Past News and Events
- President's Forum 2008 - Parag Khanna, October 29, 2008
Director of the Global Governance Initiative and Senior Research Fellow in the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation. Read more »
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President's Forum 2008 - Holocaust Remembrance, November 6, 2008
Guest Lecturer will be Dr. Deborah Lipstadt, Professor of Modern Jewish and Holocaust Studies at Emory University. Read more> -
Loyola Presidential Forum on Faithful Citizenship, October 1, 2008
Topic: The Bishops' call for "a renewed kind of politics” that focus
- more on moral principles than on the latest polls,
- more on the needs of the weak than on benefits for the strong,
- more on the pursuit of the common good than on the demands of narrow interests.
Moderator: Larry Lorenz
Keynote Speaker: John Carr (U.S. Conference of Bishops) Read more>
- President's Convocation Remarks - August 18, 2008 - html | pdf
- New Orleans Ethics Review Board issues first yearly report since founding,
May 14, 2008
Board hires city’s first inspector general and recommends city employees be trained in ethics rules and regulations.
(NEW ORLEANS) – The New Orleans Ethics Review Board (ERB) today issued its first annual report since its creation in January 2007. The most important work the ERB undertook was a national search to identify and hire an inspector general (IG) and set up an Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the first time in the city’s history. The New Orleans City Council established the ERB under the city’s Home Rule Charter to enforce the city’s code of ethics and reform the process for rewarding city contracts. The ERB also issued today the first annual report by city Inspector General Robert Cerasoli. Read more.
- President’s Task Force on Safety Update, May 12, 2008
According to the recent Reader’s Digest 2008 March issue, Loyola University New Orleans received an A rating for its safety record and was listed, among other top universities, as being one of the safest universities in the country. Read more.
- Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Washington D.C.
I recently attended Pope Benedict XVI’s address to Catholic educators in Washington, D.C. in April. This address was one of the most highly anticipated speeches of his visit to the United States. While some domestic critics said he might chide Catholic educators for what they believe is a drift away from the faith, he spoke affectionately of the American church and praised its educators, showing appreciation for schools at every level for the role they play. For all of us in Catholic education, there is an ongoing work of mission. He challenged us to keep working at it. We have to constantly ask ourselves how we can do it better. One great thing universities do for the church is that they are places where people can argue and try to understand. Part of what that does is to strengthen the church’s positions. As universities, we will always be places of argument and question. That is part of our nature. Read more.
Remarks by Pope Benedict XVI, The Catholic University of America,
April 17, 2008
- 2008 President’s Forum on Current Issues and Controversies
APRIL 2, 2008, 7 p.m., To Protect and Serve, How Police Departments Affect the Well-Being of Communities, Dr. John Alderdice, Speaker. View video from April 2nd forum. - President's Comments from the Benefactors Dinner - February 22, 2008
- President's Forum -The Qur'an, A New American Scripture - January 30, 2008 (Video)
View Video from the January 30th Forum - The Qur'an, A New American Scripture - Master Plan Update - January 29, 2008
This initial draft plan emerged from conversations by the staff of Kell Muñoz with the University Space Committee, the Classroom Enhancement Committee, the Council of Deans, and student representatives. Please review the draft and e-mail your comments and suggestions to mastplan@loyno.edu. Your feedback will be helpful in preparing the final draft plan that we will present to the Board of Trustees for review.
- NPR interview with Fr. Wildes and the Inspector General Robert Cerasoli January 24, 2008
