Centers of Excellence

Pastoral Counseling and the Institute for Psychological and Religious Research

As part of Loyola’s renowned Pastoral Counseling department, the eight-year-old Institute for Religious and Psychological Research commands respect as a top center of research in an emerging field.

By creating new standards, developing critical instrumentation and hosting scholarly seminars, the Institute is building on its foundation as a national leader in an interdisciplinary dialogue. Through the Institute’s work, pastoral counseling, psychology, theology, sociology, medicine and education converge uniquely at Loyola.

Additional capital support for Loyola’s Institute ensures that this important research continues.

Speech-Language Pathology/Audiology and the Center for the Study of Speech and Language in Children with Down Syndrome

Since its founding in the early 1980s, Loyola’s Center for the Study of Speech and Language in Children with Down Syndrome has helped countless children communicate more fully. A dedicated team of professors and clinicians have trained hundreds of outstanding speech therapists—and continue to do so every year.
 
Techniques developed at Loyola are now standard practice around the globe for clinicians and speech therapists.  Additionally, Loyola is pioneering the development of national standards for speech and language development in children with Down Syndrome.

Funding for this groundbreaking effort ensures that the Center continues to lead in the education of both new and veteran speech therapists.

Center for Individual and Corporate Leadership

How do business students connect ethical values and social justice with their leadership role in an increasingly global society? 

The question is not only timely, but fundamental to Loyola’s business program since the first accounting course was offered at the College over 50 years ago.  The Sellinger School’s Center for Individual and Corporate Leadership explores these issues through innovative curricular, research and extra-curricular programs.

By combining practical business knowledge with reflective leadership development, Loyola undergraduate and graduate students learn to weigh corporate issues in terms of ethics and values.

Capital funding for the Center for Individual and Corporate Leadership ensures Loyola’s students continue to learn lessons of success from positive business role models.