Dear Loyola graduate students,
Welcome (or welcome back) to the Loyola community!
The Graduate Student Organization (GSO) was created to address student needs, and help graduate students feel more a part of Loyola. As a graduate student, this is not a club which you join: you are already a member of the GSO!
We know that you wear many hats in addition to being a student. This planner is our small gift to you to help you organize your day, and plan for your upcoming year. You may only have the occasion to come to one of the Loyola campuses in order to go to class, or your program may be entirely remote. Regardless, we would like to invite you to learn more about what is available to you as a graduate student, and to meet other students like yourself!
One way to do this is to become familiar with some of the services and resources in the following pages. Many students don’t realize there are free tutorial services available for many courses, or assistance in writing papers, for example
Another way is to attend GSO programs or events, which we plan with your help to be of interest to the graduate community. These ev ents might be happy hours or social occasions, or they are sometimes opportunities to provide service to the community. This year, we will particularly depend on suggestions from you for ideas. Watch for our events on Facebook (Loyola University Maryland Graduate Student Organization), in our monthly newsletters, or on our events page at www.loyola.edu/gradfriday. Even better, help us plan something new by clicking on the QR code below to make a suggestion
Please contact us at gso@loyola.edu and introduce yourself! We hope to meet you soon, and we wish you the best of luck on your graduate journey.
Team GSO
www loyola edu/gso www.loyola.edu/gradfriday gso@loyola.edu
Suggest an event or idea:
About us: Graduate Students
• Fall 2024 Enrollment: 1016
• 65 percent of us are part-time students
• About 70 percent of us are women
• 39 percent of us are students of color or bi-racial
• If not online, virtually all of us commute to Loyola
Many graduate students aren’t aware of the many graduate programs are available at Loyola, such as:
Data Science
Montessori Education
Emerging Media Psychology, Psy.D.
Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences Professional’s MBA
Theology Emerging Leaders MBA
Kodály Music Education School Counseling
Learning Design and Technology
Forensic Science
Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT)
Master of Accounting
Curriculum and Instruction for Social Justice
English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)
Distribution of graduate students by college:
Sellinger School of Business and Management
School of Education
Loyola College
Source: Loyola University Institutional Research Data
PARKING and SHUTTLE BUSSES
https://www.loyola.edu/department/parking-transportation
Parking:
• For the Evergreen campus, graduate commuter students may park at 5104 York Road and the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen on Charles Street.
• The Cathedral lot is available 7 am to 10 pm, Monday through Friday, University holidays excepted, during Fall & Spring Academic semesters only.
• Cathedral Express shuttle runs 7 am to 7 pm; requests for service to the Cathedral Lot after 7pm is on-demand from any shuttle in operation during the 7pm – 10pm timeframe during the academic year
• Graduate student parking is also available at the Butler/Hammerman lot between the hours of 3 p.m. and 6 a.m. Monday through Friday, and all day weekends unless reserved for a university function.
o Graduate students attending classes at the Loyola Clinical Centers at Belvedere Square pay a fee, but they must complete the parking registration form (https://www.loyola.edu/department/financial-services/parking/registration/graduate-students)
• Contact Student Administrative Services in Maryland Hall 140, 410-617-5047, sas@loyola edu for help with parking permits
Loyola University Maryland Shuttle:
The Loyola University Shuttle routes reach locations such as the York Road parking lot and administrative buildings, the Cathedral parking lot, the library, and Sellinger Hall. It also includes the Ridley Athletic Center for game day transportation only. Use the Transloc app for real-time tracking of shuttles, or visit the Loyola Shuttle Service website: loyola edu/department/parking-transportation/transportation/shuttle-service/
Loyola Greyhounds Athletics
For schedule information visit our website www.loyolagreyhounds.com
Loyola Athletics competes at the NCAA Division I level as part of the Patriot League in 18 sports:
Men’s Soccer
Men’s Basketball
Men’s Lacrosse
Men’s Swimming & Diving
Men’s Cross Country
Men’s Tennis
Men’s Crew
Men’s Golf
Women’s Indoor Track & Field
Women’s Soccer
Women’s Basketball
Women’s Lacrosse
Women’s Swimming & Diving
Women’s Cross Country
Women’s Tennis
Women’s Crew
Women’s Volleyball
Women’s Outdoor Track & Field
Tickets are required for men’s and women’s soccer, basketball and lacrosse. Check the website for ticket prices and availability.
Graduate students may receive one complimentary ticket to a game at the box office on weekdays or on gamedays. Box Office is located in the DeChiaro College Center.
Hours are 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. weekdays during the academic year
Soccer and lacrosse home games are at the Ridley Athletic Complex.
Basketball home games are at Reitz Arena.
Season Tickets are available for soccer, basketball and lacrosse.
Check the website at www.loyolagreyhounds.com/tickets for more information.
GO GREYHOUNDS!
Students, faculty, and community partners are invited to connect through:
• Academic Service-Learning courses
• Research and Scholarship
• Service and Volunteerism
• Advocacy, Civic Engagement and Justice Programs
Visit us online to learn more or pop by our office between 9am 5pm weekdays: Cohn Hall (under the Alumni Memorial Chapel) 4501 North Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21210
Connect with us
The Counseling Center team is staffed by licensed clinicians and advanced-level trainees who strive to provide services that are affirming and inclusive. Consider us as an option for support as you embark upon your graduate school journey.
The Counseling Center is located on the Evergreen campus in Humanities Center 150. To make an appointment call (410) 617-CARE (2273), Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Online scheduling is also available for initial, non-urgent appointments on our website.
24/7 crisis support is available by calling (410) 617-5530.
