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Ann Cary, director of the school of nursing, has decided to step down from her position by the end of the year. During her five years as director, Cary has helped promote the growth of the nursing school and the amount of programs offered. According to Luis Miron, dean of the college of social sciences, Cary made it a priority to establish the first doctorate in nursing practice in the state and the first doctoral degree at Loyola, excluding Juris Doctor. Under the leadership of Cary, Loyola’s online nursing school has consistently ranked among some of the top nursing programs in the country. This year the online program ranked 6th out of 471 other online nursing schools in the U.S, according to the U.S. News and World Report.
SGA ends senate with money left over On April 17, 2013, Student Government Association ends the session of their legislative branch for this academic year. Some executive staff and legislative branch members were sworn in at this time. SGA has $ 12,849 dollars remaining in their account at the beginning of their last meeting, said Logan McCabe, SGA Vice President of Finance during and SGA meeting on April 17. The legislative contingence having $5,124 and the student reserves having $7,725, said McCabe. The money remaining in the SGA account will be rolled over until next year for SGA use, McCabe said. SGA received $120 a year from all full time students, and they received $60 a year from all part-time students.
Drew Brees comes to Loyola
New Orleans Saints quarterback made an appearance at Loyola University during the week of April 29 for a film shoot. On May 1, Brees personally delivered Jimmy John sandwiches to New Orleans residents around the city, according to Brees’ official Facebook and Twitter pages.
Capital campaign continues For the time being Loyola’s effort to raise $ 100 million dollars is still in the early stages of its development. The fund raising effort by the university is called the Capital Campaign and is relying on donations from organizations and individuals to fund the overall expansion and improvement of the university. However, the university has not started to reach out to all of its potential donors, Vice President of Institutional Advancement Bill Bishop said. Since Loyola plans to announce some of the people and organizations who have donated, Bishop couldn’t say who all has contributed so far but did mention Tom Benson was one of first to make a donation, Bishop
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Sean Rose, Blake Corley, Jasmine Barnes and Joshua Washington sit in a Senate meeting led by Michael Falotico and Khaled Badr. The outgoing and incoming administrations are currently transitioning.
SGA faces new challenges By LUCY DIECKHAUS Campus Editor The Student Government Association gavel has been passed from Khaled Badr to Jasmine Barnes. But now that the ceremony is over, the question turns to how leadership is going to form the organization. Although Loyola’s student government has moved into a new year with new leadership, the organization is still facing challenges such as a fragmented constitution, empty senate seats and some disengaged senators. One challenge the organization will face in the future is leaving potential assets untapped. According to Jerry Goolsby, director of the Loyola MBA program, “The way the human spirit works is that people get emotionally attached to causes and when people get emotionally attached to a cause they participate,” Goolsby said. Without the “emotional attachment” people may not
feel the need to participate, Goolsby said. Goolsby raised the question on the reason behind why people participate. “Why do people not participate? It’s because they’re not part of anything,” Goolsby said. Another challenge SGA will face in the future is the way they will set the tone for the umbrella of organizations underneath them. Salvadore Liberto, vice president for enrollment management and associate provost, said he believes “a great leader is someone who inspires others, I think to be better.” For change to happen, students have to be involved, Heather Roundtree, director of co-curricular programs and the Danna Center, said. One example of how leadership can be seen throughout Loyola is with the current provost promoting a discussion about student success, Liberto said. “The current provost getting together the entire Loyola community to talk about student success, and thinking about student success as everybody’s business on the campus including students,” Liberto said.
Student Government Association can drift directionally if leadership is substituted in other ways. “The mission, the vision, the values sets the direction,” Goolsby said. It is important to focus on the overall mission, Roundtree said.
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But my sense of it is that it is a symptom of a much larger problem Jerry Goolsby director of Loyola MBA program
“In terms of aligning our mission with leadership I think that’s something we really believe,” Roundtree said. “You can substitute just about anything else in the organization but you can’t substitute leadership. There is no substitute,” Goolsby said.
Goolsby explained the difference between leaders and leadership. “Leadership is different than leaders,” Goolsby said. Leadership can be present at every level of every organization, Goolsby said. Some of the ways SGA have promoted leadership among their members is by attending retreats and conferences, said Roundtree. One of the timeliest challenges SGA is currently facing is the transitional period between current administration leaders. Roundtree said, she believes one area SGA and other organizations can improve on is the lessening the change that happens during the shift of administrations from one year to another. “Continue to improve the sharing of information of what happened the previous year,” Roundtree said. During the past administration, SGA has used causes and issues as rallying points. Roundtree said she believes leadership was present among the SGA executives this past year through the use of student money. “This year we have seen more tangible examples of SGA
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Loyola law students prepare for bar exams Despite increased preparation, scores continue to fall By Alicia Serrano Staff Writer For Loyola law students the month of July is not about vacations or a break from classes, it’s what they have prepared their entire law school careers for – the Louisiana Bar Exam. Robert Owens, law school alumnae, recalls when he took the bar exam. “I don’t think I’ve ever
undergone more incredible stress than that period of time,” Owens said.“If you ask me to recall a single moment from that week, all I remember is just being in that exam room and typing and going home and studying until I had to go to sleep and waking up and going back to it. It was all just a blur.” Owens is currently a staff attorney with the Louisiana Civil Justice Center. He says that graduating from Loyola has helped him in building connections and opportunities.“When I go to court, when I’m talking to judges or attorneys, it helps for them to know that I went Loyola. It’s a natural
‘in’ because Loyola is one of the more dominant alma maters for the lawyers that practice in New Orleans,” Owens said. According to Rachel Dawson, director of the Young Lawyers Division of the American Bar Association, the bar exam is administered by each state to test basic law knowledge to ensure that new lawyers possess the skills to professionally and ethically represent clients. A person must pass the bar exam to be licensed to practice law. Loyola law students have consistently ranked third out of the Louisiana law schools in the passage rate of the exam, according to Louisiana
Supreme Court bar exam results. According to the February 2011 exam results, Loyola had the second highest number of students pass the bar with 58.8 percent. Bar exam results from 2011 and 2012 indicate that the average passing rate of Loyola students was 60.2 percent. Monica Wallace, Loyola law professor, teaches bar courses to help students prepare for the exam. “What I do every year when the bar comes out is I review the exam. It tells me in my course what I need to make sure that I’m teaching the topical matters
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