 (women’s basketball) and Director of Wolf Pack Athletics Brett Simpson ’96, MBA ’03

3. 2023 Hall of Fame inductees Alexander Lorenzo ’17 (baseball), Janeicia Neely ’17 (women’s basketball), Samantha Worsham ’13 (volleyball), and McCall Tomeny ’15 (men’s basketball)

4. Technology Coordinator and Instructor Albert Dupont Jr. was honored as the recipient of the St. Sebastian Award. He is pictured here, center, with Romalice“Ro” Brown ’78, past St. Sebastian Award recipient, left, and Kimberly Dupont.

5. Travers Mackel ’98 (center) was the emcee for the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. He is pictured here with Donyea Hargrove, left, and Simpson.

1912 Society Dinner

9. Loyola hosted its annual 1912 Society Dinner on Dec. 2, 2022, at The Higgins Hotel. Loyola alumni and friends gathered to celebrate the university’s 2022 Integritas Vitae Award Recipient, The Hon. Mary Ann Vial Lemmon, J.D. ’64, and induct new giving society members. Pictured here: Chair of the Board of Trustees Stephen J. Landry ’83; Loyola's Interim President Justin Daffron, S.J.; and Society of St. Ignatius inductees.

10. Loyola Professor Joseph Duke, Andrea Skehan, and Board of Trustee member Michael Skehan ’76

11. Alumni Board member Madeline Janney ’16 and Young Alumni Pack President Elyse Harrison ’17

12. 2022 Integritas Vitae Award Recipient The Hon. Mary Ann Vial Lemmon, J.D. ’64

13. Board of Trustees member Benjamin C. Fields ’18 and Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees Robért LeBlanc ’00

College of Law Alumni Luncheon

14. The College of Law Annual Alumni Luncheon was held on Jan. 20 at the Four Seasons Hotel. With more than 250 alumni and friends in attendance, guests celebrated Robert David, J.D. '69, as the 2023 St. Ives Award recipient. Pictured: Hailey Maldonado, J.D. ’22; Law Alumni Board Member Stephen Hanemann, J.D. ’02; Judge Dana Douglas ’00; and Associate Dean of Faculty Development and Academic Affairs Mary Algero, J.D. ’89

15. Dean Madeleine Landrieu, J.D. ’87, H ’05; St. Ives Award recipient Robert David, J.D. ’69; and Gerald Meunier

16. 2023 Loyola College of Law Alumni Board

17. Loyola's Interim President Justin Daffron, S.J., led the invocation

James Skelly Wright Lecture

20. On Nov. 10, 2022, James E. Wright III presented “J. Skelly Wright and the Desegregation of Louisiana, 1949 - 1962” at the Inaugural James Skelly Wright Lecture.

Pictured: College of Law Professor John Lovett; James E. Wright III; Loyola's Interim President Justin Daffron, S.J.; and Executive Director of Development Stephanie Hotard ’04, MBA ’10

Wolves on the Prowl New Orleans

18. Wolves on the Prowl is Loyola's annual community service campaign. On Nov.

12, 2022, the Loyola New Orleans Alumni Association and Office of StudentAffairs hosted a drive-through food donation drive for Iggy's Cupboard, which provides nonperishable food items and other essentials to any member of the Loyola community who may need a little extra help.

19. 2022 Young Alumnus of the Year David Zelaya '12

Loyola Society and Heritage Society Events

21. Loyola Society and Heritage Society members gathered for the annual Christmas at Loyola Concert and Homecoming Basketball Game. Pictured: Board of Trustees member Derby Gisclair ’73 and wife, Claire, during the Christmas at Loyola Reception.

22. 2023 Young Alumnus of the Year Benjamin C. Fields ’18 and 2023 Adjutor Hominum recipient Catherine “Michie” Bissel ’64 pictured at the Homecoming Game. Both Ben and Michie are members of Loyola’s Board of Trustees.

