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Americas. The team consisted of: David Aviles, Ophelia Battle, Cristina Chiu, Kristin Diaz, Kate Gremillion, Erica Guastella, Norrene John, Jared Katsoupis, Jamie Martin, Eddie Schneider, John Bickle, and Kylie Tregre. ••••••
Members of The Maroon staff were singled out by the Society of Professional Journalists, being awarded the organization’s Mark of Excellence. Additional award winners were: Precious Esie, Carl Harrison, Leslie Gamboni, Jamie Futral, Masako Hirsch, and Camara Thomas. ••••••
Douglas Alexander, a physics junior, is training to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in July as a fundraiser to support physics programs in New Orleans area schools. His goal is to raise enough money through his nonprofit, Climbing Kilimanjaro for the Physics of Tomorrow, to purchase and distribute packages of physics demonstrations for approximately 27 public/charter high schools. (www.nolaphysics.org)
Tom Sevick, an environmental science major, was awarded $2,500 from the Louisiana Sea Grant Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program to conduct research this summer.
and student adviser and marketing professor Michael Pearson, Ph.D., was awarded the AMA Lifetime Achievement award, which has only been presented five times over AMA’s 75 years.
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The Loyola student-run multimedia journalism outlet, Pack News, wrote and produced a full-length web news story for “Washington Week with Gwen Ifill,” a national news program featured on the PBS network. The story, “Voice of the Voters: Louisiana Youth,” aired March 20.
Liquid Peace Revolution, a rock band of three current and two former Loyola students, won the local round of Hard Rock Rising, an international battle of the bands at the Hard Rock Café New Orleans in March. Members include Kyle Deshowitz, Evan Hall, William A. Alber, Matthew J. Keegan, and Jason M. Percle. The band released its first CD, Flower Power Evolution, in July 2011 and is currently working on a second album. (www.theliquidpeacerevolution.com)
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The Louisiana Academy of Sciences honored Amy Sprout, psychological science major, with the Best Undergraduate Poster Presentation Award in the social sciences division for her senior research work. ••••••
The Loyola chapter of the American Marketing Association was honored with the 2011 – 2012 Outstanding Membership award,
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The Loyola advertising team, Rebirth Advertising, placed fourth in their region in the American Advertising Federation’s annual national student competition for their campaign, “Meet Your Match,” produced for Nissan
Black Student Union (BSU) members Jasmine Barnes, Jasmine Jones , LaDadrian Darden, Jessiona Bryant, Tiffany Walker, Teri Conrad, and Sabrina Stansberry, along with their adviser Courtney Williams, associate director of the Office of Residential Life, spent their spring break volunteering at the Philadelphia Developmental Disabilities Corporation.
ATHLETICS The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics recognized the Loyola men’s basketball team as the 2011 – 2012 Buffalo Funds Five Star Champions of Character Team for demonstrating respect, responsibility, integrity, leadership, and sportsmanship. ••••••
Loyola has created the Coach James “Big Jim” McCafferty Athletic Scholarship, targeting first generation student athletes. The scholarship will award $5,000 per year to a member of either the basketball or cross-country/track teams. ••••••
The annual Coach Louis “Rags” Scheuermann Baseball Scholarship Fundraiser, honoring the longtime Loyola baseball coach, was held on May 3. All of the proceeds went towards funding a scholarship for baseball players.
The Loyola Bateman Team in the School of Mass Communication won the nation’s premier case study competition for public relations students. The team, comprised of Maggie Moore, Nhi Tieu, Jack Lien, Wade Kimbro, and Alexandra Broussard, successfully created and implemented a specific public relations campaign for United Way Worldwide, designed to address the rising trend of childhood obesity in a sustainable way by advocating for healthy lifestyles through education, outreach, and other tactics. magazine.loyno.edu
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