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Join the campus community on Friday, Nov. 20, for ice skating on the Quad! Children from local community organizations will be skating from 3 – 5 p.m. and then the rink will open up to all other members of the campus community beginning at 5 p.m. – and you are free to skate until 9 p.m.! Students, faculty, staff, friends, and family are all welcome! The cost to skate is $12, or $10 with the donation of a canned good (which will go to CARES food pantry). Rental skates will be provided for free. Money raised from the event will benefit the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America (located in Baltimore). The following campus organizations will also have tables set up at the event: - Options: Game table
- Loyola Men’s Lacrosse: Christmas ornaments
- NSSHLA: Face painting
- Alpha Sigma Nu: Bake Sale and hot cider
- Asian Cultural Alliance: Chai Tea
- Lamda Pi Eta: Bake Sale/cider/coco
- Association for Latin American Students: Latin Christmas Mix CD
- Caribbean Students Union: Cider
- Green and Grey: Photos with Santa
NEW! There will be very limited parking on Jenkins lot on Friday, Nov. 20, due to the "A Cure for Christmas" Ice Rink that will be set up on the lot between Beatty and Xavier Halls. Thank you for your understanding and we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
NEW! Students from the College of Notre Dame’s School of Pharmacy will be in the library providing free blood pressure screenings on Monday, Nov. 23, from 1 - 2 p.m. Stop by the Cyber Café (off the Ferguson Gallery, our main lobby) and see how you’re faring at this point in the semester.
NEW! Stop by the Ferguson Gallery at LNDL through Friday, Dec. 4, to view “From Protest to Peace,” an exhibit of murals by the Derry Bogside Artists of Northern Ireland. From the exhibition statement: “In 1994, brothers Tom and William Kelly and their friend Kevin Hasson joined together as The Bogside Artists. The artists personally experienced the unfolding of the Northern Irish ‘Troubles’ during their lifetimes and ultimately united to express the struggle for civil rights in their community through public art. While the group continues the Ulster tradition of using the mural for social commentary, The Bogside Artists stand alone in their efforts to utilize this medium in cross-community workshops involving Protestants and Catholics to advance the peace and reconciliation process in Northern Ireland.” For more information on the exhibit and the artists, visit www.protesttopeace.org.
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Faculty, staff, administrators, and students are invited to visit the First Financial Federal Credit Union representative outside of Boulder Garden Cafe on Wednesday, Dec. 9, from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Stop by to learn about the various accounts available, make a deposit, obtain information, or for a free giveaway!
Congratulations to our first United Way winners! A. Kimbrough Sherman, information systems and operations management, is the recipient of the United Way parking space on Jenkins Lot for one month. Robin Trumbull, human resources, is the winner of an athletics sweatshirt. To be eligible for the weekly drawings, please donate to United Way online or request a paper pledge form from Gary Epstein, office of marketing and communications, at ext. 5025. Please donate today!
Each week, a small group of students travel to downtown Baltimore to offer food, drink, and conversation to women and men who are living on the streets. While most students are away for the holidays, volunteers are needed to make sandwiches and to help distribute the sandwiches and beverages. Care-A-Van is a unique opportunity for students and members of the Loyola community to hear and learn firsthand about homelessness from the women and men who have had to make the streets “their home.”
Volunteers are needed Wednesday, Nov. 25 from 1 - 2 p.m. for making sandwiches (meet in the Boulder kitchen) and from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. for distributing sandwiches (meet in Cohn Hall to travel together to the downtown location where the program takes place). If you are interested in volunteering, contact Margarita Dubocq at mdubocq@loyola.edu. There are limited spots available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Learn what’s on Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Spike Lee’s mind when he delivers the 17th annual Martin Luther King, Jr., Convocation Address at Loyola on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. The event begins at 7 p.m. in Reitz Arena. General admission tickets are $30 and will be available beginning Monday, Nov. 16, through Ticketmaster. Discount tickets ($18 for members of the Loyola community and students from other institutions; $15 for groups of 20 or more) will be available at the Loyola box office, also beginning Nov. 16. For more information, visit the MLK Convocation Web site.
Please join us for this week's Science Seminar, "Evaluating Thresholds in Ecological and Environmental Settings," presented by Jonathan Duggins, department of Statistics at Virginia Tech, on Friday Nov. 20, at 3 p.m. in Knott Hall B01. For a flyer, abstract, and a full list of speakers, visit the Science Seminar Web site.
Loyola's Gospel Choir, Chosen Generation, would like to invite the Loyola community to their fall concert taking place on Saturday, Nov. 21, at 7 p.m. in the Alumni Chapel. Several choirs joining Chosen Generation include the Chapel Choir, Johns Hopkins' Gospel Choir, Voices of Praise at Morgan State University, and Purposefully Anointed. Dinner is provided in the 4th Floor Program Room immediately following the concert. Contact Ariadne Pack at ext. 2850 if you plan to dine with us. Chosen Generation is also collecting canned goods during the Joy Night concert on Nov. 21. Please help us serve others with your canned donations!
In Celebration of Native American Heritage month, ALANA Services is sponsoring a trip to the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian on Saturday, Nov. 21, from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. A $10 fee is required to reserve a seat, but the money will be refunded to those participants who attend. We ask for a 24 hour cancelation notice be provided by participants who end up not attending. Lunch at Union Station will be provided for each participant. The invitation is extended to the entire Loyola community.
