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EST. 1921
VOLUME 93 i ISSUE 10
President Burcham does ALS
ice challenge for philanthropy
Talia Baugnon | Loyolan
LMU President David W. Burcham (left) and Director of the Institute of Leadership Studies Michael Genovese (right) did the ALS
Ice Bucket Challenge last Thursday, Oct. 2 at Convo to raise awareness for the disease on campus. The event was in Alumni Mall
and used water from Foley Fountain in light of recent drought. President Burcham is one of many to participate in this challenge.
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LMU
honors
Sr. Peg
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Community remembers
iconic LMU figure on the fifth
anniversary of her passing.
Carly Barnhill
Asst. News Editor
@carlyabarn
Sunday, Oct. 5 marked the fifth anniversary
of the death of Sr. Margaret ‘Peg’ Dolan,
R.S.H.M., an inspirational and iconic member
of the LMU community who passed in 2009
after a battle with cancer. A memorial mass
will be held today, at 7 p.m. in Sacred Heart
Chapel.
Dolan greatly influenced LMU as a director
of Ignation retreats, campus minister and
director of Campus Ministry, alumni chaplain
resident minister and chaplain of Gryphon
Circle service organization.
Her dedication to these programs is not
forgotten, and her presence is still felt across
campus to this day. The campus ministry
center in Malone was renamed the “Peg
Dolan, R.S.H.M. Campus Ministry Center”
in memory of her many contributions. The
Student Service and Leadership Award given
to freshmen is also named after Dolan.
In a letter sent to the LMU community
following Dolan’s passing in 2009, former
University President Fr. Robert B. Lawton, S.J.
wrote that Dolan, “will always be part of our
life and a huge part of our legacy.”
Fr. Randy Roche, S.J. explained that when
Dolan first started at LMU, she was only a
temporary religious minister in the student
dorms.
“As the students got to know her, they let it
be known that she should stay,” he said. “So
See Sr. Peg | Page 3
Graduate Division
continues to advance
LMU’s Graduate Studies
program makes changes for
growth and better support.
Julia Sacco
News Editor
@_JuliaSacco_
LMU’s Graduate Studies division continues
to make improvements and advancements
under the guidance of Dean Shane Martin.
The graduate program has grown in multiple
ways and continues to progress in the hopes
of gaining more support and becoming a first
choice school among applicants in Southern
California.
Martin, dean and professor of the School
of Education and dean of Graduate Studies,
earned his title two years ago and has been
implementing new programs and advancing
pre-existing areas of Graduate Studies ever
since.
“The big change came with [Martin],
because he started by organizing the summit
and the task forces. It has been going strong
for a couple of years, and WASC helped us
get additional support,” Associate Dean of
Graduate Studies, Chake H. Kouyoumjiansaid.
With the formation of the task force and the
summit, there has been an increase in support
for financial aid and marketing, as well as more
support for the graduate program in response
to the recent visit by the Western Association
of Schools and Colleges (WASC).
“Graduate education was featured
prominently in the recent WASC review and
will continue to be a strategic priority of the
University,” Martin said.
The WASC accreditation is very important
to LMU’s Graduate Studies program because
it continues to elevate the division to a more
prestigious level, with more funding and
significance attached to the degree .
“WASC was very happy that graduate
education got the support it needed,
because LMU is basically an undergraduate
institution, so they do fundraising mostly for
undergraduate,” Kouyoumjian said. “[Last
visit], they said they wanted to see changes in
the graduate education when we visit next .”
This support is crucial to the growth and
progress of the graduate division because it
enables the program to hire the right faculty
and makes it more competitive for students.
See Graduate Division | Page 2
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Talia Baugnon | Loyolan
Belles service organization held a silent protest to speak for victims of domestic
violence last Thursday, Oct. 2 at Convo. This protest is just one of many events put
on by Belles as part of their Domestic Violence Awareness Month during October.
To learn more, read Asst. News Edtior Amanda Lopez's article at laloyolan.com.