Learn more about our services below:
Brief Individual Counseling For full time graduate students
Let's Talk Sessions
Comprehensive Referral Support
Group Counseling
Single sessions that provide a solution focused, goal oriented, one-time space for graduate students to meet with a counselor.
For graduate students who may benefit from longer-term therapy and/or are enrolled in online programs
Available to all graduate students
A free, online community for students to anonymously share their experiences, connect, and explore self-guided mental health courses 24/7 Crisis Line
You always get a live counselor, every single time. If the call volume is high that means you might wait a few minutes for the next available counselor. Don’t hang up, your call is important and will be answered.
Life as a graduate student is full of new experiences – opportunities and challenges – that can bring up a range of emotions. You aren’t alone in your feelings, and you don’t have to be alone in working through them.
Wellness in Graduate School
Graduate school comes with a lot of responsibilities, and most graduate students are also working (part-time or full-time) and hold other identities, including but not limited to, being a parent, a partner/spouse, or a caregiver. It can feel like there is so much to do with so little time. Learning how to balance multiple responsibilities is important. When imbalance occurs, it opens the door for stress, anxiety, worry, burn-out, and sometimes depression. Below are some things to consider to support wellness:
Practice compassionate time management
Set small, balanced goals for yourself and set specific times to accomplish tasks
Find a way to write down or track your commitments and plans
Create a self-care plan
Be intentional about your wellness plan (what activities calm, ground, and/or energize you?)
Incorporate one rejuvenating activity to your schedule per week (reading for leisure, listening to music, deep breathing exercises, unplugging from social media, dancing, etc.)
Identify fun, soothing, and enjoyable activities that can be planned throughout your week
Consider the potential value of boundary setting as you reflect on your needs for the week Plan for the week AND the weekend
Know that support is available, both through on-campus and community resources
Visit our website or Instagram (@loyolamd_counselingcenter) for more information Get connected and reach out for support
The first s tep to succes s is ACCESS.
Loyola University Maryland welcom es and celebrates the diverse experienc es and perspectives that graduate students with disabilities bring to our community. We are committed to elim inating barriers to en sur e students with disabilit ies can fu lly access all courses, servic es, and activities included in our graduate programs.
Graduate students who require a disability related accommodation should connect with the Disability & Accessibility Services (DAS) office by submitting an online application and documentation of their disability. Documentation is maintained in a confidential manner. Information about the registration process, including documentation guidelines, is available under the “Register” tab on the DAS website.
Unsure of what to request or how your disability may impact you once you enter an externship or a clinical component of your program? DAS can help you assess your needs or initiate a conversation with your program director to obtain more information about program requirements. We encourage you to reach out as early as possible, so that reasonable accommodations can be arranged in a timely manner.
Accommodations are determined on an individualized, case-by-case basis and may include things such as extended time on exams, a less-distracting testing location, or access to assistive technology in the classroom or externship/clinical site. Students who were approved for accommodations while completing an undergraduate degree at Loyola may be able to continue to receive similar accommodations but should reach out to the DAS office to confirm their needs prior to the start of their program.
DAS is located in Maryland Hall, Room 141. We are happy to schedule both in-person or virtual meetings. For more information or to schedule an appointment, contact us at:
OFFICE OF GRADUATE FINANCIAL AID
www.loyola.edu/gradfinaid
The office of graduate financial aid administers several types of financial assistance for graduate students. Loan assistance is available through the federal government and private lenders. Assistantships are available through several academic and administrati ve departments. Additionally, individual graduate academic departments offer a limited number of fellowships, scholarships and grants to assist students with their tuition expenses. Award offers are made by the academic department at the time of admission.
QUICK LOAN FACTS
Who can apply?
Federal Direct Unsubsidized Loans are available to all graduate students who are enrolled at least half‐time in degree seeking coursework and who meet federal financial aid eligibility requirements.
When can I apply?
Application procedures are updated on the graduate financial aid web site every mid to late February. Students must reapply every academic year. The academic year begins in summer and ends with spring.
What forms must be completed?
• Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) https://studentaid.gov/h/apply‐for‐aid/fafsa
• Direct Loan Program Graduate Information Sheet
• Federal Direct Loan Electronic Master Promissory Note
• Federal Direct Loan Entrance Counseling
A complete financial aid application must be submitted at least four weeks prior to registration if loan proceeds will be used for tuition and fee payments. In some cases, additional documentation may be required. You will be notified via your Loyola email if additional documentation is needed for your application.
To learn more about graduate financial aid, go to www.loyola.edu/gradfinaid.
You may contact the office of graduate financial aid at gradfinancialaid@loyola.edu or 410‐617‐5020.
Fitness and Aquatic Center
(www loyola edu/department/recreation-wellness)
Fitness and Aquatic Center (FAC) is located just one block north of the Charles Street Bridge at the Baltimore Campus. Graduate students are eligible to purchase a $25 monthly membership or $285 yearly membership. Graduate students will be able to user the FAC for free on Fridays as part of the FAC Fridays initiative. Refer to our website for facility hours, usage policies, guest use policies and fees.
Graduate students are eligible for employment opportunities within the Department of Recreation and Wellness. Refer to our website for more information.
Facility Features:
• Aquatic Center: 8 lane, 25-yard swim course, shallow lane, and diving well; on-deck sauna and hot tub.
• 6,000 square foot Fitness Center: Treadmills, bikes, ellipticals, stair climbers, free weights, and more.
• Two-Court Gymnasium & Multi-Activity Court
• Functional Fitness Area: Squat racks, free weights, functional trainer, TRX, and turf.
• Equipment Room: General recreation equipment check-out, locker and towel service.
