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Govanstowne Farmers’ Market returns for second season June 6

Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Once again answering the call of neighbors who expressed a need for access to fresh, healthy food, Loyola University Maryland and the York Road Partnership will host the second annual Govanstowne Farmers’ Market on Wednesdays from 3 p.m. – 7 p.m. between June 6 and Aug. 8, 2012. The market will be located in the parking lot of Loyola’s Transportation and Public Safety complex at 5104 York Rd.

The market will feature high-quality baked goods, dairy products, meat, eggs, produce, and more from an expanded list of Baltimore-area vendors that includes the Ferguson Family Farm, Jack and Zach Food, and Dangerously Delicious Pies. Cash, credit and debit cards ($5 increments), EBT/Independence Cards ($1 increments), WIC, SFMNP, and FVC benefits will all be accepted as payment. In addition to foods for sale, guests will be able to pick up recipe cards that use ingredients found at the market. There will also be a featured vendor each week and a special event on the first Wednesday of each month.

Loyola students, faculty, and staff worked with Govans community members to create and organize the farmers’ market as a project of Loyola’s York Road Initiative, a collaborative effort to develop a plan to improve the quality of life for people living, working, and learning in the area. During “Loyola is Listening,” members of the community identified the creation of a farmers’ market as a number-one priority and an opportunity to partner with Loyola. Those same residents also recognized the need for a major grocery store in Govans, and the farmers’ market will have the added benefit of generating data that may be used to recruit a grocery store to the area.

More information about this year’s farmers’ market is available on the Govanstowne Farmers’ Market website. Questions from customers, vendors, and prospective vendors should be directed to Jonathan Hourcade, 410-617-5039, jhourcade@loyola.edu.

Two Loyola students receive research fellowships at the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Loyola University Maryland students Andrew Gorbaty, ’15, and Allison Rose, ’15, have been awarded 2012 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) in engineering at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Md.

The SURF program is designed to provide hands-on research experience to promising undergraduates. More than 120 participants from across the country will each work with a mentor to conduct analysis and experiments related to a topic of importance to NIST.

Both Gorbaty, of Annapolis, Md., and Rose, of Westfield, N.J., will be assigned to the NIST engineering lab, where the wide range of research opportunities includes nanotechnology, measuring the performance of full-scale building structures, and determining the economic benefit of building choices. Gorbaty, an engineering major with a concentration in computer engineering, will be writing Java for an analysis occurring in the lab. Rose, a mathematics and computer science double major, will study advanced laser sensors.

“The summer research experience available to students in the sciences is essential to going beyond the classroom to a more open environment where students are answering questions that don’t have fixed answers, working in real environments, and getting a sense of what their career path really involves,” said Roger Eastman, Ph.D., associate professor and chair of the computer science department at Loyola. “I’m so proud of Andrew and Allison. They are a testament to Loyola’s ability to prepare and position students for the SURF program and other elite, competitive fellowships in the science-rich Baltimore/Washington, D.C. region.”

Eastman and Mili Shah, Ph.D., assistant professor of mathematics and statistics at Loyola, are guest researchers at NIST and will join another NIST researcher to mentor Rose. Gorbaty will be mentored by other researchers at NIST for his project.

The science and technology disciplines are key to the Jesuit education Loyola offers its students. In September 2011, Loyola celebrated the completion of the 15,000-square-foot Donnelly Science Center expansion, which houses class laboratory spaces, research laboratories, offices, a conference room for the natural sciences, storage, a vivarium, a microscopy center, and a robotics laboratory. Loyola is currently collaborating with a group of universities under a grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a mentoring network for women professors in the sciences at predominantly undergraduate institutions. Each summer, Loyola's Hauber Fellowship provides a stipend and housing to talented undergraduate students who wish to pursue independent research in the sciences under the supervision of a faculty member.

In recent years, Loyola students have won fellowships for other projects at NIST, as well as NASA and the National Security Agency.

Women's lacrosse beats Penn, advances to second round

Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

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No. 1 men's lacrosse scores 13 straight in NCAA win over Canisius

Sat, 12 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

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Sociology professor chosen for Lilly Fellows Program Summer Seminar in Northern Ireland

Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Michelle Gawerc, Ph.D., assistant professor of sociology at Loyola University Maryland, has been chosen to participate in the 2012 Lilly Fellows Program Summer Seminar, “Teaching Peace and Reconciliation: Theory and Practice in Northern Ireland,” held from July 7-28 in Ballycastle, Northern Ireland

Sponsored by Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Mich., the summer seminar is designed to help participants understand the contemporary divisions between the Catholic and Protestant communities. Trips, lecture sessions, and group discussions will address the numerous issues and events including the history of the Anglo-Irish conflict in Ireland, the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, and the resulting move to a post-conflict society.

Gawerc is one of only 15 university professors chosen to participate in the program, which will take place at the Corrymeela Centre for Peace and Reconciliation. She will devote her time to studying the role of peace-building in Northern Ireland, a comparative component to her main research interests that include the sociology of peace, war, and social conflict; social movements; organization studies; and ethnic relations in an international context.

As a scholar, Gawerc’s primary area of focus is Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, but her interests extend more generally to societies in or emerging from protracted conflict. She is a recipient of many honors and awards, including a United States-Israel Educational Foundation Fulbright Fellowship, a graduate research Fellowship from Harvard Law School's Program on Negotiation, and a United Nations Memorial Fellowship Award from the American Sociological Association's Peace, War, and Social Conflict section. She has published several articles including “Peacebuilding: Theoretical and Concrete Perspectives” in Peace and Change: A Peace Journal and “The Al-Aksa Intifada: Revealing the Chasm” in Middle East Review of International Affairs, co-authored with Alan Dowty. Her dissertation on the major peace-building initiatives with an educational encounter-based approach in Israel and Palestine from 1993-2008 has been turned into a forthcoming book.

Gawerc earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in Sociology at Boston College in 2010. Prior to her doctoral studies, she received her MSW at Boston College and M.A. in International Peace Studies from the University of Notre Dame.

Theology professor receives writing grant from the Project on Lived Theology

Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

John Kiess, Ph.D., assistant professor of theology at Loyola University Maryland, has been chosen to be among nine scholars from across the country who will participate in the Virginia Seminar in Lived Theology. Kiess will also receive funding and research support toward the publication of a book at the conclusion of the seminar.

The seminar, part of the University of Virginia’s Project on Lived Theology, is a theological initiative that offers theologians and scholars of religion an opportunity to work and write in sustained engagement with critical issues in religion and public life. Participants gather once a year over the course of four years to discuss and develop one another’s research. Past seminar participants include noted memoirist Patricia Hampl, Yale professor Carlos Eire (whose Waiting for Snow in Havana won the National Book Award), and Mark Gornik, who recently received the Christianity Today award in Missions/Global Affairs for his book on African churches in New York City.

Kiess’ research focuses on the intersection of religion, politics, and ethics, with a particular emphasis on the ethics of war and peacemaking. His proposed book project for the seminar will address these issues through the lens of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where he has done extensive fieldwork among churches and grassroots communities impacted by recent wars.

Kiess earned his Ph.D. in Theology and Ethics at Duke University in 2011. As a George J. Mitchell Scholar, he earned his M.A. in Comparative Ethnic Conflict at Queen’s University Belfast and M.Phil. in Theology from Cambridge University. His first book, Arendt and Theology, will be published in 2013.

More information about the Virginia Seminar in Lived Theology is available here.

Businessweek ranks Sellinger School in top-10% for five academic specialties

Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Loyola University Maryland’s Sellinger School of Business and Management ranks among the top universities in the nation for its microeconomics (No. 8), macroeconomics (No. 8), business law (No. 10), information systems (No. 3), and ethics (No. 12) specialties in Bloomberg Businessweek’s list of the “Best Undergrad B-Schools by Specialty 2012.” The Sellinger School also ranks No. 15 for marketing and No. 28 for international business.

“I’m thrilled that the Sellinger School’s commitment to quality, innovation, and academic excellence has again been recognized by a prestigious publication like Businessweek,” said Karyl B. Leggio, Ph.D., dean of the Sellinger School. “This latest ranking is a testament to the dedication of our exceptional faculty and staff who further our mission to educate students to be responsible business leaders.”

Faculty in information systems, the Sellinger School’s highest-ranking specialty at No. 3 in the country, recently collaborated with online broker-dealer TradeKing on a groundbreaking project and competition that encouraged business and finance students to build investment apps using TradeKing’s API. After a successful pilot program at the Sellinger School, TradeKing opened the “API challenge” to schools across the country.

Each year, Businessweek ranks the nation’s top undergraduate business schools by academic specialty based on the responses of more than 28,000 students. Loyola is the only private university in Maryland represented on the list and earned high marks for the state in eight of the 14 specialty categories. Also included in the rankings were the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Management, the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce, the University of California Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, and Boston College’s Carroll School of Management. The University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza School of Business ranked No. 1.

The full list of specialty rankings from Businessweek is available here.

Center for Community Service & Justice director receives Ignatian Volunteer Corps award

Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

On April 22, Sr. Catherine “Missy” Gugerty, SSND, director of the Loyola University Maryland Center for Community Service and Justice, received the Della Strada Award from the Ignatian Volunteer Corps (IVC) for her five years of volunteer work as a spiritual reflector for IVC leadership.

The Della Strada Award honors an individual or organization that reflects the Ignatian values of direct service to the poor, and of working and educating for a more just society. The award is named after Sancta Maria Della Strada, the first church that St. Ignatius and the early Jesuits obtained to serve the urban poor in the center of Rome.

In her role as a spiritual reflector for the Baltimore region IVC, Sr. Gugerty meets monthly with senior IVC volunteers to explore the deeper meaning of their service experience, and to identify and discuss where they find God in their volunteer work. The IVC provides mature men and women the opportunity to serve the needs of people who are poor, to work for a more just society, and to grow deeper in Christian faith by reflecting and praying in the Ignatian tradition. Ignatian volunteers pledge two days per week of service in local non-profit organizations for a 10-month term, and have the option to renew their service each year.

