Revision as of 02:45, 4 June 2012 edit Zagalejo (talk \| contribs) Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users, Pending changes reviewers, Rollbackers 86,244 edits we'd do better with some specifics. this sounds like it comes from a school brochure. ← Previous edit		Revision as of 02:46, 4 June 2012 edit undo Tvaughn05 (talk \| contribs) 1,532 edits mNo edit summary Next edit →
Line 27: \|nickname = Ramblers \|mascot = LU Wolf \|colors = {{color box\|#~~000000~~800000}} [[~~Black]]<br>{{color box\|#FFCC00}} [[Gold~~Maroon (color)\|~~Gold~~Maroon]]<br>{{color box\|#~~800000~~FFCC00}} [[~~Maroon~~Gold (color)\|~~Maroon~~Gold]] \|endowment = $320 million<ref>As of June 30, 2010. {{cite web \| title = Loyola University Chicago \| work = The College Sustainability Report Card \| publisher = Sustainable Endowments Institute \| url = http://www.greenreportcard.org/report-card-2011/schools/loyola-university-chicago \| format = PDF \| accessdate = January 6, 2011}}</ref> \|website = http://www.luc.edu Line 35: '''Loyola University Chicago''' – colloquially referred to as '''Loyola''' – is a private [[Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities\|Jesuit university]] located in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], [[United States]]. It has six campuses throughout the city and suburbs of Chicago, in addition to a permanent campus in [[Rome, Italy]] and host programs in [[Beijing, China]] and [[Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam]]. Loyola has twelve undergraduate, graduate and professional schools offering 71 undergraduate majors, 85 master's, 31 doctoral degrees and 26 graduate-level certificate programs. <ref>[http://www.luc.edu/keyfacts/ Loyola University Key Facts</ref> Founded by the [[Society of Jesus]] in 1870 under the title St. Ignatius College, it is now the largest [[Jesuit]] university in the United States with a total enrollment of 16,040 and over 138,000 alumni.<ref>[http://www.luc.edu/ir/Enrollment/2011_Fall_Tenth_of_Term_enrollment.pdf "Fall 2010 Comparative Enrollment"] on the Loyola University Chicago website</ref> The main Lake Shore campus is located in the [[Rogers Park, Chicago\|Rogers Park]] and [[Edgewater, Chicago\|Edgewater]] neighborhoods of Chicago, along the shores of [[Lake Michigan]]. Loyola University Chicago maintains a strong national and international profile as a pioneer in environmental sustainability, ethical instruction and in the health sciences, business and humanities education. Loyola University Chicago's intercollegiate sports teams, commonly known as the "[[Loyola Ramblers]]", compete in [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) [[Division I (NCAA)\|Division I]] and the [[Horizon League]]. To this day, Loyola is the only Division I school in Illinois to ever win a national title in men's basketball. ==History== [[File:Madonna della Strada Chapel.JPG\|thumb\|left\|187px\|Madonna della Strada Chapel]] Established on June 30, 1870 as St. Ignatius College, Loyola University Chicago ~~was originally~~began ~~located~~instruction near [[University of Illinois at Chicago\|The University of Illinois at Chicago campus]] and began moving to its location along the shoreline in [[Rogers Park, Chicago\|Rogers Park, Chicago]] in 1912, only three years after officially changing its name to Loyola University. In addition to its liberal arts curriculum, Loyola established a [[Loyola University Chicago School of Law\|School of Law]] in 1908, the [[Stritch School of Medicine]] in 1909, and the [[Loyola University Chicago School of Business Administration\|Michael R. Quinlan School of Business]] in 1922.<ref>[http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/766.html "Loyola University"] on the ''Encyclopedia of Chicago'' website</ref> Loyola also established other schools of health science with the addition of the School of Dentistry in 1923 and the School of Nursing in 1935, the first fully accredited collegiate school of nursing in the State of Illinois. In 1962, Loyola University opened the [[John Felice Rome Center\|John Felice Rome Center for Liberal Arts]], the first American university-sponsored program in Rome. The School of Education was established in 1969 in conjunction with the opening of the [[Loyola University Medical Center]] in [[Maywood, Illinois\|Maywood, IL]]. In 1991, Loyola purchased the neighboring [[Mundelein College]] from the [[Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary]]. Once a financially struggling ~~school~~institution, Loyola University completed a $500 million capital campaign in 2012 to enhance Loyola's national and international profile while simultaneously improving the quality of the education and student life for Loyola students.<ref>[http://www.luc.edu/partner/index.html Partner: The Campaign for the Future of Loyola]</ref> The transformation of Loyola to a top tier national university was profiled in a 2006 Chicago Tribune article entitled ''The Miracle along the Lake''.{{clear left}} ==Campuses==

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