“Our success will be measured, in part, by our mission, but our success will also lie in something that is beyond measure:
in the kinds of people our students become.” —Rev. Kevin Wm. Wildes, S.J., Ph.D., President of Loyola University New Orleans
We ask you to join us, to step forward with Loyola into its next century, as we embark on our Faith in the Future campaign.
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY NEW ORLEANS IS POISED FOR AN ERA OF TRANSFORMATION ROOTED IN OUR JESUIT TRADITION.
WE WILL ENHANCE OUR ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND BRING GREATER OPPORTUNITIES TO OUR TALENTED STUDENTS.
WE WILL CREATE NEW FACILITIES AND MAKE OUR CAMPUS COMMUNITY STRONGER WHILE KEEPING OUR STUDENT BODY DIVERSE AND DYNAMIC. 4
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AN DURING THIS TIME, WE ENTERPRISING WILL STRENGTHEN OUR UNIVERSITY CAMPUS AND HELP TO ENGAGED CONTINUE THE RENEWAL WITH OF THE CITY WE LOVE. NEW ORLEANS
THIS GROUNDBREAKING INITIATIVE IS ABOUT A FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN; A COMMITMENT TO THE CATHOLIC, JESUIT INTELLECTUAL TRADITION; AND SOMETHING MORE.
IT IS ABOUT AFFIRMING, SUSTAINING, AND CELEBRATING
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Loyola’s success depends upon the faith of many people—the faith of our students in the value of a Loyola education, the faith of our faculty in Ignatian methods of teaching, the faith of our staff in the belief that we are all working toward a larger goal. All of this is strengthened by the faith in God that undergirds Loyola’s Catholic, Jesuit mission. The success of this campaign, of course, depends on the faith of our alumni and friends who provide philanthropic support for the university’s mission. These generous members of the Loyola community are motivated by the essence of St. Augustine’s dictum that faith is rewarded by the manifestation of that in which we truly believe. The Faith in the Future campaign will enhance our academic programs, enrich campus life, ensure financial aid for deserving students, transform our physical campus, and strengthen our Jesuit identity. Each of the campaign’s components is designed to benefit our students because our students are at the heart of the university. Guiding the development of young men and women in the Jesuit tradition is the basis of everything we do. Loyola’s leadership has focused the priorities of this campaign in six major areas:
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– Fostering Academic Excellence
– Enhancing the Campus Environment
– Strengthening our Catholic, Jesuit Values
– Funding the University’s Mission
– Extending Opportunity to Students
– Energizing our Alumni and Friends
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Authentic inquiry in the Jesuit tradition
FAITH IN THE FUTURE: FOSTERING ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
A series of investments will improve Loyola’s academic facilities and programs in order to create an environment that matches our students’ and faculty’s skills and ambitions. These investments will support initiatives that challenge students in the classroom and immerse them in experiential learning and empower faculty members in their laboratories and studios. Academic excellence in the Jesuit tradition has always meant engagement with the world and learning through experience. The Faith in the Future campaign will allow us to build academic programs that immerse our students in real-world practice so that they can develop an understanding of the complex issues they will face in their lives and careers.
“As a sociology major, I work with Our School at Blair Grocery, an urban micro-farm and sustainability education center in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans. We believe food can be used as a vehicle for social, economic, and environmental justice. We are working to develop practical local solutions to global challenges and to empower the people of New Orleans. Now my work includes involving more Loyola students, via internships and service learning, through a partnership I helped create between Our School and Loyola’s sociology department. What’s more, a group of students from California visited Our School not long ago and went back home to start a student-run farm. Loyola has the potential to become a leader in sustainable thinking, action, and empowerment, and I am grateful to the donors to the Msgr. Edward David Frugé Scholarship of Social Justice, which supports my education.”
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—Alexander Goldman, Class of 2015, sociology
Opportunities for experiential learning transcend disciplines. When a theatre arts student works side-by-side with music faculty and local artists to stage an opera or when a finance student helps a burgeoning local startup develop its business plan or when an undergraduate researcher conducts an experiment that furthers our knowledge of chemistry or physics, real-world experience exposes students to contingencies that classroom instruction cannot replicate. The results of this campaign will be many. A completely renovated Monroe Hall will feature cutting-edge science laboratories and collaborative learning spaces. A new center in the College of Law will better prepare students with training and skills to pass the bar and run a law practice. New endowments in the College of Humanities and Natural Sciences and in the Honors program will support collaborative research between students and faculty. A new Multimedia Center will give students, faculty, and community partners a powerful means of leveraging new technologies in the world of communication. With these and other funding priorities, Faith in the Future will provide our students invaluable opportunities to hone their skills and minds by extending education past knowledge into practice. It will prepare students to enter a variety of challenging environments immediately upon graduation.
