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| Motto | Ad majorem Dei gloriam (Latin) Tua Luce Dirige (Latin) |
Motto in English | For the greater glory of God Direct us by thy light |
| Type | Privateresearch university |
| Established | 1865; 160 years ago (1865) (1911, assignment to Jesuits) |
Religious affiliation | Catholic (Jesuit,Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary,Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange) |
Academic affiliations | AJCU ACCU NAICU |
| Endowment | $745 million (2024)[1] |
| President | Thomas Poon |
| Provost | Kat Weaver |
Academic staff | 615[2] |
| Students | 10,179 (fall 2024)[3] |
| Undergraduates | 7,273 (fall 2024) |
| Postgraduates | 2,906 (fall 2024) |
| Location | , U.S. |
| Campus | Urban 150 acres (60.7 ha) |
| Fight song | "Fight on Loyola" |
| Colors | Crimson and blue[4] |
| Nickname | Lions |
Sporting affiliations | NCAA Division I –WCC,PCSC |
| Mascot | Iggy the Lion |
| Website | www |
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Loyola Marymount University (LMU) is aprivateJesuit andMarymountresearch university inLos Angeles, California.[5] LMU enrolls over 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students, making it the largestCatholic university on the west coast of the United States.[6]
The university includes the Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts, theFrank R. Seaver College of Science and Engineering, the College of Business Administration, the School of Film and Television, the College of Communication & Fine Arts, and the School of Education. It is the parent school toLoyola Law School.[7]
LMU offers 55 major and 58 minor undergraduate programs and 47 master's degree programs, an education doctorate, a doctorate in juridical science, a doctorate in business administration, a Juris Doctor, and 13 credential programs. It isclassified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".[8] LMU's sports teams are calledthe Lions and compete at theNCAA Division I level as members of theWest Coast Conference in 20 sports.
Loyola Marymount Universityfaculty and alumni include CEOs ofFortune 500 companies, U.S.governors, members of theUnited States Congress,Olympic gold medalists, athletes in theNBA,MLB,NFL andMLS, winners ofAcademy Awards,Emmy Awards,Golden Globe Awards, andGrammy Awards, aPulitzer Prize winner[9] and aNobel Prize winner.[10][circular reference]
The university was originally known as St. Vincent's College for Boys, founded and run by theVincentians until 1911.[11][12] The university served as the first institution of higher learning inSouthern California. In 1865, the Vincentian Fathers were commissioned byThaddeus Amat y Brusi to found the school inLos Angeles.[13] John Asmuth was the firstPresident Rector. Classes were held for two years in theLugo Adobe on the east side of the Plaza while a new campus building remained under construction. The historic building, donated by Don Vicente Lugo, was one of few two-story adobes in the city at the time, standing across Alameda Street between the Plaza andUnion Station (nearOlvera Street).
The new 7th Street campus, a stone building now calledSt. Vincent's Place, encompassed a block bounded by Fort (Broadway), 6th, Hill, and 7th streets. In 1869, St. Vincent's was accredited by the state.[14][15] In 1887, the college moved to a new campus, bordered by Grand Avenue, Washington Boulevard, Hope Street, and 18th. The campus had a chapel, residence hall, cottages, and traditional brick-and-ivy complex housing classrooms and lecture halls. The new campus retained a tall, central tower topped with St. Vincent's trademarkmansard roof.[16][11]
Alongside campus expansion, the athletic program grew, and the Catholic Collegiates competed againstOccidental College's Presbyterians and theUniversity of Southern California's Methodists. St. Vincent's athletes were also recruited into professional sports. During this era, from St. Vincent's College graduated numerous notable alumni, includingIsidore Dockweiler,Eugene Biscailuz andLeo Carrillo.[11]
In 1911, the Vincentians left educational ministry.Thomas James Conaty appointed theJesuits as the Vincentians replacement. The group moved the college to a larger property and renamed the school Los Angeles College. The campus consisted of several bungalows at Avenue 52, Highland Park, Los Angeles. The old campus became St. Vincent's School.[17] In 1922, St. Vincent's campus was sold. Over time, the historic buildings of old St. Vincent's College have been torn down and replaced by developments such as theGrand Olympic Auditorium (1924) and parking lots.[11]Richard A. Gleeson was the first Jesuit president of the institution.[18]
Rapid growth prompted the Jesuits to seek a new campus on Venice Boulevard in 1917.[citation needed] Graduate instruction began in 1920 with the foundation of a separate law school, the only program into which women were admitted. The law school was the second in Los Angeles after USC to admit Jewish students.[19][20] In 1928, the undergraduate division of Loyola relocated to the presentWestchester campus in 1930, becoming Loyola University of Los Angeles.Loyola Law School did not move with the rest of the university, but in 1964 was reestablished at aFrank Gehry-designed campus indowntown Los Angeles.[21]
As enrollment dropped duringWorld War II, university president Edward Whelan brokered a deal with theUS Army to form an officer training program for bothArmy andNavy officers. The contract allowed the university to remain open during the war.[citation needed] Enrollment hit all-time highs as returning veterans took advantage of the G.I. Bill in the mid-to-late 1940s. During World War II, President Whelan was openly critical of the treatment ofJapanese Americans and the establishment ofJapanese internment camps.