Sr. Gugerty earned a B.A. in Sociology at College of Notre Dame of Maryland, and an M.S. in Pastoral Counseling and a Certificate in Non-Profit Management from Loyola University Maryland. Throughout her 30-year career, she has worked for and with people experiencing material poverty and homelessness.

More information about Sr. Gugerty, her colleagues, and their many service initiatives can be found on the CCSJ website.

Karen Smedley, affiliate instructor of communication, named Educator of the Year by PRSA MD

Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Maryland’s chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA MD) has named Karen Smedley, affiliate instructor of communication at Loyola University Maryland, its 2012 Educator of the Year.

Smedley is the first recipient of the new award that will be given to an undergraduate or graduate public relations/communications professor in Maryland each year as part of PRSA MD’s “Best in Maryland” awards. She was nominated by her students and colleagues at Loyola and selected by a “Best in Maryland” committee and the PRSA MD board as the winner. The award recognizes exemplary educators who are excellent instructors and leaders at their institutions and in their communities, and who have demonstrated a commitment to the advancement of students within public relations/communications.

“Karen is not only deserving of this award, she personifies everything it’s meant to honor,” said Elliot King, Ph.D., chair and professor of communication. “I’m thrilled that she has been recognized for her many exceptional contributions to her students, the department, and the diverse, rigorous curriculum that is the keystone of Loyola’s mission as a Jesuit institution.”

Smedley has more than 25 years of professional experience as a marketing and public relations professional in Maryland’s higher education and nonprofit sectors. She has held leadership positions in marketing communications with the Community College of Baltimore County, University of Baltimore, and Baltimore City Community College, as well as with the local nonprofit TurnAround, Inc., where she also served as a member and vice president of the board of directors. She has also served on advisory panels for the Council for Advancement and Support of Education and held leadership positions in the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations for community colleges.

After her lengthy career as a public relations practitioner, Smedley joined the Loyola communication department in 2008. At Loyola, she teaches Introduction to Public Relations, Public Relations Writing, Case Studies in Public Relations, and the Public Relations Senior Capstone course. She has also served for the past two years as the faculty advisor to Loyola’s chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America. She holds an M.S. in Journalism from Syracuse University.

Smedley will be honored at the 51^st annual “Best in Maryland” awards ceremony on Thursday, May 10, in downtown Baltimore.

Men’s, women’s lacrosse headed to NCAA tournament

Sun, 06 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

The Loyola University Maryland men’s and women’s lacrosse teams are headed to the NCAA tournament after capturing their respective conference crowns. The men defeated Fairfield to win the ECAC title on May 4, and the women took home their second-straight Big East championship after an impressive victory over Syracuse on May 5.

The men's lacrosse team clinched the No.1 seed and will play Canisius at the Ridley Athletic Complex on Saturday, May 12 at 5 p.m.

The women's lacrosse team is the No.6 seed and will host Pennsylvania at the Ridley Athletic Complex on Sunday, May 13 at 1 p.m.

Tickets for both games can be purchased online or by phone, 410-617-1420.

More information is available on the Loyola athletics tournament central webpage.

Loyola mourns affiliate professor Rev. Mary-Marguerite Kohn, Ph.D., ’09

Sun, 06 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Loyola University Maryland mourns the tragic death of Rev. Mary-Marguerite Kohn, Ph.D., a 2009 graduate of the University’s doctoral program in pastoral counseling and affiliate professor of pastoral counseling, who died May 5 of wounds suffered in a tragic shooting at the church in Ellicott City where she served as co-rector. The thoughts and prayers of the entire Loyola community are with Rev. Dr. Kohn’s loved ones during this time of profound loss.

“The Reverend Mary-Marguerite has made us laugh many times and she has always been generous and a helping hand,” wrote her colleagues KayLiz Oakes, Ph.D., associate professor of pastoral counseling, Tom Rodgerson, Ph.D., assistant professor of pastoral counseling, and Geraldine Fialkowski, Ph.D., affiliate professor of pastoral counseling. “She has always been one who has ‘taken care.’ So of course we pray for each other, especially now. We pray for our students, Mary-Marguerite, and Mary-Marguerite's family.”

Funeral services will take place on Tuesday, May 8, at 3 p.m.:

Cathedral of the Incarnation
4 East University Parkway
Baltimore, Md. 21218
410-467-3750

Men's lacrosse wins ECAC championship

Sat, 05 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

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Women's lacrosse wins second-straight Big East title

Sat, 05 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

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Men's lacrosse takes on Fairfield for ECAC championship May 4

Fri, 04 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

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Women's lacrosse battles Notre Dame in Big East tournament on May 3

Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

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Anna Nguyen, ’12, wins Fulbright award to research cancer stem cells at Swiss lab

Wed, 02 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Loyola University Maryland student Anna Nguyen, ’12, has been awarded a Fulbright grant to research cancer stem cells in malignant bone and soft tissue tumors at a laboratory in Switzerland for a year beginning in August 2012. Nguyen is the second Loyola student to win a Fulbright this year, the fourth year in a row that a Loyola student has been honored with one of the prestigious international scholarship awards.

Nguyen, a biology major and chemistry minor from Clifton, Va., will join a research team in the Institute of Pathology at the University of Lausanne. She will work with the team in a lab to understand the molecular mechanisms that underlie the development of bone and soft tissue cancer, known as sarcoma, as well as tumor-host interactions. Her project is part of a larger ongoing initiative to study how the particular cancer stem cells that constitute the driving force of malignant tumors emerge.

“I was ecstatic when I found out I got the Fulbright,” said Nguyen. “I’m confident this opportunity to work in one of the world’s top labs for sarcoma research will be invaluable as I pursue my passion to serve the community through medicine.”

In 2002, Nguyen’s father, Sang, was diagnosed with colon cancer. Sang is now a survivor thanks to an early diagnosis and subsequent surgery. That experience left Nguyen, who was only 12 years old at the time, determined to pursue a career in medicine and dedicate her life to restoring health in others as doctors had done for her father. Following a research internship at the University of Lausanne in summer 2011, she learned of the opportunity to return to the same lab – this time as a Fulbright scholar – through Loyola’s national fellowships office and its director, Arthur M. Sutherland, Ph.D., who guided her through the application process. Her application was supported by Loyola faculty members Bradley Levin, M.D., affiliate assistant professor of biology and pre-health professions coordinator; Jesse More, Ph.D., associate professor of chemistry; and David Rivers, Ph.D., professor and chair of biology.

“Anna widens the intellectual horizons of those she lives and works with,” said Sutherland, who has been helping Nguyen identify research opportunities through fellowship programs since she was a first-year student. “The research she intends to do will make a significant contribution to her field. Her project has weight, meaning, and is within the reach of a student with Anna’s insight, determination, and drive.”

In addition to Nguyen’s previous research internship in Switzerland, she contributed to the development of new treatments for Hirschsprung’s disease while interning at the Natural and Medical Sciences Institute in Reutlingen, Germany, in summer 2010. Her work in Germany was the result of winning a scholarship sponsored by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). She has volunteered for seven years at the Northern Virginia Training Center, where she reads to intellectually disabled residents and sets up social events. She has also volunteered in the medical intensive care unit at Greater Baltimore Medical Center, and for the aftercare program at a Catholic elementary school in Baltimore. She is president of the Loyola Pre-Health Society, president of the Loyola Minority Students Pre-Health Society, and a team captain for Loyola’s chapter of Relay for Life. Her many honors and awards include membership in the Alpha Sigma Nu Honor Society and the National Biology Honor Society, and the Bill Davis Scholarship from the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities.

When Nguyen returns from Switzerland she plans to apply to medical schools and enroll in an M.D./Ph.D. program.

Nguyen’s Fulbright is one of only eight awarded for Switzerland this year. She follows classmate Emma Cogan, ’12, who recently won a Fulbright to teach English in primary and secondary schools in rural Malaysia, and two other students who were named Fulbright Alternates: Morgan Murray, ’12 (South Africa) and Christopher Wrightson, ’09 (Malaysia). Last year, Mazen Shomali, ’11, won a Fulbright grant to teach English in Macau, a former Portuguese colony now governed by China, located 37 miles southwest of Hong Kong. In 2009 and 2008, respectively, Frances Quattrone, ’09, won a Fulbright to study venomous wasps in Turkey, and Tania Ziegler, ’09, won a Fulbright to do economic research in China.

Men's lacrosse to play Denver in ECAC semifinal May 2

Wed, 02 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

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Writing professor wins Poets’ Prize

Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Ned Balbo, affiliate associate professor of writing at Loyola University Maryland, has been awarded the Poets’ Prize by a group of 20 notable U.S. poets for his book, The Trials of Edgar Poe and Other Poems.

The annual $3,000 prize honors the best book of verse published by a living American poet in the two years prior to the award year. In Trials, Balbo explores his own childhood struggles by referencing pop culture and the monsters and heroes of horror films, science fiction novels, and television series. Edgar Allan Poe provides a thread running through Balbo’s meditation on adoption and identity, love and heartbreak, alienation and belonging. In 2010, the book won the Donald Justice Poetry Prize from the West Chester University Poetry Center.

Over the past 22 years, Balbo has taught courses at Loyola that range in topic from poetry to creative writing to music, pop culture, and graphic novels. He has published three books of poetry, several essays, and more than 100 poems that have appeared in dozens of national journals and numerous anthologies. His many awards include three Individual Artist Awards in poetry from the Maryland State Arts Council, and the 2003 Robert Frost Foundation Poetry Award. He received an MFA in Poetry from the University of Iowa in 1989 and an M.A. in Poetry from Johns Hopkins University in 1986.

Balbo will accept the Poets’ Prize during a ceremony on May 17 at the Nicholas Roerich Museum in New York City.

Greg Boyle, S.J., founder of largest gang intervention program in U.S., to deliver Loyola's 2012 commencement address

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Rev. Greg Boyle, S.J., founder and chief executive officer of Homeboy Industries, the largest gang intervention program in the country, will deliver Loyola University Maryland’s 2012 Commencement Address on Saturday, May 19. He will also receive a doctor of humane letters degree, honoris causa, from Loyola during the Commencement Exercises.