FAITH IN THE FUTURE: STRENGTHENING OUR CATHOLIC JESUIT VALUES
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STRENGTHENING OUR CATHOLIC JESUIT VALUES
Loyola is, above all else, a Catholic and Jesuit university. The construction of the Tom Benson Jesuit Center as part of the Faith in the Future campaign will bring together and reinvigorate all aspects of mission, ministry, and service at the university, strengthening the most important element in our students’ educations. The new Tom Benson Jesuit Center will serve the needs of generations of Loyola students, faculty, staff, and alumni, as well as Catholics and all people of good will and various faiths in the Archdiocese of New Orleans and beyond. The center will provide dramatically enhanced opportunities for collaboration in teaching as well as service to God and God’s people. It will be a beautiful, inviting space where students, faculty, and the entire Loyola community gather, worship, and learn. Inspired by the project, Mr. Benson, H‘87, a New Orleans business leader and philanthropist who studied at Loyola, has pledged a leadership gift of $8 million to establish the Tom Benson Jesuit Center. We now seek an additional $8 million to fund fully the new building, which will bring together many entities that are currently dispersed across campus. Loyola’s Jesuit mission will remain instilled in every aspect of life at Loyola while the new center gives a living home to its strongest advocates.
MISSION STATEMENT Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work for a more just world. Inspired by Ignatius of Loyola’s vision of finding God in all things, the university is grounded in the liberal arts and sciences, while also offering opportunities for professional studies in undergraduate and selected graduate programs. Through teaching, research, creative activities, and service, the faculty, in cooperation with the staff, strives to educate the whole student and to benefit the larger community.
Approved by Loyola University New Orleans Board of Trustees March 5, 2004
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The new Jesuit Center will be located at the heart of campus, with a new chapel that will become part of the Loyola skyline. Its design by architects and liturgical experts will make it among the most distinctive structures on campus, providing a prominent, modern counterpoint to Holy Name of Jesus Church. This beautiful building will provide a vibrant environment for the celebration of the Eucharist; for the chaplains who attend to the intellectual and spiritual formation of the Loyola community; and for the students, faculty, and staff who serve the larger community of which we are part.
“This new building and its new chapel at the center of Loyola’s campus will symbolically represent the very heart of what we are and will serve as the focal point of what it means to be a Jesuit and Catholic university. It will be a place for students; a resource center for faculty and staff; and a center of activity for alumni, the Archdiocese, and people of all faiths. Holistically, it will house the programs and pastoral opportunities that affect the heart and the spirit, as well as classrooms and intellectual programs that will feed the mind. It will help shape men and women with and for others.” —Father Ted Dziak, S.J., vice president for Mission and Ministry
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The center will offer inspirational spaces for worship and reflection that adjoin new classrooms, offices, and conference rooms in which men and women undertake the daily work of carrying out Loyola’s Jesuit mission. It will be a center for contemplation, knowledge, and action, where Catholics can celebrate the sacraments, people of all denominations can explore their faith, and students and faculty from all disciplines can turn to infuse their teaching and scholarship with insights from the Ignatian tradition. The establishment of the Tom Benson Jesuit Center will be the single most significant act on behalf of Loyola’s Jesuit identity in the university’s recent history and will provide a significant resource for Loyola and the regional Catholic community.
An enterprising campus engaged with New Orleans
FAITH IN THE FUTURE: EXTENDING OPPORTUNITY TO STUDENTS
Loyola’s historic commitment to providing need-based financial aid as well as scholarships for talented students has resulted in a student body with many of the characteristics that Loyola holds dear. The Faith in the Future campaign will create a variety of scholarship endowments that will enable Loyola to remove financial barriers for competitive students who aspire to obtain a Jesuit education and earn a Loyola degree.
More than 60 percent of Loyola undergraduates receive need-based financial aid. Another 30 percent benefit from merit-based scholarships. “Biology is my passion, and my dream is to be a pediatrician. I am the first in my family to attend college, and I was able to return to Loyola this year because of the Earl L. Weiser Scholarship I received from the university. I want to educate young people about health issues because I know many who do not have access to the information they need to be proactive about their health. The professors at Loyola are compassionate, and the education I am receiving here is laying the foundation for my future. I honestly did not know how I would pay for college, but Loyola is helping me along the way. I have faith in the future because Loyola not only provides a great education for students but is also willing to help us pursue our dreams.”