• Indoor Rock-Climbing Wall: A 30-foot-high climbing wall and bouldering area designed for all skill levels; instructional classes available.
• Locker Rooms
• Walking/Jogging Track
• Two Group Exercise Studios: Classes are available thro ughout the academic year.
• Outdoor Adventure Center: Offers expansive resource library and meeting location.
• Racquetball and Squash Courts
• Outdoor Grass Field
For all new graduate students,
Congratulations and Welcome! Our staff at Student Health Services works hard to promote Healthy Hounds. Here is our list of the top things you should know about us!
H H
A A E E
Health Profile Completion
The Student Health Profile, including required immunizations, needs to be completed by all graduate students. The profile can be accessed on the Patient Portal at www.Loyola.edu/PatientPortal.
Enroll in a Health Insurance Plan
Most full-time graduate programs require students to have health insurance coverage. You can enroll in the school-sponsored insurance plan, or waive it if your insurance meets our waiver criteria.
Appointments Available
Our office is open from 8:30am-5:00pm Monday-Friday during the school year. There is a $25/visit fee for graduate students. There are also charges for any testing or medications dispensed from our in-house pharmacy.
Look at Our Website
For more information on our services take a look at our website at www.Loyola.edu/StudentHealth. And follow us on Social Media at @LoyolaMDHealth for the most up to date information.
The Flu Shot
The Flu vaccine is strongly recommended for all students, including graduates. It is best done in September or October to protect you through the fall and spring semesters.
Help is Always Available
Even if our office is closed, an on-call physician is always available by calling 410-601-9627
Office of International Stude nt S ervices
The Office of International Student Services (OISS) is committed to providing services and programs beneficial to a culturally diverse academic environment that enhances the international student experience. We work with our international undergraduate, graduate and exchange student community from the time of admission to graduation and beyond, working closely with campus partners to support a smooth and successful transition to Loyola. OISS provides services and programs to welcome and assist international students with their acclimation to the U S and Loyola, serves as a resource during their studies, and helps prepare students to succeed in a diverse, global environment. Our services range from international student orientations, to advising sessions, to immigration and visa assistance, to cultural adjustment and support.
Services Provided by OISS:
• F-1 Student Visa Immigration Advising and Support
• Advocacy and Support for International Students
• International Orientation and Immigration Clearance
• Form I-20 / SEVIS Administration
• Assistance with Academic and Personal Matters
• Visa and Immigration Documents
• Cultural Adjustment Support
• Compliance with Federal Immigration Regulations
• U S Tax Workshops (Non-Resident Alien Taxes)
• Advise Students on Available Resources and Logistics (U.S. Cell Phone, Bank Accounts, etc.)
• MD Driver’s License and MD Non-Driver IDs Assistance
• Campus Programming
• Assistance with International Student Legal Concerns
• Advocacy and Promotion of International Education
Loyola welcomes international students from all around the globe!
Countries Represented in our International Community
Armenia
Australia
Bahamas Belize Brazil
Canada Chile
China
Colombia
Egypt
Germany Greece
Guatemala
Honduras
Ireland
Israel
Kenya
Mexico
Nicaragua
Nigeria
Panama
Philippines
Rwanda
Serbia
Spain
Taiwan
United
Emirates
Venezuela
Vietnam
Office of International Student S ervices
Humanities Center, Suite 141 Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore Campus 410-617-5245 OISS@loyola.edu
ww LNDL org Winston
www.LNDL.org
200 Winston Ave. Baltimore, MD 21212 (410) 617-6801
See what the library has to offer!
Need research help?
Visit lndl.org to chat with a librarian 24/7 or schedule an in-person or online consultation.
Access to Online Resources
250+ databases
Online journals, magazines, newspapers, and eBooks
Discipline-specific research guides, including a Graduate Library Resources Guide
Streaming video
Dissertations and theses
Free digital subscriptions to The Baltimore Banner, The Wall Street Journal, and The Financial Times
Access to Print Resources
10 million+ items available for checkout from LNDL and the USMAI, BALC, and MICUA library consortiums Request books from our 16 partner schools for pickup at LNDL
Check out books for a full semester and renew books online
Leisure reading collection with popular contemporary titles in fiction and nonfiction available for checkout
What if we don’t have the item you need?
Request books, book chapters, and articles via Interlibrary Loan – for free!
Delivery time of 1-2 days for articles/book chapters and 5-8 days for books.
But wait, there's more!
Free access to articles on Google Scholar via the Library’s website
The Innovation Station: a makerspace with 3D printers, a large format printer, a recording studio, a laser cutter, sewing and embroidery machines, Cricut Makers, a virtual reality classroom, and more
Four floors of study space with reservable group study rooms
Accessible technology
Copyright Information Center: assistance with copyright and intellectual property
Research data management consultations with a librarian
Board game collection with popular games available for checkout
Graduate Student Socials: opportunities to connect with peers over free food and refreshments while learning about library, AI, career readiness, and grad-level writing resources; free professional headshots available at select events
need funding?
The Office of the Registrar serves the University with maximum efficiency and customer satisfaction, in an atmosphere of respect and understanding. The office also serves as the custodian of all student academic records, ensuring their accuracy, integrity, and security.
Access Self-Service using https://inside.loyola.edu to:
Register for Classes
Place classes on your preferred sections list
View Class Schedule
Request a Transcript
Electronic or Paper Delivery
View Final Grades
Review Degree Audit
Access you academic progress
Request an Enrollment Verification
A free service provided by the National S tudent Clearinghouse (NSC )
Apply to Graduate
For more information: The O Office of the Registrar website is located at www.loyola.edu/registrar o or visit the office in Maryland Hall Room MH148
Dean of Students Office
The Dean of Students Office is a central resource for students experiencing personal challenges that impact their academic, emotional, or social well-being. The office facilitates supportive interventions and long-term student success planning.