In 1949, Charles Cassassa, S.J. was named president. His work included the formation of a graduate division on the Westchester campus in June 1950 and the establishment of the Teacher Education Program during the preceding two years. Cassassa also expanded campus infrastructure and established the Institute of Human Relations to promote improved racial relations in business and government.[22] In 1950, he ordered the school's football team to forfeit an away game againstTexas Western since the school's rules prevented African-American players, including Loyola team member Bill English, to play on their field.[23] With several notable exceptions, Loyola University continued as an all-male school until its merger with Marymount College in 1973.[citation needed]
At the time of theWatts riots in 1965, Loyola and Marymount were predominantly white institutions.[24][25] In response to the riots and the evolving local civil rights movement, Black students organized a Black students' union in 1968. In response, Loyola president Fr. Casassa issued policies on 'unlawful student protests'.[25][26] Despite Fr. Casassa's lack of cooperation, the Black Student Union of Loyola pledged that it would "work through established channels, to dialogue, and to present our case in an intelligent, cohesive, and non-violent fashion."[25] When the campus newspaperThe Loyolan surveyed students, most were generally supportive of introducing inclusive courses such as Black history.[25][27]
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TheReligious of the Sacred Heart of Mary began teaching local young women in 1923. After invitation byJohn Joseph Cantwell, seven sisters of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, led by Mother Cecilia Rafter, formed an elementary school which developed intoMarymount High School. Within a decade, high student demand prompted the Marymount sisters to open MarymountJunior College inWestwood in 1933.[citation needed]
Mother Gertrude Cain was the first president of the junior college and guided its development into a four-year college. In 1948, the college assumed the name Marymount College of Los Angeles. In 1960, having outgrown its shared Westwood campus, Marymount College moved its programs to thePalos Verdes Peninsula in southwestern Los Angeles, becomingMarymount California University.
In 1967 Raymunde McKay, president of Marymount College, alongside Mary Felix Montgomery General Superior of theSisters of Saint Joseph of Orange, merged Marymount College with St. Joseph College of Orange. St. Joseph College was originally formed as St. Joseph Teacher's College, a junior college affiliated withThe Catholic University of America in 1953. In 1959 it was incorporated as an autonomous, four-year institution, and assumed the St. Joseph College name. However, in 1968 Marymount and St. Joseph's Colleges merged under the Marymount name with an agreement that the traditions and heritage of both the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary and the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange would be retained.
Subsequently, the institution was renamed Marymount College of Orange. During the academic year, it remained a college for women religious seeking their baccalaureate degrees; college courses were offered to men and women during the summers at the Orange campus. However, in the same year, Marymount College began its affiliation with Loyola University, moving its four-year program at the Palos Verdes campus to the Westchester campus of Loyola University.[16]
By the mid-1960s, Loyola University of Los Angeles had unsuccessfully petitioned theArchbishop of Los Angeles,James Francis McIntyre, to allow coeducation for several years. In 1967, McIntyre permitted McKay to begin an affiliation with Loyola University. In 1968 when Marymount's baccalaureate program moved to Loyola's Westchester campus; this arrangement of two independent schools on one campus continued for five years. In 1970, the Student Governments of Loyola University (ASLU—Associated Students of Loyola University) and Marymount College (ASMC—Associated Students of Marymount College) joined to form the Associated Students of Loyola and Marymount (ASLM).