The Pack at Play

23. Michael Odom, Austin Roark ’16, Ben Amoss ’15, and Roco Gandara ’14.

24. Wolf Pack Athletics Golf Tournament

25. Basketball alumni gathered for the banner drop and ring presentation. Pictured: Robért LeBlanc '00, Josh Guilbeau '95, Ryan Dicharry '95, Coach Jerry Hernandez, Brian Bowers '02, Dawson McCall '04, and James Olivard '06

26. On Sept. 25, 2022, alumni and friends gathered at the new Globe Life Field in Dallas to cheer on the Texas Rangers. Pictured: Ravi Dubey ’03, Arianne Gallaty, Michael Gallaty ’13, Dianne Sanchez ’82, Art Sanchez, and Stephanie Warnock ’08

27. Donald Palmer ’46, right, with the 2022 NAIA Men’s Basketball national championship trophy and Director of Wolf Pack Athletics Brett Simpson ’96, MBA ’03. Palmer was a student the first time Loyola won the national championship in 1945.

Class Notes

1950s

Dr. Norman C. Francis, J.D. ’55, H ’82, was featured in the New Orleans 500, an annual publication from Biz New Orleans magazine.

1960s

Gordon Stevens ’65 was featured in the New Orleans 500, an annual publication from Biz New Orleans magazine.

Sen. Ben Bagert ’65, J.D. ’68, was honored in March 2022 by the Louisiana Political Hall of Fame.

Robert J. David ’69 was honored with the St. Ives Award at the 2023 College of Law Alumni Luncheon.

1970s

J. Patrick Beauchamp ’70, J.D. ’73, was recognized in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America

Richard Dicharry ’72, J.D. ’75, was recognized in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America

David Sherman, J.D. ’77, was named a New Orleans ICON by New Orleans CityBusiness

Morris Bart, J.D. ’78, was featured in the New Orleans 500, an annual publication from Biz New Orleans magazine.

1980s

Greg Buisson ’80 was featured in the New Orleans 500, an annual publication from Biz New Orleans magazine.

Mavis Early ’73, J.D. ’81, was recognized on CityBusiness’ annual “Women of the Year” list.

Bobby Savoie ’81 was featured in the New Orleans 500, an annual publication from Biz New Orleans magazine.

Dickie Brennan ’83 was featured in the New Orleans 500, an annual publication from Biz New Orleans magazine.

M. Nan Alessandra, J.D. ’85, was recognized in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America

Robert “Bob” Angelico, J.D. ’86, was featured in the New Orleans 500, an annual publication from Biz New Orleans magazine.

Magdalen Blessey Bickford ’83, J.D. ’86, was featured in the New Orleans 500, an annual publication from Biz New Orleans magazine. She also was recognized in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America

Tyron “Ty” Beasley ’88 was named chief talent officer for RSM US LLP.

John Deveney ’88 was featured in the New Orleans 500, an annual publication from Biz New Orleans magazine.

Gary Hebert, J.D./M.B.A. ’89, was recognized in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America

1990s

Patrick O’Cain, J.D. ’91, was recognized in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America

Paul Guarisco, J.D. ’92, was recognized in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America

Mike Massey ’92 was featured in the New Orleans 500, an annual publication from Biz New Orleans magazine.

Dennis Lauscha, M.B.A. ’93, was featured in the New Orleans 500, an annual publication from Biz New Orleans magazine. Lauscha also was selected as the 65th recipient of the F. Edward Hebert Alumnus of the Year Award from Jesuit High School.

Carmine Rubino, J.D. ’93, was honored by St. Agnes Cathedral School in Rockville Centre, New York, with the St. Thomas Aquinas Award for his ongoing support of Catholic education at the school's 2023 Dinner Dance.

Elia Diaz-Yaeger, J.D. ’94, was recognized on CityBusiness’ annual “Women of the Year” list.

Ronnie Falgoust, J.D. ’94, was featured in the New Orleans 500, an annual publication from Biz New Orleans magazine.

