Messages from the Provost

This week I draw your attention to the lead announcement in the ‘News and Events’ feed on this page.  Congratulations are in order for Dr. Janet Deatherage, formerly Senior Associate Dean in the School of Continuing Education, and now the Executive Director of a newly created Office of Corporate Engagement here at Loyola. Janet’s new […]

When I first started blogging about the Faculty Convocation, I promised to outline for you my goals for Academic Affairs for 2013-14, and here they are: 1)  Despite a mid-course correction to our undergraduate recruitment plan, we exceeded the goal of freshmen we wanted to enroll this fall. Now, I have challenged our team to […]

Greetings from across the globe!  Currently I’m in Beijing attending business meetings of The Beijing Center for Chinese Studies (TBC). As many of you know, Loyola’s Beijing Center campus is located at Beijing University of International Business and Economis (UIBE) in the Chaoyang distrtic of Beijing.  Being thousands of miles from home provides an interesting perspective […]

Last week I promised to give you an update on the progress we’ve made over the past year on some goals that I outlined during the 2012 Faculty Convocation.  Here’s where we stand:  • As you know, we seek to create the premier undergraduate experience in Chicago that is characterized by the pillars of the […]

I want to quickly extend my thanks to the over 300 members of our full-time faculty who joined me at the Lake Shore Campus this past Sunday, September 22nd, for the 7th annual Faculty Convocation. I believe this was the first time in 7 years that our afternoon convocation did not compete for attention and […]

This coming Sunday, September 22nd, we will gather for the 7th annual Lakeside Faculty Convocation,  a special opportunity to spend time with faculty colleagues from across the University,  to meet our newest colleagues, and to honor those who have been promoted, received tenure, and extend our congratulations to those who have been recognized for outstanding […]

I hope you are enjoying a productive summer, and are making time in your schedule to spend with family and friends, and for rest or travel. Knowing how full the summer can be and how quickly it passes by, I’m writing to you at home to draw to your attention a number of important initiatives that you will encounter when you return to campus. Most of these initiatives are related to technology and will impact the way in which you prepare for your classes and the start of the new academic year.

Dear Colleagues: Welcome back to the second half of the semester, to the season of spring and its promise of rebirth and new growth.  As I look outside my window and see what little remains of last week’s snowstorm, I’m reminded of the poet Shelley’s words: “If winter comes, can spring be far behind?” In […]