OUR BACKYARD
2020 PLAN
CREATING JOBS FOR LOCAL TEENS
Helping the community is the latest addition to Loyola Limited’s business agenda. The student-run enterprise, which operates businesses such as Felice’s restaurant and Chainlinks bike shop, recently submitted a proposal for an initiative to employ six students from Sullivan High School in Rogers Park. Nick Coulson, Loyola
MARCELLA NIEHOFF SCHOOL OF NURSING A healthy education
Exercise science students help teach kids about healthy living in Chicago Public Schools • BY ANNA GAYNOR
Sylwia Zubek is one of many students who have come to Loyola from the Chicago Public School system—and, thanks to a service-learning course, the Exercise Science major has had the chance to give something back. “Especially CPS schools, they’re very underfunded,” she says. “They don’t have as many resources as private schools do, so just giving the PE teachers an extra hand when they have too many students, it can be a great help for them.” Zubek is one of many who
have taken Introduction to Exercise Physiology, a course that connects Loyola students
with CPS physical education and health teachers. Each student is assigned to a local school to help with activities and lessons focused on fitness and health. While other students volun- teered with afterschool sports or developed activities to encour- age more physically active recesses, Zubek worked with first through fifth graders at Kilmer Elementary School during PE classes and gave presentations on healthy lifestyles and basic safety skills. Loyola students are helping
CPS with the LearnWELL Initia- tive, which promotes physical ac- tivity and healthy eating choices
in schools. The partnership with allows Loyola students to fulfill their service learning hours while helping the school meet students’ needs. What those needs are varies, says Karen Berg, director of clinical placements and experiential learning at the Marcella Niehoff School of Nurs- ing. “At some schools, we are supporting afterschool sports because that’s really the best fit for Loyola students to be volun- teering. In others, we’re in the classroom supporting the health education teachers," she says. "It really is identified by the school themselves—they’re identifying what is best for them.” L
Limited’s director of human resources, and Sean Con- nolly, assistant director of Loyola Limited, presented the proposal under “Plan 2020: Building a More Just, Humane, and Sustainable World,” Loyola’s five-year strategic plan. The proposal—the first Plan 2020 initiative developed and brought forth by Loyola students—was to hire six high school students to work at Loyola Limited businesses. They also plan to hire a stu- dent coordinator to oversee the program. The idea is to offer a safe
after-school activity for teens and to provide them with transferable skills as they pre- pare for college and careers. The high school students will also get a head start on planning for the future with campus tours, assistance with applications, and resume building seminars. “It’s more than just working
within our own businesses,” Coulson says. “It is giving them a full-fledged program experi- ence.” —Elizabeth Czapski (’17)
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