I feel like we haven’t talked in ages. Recently, however, I have been operating on an over-booked over-homeworked schedule. My days were usually beginning at 6 am and ending at 6 am…..so let’s just say the library and I had a kind of mid-winter fling this week!
Requiring much of my energy has been the Resident Assistant application process, which involves three separate interviews. (Resident Assistants are hired by the University to work in the Residence Halls). I’ll have the news by February 26…..and, after my mom, you’ll be the first to know!
Also, I have been involved in another exciting aspect of University life. Drum roll please……………………. I am proud to present to you the newest member of the Undergraduate Admission’s Death Defying S.A. Berets. Student Ambassadors is our name, jaw-dropping tours is our game! Over the last few weeks as a new recruit I have endured Student Ambassador Boot Camp: 7 hours of classroom cross-training and a marathon of follow tours, accompanied by a complete mental examination, and Team Leader and Executive Board inspection. In any case, after this week I should proudly stand tall as a member of the greatest tour-guide platoon throughout the nation!
Compliments of yours truly, I would be honored to offer you your very own virtual tour of campus. Let me acquaint you with some of my favorite places on campus. I’ll be walking backwards...so warn me if I’m about to trip over any periods or semicolons….
Welcome to Loyola University Chicago Lake Shore Campus. As we begin our tour this evening let me begin by introducing you to Loyola’s permanent angels on campus, Mund and Elein. This quite strapping duo stands steadfast amid the erudite entrance of our Mundelein Center (one of our academic buildings on campus). As great receivers of prayer, our angles have been known to lend a helping hand on Art History Mid-terms as well as the occasional Acting 101 Finals. INSIDER’S SCOOP: The Mundelein Center was once an all women’s college and the tallest building in Chicago (all 14 floors of it). Mund and Elein welcome you…
Loyola also has its very own mansion on campus to fit all of our necessary “royal” needs! Voted one of the 30 most beautiful mansions in Chicago…not that we brag...Piper Hall is currently home to our Gannon Women’s Center and various benefits on campus.
Did I mention that Loyola’s Lakeshore campus features a lake? Feast your eyes upon the beauty of our very own Lake Michigan…..icebergs are a limited time offer!
Here is a look at what I like to call "Loyola Cod". Just North of this pier is Hartigan Park Beach--every Loyola girl's tanning dream!
Also here at Loyola we have our very own “Blue Light Specials” scattered all throughout campus. These are 11 second emergency response boxes located throughout campus. This security procedure is one of many that Loyola Campus Police take on campus to ensure the safey of all students.
Continuing our V.I.P. tour, here at Loyola we are lucky to have quite a celebrity permanently on campus. Elizabeth Ann Seton herself is a "Loyola frequent," who is often on prayer duty for our Biology, Pre-Med students and the occasional triple major, Chemistry, Biology, and Physics majors….whose prayers must come first!
Let me now welcome you to my favorite building on campus: Madonna della Strada Chapel. Recently having undergone a $6 million renovation project, our Madonna is simply stunning. Donning a beautiful new baptismal font and gorgeous imported Italian marble flooring, our chapel can now accommodate Baptisms and weddings for our alumni…..although I wouldn't put my name on the list just yet…no need for a husband at this point! Madonna is also home to our student 9pm Sunday masses, which are a glorious liturgy of music and prayer. Over 500 students attend every week--the largest regular on-campus student gathering!
"Going to the Chapel, Gonna get married."
My favorite Station of the Cross and stain glass window~
This beautiful glass building is our newest addition to the Loyola Family: the Richard J. Klarchek Information Commons. With new state-of-the-art technology, our “IC” stands proud as the Greenest or most environmentally efficient building in Chicago. Complete with solar-powered electricity, a run-off rain system, as well as computer-monitored windows that adjust to different temperatures and light intensities, our IC is every student's dream come true. The IC is home to (here come the numbers….) 700 student study spaces and 216 computer stations, 80% percent of which are PC and 20% Mac. However, if technology causes you severe mental anguish, the IC also offers a completely technology free reading room, complete with fireplace and the most sophisticated armchairs.
Moving right along, let me point out our observatory on campus. A current home to physics majors, our observatory has been put out of commission. Word on the street is it that a combination of the vibrations from the EL and the omnipresent Chicago-glow impeded proper telescope use.
Let us not forget our "activity superplex", CFSU, Centennial Forum Student Union--the one-stop-hot-spot for student life. Feeling a little out-of-the-loop? Been spending way too much quality time with your Calculus book? Need a life? CFSU is the answer. Whether it is information about upcoming Loyola events on campus, like tickets tickets to see Plain White T's, or $5 tickets to the world-acclaimed production of Wicked, CFSU has it all.
Finally, the window to the world beyond Loyola….our EL. Directly behind what I like to call “Loyola’s Time Square”, the red-line Loyola stop; although it looks kind of Maroon to me...if you catch my drift! Sporting their maroon and gold LU paraphernalia, Loyola students can be spotted all over the great city of Chicago. Keep an eye out for us!
Well, what do you think? Oh, don’t worry you’ve just begun to see Loyola…..S.A. Updates to follow!
This S.A. goes marching on....
Over and out,
Michelle
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