Messages from the Provost

Dear Loyola Community, The appearance of the colorful tulips throughout our Lakeshore campus reminds us of the arrival of spring and the conclusion of the academic year. More importantly, it calls our attention to the season of Commencement and the opportunities to celebrate the accomplishments of our students, especially the 4,000 who will receive their […]

Dear Loyola Community, This week, Monday and Tuesday, we host 7 evaluators from the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) who will be site visiting our campuses, the culmination of a comprehensive review of Loyola for reaffirmation of our accreditation by the Commission. Loyola is proud to have served for the past four years as a ‘Pioneer’ institution […]

Dear Faculty Colleagues, Welcome back for the Spring 2015 semester. I trust that your Christmas and holiday break brought your families together for celebrations, some needed rest, and the time to reflect on the past year and on the semester ahead of us. I write to share some information about a few key university matters […]

Dear Faculty Colleagues: By now you may have heard of the tragic death of our student Mutahir Rauf, a post-baccalaureate student in the prehealth professions program.  Mutahir was with his brother, Moazam Rauf, also a student in the same program, when they were robbed and Mutahir was fatally shot in Rogers Park. Moazam will need our […]

Last week we held our 8th annual Faculty Convocation for the Lakeside Campuses, attended by over 350 faculty. It was a wonderful afternoon on which to welcome 92 new faculty to our community and to celebrate the accomplishments of our faculty. Among those being recognized were Professor Nenad Jukic, of the Quinlan School of Business, […]

Welcome to all of our new and returning students!  I am thrilled to extend greetings to you, along with my hope that your Loyola experience this year is exciting and enriching—I am confident that it will be.  And to our esteemed Loyola faculty—including the many new faculty who have joined us this month, along with […]

As we mark summer’s mid-point, I hope all Loyola faculty and staff are finding some time to rest and renew themselves.  We know all too well that the start-up of a new academic year is just around the corner.  Enjoy, and I hope to be in touch with you before then!  

Congratulations to Loyola’s newest alums–the entire graduating class of 2014!  You represent a diverse group of undergraduates, graduate and professional students educated in the Jesuit tradition of academic excellence and service to others. Your degree programs, majors, specializations, concentrations and fields of study represent a broad and impressive array of academic disciplines.  I know that each of you are prepared […]

Welcome back from spring break.  The days are getting longer—even if the promise of spring hasn’t quite yet arrived!  In recent years one of the things I truly enjoy about the second half of the spring semester is the opportunity to learn more about the results of the research projects in which so many of […]

Dear Faculty Colleagues: Welcome back to the spring semester and a new year!  I hope your time spent over the holidays was restful and allowed you to spend some quiet moments (and maybe some loud ones, too!) with family and friends.  We are off to a great start this term with positive student retention levels […]