Loyola Marymount University
(LMU) is a comprehensive co-educational private
Roman Catholic Jesuit university in Los Angeles, California
, United States. The University is one of 28
member institutions of the
Association of
Jesuit Colleges and Universities and one of five
Marymount institutions of higher
education. LMU was created in 1973 by the merger of Marymount
College and Loyola University of Los Angeles. Loyola Marymount is
the parent school to
Loyola Law
School located in downtown Los Angeles. The university has
consistently been ranked as having one of the most beautiful
campuses in the United States. Today, Loyola Marymount is the
largest Catholic University on the West Coast.
History
St. Vincent's College, first location,
1866
The names "Loyola" and "Marymount" have long been associated with
Catholic higher education in countries around the globe.
Saint Ignatius Loyola, founder of
The Society Of Jesus, sanctioned
the foundation of his order's first school in 1548. The
Religious of the Sacred
Heart of Mary have conducted educational institutions since
their establishment in France in 1849 by
Father Jean Gailhac.
These two traditions
of education have come together in Los Angeles as Loyola Marymount University.
St. Vincent's College, second location, 1905
The present University is the successor to the pioneer Catholic
college and first institution of higher learning in
Southern California.
In 1865, the Vincentian Fathers were
commissioned by Bishop Thaddeus
Amat y Brusi to found St. Vincent's College
for boys in Los
Angeles. John Asmuth,
C.M. served as the first President Rector. The college was
originally located in the Lugo Adobe House at the southeast corner
of Alameda Street and Los Angeles Street. The building was one of
few two-story complexes in the city at that time and had been
donated by Vincente Lugo.
Although the building no longer stands, its
original site is across Alameda Street from the current Union
Station
, on the Plaza near the southeast end of the city's
historic Olvera
Street
. After two years, the school moved several
blocks over. The campus was surrounded by Broadway, 6th Street,
Hill Street, and 7th Street.
St. Vincent's College folded into the
Society of Jesus's newly founded
Los Angeles College in 1911 as they simultaneously
opened their high school division (Loyola High
School
). Richard
A. Gleeson, S.J. served as
the first
Jesuit President.
Rapid growth prompted the
Jesuits
to seek a new campus on Venice Boulevard in 1917; with this move,
the name of the school was changed back to St. Vincent's College.
In 1918 the name was once again changed to
Loyola College
of Los Angeles. Graduate instruction began in 1920 with
the foundation of a separate law school (though instruction at the
undergradate level remained all male, women were admitted to the
law school). The law school was the first in Los Angeles to admit
Jewish students as at the time USC's law school did not. The school
relocated under then-President,
Joseph A. Sullivan, S.J., to the present Westchester
campus in 1929, and achieved university status in
1930 becoming Loyola University of Los
Angeles. Loyola Law
School did not move with the rest of the university, but
remains to this day in a location just west of downtown Los
Angeles
. The current law school campus was designed
by
Frank Gehry. The formation of a
graduate division occurred in June 1950, although the graduate work
had formed an integral part of the Teacher Education Program during
the preceding two years. Loyola University continued to be an
all-male school until its merger with Marymount College in 1973.
(Note: There were a few female students enrolled and articulated in
Loyola University the 5 years of transition to Loyola Marymount
University prior to 1973, primarily Engineering and Business
majors. Also, women were allowed to enroll in summer classes prior
to 1973.)
In separate though parallel developments, the
Religious of the Sacred
Heart of Mary began teaching local young women in 1923.
In 1933
Marymount Junior College opened as an all-women's
school in the Westwood
district of Los Angeles. The school became
Marymount College of Los Angeles when it started
awarding bachelor's degrees in
1948, and moved to the Palos Verdes Peninsula
in 1960.
In 1967 Raymunde McKay, R.S.H.M., President of Marymount College
had extended an invitation to Mary Felix Montgomery, C.S.J.,
General Superior of the
Sisters of
St. Joseph of Orange, to join in their affiliation with Loyola
University of Los Angeles. In 1968 the Religious of the Sacred
Heart of Mary and the
Sisters of Saint Joseph of Orange partnered in the governing
and staffing of Marymount College—it was then that Marymount
College moved to the Westchester campus of Loyola University as an
autonomous institution.
