September 25, 2024

Is your student ready to unlock their potential and take meaningful steps toward their future career? The Loyola Career Development Center is here to support them in connecting their aspirations with career paths that align with their strengths and interests. Through personalized one-on-one coaching, we work with students to explore options for careers and graduate school. We also partner with a wide range of employers to connect the Wolf Pack with exciting career opportunities, including internships, part-time jobs, and full-time roles.

Here’s a full list of how we can support your student – we’re excited to be part of their journey!

Each student is assigned a career coach who will provide individualized 1-on-1 support. Coaches are here to support your student by:

Is your student considering a master’s degree, law school, or another advanced degree? Encourage them to join the Career Center’s Grad School Prep workshop, designed to help them stay organized and ready for the next steps in their educational journey. Career Coaches will cover everything from preparing a strong grad school application to what makes a competitive candidate.

Grad School 101 workshop will be held on Tuesday, October 1 from 12:30 –1:30 p.m. Pre-registration is encouraged, as lunch will be provided.

We’re excited to support your student’s future success and hope they’ll take advantage of this opportunity!

Looking professional is key to feeling confident during interviews, internships, and the job search. The Wolf Pack Wardrobe Career Closet ensures your student is ready.

Encourage your student to use the Career Development Center’s appointment scheduler to connect with their career coach today!

Have a Pint with the President in Chicago

Fall Break Holiday

Fall Open House (open to prospective students and parents)

Houston Chapter Brunch

Spring & J-Term 2025 Advising Begins 

Priority Deadline for Magis Exchange

Fall Open House (open to prospective students and parents)

Spring & J-Term 2025 Registration Begins

Election Day – No Class

Thanksgiving Holidays

Priority Deadline for Fall 2025 and Academic Year 25-26 Abroad

Last Day of Classes 

Final Examinations

Anchored in our Catholic, Jesuit identity, Loyola University New Orleans is an academic community dedicated to educating the next generation of change-makers. When you make a gift, you support the university’s values, traditions, and faith in Loyola's future. Make your gift of $50 or more before December 1, 2024, to receive your Loyola-branded address labels. 

In keeping with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), a parent or guardian must be explicitly authorized by their student to receive access to information such as: 

There are a few different ways your student can give you access. Learn more in the links below. 

CIE is still accepting applications for J-term faculty-led programs in Portugal, Sicily, India, and Costa Rica! All programs are designed with practicality and affordability in mind. Students are able to fulfill core requirements while experiencing full cultural immersion. Scholarships are available to eligible students, and CIE will help with the applications! 

A Message from University Chaplain Thomas Ryan, Ph.D.

Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15–October 15) is a good opportunity to reflect on Hispanic theology at Loyola. The Loyola Institute for Ministry (LIM) currently offers a certificate in Spanish in theology and Ignatian spirituality. 

The Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States, through its journal, is an important and inspiring influence on LIM’s work. For example, Ada María Isasi-Diaz identifies an important theological theme as “lo cotidiano,” the “everyday,” the arena in which many women live and work. She argues that too often theology veers into irrelevance by attending to the abstract and abstruse. For her, God does not shun the everyday but, in Jesus, is immersed into it.

Thus, the everyday can be a privileged place of encountering God. Isasi-Diaz writes, “Lo cotidiano embraces our struggles and our fiestas, our birthing, living and dying, … our loving…. We create lo cotidiano when we walk, when we dance, when we work” (“Lo Cotidiana,” p. 17). And so, lo cotidiano can be a source of grace, as is the work of U.S. Hispanic theologians. 

Loyola University New Orleans promotes respect for all religions. Any student who is unable to attend classes or to participate in any examination, presentation, or assignment on a given day because of the observance of a major religious holiday or related travel shall be excused and provided with the opportunity to make up, without unreasonable burden, any work that has been missed for this reason and shall not in any other way be penalized for the absence or rescheduled work. Read the complete policy.

Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) begins at sundown on Wednesday, October 2, with Yom Kippur beginning at sundown on Friday, October 13. Reservations for services and meals at Hillel New Orleans (Jewish campus ministry for Loyola, Tulane, and the University of New Orleans) can be made online.

Questions? Contact Ken Weber, Associated Director of Ministry, at kweber@loyno.edu.

Your students are invited to come on the Wilderness Immersion Trip to Chicot State Park. It focuses on building community, having fun away from campus in nature, and engaging in eco-spirituality/environmental justice. Participants will stay in comfy cabins and participate in nature hiking, paddling canoes in the lake, eating s'mores over bonfires, and lots of fun activities in community. It takes place once each semester at Chicot State Park, LA, located about three hours from Loyola's campus, with transportation and meals provided. Registration for the fall trip is open until Tuesday, October 1, 2024. 

Diamond Dixon is a senior majoring in International Business, Finance, and Accounting, with a minor in Spanish. Diamond serves as president of Loyola’s Student Government Association, as well as working as an Ethics Fellow for the College of Business and a Krewe Leader Coordinator for New Student Programs.

Diamond shares more about her journey at Loyola below! 

What's been the most rewarding part of your Loyola experience so far? 

The most rewarding part of my Loyola experience is the relationships I have been able to make. I came to Loyola as an introvert and I am leaving with a stronger community!

What are you looking forward to this academic year? 

I am super excited first and foremost about graduating and using everything I've learned at Loyola in the "real world." Secondly, I am excited to work and execute initiatives that make Loyola a sweeter place for those who will follow behind me!

Do you have any advice for other students who want to get more involved on campus? 

I have three pieces of advice for students who want to get more involved:

Here's a roundup of the latest news from Loyola Wolf Pack Athletics. 

HOWL! Earlier this month, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics released its Scholar-Team awards. Loyola had 16 of its 20 athletics programs achieve a team GPA better than 3.0 to earn Scholar-Team status. In total, Wolf Pack Athletics posted a 3.269 department GPA for the 2023-24 academic year, and a department-record 83 Loyola student-athletes were given NAIA Daktronic Scholar-Athlete awards. 

The Loyola Wolf Pack Athletics Department and Alumni Association are hosting the 26th annual Golf Tournament at the Audubon Park Golf Club on Friday, October 18, 2024! The tournament is organized in a four-person-scramble format. You may recruit your own team or request to be assigned to one. There are also various opportunities for companies and individuals to sponsor this year's tournament. Registration and lunch will begin at 11 a.m. with a shotgun start at 12:30 p.m. Register by Friday, October 11, 2024, at loyno.edu/golf24. For questions, contact Assistant Director of Annual Giving Cameron Dumas at crdumas@loyno.edu or 504.865.3973.

HOWL! Congratulations to the winners of Wolf Pack LaunchU who pitched their early stage ventures for a portion of the $30,000 non-dilutive prize funding and ongoing mentor support.

New Orleans musician Big Freedia joined the Loyola community for Monday Night Forum earlier this month, an event organized by students in the Music Industry Studies program. 

Loyola's annual Mass of the Holy Spirit brought our community together to celebrate our many gifts and aspirations for the year ahead. Watch a recap of this important tradition.