Andreanecia Morris ’95 was featured in the New Orleans 500, an annual publication from Biz New Orleans magazine.

Charlotte Parent ’95 was featured in the New Orleans 500, an annual publication from Biz New Orleans magazine.

Amy Boyle Collins ’96 was featured in the New Orleans 500, an annual publication from Biz New Orleans magazine.

Evans McLeod, J.D. ’96, was recognized in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

Patricia McLean, J.D. ’97, was recognized in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America for the first time.

Jean-Paul Perrault, J.D. ’97, was recognized in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America .

Jennifer Kogos ’98 was recognized on CityBusiness’ annual “Women of the Year” list.

Christine Albert ’99 was featured in the New Orleans 500, an annual publication from Biz New Orleans magazine.

Monique Doucette ’99 was featured in the New Orleans 500, an annual publication from Biz New Orleans magazine.

Stanton Francis McNeely III, M.B.A. ’99, was featured in the New Orleans 500, an annual publication from Biz New Orleans magazine.

2000s

Shaneika Dabney-Henderson ’00 was recognized on CityBusiness’ annual “Women of the Year” list.

Ryan Daul ’00 was featured in the New Orleans 500, an annual publication from Biz New Orleans magazine.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Dana Douglas, J.D. ’00, was confirmed by the United States Senate to serve on the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Kimberly Fontan ’00 became executive vice president and CFO for Entergy.

Robért LeBlanc ’00 was featured in the New Orleans 500, an annual publication from Biz New Orleans magazine.

Corry Smith, J.D. ’00, was named General District Judge in Hampton, Virginia.

Katie Witry ’00 was recognized on CityBusiness ’ annual “Women of the Year” list.

Marcelle Mouledoux ’01 joined McGlinchey Stafford in its New Orleans office as a partner.

Sharonda Williams, J.D. ’01, was featured in the New Orleans 500, an annual publication from Biz New Orleans magazine.

Shondra Williams, M.S.N. ’01 was featured in the New Orleans 500, an annual publication from Biz New Orleans magazine.

Richard Cortizas, J.D. ’02, was featured in the New Orleans 500, an annual publication from Biz New Orleans magazine.

Tommy Faucheux ’02 was featured in the New Orleans 500, an annual publication from Biz New Orleans magazine.

Melissa Martin ’02 was featured in the New Orleans 500, an annual publication from Biz New Orleans magazine.

Thomas E. Richards, J.D. ’02 was featured in the New Orleans 500, an annual publication from Biz New Orleans magazine.

Lauren Jaffe ’03 started a new position as Vice President, Media Sales & Partnerships, at AMC Networks.

Nyka Scott ’03 was recognized on CityBusiness’ annual “Women of the Year” list.

Philip deV. Claverie Jr., J.D. ’04, was recognized in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America

Pablo Gonzalez, J.D. ’04, was recognized in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America

David Haynes, J.D. ’04, was named among the “Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch” in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers as well as being honored as "Health Care Law Lawyer of the Year" in the same publication.

Alyssa Fletchinger Higgins ’04 was featured in the New Orleans 500, an annual publication from Biz New Orleans magazine.

Chris Kane, J.D. ’04, was featured in the New Orleans 500, an annual publication from Biz New Orleans magazine.

Susan Eccles ’02, J.D. ’05, was appointed partner in charge of Adams and Reese's Baton Rouge office.

Selena Stellute Glenn, J.D. ’05, was named General District Judge in Hampton, Virginia.

Jeff LeSaicherre, J.D. ’05, was featured in the New Orleans 500, an annual publication from Biz New Orleans magazine.

Scott Wolfe Jr., J.D. ’05, was featured in the New Orleans 500, an annual publication from Biz New Orleans magazine.

Greg Booth ’06 was selected to serve as a Member at-Large for the 2022-2023 Board of Directors for the Society of Louisiana CPAs.