More than 1,700 baccalaureate and advanced degrees will be conferred during the Exercises, which begin at 11 a.m. in Baltimore’s 1st Mariner Arena.

“Fr. Boyle’s decades of remarkable work with at-risk youth in Los Angeles and dedication to the community as a pastor, advocate, and mentor mirror the ideals and character of our University,” said Rev. Brian F. Linnane, S.J., president of Loyola. “I am confident that Fr. Boyle will inspire the class of 2012 with moving remarks that reflect his deep understanding of Loyola’s mission and identity.”

Fr. Boyle, one of eight children, was born in Los Angeles. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1972 and was ordained a priest in 1984. He received his B.A. in English from Gonzaga University, M.A. in English from Loyola Marymount University, M.Div. from the Weston School of Theology, and STM from the Jesuit School of Theology.

Fr. Boyle was appointed pastor of Dolores Mission in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles in 1986 and served there through1992. Prior to his time at Dolores Mission, he taught at Loyola High School, his alma mater, in Los Angeles, worked with Christian Base Communities in Cochabamba, Bolivia, and served as chaplain of the Islas Marias Penal Colony in Mexico and Folsom Prison.

In 1988, Fr. Boyle created the “Jobs For A Future” (JFF) program at Dolores Mission parish in an effort to address the escalating problems and unmet needs of gang-involved youth. He worked with the community to establish an elementary school, develop a day care program, and search for legitimate employment for young people. Fr. Boyle and JFF launched the Homeboy Bakery business in 1992 as a response to civil unrest in Los Angeles. The bakery’s mission was to create an environment that provided training, work experience, and an opportunity for rival gang members to work side-by-side. The success of Homeboy Bakery built the foundation for additional businesses and prompted JFF to become Homeboy Industries, an independent non-profit organization, in 2001. Today Homeboy Industries’ nonprofit economic development enterprises include Homeboy Bakery, Homeboy Silkscreen, Homeboy/Homegirl Merchandise, and Homegirl Café. Located in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, it is the largest gang intervention and re-entry program in the county and has become a national model.

An expert on gangs and intervention approaches, Fr. Boyle is a nationally renowned speaker who has given commencement addresses at numerous universities and spoken at conferences for teachers, social workers, criminal justice workers, and others about the importance of adult attention, guidance, and unconditional love in preventing youth from joining gangs. He appeared at the White House Conference on Youth in 2005 at the personal invitation of First Lady Laura Bush, and in 1998 was a member of the California delegation to President Clinton’s Summit on Children.

His many honors and awards include membership in the California Hall of Fame, the California Peace Prize, the Civic Medal of Honor from the California Chamber of Commerce, the Irvine Leadership Award from the James Irvine Foundation, and honorary degrees from Salve Regina University, Claremont University, and Occidental College. Most recently, Fr. Boyle received the 2011 Loaves and Fishes Award for Faith in Action, presented by Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of San Francisco in recognition of his 25 years of dedication to Homeboy Industries.

His first book, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion, received the 2010 Southern California Indie Booksellers Association Non-Fiction Book Award and was named one of the Best Books of 2010 by Publishers Weekly.

Other honors to be awarded by Loyola at this year’s Commencement Exercises will include:

The President’s Medal (presented to those who have demonstrated notable support of Loyola or the greater community): Rev. John M. Dennis, S.J., director, Loyola Campus Ministry.
Newman Medal (presented to those who have made outstanding contributions to Catholic education): Mary Pat Seurkamp, Ph.D., president, Notre Dame of Maryland University.
The Milch Award (recognizing superior contributions and achievement by an organization involved in service): St. Ignatius Loyola Academy in Baltimore, Md.

Additional information on Loyola’s 160th Commencement Exercises can be found at www.loyola.edu/commencement.

Golf team wins fifth-straight MAAC title

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400

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Loyola Clinical Centers expands offices at Belvedere Square

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400

The Loyola Clinical Centers (LCC) has signed a 10-year lease for its current headquarters and nearly 5,000 additional square feet of space in Belvedere Square off of York Road in North Baltimore.

The expansion will be directly above the LCC’s existing ground-floor offices and increase the LCC’s total footprint by 50 percent. In the new space the LCC will add five individual treatment rooms, five faculty offices, two expanded student workrooms, another group treatment area, a satellite office for visiting Loyola employees, a classroom for 50 students, and an executive conference room. Once up and running, the new facilities will allow the LCC to serve more clients from the community and increase the breadth of its programs.

“I’m thrilled at the opportunity to better meet the community’s growing demand–and need–for the care we offer,” said Janet Simon Schreck, executive director of the LCC. “Space is a valuable resource. This is not only an investment in the LCC, but in the Govans neighborhood along York Road as well.”

Loyola’s York Road Initiative aims to improve the quality of life for everyone living, working, and learning in the York Road corridor. The LCC’s Belvedere Square offices in that community are currently at 100 percent capacity in terms of patients treated each afternoon, with many other clients wait-listed. When the expansion opens, the LCC anticipates it will serve five additional clients each day.

Recently, the LCC also received $10,000 from CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield to continue providing affordable and accessible health services to underserved populations by partially offsetting fees for clients who cannot afford psychology, literacy, pastoral counseling, or speech-language pathology/audiology care at full price.

The LCC’s new offices will be up and running in September 2012.

Direct deposit email sent in error; no further action needed

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Late last night, Loyola University Maryland’s direct deposit notification system—an automated system that alerts employees when their payroll direct deposits will be received—experienced an error resulting in notifications being sent to a large number of individuals with email addresses on file with the University, including alumni, prospective students, donors, and other friends of the University. If you received a notification email in error, please know that no sensitive information was contained in the messages, and that your email addresses remain on file only within Loyola’s database—they have not been released to a third party.

The University’s payroll and Technology Services departments are working to identify the source of the error and to prevent it from happening again.

The University regrets the error and any inconvenience it may have caused.

Loyola community supports DeWees rec center bid for revitalization grant

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Loyola University Maryland has joined other local partners to help the DeWees Recreation Center in North Baltimore vie for a rehabilitation grant in a national contest sponsored by Rebuilding Together and Maxwell House.

The partnership among Loyola, Rebuilding Together Baltimore, the Mid-Govans Community Association, and the Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks has set a goal of transforming the dilapidated and underutilized building into a lifelong community learning and recreation center in the heart of the Govans neighborhood. Winning this contest would be a tremendous step toward reaching that goal. DeWees is one of only 10 community centers from across the country selected to take part in the contest, which will be decided by online voting open to the public. Of the 10 nominees, only the top three with the most votes will receive renovation grants of up to $50,000.

A vibrant and functional DeWees is key to the health of children and families living in the York Road community of Govans, the primary focus of Loyola’s York Road Initiative.

“We are thrilled for this opportunity to win generous funding that will transform the DeWees Recreation Center into a stronger home for the heartbeat of the Govans community,” said Erin O’Keefe, ’03, director of the York Road Initiative. “Loyola is committed to helping improve the quality of life for everyone living, working, and learning in the York Road corridor. We won’t fully reach that goal without DeWees.”

The grant, through the Rebuilding Together National Grant Program 2012 and Drops of Good: The Maxwell House Community Project, would allow DeWees to receive numerous updates and additions, including a technology center with 12 new computers and a WiFi hub for community internet access; a “community coffeehouse” that will serve as a venue for conversations, networking, and community meetings; a “Life-long Learning Center” for book clubs, financial literacy trainings, yoga classes, and other activities; exterior improvements to pathways, fresh paint, and signage, along with newly installed benches and chess boards; and a memorial garden to honor local community members.

If DeWees receives enough votes to be one of the three winners, the entire renovation project will be completed over four days this summer with the help of more than 250 volunteers from the community and Loyola.

“Of the many sites we considered, the rehabilitation of DeWees offers the most impact on the community and the most meaningful difference to the look and feel of the building itself,” said Bonnie Bessor, executive director of Rebuilding Together Baltimore.

DeWees and other rec centers in Baltimore have recently fallen victim to the city’s budget constraints, with some centers closing. Loyola and Govans community leaders have been working together for over a year on plans to strengthen DeWees.

Loyola encourages its students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends to vote for DeWees and to ask their colleagues to do the same. Votes can be cast online though June 8, 2012, at http://www.maxwellhousecoffee.com/drops-of-good/all-centers/dewees-recreation-center/.

Tickets sold out for men's lacrosse vs. Hopkins on April 28

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400

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Loyola names Joshua S. Smith, Ph.D., dean of the School of Education

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Loyola University Maryland has named Joshua S. Smith, Ph.D., currently associate dean for research and academic affairs and director of the Center for Urban and Multicultural Education at the Indiana University School of Education in Indianapolis, dean of the University’s School of Education. Smith will assume his new role on July 1, 2012.

“I am confident that Dr. Smith’s combination of scholarship, leadership, and integrity—particularly his commitment to addressing the issues affecting education in our nation’s cities—make him the ideal person to build on the extraordinary foundation our School of Education has established since its founding in 2009, and the remarkable work our undergraduate and graduate programs in education have pursued for more than 60 years,” said University President Brian F. Linnane, S.J. “I am thrilled to welcome him to the Loyola University Maryland community.”

Timothy Law Snyder, Ph.D., Loyola’s vice president for academic affairs, says Smith’s background and achievements make him uniquely well-suited to leading Loyola’s School of Education as the School, its faculty, and its students confront the opportunities and challenges affecting today’s schools and school systems.

“Dr. Smith brings to Loyola an ability to work with a broad array of constituents, ranging from Loyola’s students, faculty, and alumni to those about whom we care the most: our region’s and nation’s youngsters, and those who have devoted their careers to bringing about education that leads to productive, joyful lives in which students realize their potential,” said Snyder. “Consistent with our Jesuit heritage, Dr. Smith is poised to make a meaningful difference that is based in care for others, in their situations and their context—with values and purpose.”

