
Tami Hotard earned an English degree at Loyola in 1993, and a Master’s degree in English at Oregon State University. Her book The Beauty of Breast Cancer is to be released and she is currently working on a thriller about the haunting of Charity Hospital in the aftermath of Katrina.
Dr. Cathy Rogers and Professor Valerie Andrews were honored with faculty awards at this year's College of Social Sciences Honors Convocation.
Alumna Judy Reese Morse was named First Deputy Mayor and Chief of Staff for Mayor Landrieu.
Megan Vonk was awarded the Political Science Outstanding Achievement award for a minor at the 2010 College of Social Sciences Honors Convocation

Dr. Nathan Henne, assistant professor of Latin American Literature and Spanish, won the Marquette to produce a translation of Guatemalan author and indigenous activist Luis de Lión’s 1975 novel El tiempo principia en Xibalba (Time Begins in Xibalba).
Kevin W. Welsh was presented with the Political Science Outstanding Academic Achievement award at the 2010 College of Social Sciences Honors Convocation.
Prof. Andrew J. Douglas, visiting professor of political science, was awarded the Excellence in Teaching award at the 2010 College of Social Sciences Honor's Convocation.
Provost Distinguished Professor of History, Dr. Bernard Cook will present his paper, The Catholic Church in the United States and “Solidarity” at an International Conference in Wroclaw, Poland. The Conference is titled: The World towards “Solidarity” Movement 1980–1989.

Eric Wilson received a Bachelors of Arts Degree in Philosophy from Loyola and a Ph.D in Philosophy from Emory University. He received a Deutscher Akademischer Austuschdienst grant, won the Review of Metaphysics' 2007 Dissertation Essay Competition, and has published five articles. After working as an assistant professor at Loyola University-Maryland, Dr. Wilson has recently joined the faculty at Georgia State University's Philosophy Department.
College celebrates 144 years of service to Loyola of three long-time members of Physics Department