Simultaneously
St. Joseph College of Orange, a
four year liberal arts college for women religious run by the
Sisters of Saint Joseph of Orange, merged with Marymount College.
It became one of three branch campuses of Marymount College
(Orange, Palos Verdes, and Westchester); St. Joseph College of
Orange was renamed
Marymount College of Orange.
St.
Joseph's College was originally formed as St. Joseph's Teacher's
College, a junior college affiliated with The Catholic
University of America
in 1953. In 1959 it was incorporated as an
autonomous, four year institution and assumed assumed the St.
Joseph's College name. As part of the Marymount College Agreement,
Marymount College was administered "co-equally" by the Religious of
the Sacred Heart of Mary and the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange.
During the academic year, it remained a college for women religious
seeking their baccalaureate degrees; college courses were offered
to men and women during the summers at the Orange campus. Through
the merger of Marymount College and St. Joseph's College of Orange,
it was agreed that through joint administration and support of
Marymount College by both communities, the traditions and heritage
of both the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary and Sisters of
St. Joseph of Orange would be carried in the Marymount name in the
affiliation with Loyola University.
In 1970, the Student Governments of Loyola University
(ASLU—Associated Students of Loyola University) and Marymount
College (ASMC—Associated Students of Marymount College) joined to
form the Associated Students of Loyola and Marymount (ASLM).
After five years of sharing faculties and facilities, Loyola
University and Marymount College merged and formed
Loyola
Marymount University in 1973.
Through this union,
the expanded university maintained the century-old mission of
Catholic higher education in Los Angeles. At this time, ASLM became known as the
Associated Students of Loyola Marymount University (ASLMU).
Marymount College's four-year program subsequently separated from
its two-year program. The Marymount two-year program remained
incorporated as a separate institution and received accreditation
as such in 1971.
Marymount College, Palos
Verdes currently operates in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA.
With the merger of Loyola University and Marymount College in 1973,
the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange joined the Society of Jesus and
the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary as one of the sponsoring
religious communities of Loyola Marymount University. Marymount
College of Orange was renamed the
Orange Campus of Loyola
Marymount University. The Orange Campus offered continuing
education and summer courses to men and women through the 1980s.
The Palos Verdes campus of Marymount College was not part of the
merger between the two institutions and continues to offer a
two-year associate's degree program.
In 2007, the university reestablished its presence in Orange County
when the Theological Studies Department began offering a two-year
Master's program in Pastoral Theology in Orange, California. The
first cohort graduated in the Spring of 2009 and the second cohort
began the following the fall. The classes are held in the Marywood
offices of the Diocese of Orange, not far from the now defunct
Orange Campus of Loyola Marymount University.
In articulating a vision for this collegiate enterprise, the Board
of Trustees turned to the history of the four-century old
Jesuit educational philosophy, as well as
to the history and traditions of the
Marymount and
St. Joseph's
Sisters.
During the summer, the LMU campus plays host to a large number of
precocious children. It is the primary West Coast site for the
Center for Talented Youth
summer program operated by
Johns Hopkins University.
List
of Presidents of Loyola Marymount University
Campus
View of Bluff
Xavier Hall
LMU sits
atop a bluff of in the Westchester area of West Los Angeles located in
the Del Rey Hills. The original were donated to the
university by
Harry Culver. Xavier
Hall, named for St.
Francis Xavier,
S.J., a companion of St. Ignatius of Loyola, S.J., and St. Robert's
Hall, named for St. Robert Bellarmine, S.J., a cardinal and Doctor
of the Church, were the first two buildings to be built on the
current Westchester Campus. Following their completion in 1929,
Xavier Hall housed both the Jesuit Faculty and the students at the
time while St. Robert's Hall served as the academic and
administrative building.
Sacred Heart Chapel and the Regents Bell Tower were the next
non-residential structures to be built on the campus (1953-1955).
The Malone Student Center, named for Lorenzo M. Malone, S.J., an
alumnus of the university and former Dean of Students and Treasurer
of the University, was completed in 1958 and renovated in 1996. LMU
now houses 36 academic, athletic, administrative, and event
facilities as well as 12 on-campus residence halls (dormitory and
suite models) and six on-campus apartment complexes.