Services:
• Student advocacy & outreach
• Crisis response & referrals
• Support coordination
• Student integrity process oversight
Seton Court 02B (next to Health Services)
410-617-2621
Student Support & Wellness Promotion (SSWP)
The SSWP Office promotes proactive student wellness and holistic development through education, engagement, and campus collaboration.
Key Services:
• Support for students experiencing emotional distress
• Connection to comprehensive support systems for wellness and retention
• Facilitation of Medical Leave of Absence (MLOA) process
• Case management to monitor and guide student progress
• Campus Programming on Wellness, Alcohol and Drug Awareness, and Campus Resources
Seton Court 02B (next to Health Services)
410-617-2621
Seton Court 02B
410-617-5171
loyola.edu/sswp
CARE Team
Responds to concerning student behavior to ensure safety and support.
Functions:
• Behavior assessment & early intervention
• Campus collaboration (Counseling, Residence Life, etc.)
• Referral to appropriate resources
410-617-5171
https://www.loyola.edu/department/sswp/care-team.html
Submit a CARE Referral Form online
The Thrive Center for Student Success serves as the campus hub for supporting and celebrating students in the fullness of their intersectional identities. Graduate students are welcome to make use of the Center’s ample space for studying, meeting, and gathering in community. They are also encouraged to attend and engage with the Thrive Center’s sponsors numerous programs and traditions throughout the year that enhance the community's awareness of its cultural richness.
Graduate assistantships available.
3RD FLOOR STUDENT CENTER
The Study offers the following free resources for you as a graduate student enrolled at Loyola:
• 1:1 Tutoring (Content/Course Based)
• Academic & Organiza onal Consul ng: (Time Management Techniques, Execu�ve Func�oning Coaching , Disserta�on Planning , Exam Prepara�on, & General Organiza�on Support) All services are available in person and online.
Jenkins Hall ~ 3rd oor Go to www.loyola.edu/thestudy to schedule an appointment. Email ques�ons to thestudy@loyola.edu.
In collaboration with other offices and departments the Center provides The Women’s Center welcomes graduate students’ involvement in its programs and initiatives and invites them to form groups that would benefit all students in the Loyola community.Seton Court 4504A (Evergreen Campus)
www.loyola.edu/womenscenter -- womenscenter@loyola.edu
Loyola Writing Center
Peer Tutoring for Graduate Students
Writing Center Mission
Students from all degree programs can collaborate with peer tutors at any point in the writing process.
Focus on the Graduate Writing Process
Our tutors will help you improve your knowledge of the graduate writing process. We promote critical thinking and writing through non-directive dialogue that centers on your work and ideas.
Online Workshops
Interactive online workshops supplement instruction for specific aspects of the graduate writing process. www.loyola.edu/department/writing-center/onlineworkshops
Online Tutoring
Sign up for synchronous online appointments through WCOnline or our email lwc@loyola.edu.
APA Style
Extensive APA Style resources are available online: www.loyola.edu/department/writingcenter/resources/ apastyle
www.loyola.edu/department/writing-center
A Pocket Guide to Jesuit Education
Courtesy of Intersections Program
By the late J.A. Appleyard, S.J.
Former Vice President for University Mission and Ministry, Boston College
BEGINNINGS
The first Jesuit college opened at Messina in Sicily in 1548, but the roots of Jesuit education reach back to an earlier event. In 1521, a
a military engagement with the French. Ignatius Loyola was the
and to experience a calling to abandon his career at court and to f o l l o w J e s u s i n s t e a d .
Calling himself a “pilgrim,” he traveled across Spain to the ancient monastery at Montserrat where he dedicated his sword to Mary as a symbol of his n ew life. In the nearby town of Manresa, he spent months alone in prayer, reflection, and service of the needy, trying to learn the rudiments of the spiritual life on his own In spite of his mistakes, he slowly learned how to distinguish between what led him in a good direction and what did not He later said of this part of his life that God was teaching him the way a schoolmaster deals with a child He discovered he had a talent for helping others find the freedom to respond to God’s in vitation in their lives He began to keep notes about his own spiritual experiences and his conversations with those who came to him These became the basis for a small book he later put together for those helping others to grow spiritually, which he called Spiritual Exercises
JESU ITS
Ignatius decided that to serve God effectively he needed an education. This quest brought him to the University of Paris, where he became the center of a group of friends. Using his spiritual exercises, he challenged them to think about how they were going to use the unique gifts and personalities God had given them. After receiving their degrees, they decided they would stay together as a group and “help people” as Jesus and his disciples did. Gradually, they came to t he decision to form a new kind of religious order. They were ordained Catholic priests and, in 1540, they received the approval of the Pope and called themselves “The Society of Jesus ” Later, critics derisively called them “Jesuits” and this is the name that has stuck
HOW DID JESU ITS GET INVOLVE D IN SCHOOLS?
At first, no single activity defined the new religious order. The early Jesuits preached in the streets, led men and women through the Spiritual Exercises, taught theology in universities, instructed children in the catechism, and cared for plague victims and prostitutes. Others went off to work in distant parts of the world, as Francis Xavier did in India. They were discovering their mission by doing it, adapting to change, taking risks, and learning by trial and error. Nonetheless, the early companions were all graduates of the best university of Europe and they thought of themselves as specialists in “ministries of the word ” Gradua lly, they came to realize that there was one emerging activity that connected their intellectual training, their world-affirming spirituality, their pastoral experience, and their goal of helping souls. When citizens of Messina asked Ignatius to open a school for their sons, he seems to have decided that schools could be a powerful means of forming the minds and hearts of those, who, because they would be important citizens in their communities, could influence many others. When the college in Messina proved a success, requests to open schools in other cities multiplied and soon education became the characteristic activity of Jesuits.
