FRONTLINES PRESIDENT’S MEDALLION Leadership, scholarship, service


Each November, Loyola honors 14 of its most outstanding students—one from each college, school, or institute— with the President’s Medallion.


MEDALLION SPOTLIGHT 2016-2017 RECIPIENTS


Arrupe College Carlos Luna


College of Arts and Sciences Cristina Rodriguez


Quinlan School of Business Austin Tolentino


School of Communication Grace Runkel


School of Continuing and Professional Studies Nicolette Prpa


School of Education Katina Tole


Institute of Environmental Sustainability Christie Kochis


The Graduate School Megan Klein


School of Law Heather Nelson


Stritch School of Medicine Sarah Hale


Marcella Niehoff


School of Nursing Lauren Kunzer


Institute of Pastoral Studies Cory Mitchell


St. Joseph College Seminary Michael Malucha


School of Social Work Benjamin Marton


ON CAMPUS


A SUPREME TRIBUTE: The School of Law hosted an event this fall honoring the mem- ory of late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Among the speakers was Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a longtime friend of Scalia who shared stories of the strong bond the two shared despite their often sharply differing approaches and opinions.


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ART OF THE DANCE: Racial oppres- sion, gender inequality, and economic exploitation were among the issues that took center stage this fall at the Department of Fine and Perform- ing Arts’s Framing Justice, a two-day symposium on social advocacy in the visual arts during the 1930s and 40s.


WHERE ARE THEY NOW?


Rianne Coale, 2013 medallion recipient When Rianne Coale (BASC ’14) received the Presi- dent’s Medallion in 2013, she said her ultimate goal was to work as a TV news anchor in Chicago. Since graduating, she’s taken her first steps as a beat reporter for the Chicago Tribune’s RedEye, hitting the streets to uncover stories for her weekly column, “Transit Diaries,” where she reports on people’s ex- periences with transportation in the city. And as for making it to TV? That’s still Coale’s eventual goal. “Being a reporter for a newspaper is so different than being a reporter for TV, but I’m learning the same concepts and skills,” she says. “I just want to be the best journalist I can be.”


Cory Mitchell • Institute of Pastoral Studies Cory Mitchell exemplifies the three pillars of the President’s Medallion: leadership, scholarship, and service. The Michigan resident is taking online classes toward a master’s degree in health care mission leadership, has served in the Navy, leads programs at his church, and even spends time playing bingo with people at a local homeless shelter. In addition to becoming a deacon in his parish, Mitchell’s eventual goal is to be CEO of a Catholic health system. “I want to be in a position to influence not just health care but community care,” he says. “So many of our inner- city neighborhoods require a collaborative effort for revitalization without gentrification, and I think health care organizations are often perfectly posi- tioned to play a major role as community catalysts.”


Read interviews with each of this year’s President's Medallion recipients: LUC.edu/presidents-medallion


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