The campus also houses two large open grass areas not reserved for
athletic play. Both Alumni Mall and Sunken Gardens provide scenery
to the campus that is already laden with views of the entire Los
Angeles Basin, Marina del Rey, Playa Vista, Playa del Rey, and the
Pacific Ocean.
University Hall
Sculpture Gardens
The university's acquisition of University Hall in 2000 brought to
the campus a new entrance as well as much needed office and
classroom space. University Hall is a facility unique to any
academic institution , in that it was originally constructed for
Hughes Aircraft as their world
headquarters, and converted from an exclusively corporate facility,
to a building thriving with academic life. Loyola Marymount
University acquired the building in January 2000 from
Raytheon, which bought Hughes Aircraft. LMU
completed the interior remodel of approximately in April 2001. The
building itself, which houses the university's Bellarmine College
of Liberal Arts, is constructed of steel and concrete, and is
divided into seven separate structures above ground. University
Hall has over of floor space, and contains over 1,000 parking
spaces in 3 underground levels. The of atrium space has, and will
continue to be the venue for many LMU events. LMU is currently
constructing a new building, the "Ortega," donated by Mrs.
Ortegafor Hispanic Studies.
The Princeton Review has recently ranked LMU as having the 7th most
beautiful campus in America. . CampusSqueeze college e-zine ranked
LMU as having the 3rd most beautiful campus in America.
Sustainability
LMU has a large solar electric rooftop array that generates 868,000
kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, providing 6 percent of the
annual campus electrical needs. The university purchases another 6
percent of its electrical energy through
renewable energy credits. LMU has
committed to LEED Silver standards for all new construction on
campus. There are three
LEED-certified
buildings on campus. All new and renovated roofing projects include
installation of a highly reflective white membrane cool roof.
Student sustainability jobs are available within the recycling
program, and the student government has a position dedicated to
environmental responsibility. Loyola Marymount earned a grade of a
"B-" on the College Sustainability Report Card 2010, published by
the Sustainable Endowments Institute.
Academics
Loyola Law School
In
addition to being the parent school of Loyola Law School in Downtown Los
Angeles, Loyola Marymount is also the home to six colleges
and schools. LMU also offers an
Air Force ROTC program, an Honors Program in
which the students have a different core curriculum, and several
year-long, semester, and summer study abroad programs across the
Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. Admission to LMU is
competitive. Students from every U.S. state attend LMU. Some of the
recent honors received by LMU are:
- U.S.
News & World
Report, in its "Best Colleges 2009," ranked Loyola
Marymount 4th out of schools in the West that offer a full range of
masters and undergraduate programs.
- Named among the “25 cutting edge schools with an eye toward the
future” Kaplan’s “You Are Here” College Guide, 2008
- Included in “Best 366 Colleges,” “Best Colleges in the West”,
"Happiest Students" and “10 Most Beautiful Campuses” Princeton
Review, 2008
- Ranked 4th in “Best Universities With Master’s Program in the
West” U.S. News & World Report, 2008
- BusinessWeek magazine, 2007 Entrepreneurship program named
among top 10 in the nation Princeton Review and Entrepreneur
magazine, 2007
- The part-time MBA program is ranked #4 in the nation according
to Business Week 2007; and #14 in the nation, US News & World
Report, 2008
- Named a “top producer” of Fulbright scholars, 2006–07 Institute
of International Education
- Named “Hottest for Hispanics” Newsweek/Kaplan’s “How to Get
into College” Guide, 2006
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
The Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts includes twenty-five
undergraduate programs of study as well as five graduate programs
of study. It embodies the wider University goals of liberal
education, which is the heart of the University's core curriculum
for all undergraduates. The college is named for the Jesuit
scholar,
St. Robert Cardinal
Bellarmine, S.J., a cardinal and Doctor of the Church.