WHY WERE JESUIT SCHOOLS SO SU CCESSFU L?
The simple answer is that they met a need. Europe entered the modern world almost overnight in the early 16th century. The voyages of exploration to the Americas and the Indies, the Protestant revolt, and Gutenberg’s printing press changed people’s understanding of the globe, redistributed wealth, and turned Europe into a battleground of ideas A prosperous middle class wanted an education that would prepare their sons for the oppo rtunities of this new world that was unfolding around them at a dizzying pace.
When Jesuits began their schools, two models were available One was the medieval university, where students prepared for professions such as law, the clergy, and teaching by studying the sciences, mathematics, logic, philosophy, and theology. The other model was the Renaissance humanistic academy, which had a curriculum based on Greek and Latin poetry, drama, oratory, and history. The goal of the university was the training of the mind through the pursuit of speculative truth; the goal of the humanists was character formation, making students better human beings and civic leaders. Jesuit schools were unique in combining these two educational ideals.
Perhaps the most important reason for the success of the early Jesuit schools was a set of qualities that Jesuits aspired to themselves and which they consciously set out to develop in their students:
• Self-knowledge and discipline
• Attentiveness to their own experience and to others’
• Trust in God’s direction of their lives
• Respect for intellect and reason as tools for discovering truth
• Skill in discerning the right course of action
• A conviction that talents and knowledge were gifts to be used to help others
• Flexibility and pragmatism in problem solving
• Large-hearted ambition
• A desire to find God working in all things.
These qualities were the product of the distinctive spirituality that the early Jesuits had learned from Ignatius and that Ignatius had learned from his own experience. Jesuits hoped, in turn, to form their students in the same spiritual vision, so that their graduates would be prepared to live meaningful lives as leaders in government, the professions, and the Church.
JESU IT EDU CATION IS A PROCESS
How does this spiritual vision get translated into an educational vision? The early Jesuits struggled to describe what they called “our way of proceeding.” Their accounts varied but it seems that they thought of their distinctive spirituality as a three-part process It begins with paying attention to experience, moves to reflecting on its meaning, and ends in deciding how to act. Jesuit education, then, can be described in terms of three key movements:
1 . B e A t t e n t i v e
We learn by organizing our experience and appropriating it in the increasingly complex psychological structures by which we engage and make sense of our world. From infancy, learning is an active process but in our early years it happens without our being aware of it. Once we become adolescents, though, whether we will continue to learn is largely a choice we make.
Conscious learning begins by choosing to pay attention to our experience---our experience of our own inner liv es and of the people and the world around us When we do this, we notice a mixture of light and dark, ideas and feelings, things that give us joy and things that sadden us. It is a rich tapestry and it grows more complex the more we let it register on our awareness
Ignatius was convinced that God deals directly with us in our experience. This conviction rested on his profound realization that God is “working” in every thing that exists. (This is why the spirit of Jesuit education is often described as “finding God in all things”). So, our intimate thoughts and feelings, our desires and our fears, our responses to the people and things around us are not just the accidental ebb and flow of our inner lives but rather the privileged moments
through which God creates and sustains a unique relationship with each of us.
How do I pay attention? By observing, wondering, opening myself to what is new, allowing the reality of people and things to enter my consciousness on its own terms.
This is why Jesuit schools have traditionally emphasized liberal education, a core curriculum, and the arts and the humanities---studies that can enlarge our understanding of what it means to be human and make us more sympathetic to ex periences different from our own This happens outside the classroom too---for example, in service programs, when we enter into the lives of others. Referring to students engaged in working with the poor, Peter Hans Kolvenbach, the former leader of Jesuits across the world, has said “When the heart is touched by direct experience, the mind may be challenged to change.” The key movement that begins this process of learning and change is paying attention.
2 . B e R e f l e c t i v e
The outcome of paying attention to our experience may be a complex variety of images, unrelated insights, feelings that lead in contradictory directions. To connect the parts of our experience into a whole, we need to examine data, test evidence, clarify relationships, understand causes and implications, weigh options in light of their possible consequences We need, that is, to see the patterns in our experience and grasp their significance. Reflection is the way we di scover and compose the meaning of our experience.
Figuring out our experience can be an inward-looking activity---identifying our gifts and the future they point us toward or confronting the prejudices, fears, and shortcomings that prevent us from being the kind of people we want to be---but it can also mean looking outward---at the questions that philosophy and theology pose to us, at subjects like biology and finance and economics and the different ways they organize a nd interpret the world and help us understand ourselves. In either direction, the goal is the freedom that comes from knowing ourselves, understanding the world, and finding the direction that God is disclosing for our lives in and through our experience
Reflection is a kind of reality-testing. It takes time and care. Ultimately, it is the work of intelligence, which is why Jesuit education has always emphasized intellectual excellence. There is no substitute for using the minds God gave us, to understand our experience and discover its meaning.
3 . B e L o v i n g
Being attentive is largely about us and how God is working in us through our experience Being reflective moves our gaze outward, measuring our experience against the accumulated wisdom of the world. Being loving requires that we look even more closely at the world around us. It asks the question: How are we going to act in this world?
In part, this is a question about what we are going to do with the knowledge and self- understanding and freedom that we have appropriated by refle ction. How shall we act in ways that are consistent with this new self and what it knows and values?
