Loyola University New Orleans

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At Loony, you define whom you want to be: a free-thinker, an entrepreneur, a risk-taker, a scientist, a creative, and above all yourself — the thing no one else can be. This education lets you find that. It allows you to do more than transform yourself. It allows you to transform into yourself.
The Mission Statement's first words proclaim Loyola University's identity as a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education. First and foremost, Loyola is a university, and that is its primary mission. This fundamental mission is further specified by noting that Loyola's mission has three distinct characteristics: it is an American (United States) university, it is a Catholic university, and it is a Jesuit university.
As a Catholic university, "is an academic community, which, rigorously and critically, assists in the protection and advancement of human dignity and of cultural heritage through research, teaching, and various services." While each academic discipline retains its integrity and has its methods, the dialogue demonstrates that methodical research with every branch of learning can never indeed conflict with faith when carried out in a genuinely scientific manner and accord with moral norms. For the things of the earth and the concerns of faith derive from the same God.
The staff at a modern university includes various occupations, positions, and functions: provosts, vice-presidents, program directors, counselors, administrative assistants, campus ministers, chaplains, media specialists, computer technicians, maintenance technicians, custodians, and groundskeepers – to name some positions. Whatever the position or function, each member of the staff has a role to play in forwarding
Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue and to work for a more just world. Inspired by Ignatius of Loyola's vision of finding God in all things, the University is grounded in the liberal arts and sciences, while also offering professional studies in undergraduate and selected graduate programs. Through teaching, research, creative activities, and service, the faculty, in cooperation with the staff, strives to educate the whole student and benefit the broader community.
As a Catholic Jesuit University, Loyola University New Orleans is an academic community dedicated to the whole person's education. By thinking critically, acting justly, students embody the Ignatian ideals of faith, truth, justice, and service. The University will strive to become an increasingly selective university with outstanding liberal arts and sciences, professional, and graduate programs grounded in intellectual rigor and reflecting the more than 450-year Ignatian tradition to meet these goals.
A degree from Loyola will give you an edge as you begin your career––and the momentum to carry you forward for years to come. Our students and graduates are the best and the brightest: receiving awards such as Rhodes, Fulbright, and Mitchell scholarships and fellowships. Our professors hail from all over the world and bring with them real-world experience in their fields.
Living, learning, and leading happen in and out of the classroom, both on and off-campus. We support students by cultivating a learning community that, in the Jesuit tradition, assists in developing student's whole selves—mind, body, and spirit.
The Vice President for Student Affairs and Associate Provost provides leadership to develop programs and services, enhancing the curricular and co-curricular student experience. The Office of Student Affairs includes the areas of Residential Life, Dining Services, Student Involvement, including Leadership Development, highlighting our signature program Strengths Quest, Judicial Affairs, Orientation, Bookstore, Career Development Center, University Counseling, Student Health Services, and Intercollegiate Athletics and Wellness.
The Jesuits were among the earliest settlers of New Orleans and Louisiana. A Jesuit chaplain accompanied Iberville on his second expedition. The fathers are credited with introducing the growing sugar cane to Louisiana, paving the way for one of the state's prime industries. They probably brought this from their West Indies farms and planted it on the plantation they bought from former Governor Bienville in 1725. This tract, used by the fathers as a staging area or supply base for their activities in ministering to settlers and Indians' needs in the up-country, was located "across the common" (now Canal Street) running along the Mississippi River to what is now Jackson Avenue. When the Jesuit order was banned from the French colonies in 1763, the land was sold at public auction.
The city's leaders, including Bienville, had long hoped for a Jesuit college. After the Jesuit order was restored, the Bishop of New Orleans implored the Jesuits in France to come to the city. In 1837, seven Jesuit priests arrived. After weighing several sites, they decided that Grand Coteau, in St. Landry Parish, was a better site for their boarding college than the fever-ridden city.
The Office of Mission & Ministry at Loyola University New Orleans seeks to foster the institution's Jesuit and Catholic mission and identity and educate the Loyola community of its Jesuit/Catholic identity and heritage.

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