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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

Loyola faces a budget deficit, staff furloughs due to COVID-19

Loyola faces a budget deficit, staff furloughs due to COVID-19

Khayla Gaston June 14, 2020

Loyola is starting to grapple with the initial financial impacts of COVID-19, which University President Tania Tetlow predicts will leave the university with a budget deficit for this fiscal year, forcing...

The Communications/Music Complex at Loyola sits under a sunny sky May 17, 2020. During an October 2019 accrediting analysis of Loyolas mass communication program, visiting accreditors reported that Loyola’s school benefited from strong leadership and a diverse student body.

President Tetlow addresses community on racism, bias at Loyola

Andrew Lang June 12, 2020

University President Tania Tetlow spoke at a virtual town hall June 11 with over 50 members of the Loyola community about racism and bias at Loyola. The meeting was held in the wake of allegations of...

New ASU dean led Loyolas journalism school accreditation visit

New ASU dean led Loyola’s journalism school accreditation visit

Shadera Moore June 11, 2020

Arizona State University’s journalism school has named Kristin Gilger, business journalism professor, as its interim dean, after Sonya Duhé was removed as the school's incoming dean due to allegations...

Editorial: Loyola students deserve better

Editorial: Loyola students deserve better

Daniel Schwalm and Gabriela Carballo June 11, 2020

Last week, the Loyola School of Communication and Design was rocked by public accusations of racism and mistreatment raised by students against former director Sonya Duhé, who was slated to become the...

Loyola Grad Sophia Thomas joins President Donald Trump in the White House for national nurses day.

Loyola’s healthcare heroes reflect on fighting a global pandemic

Rae Walberg June 10, 2020

As a 13-year-old girl hospitalized for appendicitis, Sophia Thomas, A’17, felt vulnerable. She had to stay in a hospital alone for a week, away from her parents, depending solely on the care of nurses. That...

Clenched fist holding flag. There is ribbon wrapped around the arm.

How to Be an Effective Ally

Zia Sampson and Erin Haynes June 9, 2020

Since the murder of George Floyd on May 25, protestors across the world have been joining the Black Lives Matter movement to fight for racial equality and an end to police brutality. Various organizations...

The Communications/Music Complex at Loyola sits under a sunny sky May 17, 2020. During an October 2019 accrediting analysis of Loyolas mass communication program, visiting accreditors reported that Loyola’s school benefited from strong leadership and a diverse student body.

Faculty respond to student concerns, Sonya Duhé allegations

Zia Sampson June 9, 2020

Many students in Loyola’s School of Communication and Design are reeling after more than a dozen former and current students came forward with allegations of racist and insensitive conduct by former...

Sonya Duhé will not return to Loyola after losing ASU deanship over allegations of racism

Sonya Duhé will not return to Loyola after losing ASU deanship over allegations of racism

Rose Wagner June 8, 2020

Loyola will continue with plans to hire a new director of the School of Communication in Design even after Sonya Duhé, previous director of the school, was removed as the incoming dean at Arizona State...

Sonya Duhé poses in front of the anchor desk in Studio A at Loyola. Duhé is suing Loyola University New Orleans, where she taught for more than a decade, claiming the school violated her contract by not welcoming her back as a member of its faculty after Arizona State University nixed her as its next journalism dean amid allegations of racism back in June.

ASU nixes Sonya Duhé as next journalism dean amid allegations of racism, insensitivity

Rose Wagner June 7, 2020

Sonya Duhé, outgoing Loyola journalism director, will not be the next journalism dean at Arizona State University after allegations of racist and insensitive conduct by Duhé during her time at Loyola...

Arizona State Universitys Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication building is pictured on Wednesday, March 20, 2019. ASU students are petitioning for the removal of incoming ASU dean and outgoing Loyola director Sonya Duhé after allegations by former Loyola students of racist and insensitive behavior came to light earlier this week.

ASU students petition for Sonya Duhé’s removal as incoming dean

Rose Wagner June 6, 2020

Nearly 1,000 people have signed a petition by Arizona State University students calling for the removal of Sonya Duhé, incoming dean of the ASU journalism school and outgoing Loyola journalism director,...

The Alder Hotel Uptown is a mile away from Loyola University New Orleans. Loyola has just announced a deal with The Adler to house some of the displaced upperclassmen during the Fall 2020 semester. Photo credit: Alexandria Whitten

Upperclassmen who were denied on-campus living can apply for housing at the Alder Hotel

Rae Walberg June 5, 2020

A Loyola partnership with a local hotel will allow recently displaced upperclassmen to apply for fall semester housing off-campus, according to an email sent out to students. The decision to partner...

Sonya Duhé poses in front of the anchor desk in Studio A at Loyola. Duhé is suing Loyola University New Orleans, where she taught for more than a decade, claiming the school violated her contract by not welcoming her back as a member of its faculty after Arizona State University nixed her as its next journalism dean amid allegations of racism back in June.

Outgoing Loyola director under investigation at Arizona State

Rose Wagner June 5, 2020

Arizona State University is investigating Sonya Duhé, Loyola’s outgoing journalism school director and the recently-appointed Dean of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication...

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