Smith has been affiliated with Indiana University since 2004, when he joined the university as an assistant professor of education psychology and associate director of the Center for Urban and Multicultural Education, a position he held until 2007, when he became the center’s interim director and later director. Other positions held include senior faculty member in Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis’s University College and adjunct faculty member in the School of Nursing. In 2010, he was named an associate professor of education psychology, and he assumed his current role as associate dean in 2011. Earlier in his career, he served as an academic advisor and later as director of assessment in the office of undergraduate studies at the University of Albany, and as an adjunct assistant professor in the University of Albany’s department of educational and counseling psychology from 2002-04. He is also the president-elect of the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA).

Smith earned his B.A. in U.S. History, M.S. in Educational Psychology and Statistics, and Ph.D. in Educational Psychology and Methodology from the University of Albany, State University of New York, where his dissertation focused on parents’ and teachers’ perceptions of behavioral problems in pre-school children. He has provided professional consulting services to the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, Indianapolis Public Schools, the Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township (Ind.), and several other school systems and educational organizations. His awards and honors include the 2006 Indiana University Trustees’ Teaching Award and the National Advising Association’s 2002 Outstanding Advising Award. Smith has also participated in more than 50 grant-funded projects receiving more than $3,000,000 in institutional, foundation, corporation, and government support, most as principal investigator.

“It is truly an honor to join the faculty as the dean of the School of Education at Loyola University Maryland,” said Smith. “I am impressed with the School’s strengths-based approach to urban education and commitment to collaborate with schools in the Baltimore area. I look forward to working with faculty to effectively integrate scholarship, teaching, and service in ways that make meaningful differences in the lives of students, families, and school personnel in urban schools.”

Founded in 2009, Loyola University Maryland’s School of Education is dedicated to preparing educators who can bring about fundamental change, social justice, and improved education for all children, particularly those who have been most underserved by current educational systems. It offers an undergraduate degree in elementary education and graduate programs in curriculum and instruction, educational leadership, educational technology, Kodály music education, literacy/reading, Montessori education, school counseling, special education, a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT), and a combined B.A.-B.S./MAT program.

Loyola included in Princeton Review’s “Guide to 322 Green Colleges”

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Loyola University Maryland has been included in the third annual “Princeton Review’s Guide to 322 Green Colleges,” a listing of the most environmentally responsible institutions in the United States and Canada.

This is the first year Loyola has been included in the guide. Loyola and the other “Green Colleges” demonstrate a strong commitment to sustainability in their academic offerings, campus infrastructure, activities, and career preparation.

The Princeton Review recognized Loyola for a number of green initiatives. Loyola has joined other institutions in the region, including Goucher College, Johns Hopkins University, Georgetown University, and the University of Maryland, to develop the Emergency Load Response Program (ELRP), one of the most comprehensive and unique sustainability initiatives in the nation. The ELRP consortium has volunteered to reduce electricity consumption during high-stress periods on the mid-Atlantic grid. Loyola’s other measures to reduce energy consumption include recent retrofitting of 70 percent of campus buildings, implementing programmable thermostats, and adding solar panels on the roof of one of the University’s residence halls. These measures have reduced energy consumption by 12 percent over the last three years, despite a growing campus community.

Loyola is also home to Flannery O’Conner Hall, where first-year students have the opportunity to live in a residence hall made from recycled LDPE concrete, powered by a geothermal energy system, and capped off with a green roof, which reduces heat absorption and increases water retention.

A single-stream recycling system put into place in 2006 gives Loyola has one of the best recycling rates in the country, diverting 55 percent of its waste from reaching a landfill.

Those major accomplishments, along with other achievements, led the Princeton Review to give Loyola a green rating of 85, placing the University among the top 322 schools of more than 760 evaluated.

More information about the Princeton Review’s “Guide to 322 Green Colleges” is available here.

PayScale.com ranks Loyola in top 10% of U.S. universities for return on investment

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Loyola University Maryland has been ranked No. 64 of more than 850 colleges and universities for return on investment in a new report by compensation database website PayScale.com.

PayScale found that Loyola’s 30-year net return on investment, or ROI, is $542,000, second in Maryland to Johns Hopkins University. The median salary for a Loyola graduate with 5-9 years of work experience is $70,526; for 20 or more years of work experience, it’s $102,659.

ROI for each school in the report is based on the total income that a graduate will earn after graduation in 30 years of working, minus both what he or she would have earned as a high school graduate and the cost of college (tuition, room and board, books and supplies). The calculation does not include financial aid. PayScale generated the rankings using data collected from employees who successfully completed a PayScale survey. Only graduates who are employed full-time and paid with either an hourly wage or an annual salary were included. Also, only employees who possess a bachelor's degree and no higher degrees were included.

PayScale ranked Loyola No. 78 in 2011 and No. 108 in 2010. Loyola’s complete 2012 profile is available here, and PayScale’s full list of ranked schools is available here.

Emma Cogan, ’12, wins Fulbright award to teach English in Malaysia

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Emma Cogan, ’12, has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) to teach English in primary and secondary schools in Malaysia for 10 months beginning in January 2013. This is the fourth straight year that a Loyola student has won a Fulbright.

Cogan, a history major and philosophy minor from Kensington, Md., will be assigned to a small town in a rural area. She will spend 20 hours per week in the classroom assisting English teachers and an additional 10-15 hours per week participating in or leading school-related activities. Only 75 Fulbright applicants receive ETAs in Malaysia each year.

“This is a once in a lifetime opportunity,” said Cogan. “Service is such a strong aspect of our Jesuit education at Loyola, and my experiences here combined with what I’ll learn in Malaysia will help shape my plan to dedicate my life to making the world a better place.”

Cogan applied for the Fulbright because of her interest in education as a bridge between cultures, particularly between the Islamic and Western worlds. She learned about the Fulbright through Loyola's national fellowships office and its director, Arthur M. Sutherland, Ph.D., who guided her through the application process. Her application was supported by Loyola faculty members Timothy Stapleton, Ph.D., associate professor of philosophy; R. Keith Schoppa, Ph.D., professor and Doehler Chair in Asian History; and Jane Edwards, instructor of history.

“I’m thrilled that a student of Emma’s exceptional academic caliber and leadership ability will represent Loyola in the Fulbright program this year,” said Sutherland. “Her experience and proven commitment to excellence in the classroom, campus organizations, and service initiatives will be of remarkable value to her work in Malaysia.”

Cogan is currently interning at the Rumi Forum in Washington, D.C. and has previously interned at the National Institutes of Health and the Baltimore office of the American Civil Liberties Union. She is a high school tutor and acculturation support provider at the Refugee Youth Project, vice president of Loyola’s natural disaster relief agency Hounds for Hope, president of Loyola’s chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, and head coordinator of Loyola’s mentoring program for first-year students in the honors program. As a Maryland state representative to the Henry Clay Center’s Student Congress on public policy and diplomacy, Cogan’s research skills helped her debate team take second place in a critical agenda debate. In 2009, she was a teaching assistant at St. Mary of the Assumption School in Baltimore. Her numerous awards and honors include an undergraduate merit scholarship from the American Council on Italian Matters and an award in experimental fiction from the Columbia Press Association.

When she returns to the United States, Cogan plans to work at a think tank or NGO and focus on international development issues in the areas of children’s rights and education. Her long-term goal is to have a career in foreign service, specifically in international development.

Cogan follows Mazen Shomali, ’11, who won a Fulbright grant in 2011 to teach English in Macau, a former Portuguese colony now governed by China, located 37 miles southwest of Hong Kong. In 2009 and 2008, respectively, Frances Quattrone, ’09, won a Fulbright to do research in Turkey, and Tania Ziegler, ’09, won a Fulbright to do research in China.

Loyola Clinical Centers awarded $10K grant from CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400

The Loyola Clinical Centers (LCC) has been awarded $10,000 from CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (CareFirst) to continue providing affordable and accessible health services to underserved populations.

The LCC will use the money to partially offset fees for clients who cannot afford psychology, literacy, pastoral counseling, or speech-language pathology/audiology care (known as ‘allied health’) at full price.

“I am both grateful and thrilled by CareFirst’s generous support of our efforts to offer critical, state-of-the-art services to the Baltimore community,” said Janet Simon Schreck, M.S., executive director of the LCC. “In this difficult economy, we anticipate an even greater number of people who qualify for financial assistance will seek our care in the coming year. With the help of CareFirst, we will augment our commitment to meeting their needs.”

Increased access to the LCC’s allied health services will result in improved academic performance among school-age children; better mental health behaviors between and among children and adults; enhanced communication between and among children and adults in school, work, play, and other social interactions; and improved social participation by adults with chronic and degenerative cognitive-communication issues. In 2010, 65% of the 1,757 clients treated by the LCC received free or reduced-cost services based on the LCC’s sliding fee scale.

“We are happy to support the work of the Loyola Clinical Centers and this funding will allow the organization to better address their patients' health needs and to improve overall health outcomes for low-income populations,” said Maria Harris Tildon, CareFirst senior vice president of public policy and community affairs. “Our support for programs like this is part of our regional efforts to enhance access to health care and social services for some of our region’s most vulnerable populations.”

About the Loyola Clinical Centers:
The Loyola Clinical Centers provides state-of-the-art facilities and treatment for people experiencing difficulties in the areas of psychology, pastoral counseling, literacy, hearing, speech, and language. The LCC operates from three locations: Loyola Clinical Centers Belvedere Square and Loyola/Notre Dame Library in Baltimore City, and Loyola’s Columbia Graduate Center in Columbia, Howard County. Some services are also provided off-site through partnerships with schools and community agencies. From these locations, the LCC is devoted to wellness in every aspect—from wellness of an individual or a family, to wellness of the community as a whole. Operating under the auspices of Loyola University Maryland, the LCC serves a dual function: to provide hands-on clinical training to Loyola graduate students, and to supply affordable, quality care to underserved members of the greater Baltimore community. The collaboration among community, students, and expert clinicians at the LCC shows that integrated care is truly a benefit for everyone.

About CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield:
In its 75th year of service, CareFirst, an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, is a not-for-profit health care company which, through its affiliates and subsidiaries, offers a comprehensive portfolio of health insurance products and administrative services to 3.4 million individuals and groups in Maryland, the District of Columbia and Northern Virginia. In 2011, CareFirst contributed $51 million to community programs designed to increase the accessibility, affordability, safety and quality of health care throughout its market areas. To learn more about CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, visit our website at www.carefirst.com or follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/CareFirst_News.

Associate dean of Loyola College elected to American Society for Engineering Education board

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Suzanne Keilson, Ph.D., associate dean of Loyola College, Loyola University Maryland’s school of arts and sciences, has been elected to the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) board for 2012-13.

The membership of one of ASEE’s four geographic zones elected Keilson to the board. She will now be the chair of that zone and represent the society’s membership in the mid-Atlantic and northeast United States and eastern Canada, and oversee ASEE programs and activities at the local level.

“Dr. Keilson’s proven leadership has been crucial to the success and growth of Loyola College, its faculty, staff, and student body,” said Rev. James J. Miracky, S.J., dean of Loyola College. “I’m confident her extensive skills and experience will be assets to ASEE during her service on the board.”

As associate dean, Keilson provides vision and administrative and academic leadership required to fulfill the mission of Loyola College. She is an assistant professor of engineering and teaches first-year programs at Loyola to bring an interdisciplinary approach and appreciation for engineering to students. She has also taught a numeracy course in Loyola’s liberal studies program. Her research interests include signal processing, biomedical engineering, design education, and issues in STEM recruitment and retention.

Keilson has been active as a member and leader within the ASEE Middle Atlantic Section since 1997. She has been involved in the operations of the section, development of awards, nominations, criteria, and programming, and continues to serve as ASEE campus representative at Loyola. She has served as a moderator and reviewer for ASEE national meetings in a number of divisions, including the Materials Division, First-Year Programs, and Women in Engineering. She hosted a Middle Atlantic Section conference at Loyola in the spring of 2009.

Keilson received her B.A. in physics from Yale University and her M.S. and Ph.D. in applied physics from Columbia University.

More information about ASEE and its recent elections is available here.

Men's lacrosse ranked No. 1 in the nation in latest polls

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400

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Loyola writer-in-residence wins Guggenheim Fellowship

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Lia Purpura, MFA, writer-in-residence and affiliate associate professor of writing at Loyola University Maryland, has been awarded a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to support her work on her next book.

Purpura is one of 181 scholars, artists, and scientists out of nearly 3,000 U.S. and Canadian applicants to be named a 2012 Guggenheim Fellow in the Foundation’s 88^th annual competition. Only 12 other fellowships were awarded in her “General Nonfiction” field.

“It is a thrill to be recognized at this level by such a prestigious organization and the readers and writers who evaluated my work,” said Purpura. “You’re up against a tremendous number of the most talented people in your field.”

The foundation considers both prior and future projects when selecting fellows. Purpura has written seven books, including the recently published Rough Likeness, and numerous poems and essays in her professional career. In her proposal to the foundation, Purpura outlined her plan to write a book of essays that will explore the ways people relate to and form relationships with the natural world.

Since its establishment in 1925, the foundation has granted nearly $290 million in fellowships to more than 17,000 individuals. Many Guggenheim Fellows have gone on to win Nobel, Pulitzer, and other prizes.

Purpura’s other honors include finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award (for On Looking), the Beatrice Hawley Award (for King Baby), the Associated Writing Programs Award (for Increase), the Ohio State University Press Award (for Stone Sky Lifting), four Pushcart Prizes, an NEA Fellowship in prose, a Fulbright Fellowship in translation, grants from the Maryland State Arts Council, and multiple residencies at the MacDowell Colony and others. Her work has appeared in Best American Essays, The New Yorker, The New Republic, The Paris Review, Orion, Agni, Field, The Georgia Review, The Iowa Review, Parnassus: Poetry in Review, Ploughshares, The Southern Review, and in many anthologies.

Loyola receives record number of applications for Class of 2016

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Months before move-in day, the Loyola University Maryland Class of 2016 has already made its mark with a record 12,556 prospective undergraduate students applying for admission.

This is the fourth-straight year Loyola has received a record number of applications. Increases of 5% compared with last year and 16% over the year prior continue to illustrate a five-year trend that has totaled nearly 65% growth in the applicant pool while entering class size has consistently remained around 1,000 students.

“I am thrilled that Loyola once again appears to be a top choice for so many exceptional students,” said Marc Camille, Ed.D., vice president for enrollment management and communications. “Even in difficult economic times, these applicants and their families recognize the quality and value of the educational experience inherent in Loyola’s Jesuit education.”

In making admission decisions, Loyola places a heavy emphasis on the level of rigor in students’ high school curricula and the grades earned in those classes. In addition to Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, Florida, California, and Ohio are top-10 feeder states for the third straight year, a reflection of Loyola’s expanding geographic reach. Minority and multicultural students make up one in five of those accepted; more than nine percent are Hispanic or Latino.

In addition to continuing to meet the full financial need of admitted students, two new merit-based scholarships were added this year in an effort to increase the number of financial aid opportunities available to the outstanding group of students admitted to Loyola. The Christopher Clavius, S.J. Award, named for a 16th century Jesuit scientist, recognizes and rewards high achieving students who intend to major in chemistry, computer science, engineering, or physics. The Magis Award, named after the Jesuit value which, when translated, means “the more” and represents the ideal that more or better is always possible, recognizes and rewards high achieving students from Jesuit secondary schools.

The Class of 2016 is the third admitted under Loyola’s test-optional admission policy. Roughly the same proportion of accepted students as last year – just over 20 percent – chose to apply without their standardized-test scores being considered.

The office of undergraduate admission recently launched a number of special initiatives to better inform admitted students about the distinctiveness of a Loyola University Maryland education. Those initiatives include campus visit programs designed for accepted students and their parents and opportunities to participate in a variety of social networking sites, which include an invitation-only Facebook app for students and a Ning site for parents.

Ambassador Hans Peter Manz of Austria guest lectures in Emerging Leaders MBA class

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Ambassador Hans Peter Manz of Austria visited Loyola University Maryland’s Graduate Center in Columbia, Md., on April 3, 2012, to guest lecture in the Emerging Leaders MBA program. He was invited to guest lecture by Joshua Tobash, ELMBA ’12, to help students in an international business cohort gain an understanding of the European Union from the perspective of an EU official.

Manz discussed the European Union as well as Austria’s economic history, current business landscape, and opportunities for the country, and opened the floor for questions prepared by the class.

The Emerging Leaders MBA program is Loyola’s one-year, full-time, accelerated MBA program located in Loyola’s Graduate Center—Columbia Campus. You may find more information about the program online or contact elmba@loyola.edu with any questions.

Award-winning journalist and Baltimore radio host Dan Rodricks to deliver Loyola’s 2012 Caulfield Lecture

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Award-winning journalist and Baltimore radio host Dan Rodricks will deliver “Choosing the News: Journalism in the Age of Like-Mindedness,” the 2012 Muriel and Clarence J. Caulfield Memorial Lecture, on Thursday, April 26, at 5 p.m. in McGuire Hall West on Loyola University Maryland’s North Charles Street campus. This event is free and open to the public.

Rodricks hosts Midday with Dan Rodricks, a daily talk show on WYPR-FM, Baltimore’s NPR affiliate. He is also a regional and national award-winning columnist for The Baltimore Sun, where he has written three columns each week since January 1979. During his 13 years as a feature reporter/commentator on WBAL-TV, he received several regional journalism awards. Among his many accolades, Rodricks won the Excellence in Urban Journalism Award from the Freedom Forum and the Enterprise Foundation in 2006. That same year, he was named Public Citizen of the Year by the Maryland chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. In addition, he won the 2005 Public Service award from the Chesapeake Associated Press for his highly-acclaimed series exposing the obstacles that paroled felons face in finding jobs. A Baltimore resident since 1976, Rodricks has also performed in semi-professional theater in Baltimore and has also received awards for his acting.

“Dan is a talented multi-media journalist who has been a fixture in the Baltimore news media for decades. His professionalism and passion for social justice serve as a model for student journalists today,” said Elliot King, Ph.D., chair of Loyola’s department of communication.

The Caulfield Lecture series at Loyola was established 24 years ago by the family of Clarence J. Caulfield, a 1922 alumnus who spent 26 years as an editor at The Baltimore Sun and was a mentor to such prominent writers as J. Anthony Lukas and Russell T. Baker. Hosted by the Loyola’s communication department, the Caulfield Lecture brings journalists and commentators of national stature to Loyola every year. Previous presenters have included Slate.com editor David Plotz, Emmy-award winning CNN journalist Frank Sesno, and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bob Marshall, Jr.

About Loyola University Maryland’s Department of Communication:
Loyola University Maryland’s department of communication is housed in Loyola College, the University’s school of arts and sciences, and one of its three distinct schools. Although only founded in 2006, the department serves 450 majors — more than any other campus department — and 50 minors. Students studying newspaper, magazine, book, online, and broadcast journalism may choose among specializations in journalism, advertising and public relations, and digital media. The department is home to award-winning, student-run media outlets, including WLOY Loyola Radio, GreyComm Studios TV, the Greyhound weekly student newspaper, and the Loyola Student Pound, a student-run website reporting on news and culture. The United States’ first student-run publishing house, Apprentice House Student Book Publishing, also falls within the department’s domain. Clubs and additional activities the department sponsors include Loyola’s heavily decorated debate team, the Loyola chapters of the PRSSA and AAF, the Evergreen annual yearbook, Lambda Pi Eta Honor Society, plus the fashion blog Loyola Looks. For more information, please visit www.loyola.edu/communication.

Loyola named to President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Loyola University Maryland has been named to the 2012 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll by the Corporation for National and Community Service and the U.S. Department of Education.

Launched in 2006, the Community Service Honor Roll recognizes higher education institutions that reflect the values of exemplary community service and achieve meaningful outcomes in their communities. Inspired by the thousands of college students who traveled across the country to support relief efforts along the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina, the initiative celebrates the transformative power and volunteer spirit that exists within the higher education community. This marks the sixth consecutive year that Loyola has been named to the Honor Roll.

