Student veterans share their experiences during Loyola panel

Image from LUC Libraries blog.

By Molly Morrison

On November 11th, Loyola celebrated Veterans Day with “The Loyola Veterans Experience: A Student Panel.” The panel included three men who recently served in the military. Each one is now a Loyola student, and spoke to Loyola students and faculty about their transition from military life to being a college student.

Jonathan Sarone, a physics major, said he always wanted to find a job that allowed him to combine his love for science with his passion for helping others. Sarone formerly did scientific research for the United States Air Force, and continues to explore his passion for science in the classroom.

Robert Hernandez served as a part of the United States Marine Corps, working in airports all over the country to manage technology and security. Hernandez is currently studying biology. Hernandez said when joined the military as a high school dropout, he unsure of what he wanted to do with his life.

“It gave me a real sense of perspective, one that allows me to appreciate every facet of life,” Hernandez said about his military experience.

Loyola deans speak about race, achievement disparity in education

By Molly Morrison

Loyola Deans Anita Thomas and Michael Dantley spoke about racial equality in education in a presentation Nov. 6 called “Will it Ever Be Equal? Achievement Disparity in Education.” Both Thomas and Dantley work within Loyola’s School of Education.

This presentation was a part of Loyola’s Fall Speaker Series, offered in conjunction with the “RACE: Are We So Different?” exhibition that is being brought to the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center in Skokie by the YWCA Evanston/North Shore. Loyola is a sponsor of the exhibition.

Thomas spoke about the importance of creating an environment that students not only feel comfortable in, but one where race can be talked about.

“Race is often one of the most identifiable characteristics that we have, yet it’s one of the things we talk about the least,” she said.

The long journey and surprising history of Madonna Chapel’s new bells

The chapel’s new bells are on display until their installation in November. Photo from LUC.

By Molly Morrison

The bells you’ve surely spotted around campus have one week left on the ground before they are lifted and installed in the beams of Loyola’s Madonna della Strada Chapel. These four bells have had a long journey, beginning as melted bronze in the Netherlands at the “Petit & Fritsen” bell foundry.

The family of bells traveled from Europe to Cincinnati, Ohio, in early September, where they were engraved, decorated and polished. After their final touches were complete, the bells arrived at Loyola.

Stephen Betancourt, assistant director of Campus Ministry and director of liturgical music, has facilitated the bells journey from the very beginning.

“We wanted to give students a chance to see the bells before they are hung in the beams of Madonna,” Betancourt said. “It’s really cool to touch them and be able to learn about the meaning of each one.”

Loyola students nominated for broadcast news awards

By Molly Morrison

Loyola graduate Megan Carabelli and senior Lauren Lopez were each honored recently with nominations for two different broadcast journalism awards.

A regional chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences — the same group that awards the Emmys — nominated both women for their College Student Production Awards. They women also received nominations for Illinois Broadcaster Association’s Student Silver Dome Award.

Carabelli and Lopez were nominated for assignments they worked on in Loyola newscasting classes taught by Professor Lee Hood, an assistant professor in the School of Communication.

“Both girls were really outstanding students,” Hood said. “They both have very distinct strengths that contribute to their talent.”

Jesuit artifacts come to life at LUMA’s Crossings and Dwellings

Wilhelm Lamprecht (Bavarian, 1838-1901)
Pere Marquette and the Indians, 1869. Photo from LUMA Tumblr.

By Molly Morrison

Crossings and Dwellings, the current exhibition at the Loyola University Museum of Art, honors the 200th anniversary of the Jesuit Restoration and a century of women’s education at Loyola-Mundelein. The Jesuits’ journey is a story of suppression and constant movement, told through five galleries and hundreds of items on display.