The Office of Mission and Ministry is developing a new center to open in the fall 2012 semester, which will use research to improve university volunteer service. The center will be called the Center for Community Engagement, said Josh Daly, the assistant director for Service, Justice and Sustainability. Daly is serving as the director of developing the center. The center is part of Loyola 2012, the university strategic plan approved May 15, 2009. The strategic plan says the center's development started in the fall 2009 semester.
The cold blue tones of G-minor swell through keys beneath my fingers. An ocean of sound is pouring against my skin. I close my eyes, letting dancing, twirling melodies embrace me, take me. I have known no greater comfort than the resounding keys of a piano in a dimly lit room, the cascading cry of two violins bowing in perfect harmony, the warmth of a folk trio on the ancient streets of New Orleans. In the cracks and corners of my life, in the flurries of sorrowful darkness and beautiful bouts of community and love, I find my forever friend, Music. It is the force of life in my bones, the harmonious prayer I breathe on my lips, through my fingers.
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