2020 PLAN
P The school’s success was also reflected in the
most recent ranking of the best public schools in the city by Chicago magazine. Senn was named one of Chicago’s top three neighborhood schools and made the top 20 high schools list, coming in at number 12. The ranking was especially impor- tant, Beck says, because it took into account not only attainment scores and college acceptance numbers but also the school’s significant growth. “Five years ago, when this partnership started,
we were not in the top 12,” she says. “So it is a testament to the hard work of the teachers and students in this building. The support of Loyola has been fantastic and really led to this.” According to Cullinane, the partnership with
Loyola has created an atmosphere of hope and inspiration at Senn. “Loyola has been a beacon for us and the students aspire to go there,” he says. “When we visit Loyola, the students get excited about college.” Schmidt agrees, noting an increase in applica- tions to Loyola from Senn seniors. Last year, 140
MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY
artnering with local schools is just one of the many ways Loyola reaches out into the surrounding community. The University has devel- oped deep and lasting
relationships with a variety of community organizations, and as part of “Plan 2020: Building a More Just, Humane, and Sustain- able World,” Loyola is taking an even more active role in the neighborhoods surround- ing its three Chicagoland campuses. “At Loyola, we really embrace the con-
nection between the campus and the community,” says Summur Roberts, director of Community Relations. “I talk about it as one phrase: ‘campus-community.’ It’s not ‘the campus’ and then ‘the community.’ It’s all one thing.” Under Plan 2020, Loyola launched Lake
Shore Community Partners, propelled by a goal to develop an innovative community outreach program that improves the quality of life for residents through both economic and social efforts. Leaders from Loyola and the community identified four initial prior- ity areas: health, business, education, and safety. In addition to Partners for Education, three other initiatives have been launched to address these priorities:
PARTNERS FOR HEALTH The new Loyola Community and Family
Services clinic is providing low-cost mental health services to families living in the Rog- ers Park and Edgewater neighborhoods. De- veloped by a number of University partners, the clinic aims to create stronger, healthier families in the community. Services include group therapy, psycho-
logical testing and evaluations, and school- based services and consultations. Located on campus, the clinic serves as a facility for
training externs from the schools of social work and education, who provide services under staff supervision at local schools.
PARTNERS FOR BUSINESS Housed in the same building as the clinic
is Loyola’s community partnership store- front and the first “tiny shops.” Supporting Lake Shore Community Partners’ business initiative, last spring Loyola offered all- inclusive, short-term license agreements to two local businesses—Third Coast Comics and Local Goods Chicago. Loyola’s Department of Community
Relations continues to work in coordina- tion with the Rogers Park Business Alliance and Edgewater Chamber of Commerce to encourage economic development within the area identified as “RogersEdge.” The de- partment has hosted community program- ming, including Summer on the Plaza and the Loyola Farmers Market, in collaboration with the Institute of Environmental Sustain- ability. This summer, promotional street pole banners were also installed around the area where the two communities meet. (For more on RogersEdge, see page 23.)
PARTNERS FOR SAFETY Partners for Safety launched last Febru-
ary with a State of the Neighborhood Forum open to students, faculty, staff, and com- munity members. Loyola’s Campus Safety department joined Alderman Joe Moore and representatives from the Chicago Police Department and Chicago Transit Authority to discuss existing safety initiatives and ad- dress questions from the audience. Loyola is planning to host these forums on a bi- annual basis, and is focused on developing programmatic priorities for the upcoming academic year. —Evangeline Politis
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