College of Communication and Fine Arts
The College of Communication and Fine Arts offers majors in Art
History, Communication Studies, Dance, Music, Studio Arts, and
Theatre Arts as well as a graduate program in Marital and Family
Therapy. The Department of Music has long been known for its choral
organizations. Two choruses provide singing opportunities for a
broad cross section of the university community. Promoting the
university's long tradition, the 100-voice Concert Choir presents
music for mixed voices. The smaller, more advanced Consort Singers
presents varying styles of choral music and frequently appears in
the Los Angeles area as the ambassador group for the university. It
is also the parent college of Loyola Marymount's award winning
Debate Team. The Debate Team frequently finishes in top positions
in both national and international tournaments. The current dean of
the College of Communication and Fine Arts is Barbara Busse.
College of Business Administration
Hilton Center for Business
The College of Business Administration was started to assist
inquisitive minds in learning more about the effective principles
and practice of business through foundation building, undergraduate
programs, and flexible graduate programs for advancing
professionals. It is home to eight undergraduate programs of study
as well as an
MBA
program for graduate studies.
Mission:The College of Business Administration’s mission is to
educate for ethical leadership. Education for ethical leadership is
fostering the development of a frame of mind which encourages
people to learn to take action, to motivate others, to achieve
results through others, to learn from mistakes, and to take
responsibility for organizing scarce resources to achieve desired
results. Education for ethical leadership is not just teaching
about ethics and leadership as disciplines. It is encouraging
people to observe, to think, to learn, and then to perform as
ethical leaders in any business function or activity, at any level.
It is teaching people to look for opportunities in which to
demonstrate their leadership skills and potentials. It is
encouraging leaders to be of service to others
Rankings:
- The part-time MBA program is ranked #4 in the nation according
to Business Week 2007;
- The part-time MBA program is ranked #12 in the nation, US News
& World Report 2009.
- BusinessWeek magazine, in 2007 ranked the Entrepreneurship
program among top 10 in the nation.
- According to U.S. News & World Report the MBA
Entrepreneurship emphasis and the MBA Accounting emphasis were
ranked #21 and #29 in those categories respectivley.
- Entrepreneur Magazine and Princeton Review ranked the Loyola
Marymount 17th in undergraduate entrepreneurship and 12th in
graduate entrepreneurship
Frank R. Seaver College of Science and Engineering
The Frank R. Seaver College of Science and Engineering, sees its
purpose to be the education of principled leaders. It contains
thirteen undergraduate programs of study as well as six graduate
programs. Graduate programs are offered in civil, electrical and
mechanical engineering, in environmental science, in computer
science, and in engineering management.
The college is committed to delivering science, engineering, and
mathematics education to students through individual attention with
emphasis on self-learning, service to society, and ethical
behavior. Undergraduate students experience close interactions with
the faculty as a result of small class sizes. Students conduct
sophisticated state-of-the-art research by working very closely
with their professors and they participate in various undergraduate
student research conferences and student design competitions.
The College was ranked 19th nationally by US News & World
Report's "2005 Best Colleges Guide" in the category of institutions
whose highest degree is a bachelor's or master's.
School of Education
Edward T.
The School of Education at Loyola Marymount has four undergraduate
programs of study (Elementary Education, Secondary Education,
Bilingual Education, and Special Education). A student wishing to
receive their credential upon graduation majors in any other
program and applies to one of the four undergraduate education
minors during their sophomore year. Many students seeking a
credential in Elementary Education major in the Bellarmine College
of Liberal Arts' Liberal Studies program, which is designed to
educate one in the various arts and letters they will be teaching
children. The School of Education also offers nine graduate
programs including a Doctorate in Education...
School of Film and Television
The School of Film and Television, established in 2003 and
consolidating LMU's already well-regarded programs in film and
television, offers curricula that hold storytelling as their unique
centerpiece. SFTV's vision, being grounded in humanism, innovation
and diversity, is unique and differentiated for a film school. A
range of advanced facilities and equipment are available to
students, including a film soundstage, a television stage, editing
labs, a screenwriting library, and sound studios. The primary
screening venue is the
Mayer
Theatre.
SFTV offers a B.A. in Production (Film & Television),
Screenwriting, Animation, and Recording Arts as well as an M.F.A.
in Production (Film & Television) and Screenwriting. Overall,
LMU has produced 5
Student Academy
Award winners. Alumni have also garnered several
Academy Awards and
Emmys.