Bart Bacigalupi, J.D. ’07, was recognized in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America

Colin Cambre, J.D. ’07, was recognized in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America

Anthony DiGerolamo, M.S.N. ’07, was installed as the president of the Westbank Business & Industry Association.

Elizabeth Cummings ’08 was selected for inclusion in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the area of Product Liability Litigation – Defendants.

Patrick Shelby, J.D. ’08, was recognized in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America

Kyle Huling '09 was featured in the New Orleans 500, an annual publication from Biz New Orleans magazine.

Thomas Peyton, J.D. ’09, was recognized in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America

Brandon Sutton ’09 starred in the film The Estate with Toni Collette, Anna Faris, and Kathleen Turner.

2010s

Brian Danos ’10 released a new record titled Borrowed Ladders

Kathryn Gonski ’10 was recognized on CityBusiness’ annual “Women of the Year” list.

Jessie Haynes ’10 was featured in the New Orleans 500, an annual publication from Biz New Orleans magazine.

Alexandra A. Letzel, J.D. ’11, was elevated to partner at Loeb & Loeb LLP in Los Angeles, effective Feb. 1, 2023.

Joseph Atiyeh, J.D. ’12, was featured in the New Orleans 500, an annual publication from Biz New Orleans magazine.

Karen Baker ’82, M.P.S. ’12, published a book titled Faith, Hope and a Sense of Humor.

Hillary Barnett, J.D. ’12, was named among the "Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch" in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers

Ofelia Delgado, J.D. ’12, was appointed to the new San Antonio Bar Foundation Fellows Program Class of 2023.

P. David Soliman ’12 was featured in the New Orleans 500, an annual publication from Biz New Orleans magazine.

David Zelaya ’12 was selected as the 2022 Young Alumnus of the Year.

Jasmine Brown-Derousselle ’13 was featured in the New Orleans 500, an annual publication from Biz New Orleans magazine.

Aimee Brown ’14 was featured in the New Orleans 500, an annual publication from Biz New Orleans magazine.

Lindsey Navarro, M.B.A. ’14, was featured in the New Orleans 500, an annual publication from Biz New Orleans magazine.

Justin Smith, J.D. ’14, volunteered with organizations such as the Access to Justice Commission, providing free, quality civil legal services to the disenfranchised and impoverished.

Logan Faust ’15 was a staff writer on the new Showtime drama series George & Tammy

Ronald Chavis Jr. ’16 starred in the BET holiday movie The Christmas Clapback

Meaghan McCormack ’16 was featured in the New Orleans 500, an annual publication from Biz New Orleans magazine.

Bari Bellard ’17 was part of the stage production team for the national tour of Disney’s Aladdin

Colleen Dulle ’17 was interviewed for the podcast Almost Good Catholics discussing her article “Who is Madeleine Delbrêl, The ‘French Dorothy Day’ Pope Francis Made Venerable This Weekend?”

Glenda McKinley ’17 was featured in the New Orleans 500, an annual publication from Biz New Orleans magazine.

Kennard Davis ’18, an attorney at Baker-Donelson, was selected as a recipient of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Scholarship and as a participant in the ABA YLD Leadership Academy for the 2022-2024 bar years.

Natalie Jayroe, M.B.A. ’18, was featured in the New Orleans 500, an annual publication from Biz New Orleans magazine.

Charis Gullage ’19 was cast as the character Swing in the Australian production of Hairspray

Katherine Kovach, J.D. '19 joined McGlinchey Stafford in its Enterprise Litigation and Investigations practice group.

2020s

Cody Downey ’20 began a new role as a reporter for New Orleans CityBusiness

Madison Bates ’21 was named LGA Women’s Player of the Year and Mid-Amateur Champion.

Zach Wrightstil ’22 won the Corbett Award as top male amateur athlete in the state.

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

JSRI PRISON EDUCATION PROJECT

What's new with you, Wolf Pack?

