Programmatic Support

Science Equipment and Technology 

Substantial upgrades in laboratory equipment are needed to increase opportunities for experimental and investigative learning across the natural sciences.

While the College’s operating budget allows for limited equipment upgrades, funds through Preparing Tomorrow provide an influx of world-class scientific equipment.

The new equipment dramatically enhances the effective teaching and meaningful scientific exploration of Loyola’s science programs.


Crossroads: Loyola’s Sophomore Year Program

National research is now documenting what even casual observers of higher education have suspected for years:  that the choices made during sophomore year often determine how successful and fulfilling a student’s college experience is.

At Loyola, the issue is even more pressing as the College seeks to strengthen the retention and graduation rates of its undergraduates.

Building on the innovative and successful Alpha Program for first-year students, Crossroads: Loyola’s Sophomore Year Program addresses the urgent need for persistence and for more purposeful discernment among sophomores.

The comprehensive program encompasses academic, vocational, social and spiritual initiatives designed to help students discover anew their joys, talents and faith – and how these connect to their academic and extracurricular interests.

Capital funding for Crossroads: Loyola’s Sophomore Year program allows second-year students to create a fulfilling college experience – by choice, and not by chance.

The Loyola Clinical Centers

Loyola’s acknowledged expertise in psychology, education and speech-language pathology/audiology come together in the Loyola Clinical Centers.

Providing comprehensive assessment of and treatment for an array of learning, speech and behavioral issues for underserved clients ranging in age from early childhood to adulthood, the Centers address an unmet need in the Baltimore region.

The Multidisciplinary Assessment Center, which opened in Fall 2002, provides a unique combination of one-on-one neuro-psychological, cognitive, language and achievement testing.  Graduate students and faculty across the Education, Psychology and Speech-Language Pathology/Audiology disciplines collaborate on learning and clinical opportunities.

Capital funding will be used to support future plans, including a Psychology Clinic and partnerships with Loyola’s internationally recognized Pastoral Counseling department.