Loyola Law School
Loyola Law School
is the
law school of Loyola Marymount
University.
Its Frank
Gehry-designed campus is located in the Pico-Union neighborhood
just west of downtown
Los Angeles, and is separate from the Westchester main university campus.
U.S.
News & World
Report ranked Loyola Law School 71st in its "America's
Best Graduate Schools 2010" feature. Loyola was ranked 21st overall
in the annual 2009
Judging
the Law Schools rankings.
Loyola ranks higher on alternative guides such as
The Princeton Review in
addition to the
Coolely rankings
(also known as the Brennan rankings)
[28501]. The Cooley Rankings ranked Loyola Law School
23rd in the Nation in 2008
[28502]
For speciality rankings:
Distinct from most law schools, which typically reside in one or
two centralized buildings, Loyola has a separate law school campus.
The
campus, sitting on a full city block just west of downtown Los
Angeles, is made up of an open central plaza surrounded by
several contemporary buildings designed by Frank Gehry.[28506] Its recently renovated library is one of the
largest private law libraries in the western U.S., with a collection of
nearly 560,000 volumes.[28507]
Including its day and evening
J.D.
programs, Loyola has the largest and most diverse student
enrollment of any California law school, and it prides itself in
its civic duties.
It was the first California law school with
a pro bono graduation
requirement,[28508] under which students perform 40 hours of
pro bono work.[28509] After Hurricane Katrina, Loyola was also one of
a handful of schools to open its doors to students of law schools
in New
Orleans
who were forced to relocate for a period of time
after the hurricane.[28510]
Organization
The governing body of Loyola Marymount is the school's independent
Board of Trustees, which is headed by a Chairman. The University's
executive officer is the President. Until 2009 the university
bylaws stated that the president must be a Jesuit; the Board of
Trustees voted to change this rule, opening the presidency up to
both members of the Society of Jesus and persons who are not part
of the religious order. Such revisions were suggested by the
American Assistancy of Jesuits, the collective body of Jesuits in
the United States, in response the declining number of Jesuits and
declining number of those Jesuits prepared to serve as the
president of a major university. The President is assisted by the
Chancellor, Assistant to the President, Director Internal Audit,
The Vice President for Mission and Ministry (under whom are the
Office of Campus Ministry and the Center for Ignatian Spirituality)
and the Vice President for Intercultural Affairs are also member of
the President's Office. The Executive Vice President & Provost
reports directly to the President and oversees all campus
operations. The President, Executive Vice President & Provost,
Senior Vice President & Chief Academic Officer (under whom are
the Deans of the Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts, College of
Business Administration, College of Communication and Fine Arts,
Seaver College of Science and Engineering, School of Education,
School of Film and Television, and University Libraries), Senior
Vice President for Administration, Senior Vice President &
Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President for Student Affairs,
Senior Vice President for University Relations, and Senior Vice
President Fritz B. Burns Dean of Loyola Law School make up the
University Cabinet. The Jesuit Community is headed by a Rector
(appointed by the Superior General of the Society of Jesus) who
serves as the ecclesial superior of the university, serving a
six-year term.
Sponsoring religious orders
LMU is sponsored primarily by three religious orders that have long
been associated with education, the
Society of Jesus, the
Religious of the Sacred
Heart of Mary, and the
Sisters of Saint Joseph of Orange. Although, other Religious
Orders such as the
Order of Our Lady of Mount
Carmel (Carmelites) and the
Sisters of Saint Louis also have
members employed on campus.
Society of Jesus
The Jesuit Community of LMU is the largest in the California
Province of the
Society of Jesus.
The campus' Jesuits were housed in Xavier Hall until the recent
completion of the new Jesuit Community Complex. LMU is home to 51
Jesuits (2006-2007 academic school year) holding various positions
in administrative, staff, and faculty positions throughout the
university. The LMU Jesuits also started and run Loyola
productions, a non-profit creative media company that builds on the
450 year old Jesuit tradition of effective involvement in the
communication arts.
Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary
The
Religious of
the Sacred Heart of Mary also house several religious sisters
adjacent campus. The Marymount sisters, like the Jesuit priests,
hold various faculty, staff, and administrative positions
throughout the university. They also sponsor the Marymount
Institute for Faith, Culture, and the Arts which attempts to
preserve the transformative educational tradition of the Religious
of the Sacred Heart of Mary and promotes a dialogue between faith
and culture as expressed in fine, performing, literary and
communication arts.
Sisters of Saint Joseph of Orange
Like the Jesuits and Marymount Sisters, the
Sisters of Saint Joseph of Orange play a great role in
preserving the Roman Catholic identity of the school. Several
sisters of the order reside adjacent to the campus, working in
administrative, staff, and faculty roles.
Campus Ministry
Sacred Heart Chapel and the Sunken
Gardens
As old as the University, the Peg Dolan, RSHM Campus Ministry
Center was originally titled University Chaplain, this office
became known as the Office Campus Ministry in 1973 with a
stipulation that the Director would be a Jesuit. By 1986 this
requirement was waived when Margaret ("Peg") Mary Dolan, R.S.H.M.
became the Director. In 2008, as part of the university's
Centennial Capital Campaign, it was announced that a $8-million
fundraising goal was set to endow the office as the Peg Dolan, RSHM
Campus Ministry Center in honor of Dolan's contributions to the
university. Dolan, an alumna of Marymount College's class of 1958,
received her Master's from LMU in 1974 and has served the
university as a housing director, campus minister, alumni chaplain,
director of campus ministry, director of alumni relations, resident
chaplain since, and alumni chaplain 1973. In 2008 the university
asked her to address the class of 2008 at the undergraduate
commencement exercises and she was awarded an honorary doctorate.
At the dedication ceremony in September 2008, over 700 alumni
returned to campus to honor her legacy at the university. When
Dolan passed away in 2009, over 1000 people returned to campus for
two days of liturgies celebrating her life.
Located at the north end of the University, Sacred Heart Chapel is
the main worship space on campus. A basilica style church, Sacred
Heart has two side alters and the Mary chapel, which is located
behind the crucifix, in addition to the main chapel space. The
chapel is lined by tall stained glass windows. Each window bears
the seal of one of the 28 other
Jesuit Universities in the United
States.
See:
Loyola
Marymount University, Campus Ministry
Mission Statement
Loyola Marymount University declares its mission and purpose to be
the following: the service of faith and the promotion of justice,
the encouragement of learning, and the education of the whole
person. Being rooted in Jesuit tradition, Loyola Marymount
University follows in their strong dedication to education. A
committee on campus meets regularly to analyze the campus' overall
strengths and weaknesses in fulfilling this mission
statement.
The Marymount Institute for Faith, Culture, and the Arts
Founded in 1991, the Marymount Institute was designed to help
strengthen the legacy and contributions of the Marymount tradition
at LMU, and encourages interdisciplinary and intercultural
scholarly and artistic activity in the form of research,
publication, exhibits, performances, conferences, seminars, and
lectures.
2008 saw the opening of the Marymount Institute Press. Itself an
imprint of Tsehai Publishers and Distributors, the MIP was founded
by the Ethiopian-born journalist, publisher, and social activist,
Elias Wondimu, and already has two publications to its credit:
"Panim el Panim: Facing Genesis, Visual Midrash" and "A Journey
into Love: Meditating with Piers Plowman".
The President's Marymount Institute Professor in Residence is Nobel
Laureate
Wole Soyinka.
Athletics
Athletic teams at Loyola Marymount are known as Lions; the school's
primary athletic affiliation is with the
West Coast Conference. While LMU has
had success in several sports, it is probably best remembered for
its men's
basketball teams between 1985
and 1990, with
Paul Westhead as coach.
To this day, LMU games occupy the top five spots in the list of
highest-scoring
NCAA Division I basketball games.
Especially well-remembered was the 1990 team, led by
Hank Gathers and
Bo
Kimble until tragedy struck in the WCC tournament. Gathers
collapsed during a game and died due to a previously diagnosed
heart condition.
Playing for their fallen teammate, the Lions
advanced to the Elite Eight (regional final) of the NCAA
tournament before falling to eventual champions UNLV
.
