1. Loyola Summer Orientation Class of 2017 “Liberal Arts & the Jesuit Tradition” Dr. Ilona McGuiness & Rev. James Miracky, S.J. Dean of First-Year Students Dean, Loyola College & Academic Services of Arts and Sciences

2. What do these people have in common?

3. Or how about these people?

4. Congratulations!

5. Welcome to a 465-Year Tradition First Jesuit College Founded in Messina, Italy, 1548 Loyola College/University Founded in Baltimore, 1852

6. The Jesuit Philosophy of Education: Cura Personalis  Intellectual  Spiritual  Moral  Emotional  Physical  Experiential

7. Why Liberal Arts? “Hyper-specialization is the enemy of the 21 st Century student.”- Anonymous “It is not so very important for a person to learn facts. For that he does not really need a college. He can learn them from books. The value of an education in a liberal arts college is not learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think something that cannot be learned from textbooks.” - Albert Einstein

8. AAC&U National Survey of Business and Nonprofit Leaders: Key Findings  93 percent say “a demonstrated capacity to think critically, communicate clearly, and solve complex problems is more important than [a candidate’s] undergraduate major.”  95 percent say they prioritize hiring college graduates with skills that will help them contribute to innovation in the workplace.  About 95 percent say it is important that those they hire demonstrate ethical judgment and integrity; intercultural skills; and the capacity for continued new learning.  More than 75 percent say they want more emphasis on five key areas including: critical thinking, complex problem solving, written and oral communication, and applied knowledge in real-world settings.  80 percent of employers agree that, regardless of their major, every college student should acquire broad knowledge in the liberal arts and sciences.

9. Loyola’s Core Curriculum Diversity EthicsFine Arts History LanguageLiteratureMathematics Natural Science Philosophy Social Science TheologyWriting

10. Loyola College Humanities Classics, Communication, English, Fine Arts, Modern Languages and Literatures, History, Philosophy, Theology, Writing Natural Sciences Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematical Sciences and Statistics, Physics, Speech-Language Pathology/Audiology Social Sciences Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, (Economics, Global Studies, Military Science)

11. Sellinger School of Business Accounting Business Administration (7 Concentrations) School of Education Elementary Education

12. Cross-Departmental Programs/Minors African & African American Studies Forensic Studies Italian Studies American Studies Gender Studies Latin American & Latino Studies Asian Studies Global Studies Medieval Studies Catholic Studies Honors Program Military Science Comparative Culture & Literary Studies Film Studies And More!

13. An Exhortation “Our passion is our strength.” -- Billy Joe Armstrong (Green Day) “One person with passion is better than forty people merely interested.” -- E. M. Forster “Chase your passion, not your pension.” -- Denis Waitley