
Centering our Centers
Centering Our Centers
During the 2023 Ignatian Heritage Month celebration, we highlight the accomplishments of Loyola University Chicago’s many centers and institutes in “expanding knowledge in the service of humanity” with a full day of panel discussions, gatherings across all Chicago-area campuses, and with the reflections of one of our distinguished recent graduates, Flavio Bravo ‘16, on the transformative power of a Jesuit education. We honor the ways in which all of our center-affiliated students, faculty, staff and community partners put our mission into action. Join us on November 2 to kick-off Ignatian Heritage Month with great companions responding to their great callings.
Centering Our Centers Schedule
November 2, 2023
Morning: Our Way of Proceeding
Engaged Scholarship
Featuring David Van Zytveld, Director of the Center for Urban Research and Learning; David Olson, PhD, Co-Director of the Center for Criminal Justice Research; and Malik Henfield, PhD, Founding Dean of the Institute for Racial Justice
Lakeshore Campus
9:30-10:30 AM in Dumbach Hall Room 234
With Hope and Imagination
Featuring Patrick Green, EdD, Executive Director of the Center for Engaged Learning, Teaching, and Scholarship; Cynthia Stewart, PhD, Director of Experiential Learning in the Parkinson School of Public Health; Sandra Kaufmann, founder of the Dance program at LUC; Seungho Moon, EdD, Advisory Board Member to the Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage; and Debra Sullivan, EdD, Co-Director of the Greeley Center for Catholic Education
Lakeshore Campus
9:30-10:30 AM in Damen Student Center Room 214
When War Comes to Medical Education & Laboratory Science: Loyola Bioethics Fellows in Ukraine Speak Out
Featuring Vladyslava Kachkovska, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical Institute, Sumy State University; Oksana Sulaieva, MD, PhD, Medical Director, Medical Laboratory CSD, Kyiv, Ukraine; and Mark Kuczewski, PhD, HEC-C, Director of the Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics
Health Sciences Campus
10:00-11:00 AM Cuneo Center Room 170
TO WATCH VIRTUALLY, REGISTER HERE
Luncheon Plenary: The Jesuit Educational Mission
Senator Flavio Bravo was elected to the Arizona State Legislature in November 2022 and represents the 26th legislative district. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for Central Arizona Shelter Services, Open Hearts Family Wellness, and the Kino Border Initiative. A proud first-generation college graduate, Flavio received a Bachelor’s degree from Loyola University Chicago in Political Science & Philosophy. After receiving his Master’s degree in Migration Studies from the University of San Francisco, Flavio served as a Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) Graduate Fellow in Washington, D.C.
Lakeshore Campus
11:30 AM-1:00 PM in Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, BVM Multi-Purpose Room in the Damen Student Center
RSVP has closed. Reach out to sberlin@luc.edu if you would like to attend this event.
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For those at the Health Sciences Campus who want to watch the plenary livestream and eat lunch together:
11:30 AM-1:00 PM in Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing Room 0505
RSVP has closed
Afternoon: In Service to Humanity
In Service to Humanity on the Local and Global Scale
Featuring Theresa Nguyen, MD, Director of the Center for Community and Global Health and co-founder of Loyola Street Medicine; Kevin Boblick, MD, Assistant Director of the Center for Community and Global Health and co-founder of Loyola Street Medicine; Amy Blair, MD, Assistant Dean for Health Advocacy; Jennifer Rogers, MEd, Program Manager for the Center for Community and Global Health, and Justin Hoch, Chaplain at the Health Sciences Campus
Health Sciences Campus
1:30 PM-2:30 PM in Cuneo Center Room 170
TO WATCH VIRTUALLY, REGISTER HERE
With the Business Community
Featuring Karen Weigert, Director of The Baumhart Center for Social Enterprise and Responsibility; Michael Hewitt, PhD, Executive Director of the Business Leadership Hub and Faculty Director of the Supply Chain and Sustainability Center; and Amy Kyhos, Director of the Executive and Professional Education Center
Water Tower Campus
2:00-3:00 PM in Schreiber Center Room 1001
Educational Access
Featuring Cory Barnes, Director of the Center for Black Student Excellence; Amy Kessel, Director of The Writing Center; and Bridget Colacchio, PhD, LCSW, Co-Director of the Faculty Center for Ignatian Pedagogy
Lakeshore Campus