The
primary indoor athletic facility is Gersten Pavilion
.
Texas Rangers relief pitcher
C.
J. Wilson
attended and pitched at Loyola Marymount in 2001.
LMU Softball holds many records. It owns more titles than any other
PCSC (Pacific Coast Softball Conference) team, with three in 2003,
2005, and 2007. In 2007, Tiffany Pagano and LMU beat UCLA 4-2 in
the Los Angeles regional in the NCAA Tournament, to mark their
first win over the Bruins, and the first time that UCLA had not won
a regional and advanced to the Women's College World Series.
Student government
ASLMU, The Associated Students of Loyola Marymount University, is
the functioning student government. The government body is composed
of an Executive Branch, composed of the Management Team and Cabinet
Departments; a Legislative Branch, composed of the Senate; and a
Judicial Branch, composed of the Judicial Committee. The only
elected positions are those of the President, Vice President and
the Senate. Unlike the senators, the President and Vice President
have a limited term of two years.
Student media
Loyola Marymount has a rich history of student created and directed
media. As a private institution, LMU and its various student media
outlets have a tenuous relationship based on disagreements in
regards to First Amendment rights, access difficulties, and privacy
conerns.
Los Angeles Loyolan newspaper
The
Los Angeles Loyolan newspaper has been published for
over 80 years. It was originally titled
"The Cinder" for
the cinders kicked up by the trains passing the downtown campus of
St. Vincent's College.
The Loyolan has recently moved from
its long standing weekly Wednesday publication schedule to a twice
a week - Monday and Thursday - schedule.
The Loyolan is
supported by its advertising department which has historically paid
from 80% to 100% of the cost of publication. The Loyolan's regular
sections include "News", "Opinions", "Sports", "Arts &
Entertainment", and "Classified Ads".
In 2005, the paper won the Columbia Scholastic Press Association
award for "Best Four-Year Weekly Tabloid."
Tower Yearbook
Over the years, the Loyola University Los Angeles yearbook was
known by several titles including the
Lair Annual. After
the merger the university began publishing the annual
Tower
Yearbook which is financed through a mandatory annual student
yearbook fee (collected along with tuition).
The student-run yearbook at Loyola Marymount University was named
"Best in Show" at the 85th Annual National College Media Conference
in St. Louis, Mo. on Oct 30. "The Tower" took first place in the
"Yearbook 300-Plus" category among other prestigious colleges from
around the nation. The 2006 yearbook was honored for its unique
design and its "re: 2006" theme. Director of Student Media, Tom
Nelson, said "Editor in Chief Ashlee Goodwin and the entire Tower
staff put an incredible amount of effort into the 2006 yearbook,
which was not only the best but the largest ever produced at Loyola
Marymount University."
KXLU FM 88.9/ KLMU AM
KXLU (88.9 FM) is an FM radio station
broadcasting out of Loyola Marymount University in southwest Los
Angeles, California. It was first on the air in 1957, and recently
celebrated its 50th anniversary. It is a non-commercial college
radio station that plays many styles of music broadly classified
under rock, specialty, fine arts, and Latin jazz.
KXLU has an annual fundraising drive known as
"fundrazor" which supports the station's ongoing operation. The
station has a large following in the Los Angeles area.
KXLU is also the 'flagship' station for LMU
athletics featuring every Lions Men's basketball game each
season.
The university boasts both an AM/closed circuit and FM radio
station.KLMU is the other radio station on LMU's campus, which can
also be streamed online for listeners across the country. KLMU
offers undergraduates an opportunity to host their own radio
shows.
ROAR Network
ROAR Network is the newest student media on-campus. It
provides a forum for student produced programming to be broadcast
both via the on-campus cable TV system and, eventually, via the
local cable access system(s).
ROAR Network is the only TV
Station made for, and run by students on the LMU campus. The
station provides student produced programming every two weeks, with
its primetime block from 10:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. every night.