Far and wide, the Pack tracks greatness. It's hard to keep up! Whether you've moved across the country, started your dream job, had a baby, or landed a record deal, we want to celebrate you!

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In 2022, the Jesuit Social Research Institute, or JSRI, led the effort to launch a prison education program at Loyola, beginning with credit-bearing courses offered to incarcerated students and staff at the B.B. Rayburn Correctional Center in Angie, Louisiana. Forty incarcerated students and 15 correctional employees are taking Loyola courses this semester.

The prison education program strives to bring the full Loyola experience to the prison and integrate the students into our community, thereby contributing to Loyola’s mission to welcome students of diverse backgrounds and prepare them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work for a more just world.

Please consider donating to JSRI to support the prison education program. Alumna and trustee Michie Bissell ’64 has challenged donors to sponsor a student by donating $2,857 to cover the full program cost for a student for one year.

Long-time JSRI supporters MARCELA VILLAREAL DE PANETTA and BERNARD PANETTA have generously agreed to match donations for the first five sponsored students. Visit loyno.edu/alumni-giving to make a gift and specify “Rayburn Scholarship Fund.”

DEKERNION RESEARCH GRANTS

THE DR. JEAN '62 AND MARY DEKERNION UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH GRANT provides support to upper-level students conducting laboratory or field research in collaboration with Loyola faculty addressing questions in biomedicine, ecology, and other aspects of the life sciences.

DeKernion grants have supported numerous students conducting research on topics such as molecular mechanisms of cartilage degradation, role of cadherins in cancer growth and progression, constraints on primary productivity in freshwater streams, early invasion dynamics of a non-native fish in Bayou St. John, and environmental assessment in support of water management on Loyola’s campus. DeKernion funds also have been used to pay student stipends, to purchase supplies and equipment, to help establish a mouse colony for the study of age-dependent changes in cognition, to help purchase a van for field studies, and more generally to increase undergraduate participation in life science research.

THE VISITING ROOM PROJECT

DR. MARCUS KONDKAR, associate professor and chair of the Department of Sociology, made international news this year launching the Visiting Room Project, a multimedia storytelling project featuring people serving life sentences without parole.

The groundbreaking oral history project and website broadcasts interviews with more than 100 people incarcerated at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola. All the contributors had been incarcerated for several decades after being convicted of murder at a very young age. Since the project's launch in 2022,

three men featured in the project have been exonerated and an additional eight have had their convictions downgraded to manslaughter and been released for time served. Kondkar has been invited to bring the project and its participants to law schools across the country in 2023, beginning with Yale, Harvard, Duke, the University of Virginia, Manhattan College, and UCLA.

ARDESHIR MOHASSESS EXHIBIT

THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE STUDIES

PROGRAM AT LOYOLA proudly celebrated the birthday of one of contemporary Iran’s most celebrated and influential artists. Ardeshir Mohassess, who died in exile in 2003, would have turned 86 on Sept. 9, 2022. To observe Mohassess’ life and memory, as well as his deep impact on the cultural and political landscape of modern Iran and the art scene, the Ardeshir Mohassess Trust hosted events over the course of several weeks, including a film screening of Dr. Bahman Maghsoudlou’s documentary The Rebellious Artist and panel discussions to complement the exhibition of Mohassess’ works, some of which had never been seen by the public. A reception was held at Spillman|Blackwell Fine Art to celebrate Mohassess and conclude the series of events.

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS NEW STUDY ABROAD OPPORTUNITIES

Under the leadership of Jack and Vada Reynolds Endowed Chair of International Business Dr. Gustavo Barboza, the College of Business held several new study abroad programs in the last year. Two of them took place during January term, or J-term, an accelerated two-week learning opportunity before the start of the spring semester.

J-Term 2022, Costa Rica

The International Business Program took students in the immersion program to Costa Rica, where they participated in company visits, interviews, and meetings with highprofile government officials, amid visits to main national parks, nature adventures, and other activities. A resounding success, the program provided opportunities for students to actively engage in a new culture and learn about the development of business opportunities in an emerging market.

