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INSIDE NEWSL FOR FACULTYoyola AND STAFF LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO MARCH 2010 LUC.edu/news reimagine Plans for sweeping Lake Shore Campus overhaul revealed HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS AND ALUMNI packed Alumni Gym on January Created from the suggestions of Loyola’s students, the five phases of reimagine will 23, for the launch of reimagine, a campaign to renew student life at Loyola. The transform the northwest quadrant of the Lake Shore Campus into a new center of event, which featured Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt; Rob Kelly, vice president for student life. The facilities are expected to be complete in 2015 and will benefit the student development; and Loyola President Michael J. Garanzini, S.J., kicked off entire Loyola community. the ambitious, five-phased building project that is designed to provide our stu- » LUC.edu/reimagine dents with a world-class collegiate experience. Students pack the Gentile Center during the plan’s unveiling The five unfolding phases of a campus reborn: 1 2 3 4 5 INTERCOLLEGIATE GENTILE CENTER A TRUE STUDENT UNION HALAS SPORTS CENTENNIAL FORUM ATHLETICS CENTER RENOVATION 2012–13 CENTER RENEWAL TRANSFORMATION 2009–11 2011 Phase three is a 70,000- 2013–14 2014–15 Ground has already been Phase two begins in summer square-foot complex in the The fourth phase will The capstone of our cam- broken on phase one of 2011. Renovations will make footprint of Alumni Gym. By add significant improve- paign to transform student the reimagine campaign. the Ramblers’ home court a spring 2013, the doors will ments to the Halas Sports life at Loyola is a reimagined The Intercollegiate Athlet- true sports arena—a place open on this new student Center to help keep our Centennial Forum. With ics Center, a three-story, to ignite the spirit of athletic union, which will include students fit and healthy. room for large-scale confer- state-of-the-art athletics competition—by installing student clubs and organiza- The 20,000-square-foot ences and a new face for facility, will offer a number true stadium seating and re- tions work space, a food renovation is scheduled to Loyola on Sheridan Road, the of improved services for placing existing, sub-optimal court, student meeting be completed by 2014. transformation of Centen- student-athletes. bleachers. rooms, and more. nial Forum will complete the revolution of the University’s campus core. Students soaking in the Chicago sun Since the School of Continuing and Professional Studies’ drupled since 2007, and SCPS expects nearly 100 students to Summer Summer Scholars program began three years ago, it has attend this summer. The program has already received more become another of Loyola’s success stories. The program is than 700 requests for information from interested students Scholars open to high school students after their sophomore or junior and parents, and there has been a jump in international years, enabling them to enroll in undergraduate courses at inquiries as well. quadruples Loyola to earn college credit. Enrollment has more than qua- enrollment » LUC.edu/summerscholars ENDOWED CHAIR SPOTLIGHT Last month we provided you with an update on the University and its commitment to hire more endowed chairs throughout the University. We also introduced you to Diana Tietjens Meyers, the Ignacio Ellacuría, S.J., Chair of Social Ethics and Professor of Philosophy. This month, we continue our spotlight on endowed chairs. What does it mean to you to be an and putting the graduate programs I’ve co-authored with two of them and endowed chairholder at Loyola? · on solid footing. I also have to admit, spent a great deal of time reading and An endowed chair is usually brought in as a lifelong Cubs fan, being only eight discussing their research. to help build a program’s national repu- subway stops from Wrigley Field did You just completed a research tation and someone who can provide a add to the attraction of Loyola. semester in Russia. What can you set of new contacts and hopefully add What do you hope to accomplish as a tell us about that? · I went to Russia an important new dimension to our chair? · First, I’ve worked on augment- with Dr. Olga Avdeyeva, my colleague. academic programs. In my case, I’ve ing the intellectual environment in the Dr. Avdeyeva is a native Russian and served on National Science Foundation department, which included running together we received a National Sci- (NSF) panels and received NSF research an interdisciplinary lecture series on ence Foundation grant. We ran a series Richard Matland, PhD grants, which are becoming increasing- Politics and Genetics and helping to of experiments based on cooperation ly important in political science. For me, Helen Houlahan Rigali Chair start up an internal lecture series on games, where we found that in the in Political Science it’s a great honor to try to build on the public policy at the Urban Affairs and economic games