Loyola News

Before a crowd of nearly 100 community leaders, Loyola University Maryland President Rev. Brian F. Linnane, S.J., joined Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and Councilman Bill Henry, MBA ’06, to announce the award of a contract to a consulting team that will develop a blueprint of actions items for the improvement of the York Road commercial corridor east of Loyola’s Evergreen campus.

Steven Hughes, Ph.D., professor and chair of history at Loyola University Maryland, is the recipient of a Fulbright Senior Research Grant to study the 19th and 20th century evolution of an Italian law that drastically lessened the punishment for honor killings. Hughes will conduct his research in Rome during the 2014-15 academic year, with a focus on what’s known in Italy as delitto d’onore (“crime of honor”).

Sister Helen Amos, RSM, executive chair of the board of trustees of Mercy Health Services, and the leadership of Mercy Health Services have been named Business Leader of the Year for 2014 by Loyola University Maryland’s Sellinger School of Business and Management. Sister Helen will be honored at Loyola’s annual Business Leader of the Year dinner on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014, at the Renaissance Harborplace Hotel in Baltimore.

Loyola University Maryland’s Sellinger School of Business and Management ranks 47th in the nation in Bloomberg Businessweek’s “2014 Ranking of Best Undergraduate Business Schools,” up six places from last year and 15 places from 2012.

Loyola University Maryland will benefit from a $1.5 million planned gift from Gordon Erberts, ’49, to support programs and initiatives in Campus Ministry and the office of mission integration.

After completing a two-year national search, Loyola University Maryland has selected educator and career youth and young adult minister Seán Bray to serve as director of campus ministry.

Loyola University Maryland is ranked in the top 7 percent of more than 1,300 U.S. colleges and universities for return on investment in PayScale.com's 2014 College ROI Report. With financial aid included, Loyola is in the top 6 percent.

Loyola University Maryland’s Sellinger School of Business and Management is launching a Master of Accounting (M.Acc) degree program. This full-time 30-credit program consists of 10 courses over three semesters and can be completed in one year.

Loyola University Maryland has received a $1.5 million pledge from David Ferguson, ’77, and his wife, Kathy, to create an endowed scholarship for Loyola students who demonstrate financial need. The Duard L. and Mary L. Ferguson Scholarship Fund is named in honor of Ferguson’s late parents, who sacrificed a great deal to send him to Loyola.