Whether you’ve never been to the climbing wall at the FAC or you’re an expert on real rock, there’s a climb for you at this year’s climbing competition! The competition begins at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 22, with prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in both men’s and women’s beginner, intermediate, and advanced divisions. Prizes are being provided by Earth Treks, Mountain Hardwear, Five.Ten, prAna, Dynaflex Pro, and many other top companies in the climbing industry! Registration is $25 and includes your competition T-shirt. Register early in Basecamp at the Fitness & Aquatic Center to reserve your spot! Give us a call, send us an e-mail, or stop by for more information: 410-617-5437, oae@loyola.edu.
Hoodie event sale going on now until Nov. 28 at the Bookstore! Take an extra 25% off original prices of all hoodies, pullovers, and zip-ups. Come on in to the bookstore today!
- Nov. 29 - First Sunday of Advent, 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. Masses only (Alumni Chapel and Fava Chapel, respectively)
- Dec. 4 - "Festival of Lessons and Carols" Christmas celebration, Alumni Chapel, 5 p.m.
- Dec. 8 - Feast of the Immaculate Conception Mass, Alumni Chapel, 12:10 p.m. and 9 p.m.
- Dec. 24 - Christmas Eve Eucharist, Alumni Chapel, 4 p.m.
Have you seen the white crosses on the Quad? With these crosses, Loyola honors and remembers the innocent people who have been killed in Central and South America because of their faith and their commitment to standing up for the rights of those who are voiceless. As you cross the Quad this month, please remember the individuals whose lives have been given in sacrifice for the freedom and liberation of the people of Central and South America.
If you would like to learn more, come to see the Just Art Gallery Exhibit in Cohn Hall. This exhibit is dedicated to these martyrs and others who have perished in Central and South America, and it will be open for the remainder of this semester.
Are you tired of the usual gift choices? Do you want to avoid the mall traffic? Come to the 7th annual Employee Craft Show and Sale for all of your holiday gifts! The Employee Craft Show and Sale features one-of-a-kind handmade arts and crafts by Loyola employees and their immediate family members. The Craft Show and Sale will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 2, from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. in McGuire Hall. Shoppers can enter for a chance to win crafts donated by the crafters and may even catch a glimpse of Santa while they shop! For more information and a list of participating crafters, visit the Employee Craft Show and Sale Web site. If you are a crafter interested in selling your crafts, please contact Nancy Bathgate in the records office on ext. 2264 or nbathgate@loyola.edu.
Nelson R. Orringer, professor emeritus at the University of Connecticut, will present "Globalizing Hispanic Modernism" on Wednesday, Dec. 2, from 5 - 6 p.m. in Knott Hall B03. Even in the 21st century, no body of literature shows greater disagreement between artists and critics than Hispanic modernism. This presentation seeks to broaden the understanding of Hispanic modernism to bring it into harmony with world cultural criticism. To that end, Orringer will attempt to redefine modernism in theory and practice in much Iberian and Ibero-American culture from 1858 to about 1936 by giving the concept greater breadth, depth, and precision by introducing examples from a wide variety of cultural areas, including religion and architecture. Sponsor by the Center for the Humanities, the Latin American and Latino Studies Program (LALS), the Program in Liberal Studies, the department of modern languages and Literatures and the Association of Latin American and Spanish Students (ALAS).
Chad Pecknold, from The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., will present "Reading Pope Benedict XVI’s Caritas in Veritate with Saint Augustine" on Thursday, Dec. 3, at 5 p.m. in Knott Hall B03. Sponsored by the Catholic Social Thought Committee and the Catholic Studies program.
The Julio Fine Arts Gallery will host its 2009 Faculty Biennial Exhibit from Nov. 11 - Dec. 9. Participating faculty include Mary Beth Akre, Virginia Brown, Carol Frost, Christopher Lonegan, Janet Maher, Dan Schlapbach, Mary Skeen, and Lars Westby. Featured media include photography, oil painting, printmaking, and ceramics. Gallery hours are Monday - Friday, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Sunday 1 - 4 p.m. For more information on this exhibit and other gallery programs, contact gallery director Kay Hwang at 410-617-2799.
Viva House, the Catholic Worker House in Baltimore, has a monthly food bag collection. These bags are donated and delivered to West Baltimore to be distributed to families experiencing material poverty in the neighborhood. Although Loyola has been a long time contributor of this program, there are still many families whose needs are not being met.
This semester, we were thrilled to have our delivery in November reach 34 bags - nine more than October! But our goal is to reach 50 bags per month, and we need you to make that happen. Increasing our delivery of monthly food bags would be a great way to give back to the community. The next Viva House Food Bags delivery is on Thursday, Dec. 17, and bags just need to be dropped off at CCSJ. For a list of the items needed for these food bags, please e-mail Erin Timmeny, Center for Community Service and Justice’s Viva House Service Coordinator, at vivasc@loyola.edu. Thank you to those of you who are already contributing to this program!
Read the new posting on tax implications and available options for recognizing employees and students to ensure compliance with IRS regulations.
Want to share photos from your programs, events, or just fun time with friends with the rest of the community? Submit them to the "Photos of the Week" section of Inside Loyola!
Photos should be timely and should reflect life at Loyola - for students, staff, or administrators. Images can be from one of Loyola's campuses, or from an off-campus Loyola-sponsored event, and must be horizontal. Please submit no more than three photos per event, and please include descriptions with the photos. You can submit photos by e-mailing photosoftheweek@loyola.edu. Images should be in jpeg format and will be selected at the discretion of the Web communications team. Not all photos will be used and photos will be chosen based on timeliness, aesthetics, and general appeal. If you have any questions, e-mail the Web communications team at photosoftheweek@loyola.edu.
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