Loyola University and Marymount College officially merged and assumed the name Loyola Marymount University in 1973. The expanded university retained its roots of Catholic higher education and incorporated the educational traditions of the Jesuits, Marymount sisters, and Orange sisters into one institution. The ASLM became known as the Associated Students of Loyola Marymount University (ASLMU).[citation needed]Donald Merrifield, who first assumed the presidency of Loyola University in 1969, continued his role after the merger.[28] The academic vice president of Marymount College, Renee Harrangue, became the provost. During Merrifield's tenure, thirteen new buildings were constructed on Loyola Marymount's main campus.[29] Merrifield oversaw the expansion ofLoyola Law School's campus inPico-Union, neardowntown Los Angeles.[29] Merrifield and the university commissionedarchitectFrank Gehry to design the new campus, which was needed to accommodate increased enrollment.[29]
Merrifield also implemented a number of programs to increase minority enrollment, such asfinancial aid packages andscholarships, and addedAfrican American andLatino studies programs. He stepped down as president of Loyola Marymount in 1984, but remained the university'schancellor until 2002.[28][29]
In 2007, the university reestablished its presence inOrange County, California when the Theological Studies Department began offering a two-year master's program in Pastoral Theology inOrange, California. The first cohort graduated in the spring of 2009 with three additional cohorts completing a three-year master's degree in Pastoral Theology until the cohort program ended in 2018. The classes were held in the Marywood offices of the Diocese of Orange and then at the Diocese'sChrist Cathedral campus, each nearby the former Orange Campus of the university.[citation needed]
In 2010, Loyola Marymount PresidentRobert B. Lawton announced his retirement.[30] Lawton cited health problems, including a slow recovery from a 2009 back surgery, as the main reason for his departure.[30] He had served as president since 1999.[31]
David W. Burcham became the first lay president in the school's history. Burcham held the office from 2010 to 2015. Timothy Law Snyder became the 16th president in 2015.[32][33] Thomas Poon became the 17th president in 2025.[34]
During Summer of 2024, the Non-tenured track faculty at three of the university's colleges voted 227–29 to unionize. In November, the Visiting Assistant Professors across all six colleges likewise voted to unionize. Loyola Marymount University recognized both unions and raised no objections to their certification.
Between December 2024 and Summer 2025, the new faculty unions presented proposals to Loyola Marymount University. Rather than provide counter-proposals regarding compensation, the school's Board of Trustees unanimously decided to cease recognition of the union on September 12, 2025, under the pretext of a "religious exemption."[35]
On September 30, the non-tenured track faculty and visiting assistant professors overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike, though no strike date was announced at that time. As of October 2025, this issue is ongoing.[36]
LMU is located on theDel Rey Hills in theWestchester neighborhood of Los Angeles. It overlooks the former site of Hughes Aircraft. The original 99 acres (40 ha) were donated to the university byHarry Culver, a prominent real-estate developer. Xavier Hall, named forSt. Francis Xavier, and St. Robert's Hall, named afterSt. Robert Bellarmine, a cardinal and Doctor of the Church, were the first two buildings to be built on the current Westchester Campus. Following their completion in 1929, Xavier Hall housed both the Jesuit Faculty and the students at the time while St. Robert's Hall served as the academic and administrative building.[37]
Sacred Heart Chapel and the Regents Bell Tower were the next non-residential structures to be built on the campus (1953–55). The Malone Student Center, named after Lorenzo M. Malone, an alumnus of the university and former dean of students and treasurer of the university, was completed in 1958 and renovated in 1996. LMU now houses 36 academic, athletic, administrative, and event facilities as well as twelve on-campus residence halls and six on-campus apartment complexes. The campus houses four large open grass areas not reserved exclusively for athletic play.
LMU acquired the 1,000,000-square-foot (93,000 m2) building in January 2000 fromRaytheon, which bought Hughes Aircraft. LMU completed the interior remodel in April 2001. The building, which houses the university's Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts, is constructed of steel and concrete and is divided into seven structures above ground.
In 2022The Princeton Review ranked LMU as having the fourth-most beautiful campus in America.[38]
LMU has a large solar electric rooftop array that generates 868,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, providing 6% of the annual campus electrical needs.[39][non-primary source needed] The university purchased another 6 percent of its electrical energy throughRenewable Energy Credits.[40]
There are threeLEED-certified buildings on campus, including the William H. Hannon Library. All new and renovated roofing projects include installation of a highly reflective white membrane cool roof.[41]
Student sustainability jobs are available in the recycling program. Loyola Marymount earned a grade of a "B−" on the College Sustainability Report Card 2010,[42] published by the Sustainable Endowments Institute.[43]
Loyola Marymount is home to six colleges and schools, in addition to being the parent school ofLoyola Law School indowntown Los Angeles.