2:30-3:30 PM in Damen Student Center Room 216
Migration and Human Trafficking
Featuring Katherine Kaufka Walts, Director of the Center for Human Rights of Children; Maria Vidal de Haymes, PhD, Director of the Center for Immigrant and Refugee Accompaniment; and Abha Rai, PhD, MSW, Associate Director of the Center for Immigrant and Refugee Accompaniment
Water Tower Campus
3:30-4:30 in Corboy Law Center Room 205
November 2, 2023
Morning: Our Way of Proceeding
Engaged Scholarship
Featuring David Van Zytveld, Director of the Center for Urban Research and Learning; David Olson, PhD, Co-Director of the Center for Criminal Justice Research; and Malik Henfield, PhD, Founding Dean of the Institute for Racial Justice
Lakeshore Campus
9:30-10:30 AM in Dumbach Hall Room 234
With Hope and Imagination
Featuring Patrick Green, EdD, Executive Director of the Center for Engaged Learning, Teaching, and Scholarship; Cynthia Stewart, PhD, Director of Experiential Learning in the Parkinson School of Public Health; Sandra Kaufmann, founder of the Dance program at LUC; Seungho Moon, EdD, Advisory Board Member to the Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage; and Debra Sullivan, EdD, Co-Director of the Greeley Center for Catholic Education
Lakeshore Campus
9:30-10:30 AM in Damen Student Center Room 214
When War Comes to Medical Education & Laboratory Science: Loyola Bioethics Fellows in Ukraine Speak Out
Featuring Vladyslava Kachkovska, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical Institute, Sumy State University; Oksana Sulaieva, MD, PhD, Medical Director, Medical Laboratory CSD, Kyiv, Ukraine; and Mark Kuczewski, PhD, HEC-C, Director of the Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics
Health Sciences Campus
10:00-11:00 AM Cuneo Center Room 170
TO WATCH VIRTUALLY, REGISTER HERE
Luncheon Plenary: The Jesuit Educational Mission
Senator Flavio Bravo was elected to the Arizona State Legislature in November 2022 and represents the 26th legislative district. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for Central Arizona Shelter Services, Open Hearts Family Wellness, and the Kino Border Initiative. A proud first-generation college graduate, Flavio received a Bachelor’s degree from Loyola University Chicago in Political Science & Philosophy. After receiving his Master’s degree in Migration Studies from the University of San Francisco, Flavio served as a Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) Graduate Fellow in Washington, D.C.
Lakeshore Campus
11:30 AM-1:00 PM in Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, BVM Multi-Purpose Room in the Damen Student Center
RSVP has closed. Reach out to sberlin@luc.edu if you would like to attend this event.
• • •
For those at the Health Sciences Campus who want to watch the plenary livestream and eat lunch together:
11:30 AM-1:00 PM in Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing Room 0505
RSVP has closed
Afternoon: In Service to Humanity
In Service to Humanity on the Local and Global Scale
Featuring Theresa Nguyen, MD, Director of the Center for Community and Global Health and co-founder of Loyola Street Medicine; Kevin Boblick, MD, Assistant Director of the Center for Community and Global Health and co-founder of Loyola Street Medicine; Amy Blair, MD, Assistant Dean for Health Advocacy; Jennifer Rogers, MEd, Program Manager for the Center for Community and Global Health, and Justin Hoch, Chaplain at the Health Sciences Campus
Health Sciences Campus
1:30 PM-2:30 PM in Cuneo Center Room 170
TO WATCH VIRTUALLY, REGISTER HERE
With the Business Community
Featuring Karen Weigert, Director of The Baumhart Center for Social Enterprise and Responsibility; Michael Hewitt, PhD, Executive Director of the Business Leadership Hub and Faculty Director of the Supply Chain and Sustainability Center; and Amy Kyhos, Director of the Executive and Professional Education Center
Water Tower Campus
2:00-3:00 PM in Schreiber Center Room 1001
Educational Access
Featuring Cory Barnes, Director of the Center for Black Student Excellence; Amy Kessel, Director of The Writing Center; and Bridget Colacchio, PhD, LCSW, Co-Director of the Faculty Center for Ignatian Pedagogy
Lakeshore Campus
2:30-3:30 PM in Damen Student Center Room 216
Migration and Human Trafficking
Featuring Katherine Kaufka Walts, Director of the Center for Human Rights of Children; Maria Vidal de Haymes, PhD, Director of the Center for Immigrant and Refugee Accompaniment; and Abha Rai, PhD, MSW, Associate Director of the Center for Immigrant and Refugee Accompaniment
Water Tower Campus
3:30-4:30 in Corboy Law Center Room 205