Summer 2022, Rome

The College of Business took Loyola students last June to Rome, where they each had the opportunity to take two courses at the American University of Rome, including a class led by Dr. Barboza on doing business in Europe, and enjoy a full cultural immersion experience. Students experienced being in the Eternal City learning about the historical importance of Rome, visiting the Vatican and main Basilicas, traveling to other regions of Italy, and of course indulging in Italian cuisine.

J-Term 2023

In January, professors Mazhar Islam and Frankie Weinberg led our newest study abroad program in Thailand. Through this immersion program, both undergraduate and M.B.A. students were able to participate in learning more about the business climate and cultural traditions of this intriguing Southeast Asian country.

The College of Business is excited to offer opportunities designed to advance students’ appreciation and understanding of other cultures and the continual development of a global mindset for our Loyola students.

COLLEGE OF LAW

TRIAL ADVOCACY CHAMPIONS

Law students CHRIS AUZENNE, A.J. HUMPHREY, COURTNEY NEWBERRY, AND CHRIS SHIRER took home first place honors from the Second Annual Louisiana Battle of the Law Schools Trial Advocacy Competition held in Baton Rouge in October 2022. Working together as one of the law school’s trial advocacy teams under the direction of Loyola law graduates Camrie Ventry and Ronnie Cantin, both members of the Class of 2021, they bested teams from LSU, Southern, and Tulane to claim victory as state champions. And that's not all! Newberry shared the competition’s award for Best Advocate.

SLEEPING OUT FOR COVENANT HOUSE

Loyola law faculty and students joined the Sleep Out for Covenant House event in November 2022, spending the night outdoors to raise money to help youth facing homelessness find safe shelter and loving care at Covenant House New Orleans, care that includes essential services like education, job training, medical care, mental health and substance use counseling, and legal aid –everything they need to build independent sustainable futures. The Loyola law team surpassed their fundraising goal of $5,000, raising $6,170 to help homeless youth in New Orleans.

TOP-RANKING SPECIALTY PROGRAMS

The College of Law’s specialty programs shine in rankings by U.S. News and World Report In the 2023 U.S. News Best Graduate Schools rankings, the law school jumped nine spots among the nation’s Best Law Schools to No. 133, and five of its specialty programs are ranked among the nation’s best. Loyola’s Legal Research and Writing program is ranked in the top 20%, its Environmental Law program is ranked in the top 24%, its Law Clinic is ranked in the top 26%, its Trial Advocacy program is ranked in the top 35%, and its Health Care Law program is ranked in the top 46%.

FACULTY SUCCESS

Faculty publications are at their highest in years, with law professors publishing more than 30 law review articles, as well as several books and book articles that are used in law schools and beyond to educate the world. Some faculty are blogging or commenting on current legal issues in media outlets or presenting at conferences on topics such as diversity and inclusion, immigration law, and family law. Several law clinic professors not only represent clients and teach students but also are frequently consulted by media outlets for their opinions in their areas of expertise. The College of Law faculty continue to act as leaders in the national and global legal arenas.

COLLEGE OF MUSIC AND MEDIA SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND THEATRE PROFESSIONS

Hilton Baldridge Chair

The College of Music and Media proudly announces JONATHAN MCHUGH as its new Hilton Baldridge Eminent Scholar and Chair. McHugh is a renowned independent film and television producer, director, and music

supervisor who has held high-ranking creative and marketing positions at some of the nation’s top entertainment companies.

In his new role, McHugh will enjoy an endowed professorship, helping to steer the university’s Music Industry Studies program, where students aspire to work in the music industry as executives, producers, recording engineers, performing artists, and more.