LMU offers 55 major and 58 minor undergraduate programs and 47 master's degree programs, an education doctorate, a doctorate in juridical science, a doctorate in business administration, a Juris Doctor, and 13 credential programs. LMU offers anAir Force ROTC program, an Honors Program which focus on an enriched core curriculum. Furthermore, it provides several year-long, semester, and summer study abroad programs which occur in the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. Incoming students for 2022 come from 45 states and 64 countries.[44]
LMU has aCarnegie Classification of R2- Doctoral University: High Research Activity. Carnegie gives this ranking to "institutions that awarded at least 20 research/scholarship doctoral degrees and had at least $5 million in total research expenditures (as reported through the National Science Foundation (NSF) Higher Education Research & Development Survey (HERD))."
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2018 | 2014 | |
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| Applicants | N/A | 23,089 | 23,361 | 21,312 | 18,081 | 12,117 |
| Admits | N/A | 10,409 | 9,413 | 8,240 | 8,498 | 6,387 |
| % Admitted | 39% | 45% | 40% | 38% | 47% | 52.7% |
| Enrolled | N/A | 1,541 | 1,535 | 1,710 | 1,500 | 1,348 |
| SAT Math + Reading range | N/A | 1280–1400 | 1280–1430 | 1290–1420 | 1210–1390 | 1100–1300 |
| ACT range | N/A | 28–32 | 29–33 | 28–32 | 27–31 | 25–30 |
| Avg GPA | N/A | 3.97 | 4.01 | 3.92 | 3.81 | 3.75 |
U.S. News & World Report classifies Loyola Marymount's selectivity as "more selective" with a 2023 acceptance rate of 40% and an early acceptance rate of 52.4%.[51] Half the applicants admitted to Loyola Marymount University who submitted test scores have an ACT score between 29 and 32.
| Academic rankings | |
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| Forbes[52] | 100 |
| U.S. News & World Report[53] | 91 |
| Washington Monthly[54] | 230 |
| WSJ/College Pulse[55] | 77 |
| Race and ethnicity[56] | Total | |
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| White | 43% | |
| Hispanic | 23% | |
| Asian | 10% | |
| Foreign national | 10% | |
| Other[a] | 7% | |
| Black | 7% | |
| Economic diversity | ||
| Low-income[b] | 12% | |
| Affluent[c] | 88% | |
The Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts includes twenty-five undergraduate programs of study as well as five graduate programs. It embodies the wider university goals of liberal education, which is the heart of the university's core curriculum for all undergraduates. The college is named for SaintRobert Bellarmine.[61]
The College of Communication and Fine Arts offers majors in Art History, Communication Studies, Dance, Music, Studio Arts, and Theatre Arts as well as a graduate program in Marital and Family Therapy. Students are able to choose a specific emphasis within the studio art (STAR) major such as drawing, painting, photography, art education, sculpture, and multimedia.[62]
There are beginning (lower division) and advanced (upper division) courses offered in the STAR department that explore fine art practices in two-dimensional design, ceramics, typography, visual thinking, and graphic design.[63] The current dean of the College of Communication and Fine Arts is Bryant Alexander.[citation needed]
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwrightBeth Henley teaches playwriting in the Theatre Department.Colin Hanks transferred to LMU from the acting program andChapman University.Linda Cardellini andBusy Philipps are also alumni from the Theatre Department. Many of the faculty in the department are currently working in the industry.[61]
The College of Business Administration teaches effective principles and practice of business through foundation building, undergraduate programs, and flexible graduate programs for advancing professionals. It is home to eight undergraduate programs of study as well as anMBA program for graduate studies.[61]
TheFrank R. Seaver College of Science and Engineering contains undergraduate and graduate programs. Graduate programs are offered in civil, electrical and mechanical engineering, in environmental science, in computer science, in systems engineering, and in dual program called systems engineering and leadership (SE+MBA).[citation needed]
LMU's undergraduate engineering program is ranked No. 23 byU.S. News Best Colleges Guide.[3]
The School of Education at Loyola Marymount has four undergraduate and nine graduate programs of study including a Doctorate in Education (Ed.D.).[61]
The School of Film and Television was established in 2003 by consolidating LMU's programs in film and television. Admission to the undergraduate program is competitive, with 19% of applicants admitted to the program.[66] It is the fifth highest ranked film program in America, according toThe Hollywood Reporter[67][68] and the fifth highest ranked program, according to College Factual (USA Today).[69] In 2018, it opened a 35,000 square foot facility, primarily for graduate film students.[70] The Playa Vista campus includes three greenscreen studios, eight Avid editing rooms and a Foley stage. In the spring of 2020, deanPeggy Rajski broke ground on the Howard B. Fitzpatrick Pavilion, a 25,000-square-foot structure equipped with a screening theater, a camera-teaching stage and a motion-capture workspace, which is due to open in the fall of 2021.[71] Unlike some other film programs, LMU film students own the intellectual property rights to the films they create while they are in college.[72]
The School of Film and Television offers bachelor's degrees in Film and Television Production, Screenwriting, Animation, and Recording Arts along with a minor in Film Studies and also Master's programs in Writing and Producing for Television, Film and Television Production, and Feature Film Screenwriting. A range of advanced facilities and equipment are available to students, including two soundstages, advanced editing labs, a fully equipped theater, and top-of-the-line camera equipment including fiveRED One Cameras.
