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Loyola University Chicago
Shield of Loyola University Chicago
Motto Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam
Established June 30, 1870
Type Private Jesuit Catholic
Endowment $266,563,444
President Michael J. Garanzini, S.J.
Faculty 1,100 full time
Undergraduates 9,240 [1]
Postgraduates 5,524 graduate
Location Chicago, Illinois, United States
Campus 45 acre (182,000 m²) Lake Shore Campus,
70 acre (283,000 m²) Maywood Campus,
5 acre (20,234 m²) Rome Center
Athletics 11 NCAA Division I teams
Colors Black, Gold and Maroon</td>
Mascot Lou Wolf
Website http://www.luc.edu/
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Loyola University Chicago is a private co-educational religious-affiliated university established in Chicago in 1870 as Saint Ignatius College. It was founded by the Roman Catholic religious order of the Society of Jesus and bears the name of the Jesuit patron, Saint Ignatius of Loyola. Loyola is one of twenty-eight member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities and, with its current enrollment of 14,764 students, is the largest Jesuit University in the United States. [2]

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[edit] Beginnings and expansions

Founded in 1870 as the St Ignatius College on Chicago's West Side. In 1908 the School of Law was established as the first of the professional programs. St Ignatius College changed its name to Loyola University in 1909, while also adding the Stritch School of Medicine. 1923 saw the affiliation of the Chicago College of Dental Surgery with Loyola University, later to be known as Loyola University School of Dentistry (no longer open). In 1934 West Baden College affiliates itself with Loyola University, later to be known as the Bellarmine School of Theology then the Jesuit School of Theology in Chicago. Loyola University established the School of Nursing in 1935, the first fully accredited collegiate school of nursing in the state of Illinois. Loyola then opened the Rome Center for Liberal Arts in 1962, the first American university sponsored program in Rome. 1969 saw the establishment of the School of Education and the opening of the Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood. In 1979 the School of Nursing is renamed the Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing. The most recent expansion was the 1991 acquisition of neighboring Mundelein College from the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

[edit] Main campuses

Loyola University is anchored at the Lake Shore Campus (on the shore of Lake Michigan) in Rogers Park, the northernmost neighborhood of the city of Chicago. Loyola has developed a ten year master plan that is designed to revitalize the community by adding an updated arts center as well as a retail district called "Loyola Station" near the CTA's Loyola 'L' stop. Among many others, the science departments are located on this campus. Loyola also has a Water Tower Campus in downtown Chicago on the Magnificent Mile of North Michigan Avenue, steps away from such landmarks as the Water Tower (one of the few structures to survive the Great Chicago Fire) and the John Hancock Center (one of the tallest buildings in the United States). The School of Business Administration and the Law School are located at the Water Tower Campus (previously Lewis Towers), and many other classes are held at this campus.

Chicago's Jesuit university also boasts a campus in Rome, Italy. Loyola University Chicago Rome Center was established in 1962 on the site of the 1960 Summer Olympics grounds. It moved to several locations in Rome until finally settling in Monte Mario on the Via Massimi, one of the most affluent districts of the Italian capital. The campus offers a full academic year for Chicago-based Loyola University students wishing to study abroad.

Loyola University of Chicago has a medical school, the Stritch School of Medicine, and a hospital and medical center associated with them, all located on a campus in Maywood, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago. The former Mundelein College is located just south of the Lake Shore Campus. The former Niles campus no longer exists.

[edit] Religious education

Religious education is still one of Loyola University's hallmarks as home to Saint Joseph College Seminary as well as the Jesuit First Studies program.

Loyola's First Studies Program is one of three in the country, with Fordham University and Saint Louis University housing the other two. During this three year period, Jesuit Scholastics and Brothers generally study philosophy and some theology. First Studies is one part of an eleven-year formation process toward the Jesuit priesthood. This program is administered by the Chicago Province Society of Jesus.

Saint Joseph College Seminary serves the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago and provides vocational training to candidates of diocesan priesthood. Loyola University also provides rigorous religious education for those seeking careers in lay ministry with the Loyola University Pastoral Institute as well as degree opportunities in interdisciplinary Catholic studies.

[edit] Loyola Ramblers

Shield of the Loyola Ramblers

The Loyola Ramblers compete in the Division I Horizon League (formerly the Midwestern Collegiate Conference) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, while Men's Volleyball competes in the NCAA's Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association. Loyola University boasts men's and women's teams in basketball, cross country, track, golf, soccer, softball and volleyball. The Loyola Ramblers title is originated in the late 1800s as a nickname given to the school's football team. Today, Loyola University no longer has a football team. The standing joke is that the team is undefeated since 1930 (year might be incorrect.). Outside of the NCAA regulated athletics programs, Loyola Ramblers also compete in non-traditional intercollegiate sports such as cricket and rugby.