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—Danyelle Robinson, Class of 2016, biological sciences
Many of Loyola’s best students can only afford to attend the university with scholarship support. These students not only achieve great feats based on their own abilities—they also inspire others around them to recognize and channel their true potential. Students with exceptional promise are attracted to Loyola for its values-based education, experiential learning opportunities, and innovative interdisciplinary programs. Our ability to attract and enroll these students in the face of competition from the nation’s other top universities, however, depends on our ability to offer optimal scholarship support. Scholarship endowments created by the Faith in the Future campaign will allow Loyola to enroll and retain students who elevate the level of achievement on campus and fulfill Loyola’s Jesuit mission of enrolling a vibrant body of students from diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
FAITH IN THE FUTURE: ENHANCING THE CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
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ENHANCING THE CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Faith in the Future will remake major parts of Loyola’s physical campus, upgrading our infrastructure with first-rate architecture, equipment, and facilities. We want to offer our students the best possible learning environment. We want our students to know that when they step into a classroom, laboratory, performance hall, or workout facility, the Loyola community has done all in its power to give them every advantage. Loyola’s campus already benefits from a layout that encourages vibrant interaction among our students, faculty, staff, and campus visitors. In 2014, The Princeton Review ranked Loyola among the top 20 in the nation for “Easiest Campus to Get Around” and “Quality of Life.” Its configuration largely contributes to the feel of a close-knit community, which students regularly cite as one the university’s most attractive features.
Faith in the Future will capitalize on our campus’ existing strengths, creating through renovation and new construction spaces ideal for learning and collaboration, health and wellness, spirituality and service. Through a variety of campaign initiatives, we are creating facilities that use design to encourage collaboration among students and faculty across all disciplines. For example, Loyola’s largest and most diverse academic facility, Monroe Hall, is being transformed to complement Loyola’s distinctive campus culture in which learning takes place in and out of the classroom in a variety of spaces. The design of the new Monroe Hall reflects Jesuit education’s core emphasis on the liberal arts and sciences, as well as on the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration and dialogue. Students and faculty in the sciences, creative arts, and social sciences—indeed, all Loyola undergraduates—will benefit from hallways, open study areas, conference rooms, classrooms, and laboratories that facilitate interaction among people in different fields of study.
“Students are excited to be able to conduct research in a new, well-designed space with cutting-edge equipment. The rewards that will come from this support are immeasurable as future generations of students, from all types of backgrounds, choose to engage in science and conduct research that can contribute to dramatic improvements in people’s lives.”
—Rosalie Anderson, Ph.D., associate professor of biological sciences
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THE LOYOLA DIFFERENCE • Chartered in 1912 as a private, Catholic, Jesuit comprehensive university; open to students of all faiths • The largest Jesuit university in the Southern U.S. with more than 4,800 students • Excellent student-to-faculty ratio of 11 to 1 • 67 undergraduate programs • 12 graduate programs • Div. 1 member of National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics • 85+ student organizations; 12 Greek organizations • 50 states and 54 countries represented • 39 percent ethnic minorities • 89 percent of faculty hold Ph.D.’s or terminal degrees
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In pursuit of the Jesuit goal of educating the whole person, the Faith in the Future campaign also will transform Loyola’s University Sports Complex, where our Wolf Pack Athletics teams compete and our student body gathers to exercise and to cheer on the Pack to victory. We will dramatically enhance The Den, where our Wolf Pack basketball and volleyball teams compete, and construct off-campus facilities for baseball, softball, soccer, and other sports, providing first-class sports complexes for the Loyola community.
Wolf Pack intercollegiate teams are points of pride for the entire Loyola community. Our student-athletes are regularly recognized not only for their performance on the field and court but also for their scholarship and character. They galvanize the campus and alumni alike in their victories, fostering a sense of deep engagement among those who cheer them on. Faith in the Future’s focus on physical and mental wellness will contribute to an improved quality of life for our Loyola students. The renovated sports facilities will provide them a center for activities, such as intramural sports, that strengthen their bodies while developing their critical decision-making and leadership skills. Scholarships for student-athletes will ensure Loyola can enroll talented young men and women whose achievements inspire us all.