Notable alumni from LMU's film school includeBarbara Broccoli, producer ofJames Bond films since 1990,James Wong,Brian Helgeland, writer/director of theJackie Robinson biopic42,Francis Lawrence, director of three ofThe Hunger Games films, andDavid Mirkin, an executive producer and showrunner forThe Simpsons.[73]
Loyola Law School'sFrank Gehry-designed campus[74] is in thePico-Union neighborhood west ofdowntown Los Angeles and is separate from theWestchester main university campus.[citation needed] Including its day and eveningJ.D. programs, Loyola was the first California law school with apro bono graduation requirement,[75] under which students perform 40 hours of pro bono work.[76]
U.S. News & World Report ranked Loyola Law School 61th in its "America's Best Graduate Schools 2024" feature.[77] The Law School fell 10 places to 71 in 2025.[78]
The university cabinet consists of: the president, executive vice president & provost, senior vice president & chief academic officer (under whose direction the deans of the Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts, College of Business Administration, College of Communication and Fine Arts, Seaver College of Science and Engineering, School of Education, School of Film and Television, and University Libraries operate), senior vice president for administration, senior vice president & chief financial officer, senior vice president for student affairs, senior vice president for university relations, and senior vice president Fritz B. Burns Dean of Loyola Law School.[79]
The Jesuit Community is headed by a rector (appointed by the Superior General of the Society of Jesus); the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary are led by local coordinator who report to the provincial superior of the Western American Province; and the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange are led by a local superior who reports to the general superior of their congregation. Each of the three sponsoring religious communities is represented on the board of trustees.[80]
LMU is sponsored primarily by three religious orders that have long been associated witheducation, theSociety of Jesus, theReligious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, and theSisters of St. Joseph of Orange.
LMU is home to around 35 Jesuits holding various positions in administrative, staff, and faculty positions.
TheReligious of the Sacred Heart of Mary also house several religious sisters adjacent campus. From 1968 until 1999 the sisters lived on campus in the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Center. In 1999, they donated the building to the university and moved into residential houses off campus. The Western American provincial center, which had been in the Leavey center, was moved toMontebello. The Marymount Sisters sponsor the Marymount Institute for Faith, Culture, and the Arts which attempts to preserve the transformative educational tradition of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary and promotes a dialogue between faith and culture as expressed in fine, performing, literary and communication arts.[80]
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Loyola Marymount's Office of Campus Ministry is a component to the promotion of the university's mission and identity. Founded in 1911 as the University Chaplain, this division became known as Campus Ministry in 1973 with a stipulation that the Director would be a Jesuit. By 1986 this requirement was waived when Sr. Margaret Mary Dolan, R.S.H.M. became the director. Dolan, an alumna of Marymount College's class of 1958, received her Master's from LMU in 1974 and also served the university as a campus minister, director of alumni relations, residence hall minister, and alumni chaplain since 1973.