Additionally, in recent years Loyola students have become integral in the resurrection of Hurling, still a major collegiate sport in Ireland and England, in the United States.

The Loyola Ramblers mascot is Lou Wolf. Lou Wolf was inspired by the Basque coat-of-arms of Saint Ignatius of Loyola depicting two wolves over a kettle. The popular mascot, which had become a Chicago institution through several generations, received a facelift over the summer of 2000. Originally the Loyola mascot was a Gyspy Rambler but many were upset over its racist depiction.

They also have a heated rivalry with the University of Illinois at Chicago.

[edit] Civil rights movement and the 1963 NCAA Basketball Championship

The 1963 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship and the obstacles faced on the team's road to victory in a racially segregated country put Loyola in the national spotlight. Before the championship, there was a gentlemen's agreement among college teams limiting how many black players could play during a game. Beginning in 1961, Loyola head coach George Ireland broke the gentleman's agreement by putting as many as four black players on the court at every game. [3] In 1962-63, Ireland played four black starters in every game. In a game in Oklahoma City against Wyoming, Ireland replaced fouled-out starter John Egan with Pablo Robertson (even with two white players available on his bench), marking the first time a Division I college team fielded five black players. [4]

After winning its first round NCAA tournament game on March 11, 1963 against Tennessee Tech, the Loyola Ramblers were scheduled to play in the second round against Mississippi State University, which practiced racial segregation. Mississippi Governor Ross R. Barnett banned the Mississippi school from traveling to the tournament to play against Loyola's black players. Sending a decoy team to divert state police, the Mississippi State team successfully sneaked out of the state to play the Ramblers. [5] Loyola won and went on to beat Illinois in its regional final and Duke in the national semifinals. At the NCAA Final, newspapers reported that the Ramblers didn't have a chance against Cincinnati, the two-time defending national champions. In one of the closest games of the season, Loyola became the third Jesuit University [Holy Cross won in 1947 and the University of San Francisco won twice in the 1950s] to ever win the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship. Loyola remains the only school in Chicago, and in the state of Illinois, to do so.

[edit] Buildings

Buildings are found throughout Loyola University:

[edit] Greek Life

Loyola University Chicago also houses Greek life on its Lake Shore Campus. These Greek organizations include the normal social fraternities Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Alpha Delta Gamma, and Sigma Pi; as well as the normal social sororities Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Sigma Alpha, Phi Sigma Sigma and Kappa Beta Gamma.

Loyola is also home to the National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations (NALFO) co-ed fraternity Alpha Psi Lambda, and sorority Gamma Phi Omega, as well as several co-ed business fraternities such as Delta Sigma Pi, Kappa Psi, and Sigma Tau Delta.

[edit] Notable alumni

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[edit] Prominent professors

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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Horizon League
Butler • Cleveland State • Detroit • Illinois-Chicago • Loyola • Milwaukee • Wisconsin-Green Bay• Wright State • Youngstown State
Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association
Shondell/Dunlap League: Ball State • IPFW • Lewis • Loyola • Mercyhurst • Ohio State • Quincy
Coleman League: Carthage • Clarke • Central State • MSOE


Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities
Boston College • Canisius College • College of the Holy Cross • Creighton University • Fairfield University • Fordham University • Georgetown University • Gonzaga University • John Carroll University • Le Moyne College • Loyola University Chicago • Loyola College in Maryland • Loyola Marymount University • Loyola University New Orleans • Marquette University • Regis University • Rockhurst University • Saint Louis University • Saint Joseph's University • Saint Peter's College • Santa Clara University • Seattle University • Spring Hill College • University of Detroit Mercy • University of San Francisco • University of Scranton • Wheeling Jesuit University • Xavier University
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Colleges and Universities in Chicagoland
Art Institute of Chicago • Chicago College of Performing Arts • Chicago State University • University of Chicago • Columbia College Chicago • Concordia University Chicago • DePaul University • Dominican University • East-West University • Hebrew Theological College • Illinois Institute of Art - Chicago • Illinois Institute of Technology • University of Illinois at Chicago • Kendall College • Loyola University Chicago • Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago • McCormick Theological Seminary • Meadville Theological School • Moody Bible Institute • North Park University • Northeastern Illinois University • Northwestern University • Roosevelt University • University of Saint Mary of the Lake • St. Xavier University • Telshe Yeshiva • Valparaiso University • Vandercook College of Music
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