FROM THE INTERIM PRESIDENT JOHN P. PELISSERO, PhD


around issues of diversity and inclusion at Loyola and in our communities. In response to those concerns, the University is taking proactive steps in a number of areas to ensure that we recruit, retain, and support a more diverse student population. Winifred Williams, PhD, Loyola’s chief diversity and inclusion officer, and Associate Professor Christopher Manning, PhD, who was appointed this year as my special advisor for race and diversity, are spearheading our efforts to recruit and retain stu- dents of color and to ensure that our Core Curriculum reflects our diversity and inclusion goals. The University will continue to sponsor productive, respectful, open dialogue on this issue in the years ahead. For more information, please visit LUC.edu/ diversityandinclusion. We continue to make progress on our new five-year strategic


This spring has been a time of chal- lenges and opportunities at Loyola University Chicago as


several regional and national movements have manifested on our campuses. The current budget impasse in the State of Illinois has presented our University and our students with a significant challenge. The Illinois Monetary Award Program (MAP) has not yet been funded for this current year. At Loyola, approximately 2,400 students depend upon their MAP grants annually. That translates to approximately $10 million in financial aid that will not be funded by the state, but is currently being funded by the University. Conversations are ongoing at Loyola as to how to best handle this issue. If you wish to help, I encourage Loyolans who live in Illinois to contact your elected representatives and ask them to fund MAP. Loyola is committed to creating an environment that


treasures our diversity by both respecting our differences and celebrating our collective goal of a better University community. Last fall, in solidarity with students at other college campuses across the country, a group of Loyola students voiced concerns


plan, “Plan 2020: Building a More Just, Humane, and Sustain- able World.” Arrupe College, part of Institutional Priority I, is proving to be a success and has already received over 1,000 ap- plications for 180 seats. This issue of Loyola magazine highlights some of our faculty members who are committed to social jus- tice, part of Institutional Priority II (page 16). We have recently launched the new interdisciplinary Center for Criminal Justice Research, Policy, and Practice, which will produce researched- based insights into problems of crime, and is part of Institution- al Priority III (see page 7). And just last month, we announced Lake Shore Community Partners, a portal for the Rogers Park and Edgewater communities to partner with Loyola in order to improve the quality of life in the neighborhood—part of Institutional Priority IV (see page 29). For more updates on our strategic plan, visit LUC.edu/strategicplanning. I hope you have a joyous and relaxing summer.


Sincerely,


JOHN P. PELISSERO, PhD


INTERIM PRESIDENT LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO


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