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GRADUATE SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS
April 12, 2021
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IMPORTANT DATES & DEADLINES
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APR 14 (Updated): Last day to withdraw with a grade of "W." After this date the penalty grade of "WF" is assigned.
APR 15: Fall Registration begins.
APR 30: Spring semester ends.
MAY 3-8: Final examinations.
MAY 11: Commencement Ceremony - Virtual
For complete list, see the Graduate School Key Dates and Deadlines.
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Louie
ID: Dog, blue heeled mix, Age 6
CARETAKERS: Cullen Lilley, MD/MA Candidate: medicine and bioethics/health policy
FAVORITE PASTIMES: Playing with other dogs in the snow.
FAVORITE SNACK: Potato chips.
NOTABLE QUIRK: Hopping when running, pouncing on toys, and hiding under our bench.
Graduate School students, faculty and staff are highly encouraged to submit their pet pictures and profiles to gradschool@luc.edu to be featured in our weekly announcements!
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All LUC Students Eligible for COVID-19 Vaccine
The Office of the President and the Wellness Center are excited to share the news that all students are eligible to register for COVID-19 vaccine appointments in Illinois starting today, Monday, April 12! Students are encouraged to schedule an appointment for vaccination.
Below are important details on timing and eligibility:
- Starting on Monday, April 12, Illinois residents age 16 or older will be eligible to make an appointment for a vaccine outside of Chicago.
- If you live in Chicago and are age 16 or older, you are welcome to travel outside Chicago to receive a vaccine in Illinois or Indiana.
- If you live in Chicago and you want to get a vaccine in Chicago, the Chicago Department of Public Health plans to open appointments to Chicagoans age 16 or older starting on Monday, April 19.
Click here for more information on the vaccine and finding appointments.
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Upload Your Vaccination Card
Loyolans can now upload their COVID-19 vaccination cards to the Loyola Health function of the Loyola mobile application. The Wellness Center will verify your vaccination card after it is uploaded.
To upload your card, please follow the steps outlined below:
- Open the Loyola mobile app and select the “Loyola Health” function. From there, you will see a login page. Log in using your UVID and password.
- After logging in, select “Upload Vaccination” on the top menu.
- Select the vaccine type (Pfizer, Moderna, or Johnson & Johnson), enter the date of your first and/or second doses, and upload your vaccination card. An image of the upload form can be found below.
- After entering all information, click “Submit” to save the vaccination card.
Please note that the verification process through the Wellness Center will take some time. We appreciate your patience.
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HEERF II Student Share Grant Application
To serve students and ensure learning continues during the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Department of Education earlier this year announced additional funding available to higher education institutions. This funding is allocated to the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund II (HEERF II) by the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (CRRSAA).
Students can now access the online application for HEERF II Student Share Grants at forms.LUC.edu/heerf. Applications submitted through Tuesday, April 20 at 5 PM CST will be included in the Priority Application Period. Please refer to the HEERF II Policy available at LUC.edu/heerf for complete information concerning student and expense eligibility and Loyola’s approach to distributing these funds, especially to students with exceptional need.
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Participate in a Food Security Survey
We are asking Loyola students to participate in a Food Security survey that will help the Loyola community know the impact of COVID-19 on student’s livelihoods. Participating in this survey will help the Loyola community formulate steps to address food insecurity within our student population. Please find the link to the survey below:
This Survey will only take approximately 15 - 20 mins. If you have any questions and/or concerns, please contact Frances Rafferty (frafferty@luc.edu) or Mariana Valencia Mestre (mvalenciamestre@luc.edu).
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Fundamentals in College Teaching and Course Design
As part of the School of Education’s Online Certificate in Curriculum and Pedagogy in Higher Education, this inaugural course will be offered this summer:
ELPS 502: Fundamentals in College Teaching and Course Design
May 24th to July 2nd – Mondays, 5:00-8:30 PM (synchronous) with Dr. Aurora Chang
This course introduces students to effective curriculum design and teaching principles and practices to effectively engage post-secondary students from diverse backgrounds. Students will engage in various activities that will allow them to better understand, develop, assess, and implement course material that is engaging, appropriate, and of high-impact.