Current and previous episodes are also available for viewing and
download online at
ROAR Network's Website
Center for Service and Action
Unique to Loyola Marymount is its Center for Service and Action
(CSA). Dedicated to fostering the Jesuit principles of the service
of faith and promotion of justice, CSA offer students opportunities
to serve the campus and surrounding communities. The mission of CSA
is to educate and form men and women with and for others,
especially with and for the disadvantaged and the oppressed.
The Center for Service and Action resulted in LMU being awarded the
President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with
Distinction, the highest federal recognition a school can receive
for civil service.
One of the many opportunities provided by CSA to students looking
to do service work is the Alternative Break Program. LMU's
Alternative Breaks program promotes service and cultural exchange
on the local, national, and international level through hands-on,
community-based learning. Students are immersed in diverse contexts
throughout the world with concrete challenges that heighten social
awareness.
Service organizations
CSA also oversees LMU's student
service organizations. The seven service organizations work to help
the university and surrounding community of Los Angeles.
Each Service Organization has its own unique mission, history,
charism and organizational structure. The members of these
organizations make themselves available for on-campus service as
well as on-going commitments to serve at specific non-profit
agencies in Southern California. Each organization has a moderator
and a chaplain (though in some of the organizations the same priest
or woman religious serves as both moderator and chaplain).
The Center for Service and Action works with the service
organizations in fostering on-campus service and community service
as well as reflecting upon their experience of service. CSA
coordinates communication between the leadership of these
organizations, the Service Organization Council. CSA also
coordinates the distribution of the On-Campus Service
Requests.
The organizations and their respective dates of founding are
Crimson Circle (1929),
Belles (1960),
Gryphon
Circle (1968),
Ignatians (1981),
Sursum Corda
(1992),
Marians
(2003), and
Magis
(2003).
Campus Greek life
LMU is also home to a number of campus Greek Organizations. The
campus fraternities are as follows:
Alpha Delta Gamma (1952),
Sigma Chi (1991),
Sigma Phi Epsilon (1996),
Sigma Lambda Beta (1999),
Lambda Chi Alpha (2002),
Beta Theta Pi (2005). The campus sororities
are as follows:
Alpha Phi (1976),
Delta Gamma (1981),
Delta
Zeta (1986),
Kappa Alpha Theta
(1999),
Delta Sigma Theta (2000),
Sigma Lambda Gamma (2000),
Pi Beta Phi (2002),
Delta Delta Delta (2005), and
Sigma Gamma Rho (2006)
There are also a number of unrecognized Fraternities and Sororities
that contribute positively to campus life, although they receive no
official acknowledgment from the student Greek council and
university authorities. National Fraternities including Kappa Sigma
have petitioned Loyola Marymount University for acceptance but have
been denied despite heavy student involvement. Greek life is
gaining acceptance at Loyola Marymount, and events in the near
future will necessitate a greater need for more Greek organizations
and expansion.
Half of Loyola Marymount University's recognized
Fraternities have been accepted as part of
Greek life in the last ten years, and six of the recognized
Sororities have likewise been accepted in
recent years. This is evidence of a shift in the dynamic of the
University from a sleepy and small college towards a more
prestigious University with a heavily active student body.
Currently, approximately 26% of undergraduates are affiliated with
LMU's registered fraternities and sororities.
Notable alumni
Noted professors
References
- Princeton Review
- http://www.lmu.edu/about/Quick_Facts.htm
- The
Princeton Review
- 11Alive.com | Atlanta, GA | Top 20 Most Beautiful
Colleges
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http://greenreportcard.org/report-card-2010/schools/loyola-marymount-university
- http://www.endowmentinstitute.org
- http://cba.lmu.edu/cbafeatures/nationalrank.htm
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http://cba.lmu.edu/academicprograms/centers/entrepreneurship/Rankings.htm
- http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/22/movies/22john.html
- http://www.oscars.org/awards/saa/winners/winners.pdf
- http://sftv.lmu.edu/alumni.htm
- 2009 edition of Judging the Law Schools (accessed
May 2, 2009)
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http://www.princetonreview.com/law/research/profiles/rankings.asp?listing=1035876<ID=5&intbucketid=
- http://aslmu.lmu.edu/constitution_final.pdf
- "LMU Receives Award for Service" -
http://www.lmu.edu/Page44969.aspx
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