Studying abroad in Belize and Guatemala with Loyola’s Tropical Ecology and Tropical Communications courses reinvigorated Environmental Science graduate Jenny Simon’s (BS ’14) love for adventure and international travel. After graduation, Jenny moved to Key Largo, Florida and became a scuba diving instructor, dive master, and underwater naturalist. Jenny and some friends then spent five months traveling through Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala in order to learn more about the cultures and natural landscapes of Central America.
Kelsey Van Dam, a Biological Sciences major at Loyola University New Orleans, was awarded $2,500 from the Louisiana Sea Grant Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program to conduct collaborative research with Professor Frank Jordan. Kelsey will study how the recently constructed Inner Harbor Navigation Canal Lake Borgne Surge Barrier affects recruitment of larval blue crabs into the Lake Pontchartrain estuary.
On March 3, 2016, Dr. Trevor Boffone presented "The Panza Monologues: Latin@ Theatre in the US, Comedy, and Social Consciousness" to an audience of students and professors of Latin American Studies and Spanish, as well as others from the Loyola community. The talk included dramatic readings of two scenes from The Panza Monologues, performed by senior Spanish major Akeem Biggs.
This event was sponsored by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Department of Languages
Rebecca McMillian (B.A., Classical Civilizations, '15) is pursuing a master's degree in Library Science at Louisiana State University.
Dr. Connie Rodriguez has been appointed to serve on the Societies Committee of the Archaeological Institute of America beginning in April 2016. The Committee is charged with the continual review of the Institute's programs and benefits for more than 100 Local Societies and members, and has the responsibility of recommending to the Governing Board or the President ways of improving benefits to our members that support the aims and best interests of the Institute as a whole. In addition the Committee is charged with monitoring society membership, lecture attendance and programs.
Bridget Thomas (Classical Studies major, '16) has been accepted into Tulane University's School of Architecture where she will pursue a master's degree in Preservation Studies.
Greg Ferrara has been named Senior Vice President of Government Relations and Public Affairs. Ferrara will continue in his role overseeing the government relations and communications and marketing departments as well as serving as NGA’s chief lobbyist. Having first joined NGA in November 2005, Greg brings a wealth of experience in the grocery industry having managed the operations for his family’s century-old supermarket in New Orleans before the store was ultimately destroyed in Hurricane Katrina. He has also worked as a corporate project manager for Associated Grocers in Baton Rouge, LA.
Environmental Science graduate Jake Gibson is currently working on the Coast-wide Reference Monitoring System (CRMS) project. This project is funded through the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority and consists of a network of about 400 monitoring sites that are used to evaluate how coastal wetlands are affected by erosion, sea level rise, saltwater intrusion, and invasive species such as nutria and feral pigs.
Maria Celeste Arrarás '82, an anchor at Telemundo, co-moderated the CNN-Telemundo's Republican debate Thursday, February 25, 2016.
This was Arrarás' second time hosting a presidential debate. She previously moderated a 2004 Democratic presidential debate. Arrarás focused on issues facing Texas and southern states as well as the Latino community.
Dr. Christopher Schaberg’s new book The End of Airports was substantially cited in the New Yorker magazine.
Air Head
How aviation made the modern mind.
By Nathan Heller
February 2016