But we can’t move very far in the direction of answering this question without discovering that it is not only a question about how our lives can be authentic. It is also a question about our relationship to the world around us and what the world needs us to do We are not solitary creatures From the womb, we live in relationships with others, grow up in cultural, social, and political institutions that others have created for us. To be human is to find our place in these relationships and these institutions, to take responsibility for them, to contribute to nurturing and improving them, to give something back.
We can understand this in quite secular terms if we choose to, but through the eyes of faith there is an even more compelling reason for thinking and living this way. Ignatius ends his Spiritual Exercises with a consideration of love. For him growing in love is the whole point of the spiritual life. He suggests two principles to help us understand love. One is that love shows itself more by deeds than by words. Action is what counts, not talk and promises. This is why Jesuit education is incomplete unless it produces men and women who will do something with their gifts.
More profoundly, Ignatius says that love consists of communication. One who loves communicates what he or she has with another. Thus, lovers desire each other’s good, give what they have to one another, share themselves
It is easy to see this communication in two people in love. For Ignatius, however, love was most dramatically evident in the relationship that God has with human beings Two examples of this are central in the Exercises First, God creates the world and gives life to everything in it. People and things come into existence because God communicates God’s own self to them. And God continues working in each person and thing in its own specific reality and at every moment God keeps wanting to be in relationship with us, even when we fail to respond.
Second, surpassing even the gift of creation is the gift God has given us in the person of Jesus God’s taking on our human nature in order to heal our brokenness is the ultimate evidence of God’ s love for us. Jesus’ life and death are, for Ignatius, the model of how to love in return.
If every human being is so loved by God, then our loving relationships do not stop with the special people we choose to love, or with our families, or with the social class or ethnic group we belong to. We are potentially in love with the whole world.
So, for Jesuit education, it is not enough to live authentically in the world. We have to participate in the transformation of the world (the Hebrew phrase tikkun olam conveys the same idea, of mending or repairing the world). For more than 400 years, it has been said that Jesuit education educated “the whole person.” Today, we live with an increasingly global sense of what it means to be human A person can’t be considered “whole” without an educated solidarity with other human beings in their hopes and fears and especially in their needs. We can’t pay attention to our experience and reflect on it without realizing how our own lives are connected with the dreams of all those with whom we share the journey of human existence, and therefore with the economic, political, and social realities that support or frustrate their dreams This is why Jesuit education is so often said to produce “men and women for others.”
THE HABIT OF DISCERNING
Je suit ed uc ati on , we ha ve sai d , i s a pro c es s th at ha s th re e ke y p a rts , bei ng a tt en tiv e , bei ng r efl e ctiv e , an d b ein g l ovi ng . It re sul ts i n th e ki nd o f go od d e c isio n- m a ki ng t h at I gn ati us c all e d “d i sc er n m en t . ” Th e
goal of J e suit ed uc atio n is to pr o d uc e m e n a nd w o me n f or w ho m d isc er n m e nt is a h abi t.
We can think of discernment as the lifelong project of exploring our experience, naming its meaning, and living in a way that translates this meaning into act ion. We can also think of this process as something we focus on with special intensity at particular moments in our lives -- during the four years of college, for example, or when we have to make important decisions and want to do so freely and with a sense of what God is calling us to. At these times, we might be especially conscious of using spiritual exercises to help us negotiate the process. But we can also think of these three movements as the intertwined dynamics of daily life, the moment-by-moment activity of becoming fully human
Arguably, it is the daily exercise of discernment that grounds the other kinds of spiritual growth---the regular practice of attentiveness, reflection, and choosing through which our lives take on a meaningful direction. In fact, Ignatius thought that the most useful kind of prayer is to spend a few minutes each day deepening our awareness of how God works in the events of the day and how we respond, a practice he calle d an examen. I begin by calling to mind that God is involved in shaping the direction of my life and I ask for light about this. Then, I review the events of the day, especially those where my feelings have been most engaged, positively or negatively. I notice the patterns and the emerging insights about which experiences lead me towards God and which lead away. And I end by looking ahead to tomorrow and asking to live with a growing sense of God’s trust in my future.
For Ignatius, a key element of discerning is the exercise of imagination. In doing the examen, he suggests we use our imaginations to elicit the feelings that have pulled us one way or another during the day and to picture how we might live differently tomorrow In the Exercises, when he is advising us how to pray, he urges us to take a passage from the Gospels and imagine ourselves present in the scene, listening to the words of the people there, experiencing their feelings, and h e asks us to elicit our own feelings in response. And, in the account of his very earliest spiritual experiences, he tells us that, while he was recovering from his wounds, he used to lie on his bed by the open window of his room and contemplate the stars, lost in reveries about the great deeds he would accomplish, at first for the princess he was in love with, and then for Jesus. Even in old age, when he spent his days sitting at a desk in Rome administering the affairs of the Society, he would go to the roof of the Jesuit residence in the evening and look at the stars in order to see his life as God saw it Finding images that embody our dreams can be a lifelong form of prayer
In the practice of discerning, we grow in being able to imagine how we are going to live our lives. We discover our vocations. The novelist and theologian Frederick Buechner describes vocation as “the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.” When we arrive at this place, and understand the fit between who we are and what the world needs of us, Ignatius urges us to be unafraid to live with the consequences of this realization, to respond with generosity and magnanimity because this is the way we can love as God loves. Jesuit tradition uses the Latin word magis or “more” to sum up this ideal, a life lived in response to the question: How can I be more, do more, give more? Jesuit education is complete when its graduates embody this vision of life and work
JESUIT EDUCATION TODAY
In the United States, there are 27 Jesuit colleges and universities and 62 high schools. The first of these was Georgetown, established in 1789. Loyola University was the ninth when it was founded in 1852. Around the world, there are more than 200 Jesuit secondary schools--- including 93 in India alone—and more than 130 institutions of higher education, along with numerous centers of social and cultural analysis. Jesuit education is still growing. In recent years, U.S. Jesuits and lay men and women have created 15 inner-city middle schools, along with five high schools modeled on Chicago’s Cristo Rey School.* Increasingly, all these institutions are staffed and administered by men and women who are not Jesuits and may not even be Catholic or Christian but who are animated by the vision of Jesuit education and the spirituality of Ignatius Jesuit education continues to adapt old ideals to new times and new needs *at the time this essay was written
CALENDAR YEARS
August 2025
WEEKLY GOALS:
“So much has been given to me; I have not time to ponder over that which has been denied.”
