Corporate Profile for Loyola University, dated Aug. 4, 1995.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The following Corporate Profile is available for inclusion in your files. News releases for this client are distributed by Business Wire and also become part of the leading databases and information services See Information Systems. . These include Dow Jones News/Retrieval, Bloomberg Financial Markets, Reuter Company Newsyear, Reuter Business Briefing, DataTimes, Nexis, Dialog, NewsNet, America OnLine, CompuServe, Delphi, Individual's HeadsUp and First!, Desktop Data's NewsEdge, UMI UMI University Microfilms International UMI United States Minor Outlying Islands (ISO Country code) UMI University of Miami UMI Universal Management Infrastructure (IBM) Data Courier, NewsBank, Information Access Company and many others. -0- Published date: Aug. 4, 1995 Company name: Loyola University New Orleans
Address: 6363 St. Charles Ave.
New Orleans, La. 70118
Telephone No.: 504/861-5888 Chief Executive Officer: Rev. Bernard Patrick Knoth, S.J. Chief Financial Officer: John Eckholdt Public Relations Contact: Kristine David Business number: 504/861-5888 Home number: 504/834-9529 Industry: Education Company description: Loyola University New Orleans History Loyola’s history dates back to the early 18th century when the Jesuits first arrived among the earliest settlers in New Orleans and Louisiana.[2] is a Catholic university dedicated to the Jesuit tradition of striving for academic excellence through the pursuit of knowledge, wisdom, social awareness, justice and truth. Its educational process instills values while nurturing the development of the whole person. Founded in 1912 by the Jesuit Fathers of the Southern Province, it is the largest Catholic university in the South. Loyola is accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. by the Commission of Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) is a regional educational accreditation agency for over 13,000 public and private educational institutions ranging from preschool to college level in the southern United States. . Loyola has a total enrollment of approximately 5,600 students who are culturally and geographically diverse. Nearly a quarter of the students permanently reside outside of Louisiana CODE, OF LOUISIANA. In 1822, Peter Derbigny, Edward Livingston, and Moreau Lislet, were selected by the legislature to revise and amend the civil code, and to add to it such laws still in force as were not included therein. and represents 45 states, the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). , Puerto Rico and 49 foreign countries. The university offers 46 undergraduate degrees, four pre-professional programs and 16 graduate programs, in addition to the Juris Doctor The degree awarded to an individual upon the successful completion of law school. Juris doctor, or doctor of Jurisprudence, commonly abbreviated J.D., is the degree commonly conferred by law schools. degree. Loyola's faculty is composed of 354 professors, 89 percent of whom possess Ph.D.s Loyola maintains a faculty-student ratio of 14 to 1. Loyola University has won national acclaim from U.S. News & World Report U.S. News & World Report Weekly newsmagazine published in Washington, D.C. U.S. News was founded in 1933 by David Lawrence (1888–1973) to cover important domestic events; he founded World Report in 1945 to treat world news. The two magazines were merged in 1948. as one of the top regional universities in the South; from Barron's Best Buys in College Education, and as one of the Edward B. Fiske's Best 200 Buys in College Education. The university has received this recognition in large part due to its creative and innovative programs. Among them is the Off-Campus Learning Program administered by Loyola's City College, its evening division. The program allows nursing students at 16 sites in Louisiana to communicate electronically with campus faculty and to request library holding using the Internet. CONTACT: Loyola University, New Orleans Kristine David, 504/861-5888 |
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