Click here for more information and contact Dr. Aurora Chang if you have any questions.
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14th Annual Dissertation Writing Retreat (Virtual)
May 24 - 28, 2021
Need some assistance in scheduling time for your writing? Think about participating in the Graduate School’s Virtual Writing Retreat – a week-long, all-day program designed to support you in completing your dissertation, run by the Graduate School and various colleagues from Loyola departments.
This virtual workshop will run from 9:00 am– 4:00 pm, May 24 (Monday) through May 28 (Friday). You must be able to commit to the entire week and all day. Interested students must indicate their interest to Heather Sevener, Assistant Dean, Student Services, no later than May 1, 2021. Click here for more information on the program and how to participate.
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Work Along with Heather
Are you sick of working alone in your room? Looking for someone to give you a bit of a pep talk every once in a while or jump start your writing week? Hang out with Assistant Dean Heather Sevener on Zoom! This isn’t a meeting, you won’t have to talk, it’s just a chance to connect if you miss the feeling of working around others. Come and go as you please. What have you got to lose?
EVERY MONDAY from 9:00 to 10:30 AM on ZOOM
Questions? Email Heather at hsevene@luc.edu
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150 Scholar Series Event
A worldwide pandemic has not slowed our Jesuit mission of education and research. Throughout the spring 2021 semester, we encourage our campus and global community to gather for a special 150th Anniversary series of reflection and dialogue with some of Loyola’s most esteemed faculty. We invite you to join us for this upcoming 150th Scholar Series event:
Anti-Racism at Loyola University Chicago: Pedagogy and Practice
Tuesday, April 13 from 4-5:30 PM (CST)
Scholars from across the University will come together in a panel to discuss anti-racist pedagogy and practice, highlighting what has been done and what the future will entail for Loyola to fulfill its goal of becoming an anti-racist institution. Register here.
Panelists:
- Sasha Adkins, PhD, MPH Lecturer, School of Environmental Sustainability
- Malik S. Henfield, PhD, Founding Dean, Institute for Racial Justice, Professor, School of Education
- Amy Nelson Christensen, PhD, NCSP Chair, Anti-Racism Initiative, Clinical Assistant Professor of School Psychology, School of Education
- Rebecca Valeriano-Flores, Doctoral Student in Philosophy
Moderated by: Dana Garbarski, PhD, Associate Professor of Sociology, Director of the University Core Curriculum, Moriah Johnson, MPP, Doctoral Student in Sociology, and Norberto Grzywacz, PhD, Provost and Chief Academic Officer
Christopher Columbus: Should He Stay or Should He Go? The Legacy of the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 and Multicultural Chicago Today
Tuesday, April 20 from 4-5:30 PM (CST)
Last July, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot decided to remove the city’s three Columbus statues for fear they would become sites of violent confrontations between factions that disagree upon the significance of Columbus’s legacy in the founding of the United States. The removal of these statues has intensified the already heated debate surrounding the role of public monuments, which by definition are supposed to reflect the values of the community in which they are erected. It is significant that two of the three statues are linked to the first declared national celebration of Columbus Day and the subsequent inauguration of the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893.
This presentation seeks to contextualize the erection of the city’s Columbus monuments, comparing views on American identity and diversity as espoused in the 1890s with our current understandings of them. It is no coincidence that President William Henry Harrison’s first declaration of a national Columbus Day celebration coincided with the end of the Indians wars, the close of the frontier, and the first wave of immigration of “alien” people from Southern and Eastern Europe. What symbolic meaning was attached to Columbus then, and to what end? And how can we reconcile the symbolism of the past with contemporary multicultural perspectives? Christopher Columbus: should he stay or should he go?
Presented by:
Carla Simonini, PhD, Founding Director and Paul and Ann Rubino Endowed Professor of Italian American Studies
Moderated by: Norberto Grzywacz, PhD, Provost and Chief Academic Officer, Loyola University Chicago
Register here today. For a complete list of upcoming 150 Scholar Series events, please visit our website.