- Helen Keller
Fall Semester begins for First Eight-Week Session
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First day of autumn Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown
Mawlid al-Nabi begins at sundown
WEEKLY GOALS:
Monday
“Life is not divided into semesters. You don’t get summer off, and very few employers are interested in helping you. So, find yourself.” - Bill Gates 3 2 1
Tuesday
Labor Day
Wednesday
Applications due for January 2026 Graduation Fall Semester begins
6 5 4
Friday Saturday Sunday Thursday
Mawlid al-Nabi begins at sundown Looking for housing or a roommate? Visit offcampushousing.loyola.edu
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September 2025
WEEKLY GOALS:
“Be a student as long as you have something to learn, and this will mean all your life.” - Henry L. Doherty
10 9 8
Monday
Tuesday Wednesday
re- (back, again) – return, report, review, retract, regain, reiterate, retell, revive, revise, regenerate, regurgitate
Registration ends for Fall Semester and Second Eight-Week Session
Course Withdrawal Period begins for Fall Semester
12:00 PM - Mass of the Holy Spirit, Alumni Chapel
-ward (in the direction of) – westward, backward, toward, downward, leeward, landward
WEEKLY GOALS:
Monday
“If you hear a voice within you say, ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.” - Vincent van Gogh 17 16 15
Tuesday Wednesday
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-hypo- (below, beneath) – hypodermic, hypocrite, hypotenuse, hypothermia, hypothesis
WEEKLY GOALS:
“Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.” - B.F. Skinner
Monday
First day of autumn Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown
Tuesday
Wednesday
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Last day to withdraw from First Eight-Week Session with a grade of W
Columbus Day Indigenous Peoples Day
Yom Kippur begins at sundown
“The world offers you comfort, but you were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness.” - Pope Benedict XVI
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Yom Kippur begins at sundown
WEEKLY GOALS:
Monday
“If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.” - Dalai Lama 8 7 6
Tuesday
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Wednesday
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“Teach us to give and not to count the cost.” - St. Ignatius of Loyola 15 14 13
Columbus Day
Indigenous Peoples Day
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First Eight-Week Session ends
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” - Confucius
Monday
Second Eight-Week Session begins
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“You
miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” - Wayne Gretzky
Monday
Tuesday Wednesday
31 30
1
2
Standard time begins Halloween
Monday
“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” - Beverly Sills 5 4 3
Tuesday
Wednesday
-proto- (first) – protoplasm, prototype, protocol, protagonist, protozoan, proton, protohuman, protomorphic
Election Day
Friday Saturday Sunday Thursday
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“There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.” - Roger Staubach 12 11 10
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Veterans Day
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Registration begins for Spring 2026 Semester
WEEKLY GOALS:
“I’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it” - Thomas Jefferson
Monday
Tuesday Wednesday
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Last day to withdraw from Second Eight-Week Session with a grade of W
Monday
“If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.” - Latin Proverb 26 25 24
Tuesday
Classes held virtually - see instructor/syllabus for details
Classes held virtually - see instructor/syllabus for details
Thanksgiving Break begins after last class
Wednesday
Thanksgiving Break (No Classes)
Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Break (No Classes, University Closed)
Thanksgiving Break (No Classes, University Closed)
Thanksgiving Break (No Classes, University Closed)
Thanksgiving Break (No Classes, University Closed)
First day of winter
Kwanzaa begins
Hanukkah begins at sundown
WEEKLY GOALS:
“The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work.” - Thomas Edison
3 2 1
Monday
Tuesday Wednesday
Course Withdrawal Period ends for Fall Semester; last day to withdraw from a course with a grade of W
“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.” - Benjamin Franklin
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Exams
Hanukkah begins at sundown
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking.
Don’t settle.” - Steve Jobs 17 16 15
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Exams
Second Eight-Week Session ends
Close of Fall semester
First day of winter
“While one may encounter many defeats, one must not be defeated.” - Maya Angelou
Christmas Break (University Closed)
(University
Break (University Closed) Christmas Break (University Closed)
“I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings.” - Margaret Mead 31 30 29
Christmas Break (University Closed)
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Christmas Break (University Closed)
New Year’s Day
Christmas Break (University Closed)
Christmas Break (University Closed)
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
WEEKLY GOALS:
“Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is.”
- Vince Lombardi
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
University opens
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“I didn’t fail the test. I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.” - Benjamin Franklin
14 13 12
Applications due for May 2026 Graduation
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First Eight-Week Session begins
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Spring Semester begins
Late Registration continues for Spring Semester, including Second Eight-Week Session
Late Registration continues for Spring Semester, including Second Eight-Week Session
Late Registration continues for Spring Semester, including Second Eight-Week Session
Late Registration continues for Spring Semester, including Second Eight-Week Session
Late Registration continues for Spring Semester, including Second Eight-Week Session
Late Registration continues for Spring Semester, including Second Eight-Week Session
“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Late Registration continues for Spring Semester, including Second Eight-Week Session University Closed
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annotate v. – comment; make explanatory notes. The director chose to annotate the script for the benefit of the actors.