where Americans do solid base that already exists at Loyola. Years as chair: 3.5 years Public Policy Center. I’d also like to work tend to cooperate, Russians do not, but What attracted you to Loyola? · with the Gannon Center to organize in the economic games where Ameri- Being offered a chair at any university a conference on Women in Russia: cans do not cooperate, Russians will. is a great honor, but being offered a Politics and Policy and to develop inter- The results are absolutely fascinating. chair at Loyola was especially attractive, disciplinary lecture programs. Second, I I’m teaching an undergraduate course as I value the University’s commitment think it’s important as a chair holder to in Social Capital and Trust this semester to social justice. Furthermore, the work with our junior faculty; where, among other things, we’re try- University made a promise to raising ing to figure out why our results from the research profile of the University Russia are so dramatically different. New lunch program unites community To better connect Loyola’s faculty and staff members with the University’s undergraduate student body, the Divi- sion of Student Development rolled out a new faculty/staff lunch program on February 1. The pilot program encourages stu- dents to invite a faculty or staff mem- ber to a one-on-one lunch on campus. Student Development is covering the cost of the faculty or staff member’s meal, and each student, faculty, and staff member is limited to five lunches per semester. » Jack McLean at 773.508.3912 New international travel policy for all Recently, President Garanzini and his cabinet approved an international travel policy for the University. As part of this new policy, Loyola has partnered with Cultural Insurance Services International (CISI) to provide all faculty, staff, and students access to international health insurance and a security assistance package when traveling overseas on behalf of the University. » LUC.edu/oip/travelcenter.shtml A ‘word cloud’ representing Father Garanzini’s most frequently used phrases (courtesy of wordle.net) Rent-A-Text debuts on campus this fall This fall Loyola will officially roll out In a word: ‘thanks’ its Rent-A-Text program, which will • The University’s finances are strong, President Garanzini expresses gratitude for allow some students to rent new or thanks to conservative budgeting, used textbooks at campus bookstores Help Haiti and other campus initiatives profitable stand-alone operations, instead of buying them. an annual surplus cushion, and The Rent-A-Text program will be In early new strategic plan, strong enroll- moderate tuition and fee hikes, available for approximately 20 percent February, ments and a 7 percent increase in which help provide salary increases of the titles currently being used in President undergraduate applications for for faculty and staff. Garanzini fall 2010, continued faculty hiring, Loyola’s classes. Students will be able • Despite the University’s positive gathered significant increases in external to rent a new or used book at a savings fiscal condition, the president Loyolans on research funding for the University, of up to 55 percent off the book’s retail STATE of THE discussed a number of circum- both the Lake and the continued success of the price. Loyola is one of 20 schools across UNIVERSITY stances that could adversely affect Shore and Partner campaign, which now totals the nation participating in the Rent-A- our financial situation, including a Water Tower campuses to discuss the over $402M. Text program. continued and prolonged recession, state of Loyola University Chicago. • A number of capital improvement a destabilized health care industry, Below are some of the highlights from » facebook.com/RentAText project updates were highlighted, and the state of Illinois’ budget the president’s address. including the completion of the crisis. The University already has the • Help Haiti relief efforts on the Corboy Law Center annex, School highest drawdown of state funding lakeside campuses are off to a great of Communication convergence amongst the AJCU schools, and our start. Collected funds will be distrib- studio, and Coffey Hall; the JFRC students have the highest amount uted to either the Jesuit Refugee campus land acquisition; the launch of debt amongst the same group Service or to a group of medical of reimagine, which includes the of schools. A prolonged recession students and faculty from the May- development of the new Intercol- would add even more stress and wood Campus, who will be heading % legiate Athletics Center; plans to ren- debt to our current students, which to Haiti in the near future. ovate the Loyola red line stop; the they may not be able to take on. • Recent University successes high- demolition of Damen Hall; and plans 76.8 Response rate for the 2010 FacultY ignation.luc.edu/president lighted in the address include the for the new Cuneo Hall and nursing » and Staff SurVEY—an increase ongoing implementation of the and business school buildings.