Tiny Den

Loyola seniors GENESIS MERRITT AND MARGARET BRANSON have spearheaded a new marketing group for Loyola Music called Howl Entertainment. For their first event, they launched the sold-out Tiny Den concert (an homage to the widely influential NPR Tiny Desk series), which took place in Loyola’s Studio A in November 2022. The students designed the series to have Loyola artists collaborate with a national or popular local music act for a performance where they can each do a few of their own songs and then perform a cover song together.

MCHUGH suggested a collaboration with the Shreveport-based funk-soul-rock group Seratones, who were in town to perform at Tipitina’s. The high-profile band is managed by Red Light Management (who has also managed Dave Matthews, Brandi Carlile, and Lionel Richie) and signed to New West Records.

Local NPR-affiliate WWOZ interviewed students and the band and gave away tickets to promote the show to the local community.

Howl Entertainment partnered with Grammy U and Amazing TV, which will rebroadcast the concert this year. AJ Haynes, the lead singer and creative force of Seratones, spoke at a master class for the Popular and Commercial Music students moderated by Kate Duncan, interim director. Haynes also guest lectured in McHugh’s Entertainment Marketing class. Howl Entertainment’s next event will be a hiphop collaboration with some of the best artists from the local hip-hop community and Loyola’s finest producers and rappers. The goal for the next event is to have Loyola producers create brand-new tracks in advance that local rappers and Loyola singers will collaborate on. On Jan. 30 in Nunemaker Auditorium, New Orleans hiphop collective glbl wrmg performed original works created for Tiny Den.

Battle of the Beat SENIOR AIDAN MCFATE a producer and sound engineer in the Music Industry Studies program, recently won first place in the United Masters Beat Exchange Cook Up Challenge powered by Intel. Emerging music producers worldwide vied for this prestigious honor, and McFate was one of five finalists flown to Miami to participate in a live producer beat battle event that took place during Art Basel at Freehold Miami.

SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION AND DESIGN

DR. ANTIQUA SMART was awarded the Louisiana State Nurses Association / Louisiana Nurse Foundation 2022 Nightingale Award for Nursing Educator of the Year. The award was presented to Dr. Smart on Oct. 29, 2022, at the Annual Nightingale Awards Gala in Baton Rouge.

COUNSELING

learners, and overall online student retention has steadily increased since 2019. Dr. Corina Caraccioli, assistant dean and director of online student success, was elected as board member for the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education's Commission for Distance Learning and Technology.

WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

Shawn

M. Donnelley Center for Nonprofit Communications

The Shawn M. Donnelley Center for Nonprofit Communications, an award-winning studentrun agency at Loyola, announced the formation and members of its advisory board for the upcoming semester. The advisory board’s mission is to support the Donnelley Center and its students as they create integrated communication solutions for nonprofits in the Greater New Orleans area. The board will provide mentorship and expertise in strategic communication and leadership development that enhances the center’s service to the community, particularly in the areas of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

COLLEGE OF NURSING AND HEALTH

SCHOOL OF NURSING

Loyola’s School of Nursing is one of 50 institutions selected to participate in an initiative by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing that is designed to foster inclusive learning environments and build a more diverse nursing work force. And this year we celebrated a host of honors and achievements. (See page 16 for more.)

DR. MICHELLE R. COLLINS, dean of the College of Nursing and Health; DR. MELISSA LEBRUN director of the Family Nurse Practitioner Program in the Loyola School of Nursing; and ASHLEY TERREBONNE, director of Loyola’s new Accelerated Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing Program, were named last fall to “Louisiana's Great 100 Nurses 2022.” The Great 100 Nurses Foundation selects nurses based on their concern for humanity, their contributions to the profession, and their mentoring of others.

DR. CHERIE BURKE director of the School of Nursing, was inducted as a fellow of the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology.

