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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 89
BY SENATOR PETERSON
COMMENDATIONS. Commends Loyola University in New Orleans for the contribution
that it makes each day to the state of Louisiana by preparing young professionals to compete
in the legal, academic and business environments.
A RESOLUTION1
To commend Loyola University, New Orleans for the contribution that it makes each day2
to the state of Louisiana by preparing young professionals to strongly compete in the3
legal, academic and business environments.4
WHEREAS, it is appropriate to commend Loyola University, New Orleans for the5
contribution that it makes each day to the state of Louisiana by preparing young6
professionals to strongly compete in the legal, academic and business environments; and7
WHEREAS, Loyola University, New Orleans is a private, co-educational and Jesuit8
University located in New Orleans, Louisiana; and 9
WHEREAS, originally established as Loyola College in 1904, the institution was10
chartered as a university in 1912; and 11
WHEREAS, it bears the name of the Jesuit patron, Saint Ignatius of Loyola; and 12
WHEREAS, Loyola is one of twenty-eight member institutions that make up the13
Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities and, with its current enrollment of14
approximately 5000 students, is among the larger Jesuit universities in the Southern United15
States; and16
WHEREAS, Loyola University, New Orleans is ranked fifth best institution among17
Southern regional universities offering masters and undergraduate degrees in the 2008 issue18 SR NO. 89
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of the annual America's Best Colleges issue and guidebook published by U.S. News &1
World Report; and2
WHEREAS, the Princeton Review also features Loyola, New Orleans in the most3
recent editions of its annual book, The Best 371 Colleges; in the past, the school has been4
called Loyola of the South, Loyola New Orleans, Loyola University, New Orleans, and5
Loyola University of New Orleans but whichever name is used to identify the University,6
it is clear that when Loyola is spoken of, there is a reference to greatness; and7
WHEREAS, Loyola University, New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of8
higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead9
meaningful lives with and for others, to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue, and to work for10
a more just world; and 11
WHEREAS, inspired by Ignatius of Loyola's vision of finding God in all things, the12
university is grounded in the liberal arts and sciences, while also offering opportunities for13
professional studies in undergraduate and selected graduate programs; and 14
WHEREAS, through teaching, research, creative activities, and service, the faculty,15
in cooperation with the staff, strives to educate the whole student and to benefit the larger16
community; and17
WHEREAS, Loyola University has been ranked for the last twenty-one years among18
the top ten Southern regional schools by U.S. News & World Report, ranked eighth Best19
Regional University in the South in the 2012 edition of America's Best Colleges by U.S.20
News & World Report, ranked fifth in the U.S. News & World Report's Great Schools, Great21
Prices category and listed as an A+ School for B Students by U.S. News & World Report22
which ranked Loyola's service learning programs among the top twenty-nine in the nation23
in 2010; and24
WHEREAS, Loyola University, New Orleans, merits a heartfelt measure of25
commendation for the pride and honor it brings to the city of New Orleans and to the state26
of Louisiana.27
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana28
does hereby commend Loyola University, New Orleans for the contribution that it makes29
each day to the state of Louisiana by preparing young professionals to strongly compete in30 SR NO. 89
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the legal, academic and business environments.1
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the2
chancellor of Loyola University, New Orleans.3
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by James Benton.
DIGEST
Peterson SR No. 89
Commends Loyola University, New Orleans for the contribution that it makes each day to
the state of Louisiana by preparing young professionals to compete in the legal, academic
and business environments.