“You can’t climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.”
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Lincoln’s
Day
Birthday
Washington’s
4 3 2
“Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react.” - John Maxwell
Monday
Groundhog Day
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Tuesday
Wednesday
February 2026
WEEKLY GOALS:
“The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.”
- Chinese Proverb 11 10 9
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Lincoln’s Birthday
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Last day to withdraw from First Eight-Week Session with a grade of W
Valentine’s Day
-ous (full of, having) – gracious, nervous, pompous, courageous, vicious
WEEKLY GOALS:
“Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.” - Napoleon Hill
16
Monday
FEBRUARY 2026
Presidents’ Day
17
Tuesday
Lunar New Year Ramadan begins at sundown
18
Wednesday
Ash Wednesday
“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” - Albert Einstein
Monday
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Tuesday Wednesday
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St. Patrick’s Day Eid al-Fitr begins at sundown
day of spring
Laylat al-Qadr begins at sundown
WEEKLY GOALS:
“Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.”
- Albert Einstein 4 3 2
Monday Tuesday Wednesday
Break
Break
Break
Spring Break
First Eight-Week Session ends Spring Break
Spring Break
Daylight saving time begins Spring Break
Monday
“Motivation and bathing don’t last long. That’s why we recommend them daily.” - Zig Ziglar 11 10 9
Tuesday
Wednesday
Classes resume Did you know? You have access to Microsoft Office 365. Start by logging in to houndmail. loyola.edu, and then click “Office 365” or the App Launcher in the upper left.
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Laylat al-Qadr begins at sundown
“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.”Theodore Roosevelt
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Second Eight-Week Session begins
St. Patrick’s Day
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Eid al-Fitr begins at sundown
First day of spring Maryland Day Celebration
“It
is never too late to be what you might have been.” - George Eliot
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
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Palm Sunday
“Act as if everything depended on you; trust as if everything depended on God.” - St. Ignatius of Loyola
Monday Tuesday Wednesday
April Fools’ Day Passover begins at sundown
5
Easter Break (No Classes)
Good Friday Easter Break (No Classes, Offices Closed)
Easter Break (No Classes, Offices Closed)
Easter Easter Break (No Classes, Offices Closed)
“All things are ready, if our minds be so.” - King Henry V
8 7 6
Monday
APRIL 2026
Easter Break (Offices Closed), Classes Resume You have free access to LinkedIn Learning, a fantastic online training site for technology as well as everyday skills such as public speaking. Look for it on inside.loyola.edu, or visit linkedin.com/learning
Tuesday Wednesday
Monday
“Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” - Carl Bard 15 14 13
Tuesday Wednesday
Last day to withdraw from Second Eight-Week Session with a grade of W Registration begins for Summer 2026 Sessions
“Happiness can’t be traveled to, owned, earned, or worn. It is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, & gratitude.” - Denis Waitley
21 20
Monday
Course Withdrawal Period ends for Spring Semester; last day to withdraw from a course with a grade of W
22
Tuesday Wednesday
Earth Day
“I
would rather die of passion than of boredom.” - Vincent van Gogh
Monday Tuesday Wednesday
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Exams and close of Spring Semester
Exams and close of Spring Semester
Eid al-Adha begins at sundown
Mother’s Day
Monday
-dict- (say) – dictionary, predict, malediction, dictation, dictator, interdict, contradict, edict, verdict, benediction, abdicate “Laugh and grow strong.” - St. Ignatius of Loyola 6 5 4
Exams and close of Spring Semester
Tuesday
Wednesday
Cinco de Mayo
Exams and close of Spring Semester Looking for housing or a roommate? Visit offcampushousing.loyola.edu Second Eight-Week Session ends
Mother’s Day
Monday
“Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them.” - Aristotle 13 12 11
Tuesday Wednesday
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Baccalaureate Mass: Reitz Arena, 1:30 p.m.
Commencement, Location TBD
Monday
Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. - Arthur Ashe 20 19 18
Tuesday
Wednesday
MAY 2026
WEEKLY GOALS:
“If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.” - Tony Robbins
Monday
Tuesday Wednesday
Eid al-Adha begins at sundown Memorial Day
Muharram begins at sundown
Juneteenth
Flag Day
Father’s Day First day of summer
“Explore,
Dream, Discover.” - Mark Twain 3 2 1
Monday
Tuesday Wednesday
JUNE 2026
“I
learned the value of hard work by working hard.” - Margaret Mead
JUNE 2026
Monday Tuesday Wednesday
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Flag Day
“With
the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.”
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Monday
JUNE 2026
Tuesday Wednesday
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Monday
“Either you run the day, or the day runs you.” - Jim Rohn 24 23 22
Tuesday
Wednesday
JUNE 2026
“Love is shown more in deeds than in words.” - St. Ignatius of Loyola
Monday
Tuesday Wednesday
JULY 2026
Independence Day
WEEKLY GOALS:
Monday
“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.” - Henry Ford 8 7 6
Tuesday
Wednesday
JULY 2026
JULY 2026
Monday
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Tuesday Wednesday
JULY 2026
Monday
Tuesday Wednesday
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JULY 2026
Monday
Tuesday Wednesday
Mawlid al-Nabi begins at sundown
August 2026
5 4 3
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August 2026
12 11 10
Monday
Tuesday Wednesday
19 18 17
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