; Whereas Loyola’s women’s studies program awarded its first master’s degrees in 2002; Whereas, in 2013, Loyola launched a new Institute for Environmental Sustainability; Whereas, in the fall of 2015, Loyola opened Arrupe College, an innovative 2-year college for Chicago-area students with limited financial means; Whereas Dr. Jo Ann Rooney became the 24th president of Loyola University Chicago in 2016, the first lay president in the university’s history; Whereas Loyola launched its SCHOOLS 2020 Partnership program in 2017, supporting neighborhood-based public education on Chicago’s northeast side; Whereas Loyola’s men’s basketball team made it to the Final Four of the 2018 NCAA Tournament, assisted by team chaplain, Sr. Jean Dolores Schmidt, BVM; Whereas today— (1) Loyola University Chicago is one of Chicago’s anchor institutions, employing more than 4,000 faculty and staff, and enrolling over 17,000 students; (2) Ninety-eight percent of Loyola students who graduate with a bachelor’s degree are hired within 3 months of their graduation, or pursuing a graduate degree; (3) Loyola students interning at Chicago public schools provide more than 110,000 hours of unpaid support and assistance; (4) Loyola’s Community Nursing Center provides home visits for the elderly in several communities on Chicago’s northeast side; (5) Loyola Community and Family Services provides mental health services to children and families in Rogers Park and Edgewater, in Chicago; (6) Loyola’s Health Justice Project provides pro bono legal and social services to vulnerable populations on Chicago’s west and north sides; (7) Loyola’s Urban Social Benefit Incubator builds the capacity of Chicago-based nonprofit organizations and social enterprises; (8) Loyola supports more than 300 community partner organizations across Chicago and the surrounding suburbs through student, staff, and faculty volunteer services; and (9) Loyola is ranked among the most environmentally sustainable college campuses in the Nation