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FAITH IN THE FUTURE: FUNDING THE UNIVERSITY’S MISSION
The Faith in the Future campaign asks benefactors to provide crucial support to the Loyola Fund, which closes the gap between the revenue generated by tuition and the actual cost of providing an excellent Jesuit education. Loyola Fund donors understand that a university’s operation requires both daily fiscal stability and the ability to seize opportunities and address needs as soon as they arise. The Loyola Fund is a versatile account that serves these very purposes. It is among the most important areas to which one can provide philanthropic support.
A gift to the Loyola Fund is a way for a donor to say, “I believe in your mission, and I trust you to carry it out well with my gift.” “I feel extremely fortunate to have attended Loyola University New Orleans. The education I received, the leadership skills I developed, and the relationships I formed are invaluable to me in my professional and personal life. If I am able to use my talents to give back to an institution that has done so much for me, I’m happy to do so. My only hope is that the current and future students of Loyola have the same great experience and after graduation, they too find a way to give back to the university, sustaining a model of Jesuit values that has been so successful for more than 100 years.”
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— Leigh Thorpe ’03, managing director, Projects with Purpose
The people who come to work and study each day at Loyola receive the bulk of the Loyola Fund’s support. It augments student scholarship funds and faculty salaries, which comprise roughly three-quarters of our annual operating budget. It also ensures that fundamental elements of our learning environment are in place, from utilities such as lights and air conditioning to daily overhead such as insurance and debt service. The Loyola Fund is composed entirely of unrestricted gifts to the university, offering every person whose life Loyola has touched the opportunity to make an impact, regardless of the size of the gift. Increased participation in the Loyola Fund among members of the Loyola community will prove one of the most important aspects of the university’s success in coming decades.
FINANCIAL PRIORITIES OF THE FAITH IN THE FUTURE CAMPAIGN
$100,000,000 FOSTERING ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE Center for Entrepreneurship............................. $3 million Undergraduate Research Endowments........... $4.5 million Center for Law Practice Readiness.................... $3 million Honors Program............................................... $1.2 million Monroe Library................................................ $2.5 million Music and Fine Arts......................................... $7.3 million
STRENGTHENING OUR CATHOLIC JESUIT VALUES Tom Benson Jesuit Center................................ $16 million
EXTENDING OPPORTUNITIES TO STUDENTS Scholarships ..................................................... $20 million
ENHANCING THE CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT Monroe Hall Renovation.................................. $16 million Wolf Pack Athletics Facilities........................... $17 million Multimedia Center ......................................... $2.5 million
FUNDING THE UNIVERSITY’S MISSION The Loyola Fund................................................. $7 million
ENERGIZING ALUMNI AND FRIENDS Increasing the number of alumni and friends who give annually and volunteer for Loyola
FAITH IN THE FUTURE CAMPAIGN LEADERSHIP The Rev. Kevin Wm. Wildes, S.J., Ph.D., President John J. Finan, Jr., M.B.A. ’70, Chair, Board of Trustees Campaign Co-Chairs Anne B. Gauthier S. Derby Gisclair ’73 Honorary Co-Chairs Anne M. Milling Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Russel Honoré, H ’09 Rev. James Carter, S.J., President Emeritus, H ’95 22
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ENERGIZING OUR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS Transformative effects will extend throughout the Loyola community, engaging Loyola supporters as never before. The campaign will cultivate a heightened culture of philanthropy and volunteerism among alumni and friends whose lives Loyola has touched. Your participation in this meaningful enterprise will help Loyola fulfill its mission of improving the lives of students, alumni, and their families.
JUST AS LOYOLA OFFERS A HOLISTIC EDUCATION TO STUDENTS, THE CAMPAIGN WILL STRENGTHEN THE UNIVERSITY BY STRATEGICALLY AUGMENTING ITS DIFFERENT, INTERCONNECTED PARTS THAT GUIDE STUDENTS IN THE FORMATION OF THEIR WHOLE PERSON. Rooted in the liberal arts, a Loyola education is rich in value, offering students the means to develop holistically their minds, bodies, and spirits. The Faith in the Future campaign will enhance the value of a Loyola education, enriching students’ lives on campus and long after—in their spiritual and intellectual formation, in their professional pursuits, and in their development as discerning citizens and men and women for others. Loyola’s founders understood that they could not realize their vision and mission without voluntary financial support. Across the generations since, others have stepped forward with faith to carry this mission forward. The future of this mission is now in the hands of the alumni, parents, and friends of Loyola today.
AT THE HEART OF LOYOLA’S MISSION AND OF THIS CAMPAIGN IS OUR COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING STUDENTS AN OUTSTANDING COLLEGE EXPERIENCE THAT PREPARES THEM FOR MEANINGFUL LIVES AND CAREERS.
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