Contact: Megan Byas · mebyas@loyno.edu · 5048652589
Take the Loyola Get Fit Pledge this spring 2016 semester to make a commitment to a happier, healthier, more active you! The Get Fit pledge is a movement that begins in January and lasts all semester long. Find numerous ways in which you can participate in becoming more physically active. Whether you're a student, faculty, staff, or friend of the Loyola community, take this pledge to start your individual fitness journey today!
Time: 9:30 am to 3:30 pm
Contact: Marianne Cufone · mcufone@loyno.edu · 813-785-8386
Location: Loyola University New Orleans Broadway Activities Center 526 Pine St. New Orleans, LA 70118
NEW ORLEANS — April 12, 2016 — The Center for Progressive Reform, Loyola University New Orleans, College of Law Environmental Law Center, and Oxfam America will present a one-day forum on April 15, 2016 on risk reduction strategies for the Louisiana coast.
Bob Marshall of The Lens will deliver the lunchtime keynote address - Our Greatest Coastal Crisis: Getting Residents to Act.
This forum will include presentations of two new research papers commissioned by Oxfam in 2015 to capture the perspectives of coastal communities in Louisiana and experiences with programs in the Gulf Coast and other states:
• Case Studies of Nonstructural Adaptation Strategies: Lessons Learned and Best Practices for Vulnerable Communities in the Gulf Coast Region
• A Sense of Place at Risk: Perspectives of Residents of Coastal Louisiana on Nonstructural Risk Reduction Strategies
Following the presentations, participants will break into working groups to develop recommended action steps for future preparedness based on the papers and discussions. A panel of local, state and federal policymakers will offer their responses about the opportunities and challenges of risk reduction strategies.
Time: 12 pm to 12:30 pm
Contact: Ken Weber · kweber@loyno.edu · 504-865-3167
Location: Ignatius Chapel, 1st Floor, Bobet Hall
Daily Mass with a Jesuit priest.
Time: 12 pm to 3 pm
Contact: Laurie Leiva · leleiva@loyno.edu
#LoyolaLoyalDay on April 15, 2016 will be Loyola's first, very own, University branded, Day of Giving. Intentionally planned on Loyola's Founders' Day, it will be a day in which all alumni and students can come together to celebrate Loyola.
Time: 12 pm to 5:30 pm
Contact: Mona Wolfe · rkwolfe@loyno.edu · 504-865-2288
Location: Nunemaker Auditorium, 3rd Floor, Monroe Hall
The 26th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium of the Biological Sciences Department. Sixteen students will present 15 presentations from the departments of Biology, Math and Physics.
Time: 3:30 pm to 5 pm
Contact: Courtney Williams · cwilliam@loyno.edu · 504.865.3622
Location: Peace Quad
Come out and enjoy some delicious crawfish at this annual SGA event! Also, say Happy Birthday to Loyola by participating in #LoyolaLoyalDay
Time: 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
Contact: Megan Byas · mebyas@loyno.edu · 5048653622
Location: University Sports Complex/ Freret St. Parking Garage, Main Campus
Zumba ® is a dance fitness class. My main goal is our wellness. My classes are fun and energetic, as well as comprehensive workouts. We work different muscle groups with each world rhythm. My motto is ‘respect and listen to your body’. You don’t need to be a dancer, all you need is the desire to be healthy. At the end, looking good is a reflection of wellness and smile is the bast sexy! Join our Zumba Fitness® party!
Time: 7:30 pm to 12 am
Contact: Patrick Gendusa · cpgendus@loyno.edu · (504) 865-2835
Location: Marquette Theater, 2nd Floor, Marquette Hall
Cost: $12.00 general admission; $8.00 students/seniors/faculty/staff Get Tickets
Much Ado About Nothing
A comedy by William Shakespeare
Adapted and directed by Dr. Laura Hope
Original music by Kate Duncan and Allison Layman