“I am thrilled that Loyola’s commitment to service has once again been recognized by this esteemed organization,” said Rev. Brian F. Linnane, S.J., Loyola’s president. “Our outreach to the community is a key component of the Loyola experience, not just for our students, but our faculty, staff, administrators, and alumni as well.”

Loyola’s application for the Honor Roll cited such wide-ranging programs as the university’s longstanding partnership with Beans & Bread in Baltimore, a day resource center for people who are homeless; the Loyola Clinical Centers, a graduate training facility with three locations that provides state-of-the-art training to students and counseling, assessment, and tutoring services on a sliding fee scale for those in need; and the York Road Initiative, which brings together the Loyola and Govans communities to improve the quality of life for all persons living, working, and learning in the Govans neighborhood just east of campus.

The Honor Roll is a program of the Corporation for National and Community Service, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Education, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Campus Compact, and the American Council on Education. A full list of honorees is available at www.nationalservice.gov/honorroll.

Men's golf team senior wins Fireline Towson Invitational

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400

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Upgrading to the iPad3? Donate your iPad or iPad2 to the Loyola Clinical Centers and its clients

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Thinking about trading in your current iPad for the new edition? Consider donating the old one to the Loyola Clinical Centers, where they can be used to help a huge number of the LCC’s speech-language pathology and literacy clients meet their therapy goals. The LCC has a small number of iPads available thanks to a grant donation, but a larger stock would allow its students and clinical faculty to use the technology with a larger number of clients, and establish a loaner bank so clients and their families can determine if purchasing their own mobile device would be helpful. The LCC will be accepting tax-deductible donations of personally owned iPads from now through May 15, so if you or a spouse, friend, or family member is ready for a new device, consider sending your old one to a very good home.

Devices can be dropped off at the following locations:

Loyola Clinical Centers – Belvedere Square
Monday – Thursday: 8:30 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Friday: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Graduate Center – Timonium Campus
Monday – Thursday: 6:30 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Friday – Saturday: 6:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Columbia Clinical Centers (3rd Floor)
Tuesday: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Wednesday: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Thursday: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Friday: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Devices can also be mailed to the Loyola Clinical Centers at 5911 York Road, Suite 100, Baltimore, Md. Please direct any questions to 410-617-1200.

Loyola Technology Services honored by community organization

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Loyola University Maryland’s Technology Services office has received the 2012 Partner Award from the Govans Ecumenical Development Corporation (GEDCO), a community organization that provides affordable housing, supportive services, and emergency resources in the areas just east of Loyola’s Evergreen campus in North Baltimore. Loyola students frequently volunteer with many of the programs GEDCO operates, including the CARES food pantry and financial assistance center, programs for people who are homeless, and housing and services for seniors.

The award honors those whose partnerships “greatly enhance the success of [GEDCO’s] work to build caring and compassionate communities.” Loyola's Technology Services office was selected in recognition of the group’s contributions to GEDCO’s relocation of its administrative offices to the Green House Residences at Stadium Place, new residences for older adults on the former site of Memorial Stadium in Baltimore.

The Technology Services team began working with GEDCO on the project in May 2011, helping the organization secure a community grant of $25,000 from Northrop Grumman, as well as the donation of several pieces of technology equipment from Loyola vendors to help establish the new office space. As a result, GEDCO’s offices will include new workstations, a copier/printer/scanner, donated Internet service and a wireless network, a conference room table and A/V equipment, and a new telephone system. Loyola also worked with students from Baltimore’s Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School to install and configure the workstations, and provided training on the new equipment and software, including Microsoft Office 2010 and Google for Non-Profits, to the entire GEDCO staff.

The award was presented at GEDCO’s annual meeting on March 29.

BusinessWeek ranks Sellinger School among “Best Undergrad B-Schools”

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Loyola University Maryland’s Sellinger School of Business and Management ranked No. 62 in the nation in Bloomberg BusinessWeek magazine’s sixth annual “2012 Best Undergrad B-Schools.”

The overall ranking is in the top half of all schools on the list. The Sellinger School was also ranked No. 33 in academic quality, No. 50 in student satisfaction, and received an “A+” in facility quality.

“The Sellinger School is consistently recognized among the nation’s most respected schools of business,” said Karyl B. Leggio, Ph.D., dean of the Sellinger School. “As our curriculum continues to evolve and focus on innovation, I'm confident that accolades similar to this honor from BusinessWeek will continue.”

In the feedback collected from a student satisfaction survey used to help determine the Sellinger School’s ranking, students noted the intimate class sizes, the quality faculty, and the emphasis on community service and experiential learning as positive experiences.

Loyola is the only private university in Maryland ranked by BusinessWeek. Also included in the rankings were the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Management, the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce, the University of California Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, and Boston College’s Carroll School of Management. The University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza School of Business ranked No. 1.

To identify the top undergraduate business programs, BusinessWeek uses a methodology that includes nine measures of student satisfaction, post-graduation outcomes, and academic quality. This year’s ranking survey considered 142 schools with more than 86,000 students majoring in business and 749 corporate recruiters.

Read more about BusinessWeek’s “Best Undergrad B-Schools.”

Brian Rogers of T. Rowe Price named Loyola's Business Leader of the Year

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Brian Rogers, chairman of the board and chief investment officer of T. Rowe Price Group, will be honored with the 2012 Business Leader of the Year Award by Loyola University Maryland's Sellinger School of Business and Management at a dinner on Thursday, Nov. 15, at the Renaissance Harborplace Hotel in Baltimore. A cocktail reception will begin at 5:45 p.m., followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m.

"Mr. Rogers leads an investment firm whose decisions and performance have a profound impact on the lives of countless individuals, not just in Baltimore, not just in the United States, but increasingly, in every corner of the world,” said Loyola's president, Rev. Brian F. Linnane, S.J. "Mr. Roger’s prudent choices, combined with a principled approach to investing, have helped his company and his investors navigate extraordinarily challenging times in recent years, and have created a foundation for greater stability and prosperity.”

Baltimore-based T. Rowe Price and its affiliates serve as investment adviser to more than 450 separate and commingled institutional accounts and more than 80 stock, bond, and money market funds. The company’s international investment arm, T. Rowe Price International, is headquartered in London and has offices in Buenos Aires, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Singapore, and Sydney. As of Dec. 31, 2011, the firm had $490 million in assets under management.

In addition to his leadership of the firm, Rogers, who has been with T. Rowe Price for 29 of his 32 years in the investment industry, also serves as president of the Investment Advisory Committee of the $22 billion Equity Income Fund and manages a related institutional portfolio.

Rogers also lends his leadership and expertise to a number of educational and nonprofit organizations. He is a member of the Johns Hopkins Board of Trustees and chairs its investment committee. In addition, he is the chairman of the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Independent Review Board. He is the chairman-elect of the Greater Baltimore Committee and a member of the investment committee for Vanderbilt University. Previously, he served on the boards at Gilman School and Roland Park Country School.

Rogers earned his A.B. in Economics from Harvard University and his MBA from Harvard Business School.

“As educators, we in the Sellinger School constantly seek to provide our students with organizations and individuals who can serve as vivid examples of the right ways to pursue success, not just in finance, but in any field,” said Karyl B. Leggio, dean of the Sellinger School. “T. Rowe Price’s extraordinary long-term performance, history of integrity, and commitment to the greater community make it, and its leader, Brian Rogers, ideal models for our students to emulate. Over the years, hundreds, if not thousands, of Loyola students have held internships or built careers at T. Rowe Price, and I can think of few more fitting organizations at which to employ the Jesuit values we strive to instill in them.”

The Sellinger School has honored a Business Leader of the Year since 1983, recognizing those whose vision, dedicated effort, and singular commitment to the highest ideals of business have distinguished them and their organizations as among the very best in the nation. Randall M. Griffin, CEO of Corporate Office Properties Trust, was honored in 2011.

For more information on this year's Business Leader of the Year Award Dinner or to sponsor a table, please visit www.loyola.edu/businessleader or call Allison Rubin at 410-617-2973.

Loyola partners with Wasabi Ventures to launch business accelerator

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Loyola University Maryland today announced the launch of a business accelerator, an initiative that will create a forum for the University to collaborate with local entrepreneurs interested in creating and building new businesses. The accelerator will be located in the Govans community in North Baltimore, just east of Loyola’s North Charles Street campus.

The project is a partnership with Wasabi Ventures, a California-based venture capital firm with a presence in Baltimore, which will provide professional staff to manage the accelerator, funding for start-up companies, internships for Loyola students, and the expertise of entrepreneur-in-residence Thomas “T.K.” Kuegler, Wasabi’s co-founder, general partner, and a 1994 Loyola graduate.

"This initiative allows us to advance two priorities deeply important to the University," said Rev. Brian F. Linnane, S.J., Loyola’s president. "First, it creates new opportunities for our students to think creatively about new products, new markets, and the types of business, marketing, and expansion plans that will help young companies grow, and to apply these ideas to real-world organizations and the entrepreneurs behind them. For those with an entrepreneurial spirit of their own, it can give them a chance to get their own businesses off the ground. Second, it offers Loyola a new way of continuing to contribute to the revitalization of the York Road commercial corridor. Loyola is committed to contributing to projects that help improve the quality of life for all those living, working, and learning in this community, and helping to revitalize its businesses is a key part of that effort."

The accelerator will begin operating this spring out of property the University recently acquired on Winston Avenue, and hopes to relocate to a more permanent space along the York Road corridor proper in the near future. While University leaders and Kuegler and his partners expect to focus on technology-oriented start-ups given their growth potential, the prevalence of technology firms in the region, and the current State interest in supporting tech outfits, those affiliated with the project also welcome the chance to support lifestyle-oriented organizations that serve needs in the immediate community: bakeries, lawn service companies, or clothing manufacturers and retailers, for example.

"The University and its students, and those in the Sellinger School in particular, are already making contributions to the local business community through classroom service projects, independent studies, and internships," said Karyl B. Leggio, Ph.D., dean of Loyola’s Sellinger School of Business and Management. "The accelerator and its resources will allow Loyola to contribute to the entrepreneurial growth in Maryland, will crystallize the work being done, and increase the scale of our efforts."

