Student Services
Student life at Loyola is based on the philosophy that education occurs in the context of total human development. Development of the whole person involves not only the intellectual development of the student but also the moral, social, cultural, and physical development of the individual. Programs and services exist which provide opportunities for this total educational experience.
ACADEMIC ADVISING
Each student at Loyola is assigned an academic adviser, a full-time faculty member, who will assist the student in planning his/her schedule, and who will discuss with him or her any problems encountered in his/her academic career. The student should see his/her adviser at least twice a semester.
COUNSELING & CAREER SERVICES CENTER
The Counseling & Career Services Center is a multifaceted resource dedicated to helping students with the challenges of college life and the transition to life after graduation. All students who would like assistance with personal concerns, career exploration, graduate school planning, and job placement are eligible for services without fees. Recent graduates may continue to utilize placement services for the year following graduation.
The center staff includes psychologists, counselors, social workers, career specialists, and interns who have been professionally trained in their areas of expertise. Information shared with staff is confidential to the full extent protected by law; the fact that a student may make an appointment is also confidential, and center records are maintained independently of all other university records.
Personal counseling and workshops are available to help students deal with the pressures of college and the many stressors that accompany life in our culture. Some of the concerns for which students seek assistance include adjustment to college, relationship difficulties, loss of important individuals, excessive anxiety or depression, concerns regarding sexuality, eating disorders, and substance abuse. Research has indicated that the use of counseling results in enhancing a student’s ability to continue in school.
Career exploration is central to all students planning for the future. Individualized consultation with a career counselor may include formal assessments of interests, abilities, and personality traits. Students are directed to appropriate resources for continued exploration including readings, meetings with faculty or alumni, and internship experience. A two-credit course in career exploration is typically offered in the spring semester for intensive focus on career development. The Career Information Library has publications which address possible careers, graduate school admissions, and job listings.
Active job placement assistance is provided to all students who are seeking part-time employment while in school, internship opportunities, or full-time employment at graduation. Services include résumé review sessions, job search workshops, and job fair search techniques. The center hosts a wide variety of potential employers and graduate schools through career fairs and on-campus recruiting. More than 2,500 jobs are listed with the center each year.
STUDENT HOUSING
Loyola operates three residence halls on the main campus: Biever Hall, which houses undergraduate men and women; Buddig Hall, which houses undergraduate women and men; and Carrollton Hall, which houses upperclass men and women. Freshmen live in either Biever or Buddig halls. Located approximately two blocks from the main campus on Loyola’s Broadway campus is Cabra Hall, which houses upperclass, law, and graduate men and women. All residence hall buildings are accessible to students who are physically disabled and each hall has resident rooms to meet the special needs of these students.
Biever Hall is a six-story residence with a capacity of housing 392 students. All rooms are double occupancy and are furnished with individual heating and air-conditioning controls, two closets, two single beds, two chests of drawers, two desks, bulletin boards, basic cable service, and local telephone service. Mail boxes, laundry facilities, study rooms, music practice rooms, a seminar room, Internet connections, floor kitchens, and a television lounge are located within the residence hall.
Buddig Hall is a 12-story residence hall with a capacity of accommodating 429 undergraduate women. Each suite houses four students in double rooms with a shared bath and individual heating and air-conditioning controls. Each room is furnished with basin vanities, two single beds, two desks, two closets, two chests of drawers, a bulletin board, basic cable service, Internet connections, and local telephone service. Study rooms, laundry facilities, mail boxes, study lounges, a television lounge, a community kitchen, and a sun deck are located within the residence hall.
Carrollton Hall is a seven-story residence hall with a capacity of accommodating 328 upperclass men and women. Floors two through five consist of suites housing four students in double rooms with a shared bath and furnished living room and individual heating and air-conditioning controls. Each bedroom is furnished with two single beds, two desks, two wardrobes, two chests of drawers, basic cable service, Internet connection, and local telephone service. All furniture is movable. Each floor of suites has two community kitchens. Floors six and seven consist of apartment housing combinations of five, four, and three students in single and double bedrooms with a furnished living room, full kitchen, and bathroom. Bedrooms are furnished with a bed, desk, wardrobe, chest of drawers, basic cable service, Internet connection, and local telephone service. All furniture is movable. Study rooms, music practice rooms, laundry facilities, mail boxes, and a convenience store are located within the residence hall.
Cabra Hall is a five-story residence hall located on the Broadway campus with a capacity of housing 213 students. Each suite houses eight students in double rooms with a shared bath, living room, multipurpose room, and an individual heating and air-conditioning control. Each room is furnished with two closets, two single beds, two chests of drawers, two desks, bulletin board, basic cable service, and local telephone service. Mail boxes, laundry facilities, study lounges, computer room, television lounge, a community kitchen, and a sun deck are located within the residence hall.