The Loyola Center for Counseling and Education, or LCCE, a community health clinic on campus, continues to serve the Greater New Orleans community. The clinic opened in January 2019 with the intention of addressing the serious gap in mental health services for underinsured and uninsured populations in the New Orleans area. Initially staffed by a single intern, the LCCE has grown over the past three years into a robust clinic providing over 2,000 direct clinical therapy hours a year and receiving grant support. To support LCCE, visit loyno.edu/alumni-giving

LOYOLA INSTITUTE FOR MINISTRY

With support from the Lilly Endowment, the Loyola Institute for Ministry, or LIM, continues its work on behalf of a vibrant and flourishing church. As in previous summers, LIM will sponsor the Lilly-supported FaithActs Summer Youth Theology Institute to offer a fun and inspiring way for rising high school juniors and seniors to connect their faith with concern for the environment. In addition, LIM just received a $1.5 million Lilly grant to support a project in which LIM will serve as an innovation hub to help Catholic parishes become more welcoming communities for young adults, capable of developing innovative ministries for and with them. (See page 8.)

LOYOLA ONLINE AND CITY COLLEGE

LOYOLA ONLINE

The Loyola Online recruitment team is fully staffed and has made significant progress in engaging with our nontraditional and adult students with the help of our customer relationship management system, Slate, and has engaged consulting firm EAB with new marketing efforts to improve overall enrollment. LOYOLA NOW OFFERS MORE THAN 20 ONLINE DEGREE PROGRAMS at the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral levels, in subjects including nursing, finance, psychology, theology, and criminology. We also offer summer and J-term courses! Visit online.loyno.edu to learn more.

The Online Student Success Department continues to focus on the needs of our online

In March, Women’s Leadership Academy, an 11-month program that connects, educates, and empowers mid-senior-level leaders throughout SoutheastLouisiana, will welcome its fifth cohort. So far more than 165 women have completed the program. In November 2022, WLA was awarded a Women United Discretionary Grant from the United Way of Southeast Louisiana. This grant will be used for scholarships to cover the tuition for three women with financial need. Learn more and apply at wla.loyno.edu

PROFESSIONAL AND CONTINUING STUDIES

In November 2022, LOYOLA’S PARALEGAL CERTIFICATE PROGRAM became a Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Actapproved program. Qualified unemployed or underemployed individuals throughout the state working with their local work force development office are now eligible to complete the program utilizing WIOA funding (and without personal expense).

The Right Thing for the Right Reason

The Hon. Mary Ann Vial Lemmon, J.D. ’64

The Hon. Mary Ann Vial Lemmon, J.D. ’64, Senior United States District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, was honored with Loyola University’s Integritas Vitae Award, translated literally as a “life of integrity,” at the university’s annual 1912 Society Dinner on Dec. 2, 2022. Lemmon, the first woman elected judge in both St. John the Baptist and St. Charles parishes, is known for considering cases with fairness and compassion. She shares with us what she’s learned over the years and why Loyola matters to her.

Receiving this award is a challenge to continue to strive to live up to the Jesuit ideal of integrity for the rest of my life. For me, a life of integrity is largely living the Jesuit values I was taught. I have strived throughout my career and my parenting to live up to those ideals. I have learned virtually everything I know about life, faith, law, and community service from my connections to Loyola.

Some connections last a lifetime. Fr. Henry Montecino was my second-semester freshman philosophy teacher. He married my husband and me, baptized our children, and buried my parents. He was wonderful and inspiring.

Once you've had a Jesuit education, it's a part of you. Receiving this award is an affirmation of the value of a Jesuit education and a reflection of just how

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relevant and essential the Jesuit teachings remain in today’s world. To hold a place of public trust without such a foundation in morality, responsibility, and integrity is to risk doing harm to the very institution and people one is entrusted to support.

Having the opportunity to understand service to others and to have compassion for others is extremely important in doing your job the right way. credit the influence of Loyola faculty and staff for my sensitivity to the needs of others, and the need to do the right thing for the right reason.

am thankful to Loyola for instilling in me the values which this award celebrates. The award in so many ways belongs to Loyola itself.

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