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friendships with people still in DoD, I had the op- portunity recently to speak to ROTC cadets at Fort Knox. That was arranged with the help of Lt. Col. Matthew Yandura (U.S. Army), chair of Loyola’s Military Science program. In fact, the person who introduced me to the cadet corps is one of our students here. I talked to them about leadership and the challenges they, as new officers, would likely face and hopefully gave them some tools or ideas that they could apply. As I stated earlier, often it is not about war, but it is about work on the humanitarian side and how these young officers can lead effectively in all circumstances.


INVESTING IN ALUMNI


What do you see as the role of Loyola’s alumni? Alumni are a critical university constituency.


As part of the Jesuit network, the education that Loyola has continued to provide and its role in this community are extremely strong. But the people that can speak to that the best are oftentimes the alums. They can look back at their career path and how they got there and say, “Now I understand the influence that the Jesuit education had on me.” They’re often the best spokespeople for how transformative this educa- tion can really be. I believe if we do not engage with our alums


and ask them, frankly, to continue to help us, we are shortchanging ourselves as an institution. Whether they are donors that want to financially support educational opportunities or special


projects, or whether they can be mentors to potential incoming students, I think there are a lot of opportunities to be able to engage with our alums. I know that we have a broad network of alums, so there have to be a number of different opportunities where we can strengthen those ties.


How do you hope to engage with our Loyola alumni going forward? There has not been a single alum I have met


either here in Chicagoland or outside the region who does not want to find a way to give back and help the institution. We have to look for ways to reach out and say, “You’ve had a wonderful education, now we need you to help us make the connection with future generations, and here are some ways we’d like you to help us.” It may be as simple as alumni having oppor-


tunities to meet with potential students or their families. I think we take for granted that we are reaching out to our students, but often we have to engage their whole family in the decision process of where they go to school. Again, I think we’ve got some wonderful alums who can speak from the heart about what Loyola meant to them. We must continue to find ways to engage more


and more of our alums. The strongest schools, those that continue to grow and have greater in- fluence beyond their campuses, almost universally have very engaged alums. There is a great oppor- tunity for us to enhance that engagement. L


For video and photos of Dr. Rooney’s arrival at Loyola visit: LUC.edu/president


“Jo Ann Rooney, a woman really at home with law,


management, budgets, and—especially—people, is also the nicest asker of tough questions that I know. She does this because she hungers with you for a goal you share: to make your university a place that makes God’s good world better.





— MICHAEL J. SHEERAN, S.J., PRESIDENT, ASSOCIATION OF JESUIT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES


2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016


August 2002 Named president of Spalding University, a small Catholic doctoral-level university in Louisville, Kentucky. During Dr. Rooney’s eight-year presidency, she helps to stabilize the uni- versity’s financial situation and lead a strategic planning process to strengthen and grow the institution while also serving as a professor of business administra- tion. She was also engaged in numerous civic, community, and professional boards.


2004 Named to the board of trustees of Regis University in Denver, beginning a seven-year term


May 2005 Earns her EdD in higher education management from the University of Pennsylvania


July 2010 Named president of Mount Ida College, a small private college in Newton, Massachusetts, where she serves for six months before being called upon to serve in the U.S. Department of Defense


September 2010 President Obama announces the nomination of Dr. Rooney for Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readi- ness. The U.S. Senate confirms her appointment in May 2011.


April 2015 Begins a second term as a trustee of Regis University


2012 Awarded the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service, the highest award given to a civilian, by then-Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta


May 23, 2016 Announced as the 24th president of Loyola University Chicago , taking office on August 1


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