President's Welcome I am delighted to welcome you as you begin the exciting and challenging enterprise that is undergraduate education at Loyola University Maryland. Each one of you arrives at this community with many impressive talents and accomplishments. The four years ahead offer you the opportunity to build upon and expand your record of achievement. I urge you to take full advantage of the exceptional opportunities available at Loyola to grow intellectually, socially, and spiritually. While it is essential that you focus your energies and attention on the University's rigorous academic program, it is also important for you to realize that learning comes in a variety of forms here. I encourage you to enrich your classroom experience by getting involved in leadership, athletics, campus ministry, student government, and the arts. Get to know your professors and the Loyola community personally. Explore the rich diversity within this great city and seek ways to serve it that will enhance both your academic experience and your character. I wish you all a very rewarding and successful experience at Loyola University Maryland. The Reverend Brian Linnane, S.J.
President | | Dean of First-Year Student's Welcome Ask any senior how Loyola has changed in four years and how he or she has changed as well. I suspect that almost all responses will be peppered with superlatives, and that the magnitude of those changes has astonished even the seniors themselves. But then college is a time for adventure. You, like those seniors, will experience new worlds at Loyola - if you let yourself. So, be courageous and travel in new directions. Try out for a play. Join a club sport. Serve the community. Take a course that you know will challenge you. Study abroad for a time. Discovering new territory will help you thrive socially and intellectually. It will allow you to build memories an friendships that, like your Loyola education, will carry you through a lifetime. Ilona McGuiness, Ph.D.
Dean of First Year Students and
Academic Services |
Find the Loyola You are Searching For Loyola's Jesuit tradition guides us to value growth, learning and development of the whole person - mind, body, and spirit. You have the opportunity to discover new ideas and form new habits, in and out of the classroom. Your task at Loyola is much grander than just preparing yourself for a career. By coming to Loyola, you have the responsibility to become an involved, well-rounded person. Throughout Summer Orientation we used the core values to remind you of what a Loyola education might mean to you. We hope that during your time here you will find academic success, combined with personal growth that can come from being actively engaged in this community in positive ways – ways that make the experience richer for yourself and everyone on campus. So, as you prepare to come in a few weeks, make these values your own. Academic Excellence
Focus on the Whole Person
Integrity and Honesty
Diversity
Community
Justice
Service Leadership Discernment Constant Challenge to Improve | | Letter from the Evergreens Dear Class of 2015, So now you've been formally introduced to Loyola's campus. We hope you enjoyed summer orientation and we want to remind you that things only get better! We're looking forward to seeing you at Fall Orientation, which is just around the corner. Fall Orientation runs from move-in day, Friday, September 3rd to Monday, September 6th. Check-in begins Friday morning - in the residence halls for students living on campus, and in McManus Theater Lobby for commuters. Resident students should check their Loyola email accounts for check-in procedures. The first event you will need to attend will be at 2:00 p.m. - your Evergreen small group meeting. At this meeting your Evergreen will discuss details of your exciting first weekend at Loyola, answer questions, and help you begin to get to know other new students in your group. After meeting with your Evergreen group, you will attend our New Student Convocation at 4:00 p.m. where the Class of 2014 will be introduced to the University community and each new student will take the Academic Honor Code Pledge. Parents are invited to attend this event. One last reminder - by this point you should have been reading the common text, The Boy Who Harnassed the Wind by William Kamkwamba. Your faculty will expect you to be well prepared for the discussions that will take place the second day of orientation. Adjusting to college life takes time, but never fear...the Evergreens are here to help you. We're available during orientation and throughout the year to answer your questions and just to see how you are doing. If you would like to speak with someone about Fall Orientation, please feel free to contact the Office of Leadership and New Student Programs at (410) 617-2032. See you in a few weeks!
Sincerely,
The 2011 Evergreen Orientation Staff |