Residents are subject to the housing policies which are promulgated in the Student Handbook and the Resident Register. Experienced and trained personnel are provided in the halls to aid students in achieving total development by meeting their personal and educational needs. Full-time live-in professional staff are responsible for various areas in the residential life operation such as hall programming, resident assistant training, maintenance, and management of administrative operations. Resident assistants, located on each floor, help provide a well-balanced social and educational atmosphere. Halls have live-in resident counselors who are Jesuit priests, Catholic sisters, or lay individuals who have training and experience in the areas of human needs and development.
All freshman undergraduate students under 21 years of age not from the New Orleans metropolitan area are required, as a condition of enrollment, to reside in university housing and participate in the Food Service Board Program. Advanced placement credits or transfer credits do not negate this requirement. New Orleans undergraduate freshmen must either reside in university housing, if space permits, or with parents or a legal guardian. New Orleans Metropolitan area freshmen are not permitted to reside in off-campus apartments. Residence hall information is sent with the official notification of a student’s acceptance. Reservations for all students are confirmed only after receipt of a signed contract, a $100 housing deposit, which is 50 percent refundable in the event the student cancels in writing prior to July 1 (fall applicants) or December 15 (spring applicants), and verification of adequate accident-sickness insurance coverage. The residence hall contract is for the entire academic year, both fall and spring semesters.
NEW STUDENT ORIENTATION
The Office of New Student Orientation provides information, programs, and support services to new students from the time of their acceptance to the university throughout their first academic year.
All newly-admitted freshmen and transfer students must attend a formal orientation program immediately preceding their first semester. A fee to cover the cost of the program, all meals, lodging, and materials will be charged to all new day, undergraduate students, without exception. During this program, new students will meet with faculty and staff in both formal and informal venues to receive placement, advisement, and information about academic success. The orientation program also provides new students and their families with critical information regarding academic policies and support services, financial aid, campus life and activities, and student services such as counseling, career planning, and leadership development.
Once classes begin, the Office of New Student Orientation continues to provide a wide array of programs and services of interest to new students. Workshops, recreational and social programs, and an fyi newsletter (first year information) are produced and conducted by trained student peer assistants.
The purpose of the Office of New Student Orientation is to be available to help every new student succeed at Loyola University. Please call the office at (504) 865-3676 for further information, program dates, or questions.
STUDENT HEALTH SERVICE
Loyola’s health service is for both resident and nonresident, full-time and part-time students who have provided the health service with a completed medical history form. The health service is supervised by an administrative director under the direction of a medical doctor. The office is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Physicians are available during designated hours. Night, weekend, and holiday emergency medical assistance to on-campus resident students is available from trained student health assistants who reside on campus. Treatment by health center personnel is provided at no charge to the student. Prescribed medicines, referrals to off-campus medical specialists, laboratory tests, and hospitalization are at the student’s expense. All services provided and communications with medical personnel are confidential as dictated by the medical code of ethics.
For good cause, the university may require a physical or psychiatric examination while a student is in attendance. Results of these examinations may be used to determine a student’s suitability to continue in attendance at the university.
IMMUNIZATION POLICY
Effective January 1991, Louisiana Law, (Section R.S. 17:170) requires all students entering the university for the first time to show proof of immunization for tetanus/diphtheria (within the past 10 years). Failure to show proof of this immunization will require the student to receive the immunizations from a private physician or Student Health Service at the student’s expense prior to registering for classes. In addition, all students born after 1956 and entering the university for the first time must show proof of immunization for measles, mumps, rubella (two doses). Failure to show proof of these immunizations will require the student to receive the immunizations from a private physician or Student Health Service at the student’s expense prior to registering for classes.
All first-time students shall be required to comply with these provisions unless the student submits a written statement from a physician stating that the procedure cannot be done because of medical reasons, a written dissent from a parent or guardian, or a written statement from a clergy stating that the procedure cannot be done for religious reasons. In the event of an outbreak of a communicable disease, the university may exclude from attendance all unimmunized students until the appropriate disease incubation has expired or the student presents proof of immunization.
HEALTH INSURANCE
The university-endorsed health insurance program covering sickness and accident is strongly recommended for all students, especially those students who are from out-of-town. The University Health Insurance Policy is required of all students who permanently reside outside the United States. Other students living in the residence halls must show proof of using their family’s health insurance coverage or subscribe to the university’s insurance program. The group plan covers a student for 12 months for a yearly premium. Plans for married students and their families are also available. Information and premium rates are sent to all students each summer by the insurance company. Those failing to receive health insurance information by mail should contact the Student Health Service at (504) 865-3326. Claim forms are available in the Student Health Service.
IDENTIFICATION CARDS
Picture identification cards, known as Loyola Express Cards, are issued during registration free to first-time Loyola students. Each student is responsible for obtaining a card at that time which shall remain in his/her possession at all times. After the start of classes, a $15 fee will be charged for all cards, including replacements. The cards are used to identify currently enrolled students and allow use of campus library facilities. In addition, the card controls access to the Recreational Sports Complex, the residence halls, the Freret Street parking garage, as well as serving as the card for students on a board plan and/or students who deposit funds for food, retail, vending, and laundry purchases. Please refer to the Loyola University Student Handbook or call the Loyola Parking Office at (504) 865-3000 for further information.