Kuegler, whose company has an established connection to Loyola and its students, looks forward to building on this relationship as the accelerator further contributes to entrepreneurial efforts in Baltimore.

"In the last three years, Wasabi Ventures has provided experiential learning experiences to more than 100 Loyola students at companies in our portfolio," said Kuegler. "By partnering with Loyola on the accelerator, we expect to expand these efforts, while also participating more actively in the broader emerging start-up community of Baltimore."

About Wasabi Ventures:
Wasabi Ventures includes two distinct but connected practices: Venture Capital and Startup Incubation. It funds entrepreneurs, starts companies, and helps existing businesses succeed. Wasabi Ventures takes active operational roles in its portfolio companies by leveraging its dedicated staff of more than 40 specialists. Its team of engineering, sales, marketing, analysis, legal, accounting, and management professionals can cover every one of a start-up's needs. The company acts as senior management to its start-ups and business consultants to those with companies who need advice. It also provides investment capital and creative financing solutions to chosen portfolio companies.

Women's lacrosse head coach among finalists for induction into National Lacrosse HOF

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400

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Women STEM faculty chosen for national mentoring network

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Seven women faculty members at Loyola University Maryland have been accepted into a mentoring network that will offer professional and personal support for female math and science professors at undergraduate institutions across the country.

Known as ASAP (Advancing the Careers of Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics at Predominantly Undergraduate Institutions through Professional Networks), the mentoring project is part of a collaborative National Science Foundation ADVANCE program grant led by Gonzaga University. Recently, Loyola announced it had partnered with Gonzaga and 10 other institutions and won the grant to assist women faculty in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, where women are often underrepresented in all stages of their careers.

Loyola STEM faculty who were accepted into the network are:

Elissa Derrickson, Ph.D., associate professor, biology
Raenita Fenner, Ph.D., assistant professor, engineering
Suzanne Keilson, Ph.D., assistant professor, engineering
Mary Lowe, Ph.D., professor, physics
Megan Olsen, Ph.D., assistant professor, computer science
Dipa Sarkar-Dey, Ph.D., associate professor, mathematics
Mili Shah, Ph.D., assistant professor, mathematics

Each will each join a group, an “alliance,” of five women from their general discipline who are at a similar stage of their career. Over the next four and a half years, the alliances will meet in person for conferences and maintain frequent electronic contact. Additionally, Roberta Sabin, Ph.D., professor of computer science, is one of four co-principal investigators and a member of the steering committee of ASAP.

The project will provide networking opportunities for 70 STEM faculty and has the potential to reach more than 25,000 female undergraduate students at the 12 participating institutions.

McAfee’s Phyllis Schneck, Ph.D., named Lattanze Executive of the Year

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Loyola University Maryland’s Sellinger School of Business and Management will honor Phyllis Schneck, Ph.D., vice president and chief technology officer for global public sector at McAfee Inc., as the 2012 Lattanze Executive of the Year on Thursday, April 19. The event, which takes place from 5:30 - 8 p.m. at Loyola’s Graduate Center–Timonium Campus, will feature Schneck’s address, titled “The Business Plan of the Cyber Adversary,” as well as the award presentation and a cocktail reception.

At McAfee, the world’s largest dedicated security technology company, Schneck is responsible for public sector applications of security and global threat intelligence, automated intelligence, strategic thought leadership around technology and policy in cyber security across global governments as well as telecom and Critical Infrastructure Protection direction.

“Cybersecurity expertise is one of the greatest needs in today’s business environment,” said Karyl B. Leggio, Ph.D., dean of the Sellinger School. “Cyber criminals profit by taking advantage of legitimate enterprises and their actions can be devastating to businesses at any stage of development. Dr. Schneck is a global authority on cyber threat, cybersecurity, and their impact on business, and we are delighted to both honor her as the Lattanze Executive of the Year and to hear her insights on this critical issue.”

For many years, Schneck has had a distinguished presence in the security and infrastructure protection community, most recently on the CSIS Commission to Advise the 44th President on Cyber Security. She is chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Cyber Forensics and Training Alliance, a partnership between corporations, government, and law enforcement. Schneck also serves on the NIST Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board. For eight years, she served as chairman of the National Board of Directors of the private sector side of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s InfraGard program to build relationships nationwide between private sector, law enforcement and government from local to federal.

Named one of Information Security Magazine’s Top 25 Women Leaders in Information Security, Schneck has briefed the governments of Japan, Australia, and Canada on information sharing and infrastructure protection and has worked with United Kingdom infrastructure protection and cybersecurity authorities on U.S. partnership. She holds three patents in high-performance and adaptive information security, and has six research publications in the areas of information security, real-time systems, telecom, and software engineering.

Schneck, who received her Ph.D. in computer science from Georgia Tech, holds a seat on the advisory board of the Johns Hopkins University department of computer science, served on the steering committee for the Sam Nunn Information Security Forum, and completed a term on the Georgia Tech advisory board. She also co-founded the Georgia Tech Information Security Center and the Georgia Electronic Commerce Association’s working group on information security.

The award, established in 1991 and formerly known as the Lattanze CIO of the Year, is presented by Loyola’s David D. Lattanze Center for Information Value. It recognizes leaders who have distinguished themselves in the strategic application of information technology to achieve organizational objectives. The nominating committee consists of senior executives and professors of business in the Baltimore area. Previous recipients have included LaVerne Council of Johnson & Johnson; David Barnes of United Parcel Services; Charles Geshke of Adobe Systems; and David Norton of Caesars Entertainment Corp.

The event is free but reservations are required. To RSVP or for more information, please visit www.loyola.edu/lattanze/award.

The Lattanze Center for Information Value, a nationally recognized center of excellence for issues related to information technology, was formed in 1987 in memory of David D. Lattanze, EMBA ’82. Lattanze, who spent his entire career in the information technology industry, sought to create an educational forum where the information technology, business, and academic communities could gather and exchange problems, ideas, and other subjects of interest. The resulting partnership facilitates information sharing and research among practitioners, executives, and academics on a variety of issues ranging from the business value of IT to information security and IT innovation.

In addition to the Lattanze Center and the Sellinger School of Business and Management, this event is sponsored by System Source, Mind Over Machines, GP Strategies, McCormick & Co., and Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson.

Celebrate Loyola’s history during Jesuit Identity Week March 18-23

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Loyola University Maryland celebrates its past and enduring Jesuit traditions during Jesuit Identity Week, March 18-March 23. The Loyola community will participate in the following events in the coming days:

Opening Mass and speaker
Sunday, March 18, 6 p.m.
Alumni Memorial Chapel
Rev. Rich Malloy, S.J., of Scranton University will speak about American college culture immediately after the 6 p.m. Mass. Reception in Campus Ministry to follow.
“Recognizing and Contesting Privilege”
Tuesday, March 20, 7 p.m.
McGuire Hall West
Peggy McIntosh of the Wellesley Centers for Women will explore issues of privilege in our society. This event is sponsored by SGA, ALANA, and the office of academic affairs.
"This I Believe..." dinner with Jesuits
Wednesday, March 21, 5:30 p.m.
Sellinger VIP Lounge
Over dinner, members of Loyola’s Jesuit community will discuss some of their order’s beliefs. Space is limited to 40 students; to register email akmalik@loyola.edu. Superfans t-shirts and transportation to the Ridley Athletic Complex will be provided to men’s lacrosse game against Georgetown at 7 p.m.
Men's Lacrosse Game vs. Georgetown
Wednesday, March 21, 7 p.m.
Ridley Athletic Complex
Head to the Ridley Athletic Complex for a Jesuit school lacrosse showdown with special t-shirts given out by the Loyola Superfans.
Evensong
Thursday, March 20, 5 p.m.
Alumni Memorial Chapel
This student-led evening prayer service includes music and brief reflection on Loyola’s Jesuit identity. Pizza and soda will be served following the event in Cohn Hall 133.
Theology on Tap
Thursday, March 22, 8 p.m.
Sellinger VIP Lounge
Deciding on a career path? Deliberating over a decision? Students are invited to listen to Rev. John Peck, S.J., affiliate professor of philosophy,discuss the Jesuit ideal of discernment while enjoying finger foods and drinks. Open to seniors, 21 and older only. RSVP to akmalik@loyola.edu. Space is limited.
Maryland Day Mass
Friday, March 23, 12:05 p.m.
Alumni Memorial Chapel
Conclude the week with Maryland Day Mass, celebrated by Rev. Brian Linnane, S.J., Loyola’s president, in Alumni Memorial Chapel.

Jesuit Identity Week is sponsored by the Green & Grey Society, Campus Ministry, and the office of mission integration.

U.S. News & World Report ranks Sellinger School among America’s best in international business, part-time MBA programs

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Loyola University Maryland’s Sellinger School of Business and Management maintained its ranking as No. 82 overall in the “part-time” category and climbed from No. 27 to No. 22 in the “international” category of U.S. News & World Report’s “2013 America’s Best Business Schools” business specialty rankings.

U.S. News's part-time MBA ranking is based on five factors: average peer assessment; the average GMAT score of part-time M.B.A. students entering in fall 2011; average undergraduate GPA; work experience; and the percentage of the business school's fall 2011 MBA enrollment that is part time. To be eligible for the part-time MBA ranking, a program must have had accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International and at least 20 students enrolled part time in fall 2011.

“Global perspective is one of the key pillars of our approach to business education and we’re thrilled that our work in this area continues to be recognized,” said Karyl B. Leggio, Ph.D., dean of the Sellinger School.

The Sellinger School was the only business school in Maryland to receive accolades in the international business specialty ranking. The graduate business programs at the Sellinger School include an international business concentration within the part-time program and a required international elective for all graduate business students. Students in Sellinger’s new Emerging Leaders MBA program will travel to Beijing, China, to study global economies this spring; the Professional’s MBA program recently launched a new international field study opportunity to Prague, Czech Republic; and students in the Executive MBA programs conduct a nine-day international field study and analysis with trips to China and Brazil to study the world’s growing economies.

