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Students buy care packages for U.S. troops in Iraq


The end of the academic year means several things to Loyola students: pack- ing up the dorm, selling back books, and spending any extra meal plan money on unsettling amounts of candy and ice cream. But this past semester Aramark’s director of operations, William Langlois, offered students a more impactful (and far less sugary) option for their unused meal money: providing care packages for the 101st Airborne Division in Iraq. “I knew that they had extra money on


their (meal) cards,” says Langlois. “I want- ed them to use it, and maybe it could do something good.” So Langlois got in touch with Lt. Col. Matthew J. Yandura and Master Sgt. Chad King from Loyola’s ROTC to collaborate on the project. With only fliers and a few posts on


social media, the initiative relied on word-of-mouth marketing—and it still surpassed all goals its leaders had pro- jected. By the end of the semester, Loyola students purchased more than 1,300 packages for $20 each. The bundles, shipped to soldiers over the Fourth of July weekend, were filled with supplies such as toothpaste, toothbrushes, Band- Aids, and hand sanitizer. “I was planning on 125-150 [packages] max,” Langlois says. “It really blew my mind.” In an interview with WBBM radio, Lt.


Col. David Bowlus, chaplain of the 101st Airborne Division, expressed his grati- tude for Loyola students and their sup- port of soldiers. “Americans continuing to do this for us means a whole lot,” he said, adding that the students’ initiative is “an incredible statement about the men and women that (Loyola) attracts.”


JFRC alumni gather at the Papal Basilica of St. Peter in Rome during the all-class reunion in May.


Returning to Rome JOHN FELICE ROME CENTER


From May 22–26, about 200 JFRC alumni


assembled in Rome for an all-class reunion to reconnect with fellow alums, explore the Eternal City, and see firsthand the extensive renovation and enhancements made to the campus in recent years. Attendees also witnessed the unveiling of the new Alumni Wall on campus, where many alums purchased an engraved tile in support of the Rome Center’s Avanti! campaign.


CONQUERING CANCER: A new film inspired by a Loyola alumna’s recovery from cancer will premiere September 18 at 1 p.m. at the Center for Translational Research and Education in Maywood. Written and directed by Lucia Mauro (JFRC Spring ’85, BA ’86), One Year Later explores the emotional side of surviving cancer through the journey of an American woman who embarks on a trip to the Italian Alps. Mauro, who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2012 and received treatment at Loyola University Medical Center, will donate proceeds from the film to ovarian cancer research at Loyola’s Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center. • loyolamedicine.org/oneyearlater


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