Loyola plans to hold in-person 2020 Commencement in August
April 8, 2020
Loyola will hold an in-person commencement ceremony for graduating seniors the weekend of August 7-8 at Loyola University, according to an email from University President Tania Tetlow. "We know how important it is for you and your families to hear your name and see you walk across the stage, so we...
Asia Wong: “Mental health should not be sacrificed to fit the new reality”
April 7, 2020
COVID-19’s global takeover has shoved Loyola students into their homes in hopes of stopping the invisible enemy from spreading. But since the campus has cleared, anxiety, depression and mental illnesses have cluttered some students’ minds during self-isolation. “Being at home has definitely...
Loyola’s pass-fail option to open Monday
April 3, 2020
Interim Provost Maria Calzada announced that the portal to change classes to the Pass/Fail grading system for undergraduate students will open on Monday, April 6. This follows the announcement that the university will allow students to opt-in to the Pass/Fail grading system away from a letter grading...
University to offer prorated refunds, credits for housing, meal plans
April 3, 2020
Students who lived on-campus or had meal plans will be eligible for prorated refunds and credits, according to an email sent to students by Sarah Kelly, senior vice president for enrollment management and student affairs. Kelly said the university is in the process of posting prorated room credits...
Breaking: Loyola to hold virtual commencement on May 9
Jc Canicosa
April 3, 2020
Loyola plans to have a virtual commencement event on May 9, the original date of graduation, for the Class of 2020. President Tania Tetlow sent out an email to the student body updating the class about their future plans for commencement. "After incredible amounts of hard work, and now utter heroics...
Immunocompromised students react to the school year ending
Amy Ngo, Pack News
April 2, 2020
Loyola University New Orleans made the announcement that classes for the rest of the spring semester would move online on Wednesday, March 11, 2020. This announcement didn’t come as a big surprise to students, as the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus started to grow in the country and in t...
Food service workers face reduced hours, layoffs
Daniel Schwalm and Shadera Moore
March 31, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to layoffs and reduced hours for Sodexo food service employees at Loyola, according to General Manager Andy Gaudiano. Gaudiano did not say exactly how many employees have been laid off, but he did say that the majority of Sodexo’s staff was affected by these changes. “Approximately...
President Tetlow answers questions after online transition
March 19, 2020
President Tania Tetlow held a virtual town hall on Youtube to address some common questions in the wake of the transition to online classes because of the coronavirus on March 19. Tetlow opened the meeting with a prayer and expressed her gratitude for the Loyola community and all of the hard work...
College of Music and Media adjunct diagnosed with COVID-19
March 18, 2020
An adjunct in the College of Music and Media has officially been diagnosed with COVID-19, according to an email from University President Tania Tetlow. Federal health privacy laws prohibit the publishing of the adjunct's name, but Tetlow said the individual is feeling okay and is in good spirits while...
Students will have option to make Spring semester courses pass/fail
Jc Canicosa
March 18, 2020
Undergraduate students, with the exception of registered nurse students, now have the option to switch some or all of their Spring 2020 courses to pass/fail courses. Maria Calzada, interim provost and vice president for Academic Affairs, sent out an email to the faculty and students on March 18 detailing...
University will allow preferred names and pronouns on LORA
March 18, 2020
Loyola will enforce a new policy this summer that hopes to prevent professors from misgendering and misnaming students.Students’ preferred names and pronouns from LORA will now automatically show up on Blackboard starting this summer. While students have been able to list their pronouns and pr...
Loyola law professor dies after contracting COVID-19
March 17, 2020
A volunteer adjunct professor at Loyola's College of Law and former federal magistrate judge James Carriere has died after contracting COVID-19, according to an email from University President Tania Tetlow. In the email sent out to students, Tetlow commemorated Carriere as a volunteer professor wh...
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