Loyola’s Sellinger School also considers international experience and expertise to be a crucial element of its undergraduate curriculum. International study is one of the three components of Sellinger’s undergraduate experiential learning requirement, and the Sellinger School collaborates with Loyola College, the University’s school of arts and sciences, on an interdisciplinary global studies major that offers a framework for analyzing issues and processes that transcend national and international boundaries.

In addition to the U.S. News & World Report ranking, the Sellinger School has been ranked No. 45 overall in BusinessWeek’s 2011 and 2010 “Best Undergraduate B-Schools” and ranked among the best business schools in the world for Executive MBA programs for the past three years by the Financial Times. The Sellinger School has also recently maintained its dual accreditation in business and accounting by AACSB – the international standard of quality for business schools.

Timothy Quinn, J.D., named associate dean of the Sellinger School

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Timothy Quinn, J.D., chief of staff for the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, has been named associate dean of the Loyola University Maryland Sellinger School of Business and Management.

This position marks Quinn’s return to Loyola. From 1995-98 he served as special assistant to the president before leaving for a career in the public sector.

“This is an exciting time for the Sellinger School, one of great opportunity, through which we have the chance to build on our past achievements and pursue an increasingly ambitious vision for the future,” said Karyl B. Leggio, Ph.D., dean of the Sellinger School. “I am thrilled to have someone of Mr. Quinn’s experience and integrity join our team. I am also grateful for those members of the Sellinger School and broader Loyola communities who have dedicated so much time and effort to the search process for this position.”

As associate dean, Quinn will serve as the Sellinger School’s chief academic operating officer, responsible for day-to-day academic, personnel, and financial decisions. His specific responsibilities will include the development and promotion of the School’s Jesuit identity; continuous improvement in faculty, courses, curricula, and programs; compliance with Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business accreditation standards; mentoring and leading faculty in developing the academic curriculum and advancing research agendas consistent with Loyola’s mission; recruitment and enrollment of a diverse group of students in conjunction with enrollment management personnel and related Sellinger School committees; managing Sellinger School marketing strategies in conjunction with the office of marketing and communications; overseeing advisory functions for Sellinger School students; and managing the development and operation of Sellinger School institutes, centers, certificate programs, and non-degree executive education offerings. He will also assist in the development of strategic plans and accreditation reports.

Quinn brings an extraordinary degree of leadership experience to this role, as well as profound understanding of the value of Jesuit education. He earned his B.A. in political science from Le Moyne College, his J.D. from the Loyola University New Orleans School of Law, and an Executive Masters in Leadership from Georgetown University. After beginning his career in the press office of U.S. Senator Donald Riegle and his subsequent time at Loyola, Quinn held a variety of positions in federal government agencies, including deputy and acting director of the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, which advises the attorney general and other DOJ leaders on state, local, and tribal government law enforcement issues; chief of staff, deputy director for management, and acting director of the DOJ’s Community Oriented Policing Services, which advance community policing in state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies through grant funding, training, and technical assistance and knowledge products; and his current role as chief of staff in the Office of National Drug Control Policy, where he manages daily operations and leads a 100-person team charged with advising President Barack Obama on drug policy and coordinating the activities of nearly 40 departments and agencies working to reduce illicit drug use.

He arrives at Loyola on April 10. For more information about the Sellinger School, visit loyola.edu/sellinger.

Pastoral counseling’s Wicks delivers keynote address at National Prayer Luncheon

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Robert Wicks, Psy.D., professor of pastoral counseling at Loyola University Maryland, emphasized the importance of maintaining resilience and keeping perspective in his keynote address at the National Prayer Luncheon at Dover Air Force Base on Feb. 22.

More than 250 people attended the annual event, which is held on military bases across the country to bring together public, private, and military leadership to recognize the moral and spiritual values upon which the United States was founded. Wicks was asked to speak at the luncheon because he often works with helpers and healers in the military, most recently to counsel caregivers returning from combat zones in Iraq and Afghanistan. He has also lectured at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the National Naval Medical Center and was an officer in the Marine Corps, so he understands the challenges faced by today’s military personnel.

“Being able to get together and hear Dr. Wicks speak was phenomenal,” said Col. Mark Camerer, commander of the 436th Airlift Wing and a senior officer at Dover AFB. “Many of our senior leaders can relate to the words he had to say.”

Wicks explained that while experiencing tragedy gives us perspective, keeping perspective after a tragedy is critical to regaining and building resiliency. He shared a number of anecdotes with the audience that demonstrated what happens when you lose perspective, including a personal story about his daughter who at a young age had to wear a brace for three years and eventually needed invasive surgery to correct a severe curve in her spine. Only a few months after the operation she was making a remarkably swift recovery and doctors removed her cast; a short time later she fell down a flight of stairs and wasn’t seriously injured, but the incident had a deep impact on Wicks because he thought the dark clouds has passed – he had lost perspective.

His words were particularly relevant for staff in the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations Center (AFMAO), headquartered at Dover AFB. AFMAO receives all of the remains of service members who have died or been killed overseas in combat and non-combat areas and repatriates newly discovered remains of service members who died in previous wars. The agency’s mortuary affairs division provides advice, guidance, and counseling both for its own personnel and the families of the fallen.

“Families and loved ones feel an unimaginable sense of loss after a combat death,” said Lt. Col. Dennis Saucier, senior chaplain in AFMAO. “We deal first hand with the grief of the families. We see them at the worst possible moments of their lives.”

Saucier’s line of work makes him and his colleagues especially vulnerable to secondary stress, the wear and fatigue on caregivers who are consistently tasked with helping others through extraordinarily traumatic times. Without a focus on self-care, said Wicks, caregivers risk losing themselves.

“In the end it’s not the amount of darkness in the world that matters, it’s not even the amount of darkness in ourselves that matters, it’s how we stand in that darkness,” Wicks told the audience during his address.

He gave everyone a place to start: take two minutes a day in silence, solitude, and wrapped in gratitude to center yourself in mindfulness or prayer.

That concept resonated with Senior Airman Areiel Wisner of Houston, Texas, who has done tours in Iraq and Qatar with the Air Force’s Traffic Management Office. She values setting aside two minutes a day for herself to help deal with the negative stress associated with the realities of a career in the military.

“The number one thing for me is sacrifice, sacrificing life, sacrificing family,” said Wisner. “It’s kind of strange when you see the people you went to high school with, the people you went to college with, and the things that they’re doing and you’re like ‘I can’t do that anymore.’”

Wisner is one of more than 3,500 active duty service members stationed at Dover AFB, which is home to both the 436th and 512th Airlift Wings. Those units have been responsible for numerous combat and humanitarian missions all over the world, from transporting equipment and personnel overseas in support of the war on terror to delivering critical resources and supplies to victims of the 2004 Indonesia tsunami, recent earthquakes in Iran and Pakistan, and Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on the home front. To strive for consistent quality in these and other operations, members of the Air Force focus on staying strong physically, mentally, socially, and perhaps most important of all, spiritually. That spiritual pillar makes the prayer luncheon a huge draw every year and Wicks’ expertise particularly appealing.

“Without spiritual strength, we will fail,” said Chaplain Joshua Rumsey, Air Force captain and master of ceremonies for the luncheon.

Col. Camerer presented Wicks with his officer’s coin at the close of the event. The Air Force tradition of carrying a coin dates back to World War II when airmen who had been shot down would use a unique coin to identify themselves in the French underground. In contemporary Air Force culture, the senior member of a unit carries a coin and offers it as a gesture of appreciation for excellence and performance.

“The brave men and women in the U.S. Air Force and all other branches of the military do so much for us that we don't even know about,” said Wicks. “It was and is an honor for me to serve them."

Western religious traditions expert to deliver Jerome S. Cardin Memorial Lecture March 25

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Loyola University Maryland welcomes Björn Krondorfer, Ph.D., professor of religious studies and chair of philosophy and religious studies at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, for the 2012 Jerome S. Cardin Memorial Lecture. Krondorfer will present “The Art of Dialogue: Jewish-Christian Relations in a Post-Shoah World” on Sunday, March 25 at 4:30 p.m. in McManus Theatre in the Andrew White Student Center on the University’s North Charles Street campus.

Krondorfer’s lecture will explore themes from visual books he created with Karen Baldner that are currently on display in Loyola’s Julio Fine Arts Gallery. Krondorfer, a non-Jewish German, and Baldner, a German Jew, collaborated on this artistic project to address the legacy of the Shoah (Hebrew word for “Holocaust”) on their lives in the United States by exploring a dialogue that moves through the verbal realm but more substantially through the language of the visual arts.

Krondorfer is an expert in the Western religious traditions with particular interests in cultural, Holocaust, and gender studies. He has authored, edited, and contributed to numerous books and currently serves on the editorial board and as book review editor of the Journal of Men, Masculinities, and Spiritualities and on the editorial board of the online journal Theologie und Geschichte. He is a member of the Christian Scholars Group on Christian-Jewish Relations. Since 1996, he has been a participating scholar of the biennial, international meetings of the Stephen Weinstein Holocaust Symposium. Previously, he served as appointed series editor of the Cultural Criticism Series of Oxford University Press. He has been part of the Speakers Bureau of the Maryland Humanities Council, and served as co-chair for the Men’s Studies in Religion Group of the American Academy of Religion. In addition to his writing and academic work, Krondorfer organizes and facilitates intercultural dialogue and encounter programs, including the International Summer Program on the Holocaust, interreligious clergy groups, creative explorations with artists, and Bibliodrama seminars. After studying theology at several German universities, Krondorfer earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in religious studies from Temple University.

Hosted by Loyola’s Center for the Humanities, the annual Jerome S. Cardin Memorial Lecture was established by the Jerome S. Cardin family to foster exploration of topics in the humanities pertinent to the Jewish and Christian traditions, particularly in the area of Jewish-Christian relations. More information about this year’s lecture and corresponding art exhibit and workshops is available online.

The event is free and open to the public but guests are encouraged to register to reserve a seat. Guests can register online, by phone at 410-617-2545, or by email, advevents@loyola.edu.