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CURL Friday Seminar:
Talking Back to Power Through Art and Activism
Friday, April 16th, 2021 | 10:30 AM to 12:00 OM (CST)
Zoom (registration link below)
Presenter:
Aram Han Sifuentes, Artist in Residence, Department of Fine and Performing Arts, LUC
Description:
Aram Han Sifuentes uses art to disrupt, unsettle, and rupture dominate narrative to assert, demand, and claim spaces for those who are commonly othered, particularly for immigrants of color. She will talk about her projects U.S. Citizenship Test Sampler, Protest Banner Lending Library, and Official Unofficial Voting Station: Voting for All Who Legally Can’t and how she uses art to confront social and racial injustices against the disenfranchised and riff off of official institutions and bureaucratic processes to reimagine new, inclusive, and humanized systems of civic engagement and belonging.
Please join us and spread the word. All are welcome at CURL's seminars. To register for the seminar and receive a link to join us on Zoom, please REGISTER HERE.
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Virtual Workshop on African American Research
Dates: June 2-4, 2021
Application deadline: Monday, April 19, 2021
Eligibility: PhD candidates and advanced doctoral program graduate students; U.S. citizen or permanent resident
The Michigan Center for African American Aging Research (MCUAAAR) and Program for Research on Black Americans (PRBA) is pleased to announce its 2021 Summer Mentoring Workshop on African American Research. Drs. Robert Joseph Taylor, Khari Brown and Amanda Woodward are the program faculty.
This workshop for advanced graduate students emphasizes training in numerous areas including: 1) publishing in peer review journals, 2) writing grant proposals to the NIH, 3) the tenure process, 4) ethical conduct of research, 5) successful mentoring and collaborative relationships, and, most importantly, 6) how to navigate the academy. The primary objectives are on research skill enhancement, career mentoring, and professional development.
More information on how to apply can be found here. To apply, go to this link.
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JOBS, INTERNSHIPS & FELLOWSHIPS
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Hank Center Graduate Assistantship
The Hank Center is offering a 9-month graduate assistantship to a student currently enrolled in a doctoral program housed in the Graduate School. The Graduate Assistant will work with the Center Director and staff on various projects and tasks designed to enhance the running of the office, research projects and initiatives, and our many calendared events. This assistantship is renewable through the term of the applicants degree program, up to four years. The successful applicant will be someone whose doctoral work and research touch upon Catholic intellectual life and culture. Candidates from English, History, Philosophy and Theology are preferred. Applicants must possess excellent organizational ability as well as research and analytical skills. Student will need facility with web management, a general knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite. Strong writing skills and a demonstrated attention to detail are also desired.
In addition, the applicant should be conversant in and supportive of the Catholic intellectual tradition and have outstanding interpersonal skills. All interested candidates should send—electronic only—a cover letter, which speaks directly, and with examples, to the skill and abilities required for the position, their resume/CV, and the names and contact information of two references to Dr. Michael P. Murphy (mmurphy23luc.edu).
Applications must be submitted by April 19, 2021 at 5:00 PM. The position will begin on August 16, 2021.
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SDMA 2021-2022 Graduate Internships
The Department of Student Diversity & Multicultural Affairs (SDMA) is hiring for three graduate intern positions for the 2021-2022 academic year. All positions are part-time and compensated at an hourly rate of $18. We are looking to diversify our applicant pool and would greatly appreciate your support in sharing these opportunities with your graduate/professional students.
Graduate Intern, LGBTQIA Initiatives
Graduate Intern, Leadership & Advocacy
Graduate Intern, Womxn of Color Initiative
Applications are available on Handshake and the deadline to apply is April 22nd. More information is available at the links above. There are additional graduate intern positions available through the Division of Student Development, which can be accessed at this link.
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Spring 2021 EDGE Fellowships
The graduate student organization EDGE (Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education) is pleased to announce that they are accepting applications for 2 fellowships this spring. EDGE will be awarding 1 Needs-Based Fellowship in the amount of $500 and 1 Academic Fellowship in the amount of $400.
Applications must be emailed to edge@luc.edu by April 30, 2021. Please see the attached document for our application template and further details.
Any questions can be directed to edge@luc.edu.
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