In 2008, as part of the university's Centennial Capital Campaign, it was announced that an $8 million fundraising goal was set to endow the office as the "Peg Dolan, RSHM Campus Ministry Center" in honor of Dolan's contributions to the university. The same year, the university asked her to address the class of 2008 at the undergraduate commencement exercises and she was awarded an honorary doctorate. At the dedication ceremony in September 2008, over 700 alumni returned to campus to honor her legacy at the university. When Dolan died in 2009, more than 1,000 people returned to campus for two days of liturgies celebrating her life.[81]
Located at the north end of the university, Sacred Heart Chapel is the main worship space on campus. A basilica-style church, Sacred Heart has two side altars and the Mary chapel, which is located behind the crucifix, in addition to the main chapel space. The chapel is lined by tall stained-glass windows.
The Academy of Catholic Thought and Imagination (ACTI) at Loyola Marymount University is a hub for scholarship, interdisciplinary research, pedagogy, and outreach on LMU's campus and in the southwest United States. ACTI sponsors and co-sponsors events, supports interdisciplinary dialogue within the university, and publishes academic work promoting its mission. Founded in April 2014 and Directed by Dr. Brian Treanor, ACTI has been sponsoring and organizing events since April 2015.[82]
Founded in 1991, the Marymount Institute encourages interdisciplinary and intercultural scholarly and artistic activity in the form of research, publication, exhibits, performances, conferences, seminars, and lectures.
2008 saw the opening of the Marymount Institute Press. Itself an imprint of Tsehai Publishers and Distributors, the MIP was founded by the Ethiopian-born journalist, publisher, and social activist, Elias Wondimu, and already has two publications to its credit: "Panim el Panim: Facing Genesis, Visual Midrash" and "A Journey into Love: Meditating with Piers Plowman".
The President's Marymount Institute Professor in Residence is Nobel LaureateWole Soyinka.[82]
Loyola Marymount's mascot is the Lion; the school's primary athletic affiliation is with theWest Coast Conference. While LMU has had success in several sports, it is probably best remembered for its men'sbasketball teams between 1985 and 1990. These teams won the WCC tournament in 1988 and 1989, won the WCC regular season championship in 1988 and 1990, and made appearances in theNCAA Tournamentin 1988, 1989, and 1990. In 1990 the team advanced to the Elite Eight.[83]Paul Westhead as served as head coach.The tragic death of star playerHank Gathers (#44), who collapsed during the second round of the WCC tournament on March 4, 1990, occurred during this time as well. Hank Gaithers', and his teammate Bo Kimble's, jerseys have been retired at LMU.
Especially well-remembered was the1990 team, led by Gathers and Kimble until tragedy struck in the WCC tournament. Gathers collapsed during a game and died due to a previously diagnosed heart condition. Playing for their fallen teammate, the Lions advanced to the Elite Eight (regional final) of theNCAA tournament before falling to eventual championsUNLV.
The primary indoor athletic facility is theGersten Pavilion.FormerLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim pitcherC. J. Wilson attended and pitched at Loyola Marymount in 2001. LMU Softball holds many records. It owns more titles than any other PCSC (Pacific Coast Softball Conference) team, with three in 2003, 2005, and 2007. In 2007, Tiffany Pagano and LMU beat UCLA 4–2 in the Los Angeles regional in the NCAA Tournament, to mark their first win over the Bruins, and the first time that UCLA had not won a regional and advanced to the Women's College World Series.[84]
In January 2024, Loyola Marymount announced that it would cut six athletic programs after the 2023–24 season: men's cross-country, men's rowing, men's track and field, women's rowing, women's swimming, and women's track and field.[85]
ASLMU, The Associated Students of Loyola Marymount University, functions as the student government. It is composed of an Executive Branch, composed of the Management Team and Cabinet Departments; a Legislative Branch, composed of the Senate; and a Judicial Branch, composed of the Judicial Committee. The only elected positions are those of the President, Vice President and the Senate. Unlike the senators, the President and Vice President have a limited term of two years.[86]
TheLos Angeles Loyolan newspaper has been published for over 100 years. In August 2013, the student staff of theLoyolan took the publication to a digital-focused format.[87] This gradual shift continued until 2020, when publication shifted to being completely digital, with a focus on multimedia content.
The paper is supported by its advertising department, which has historically paid from 80% to 100% of the cost of publication. Its regular sections include News, Opinion, Sports, Life+Arts and the parody section, named The Bluff after LMU's distinctive landmark. In addition to the content-based sections, the Loyolan houses a variety of multimedia departments, including staples like Photo and Cartoon teams, but in later years branching out to include Video, Audio and Audience Engagement departments.
Over the years, the Loyola University Los Angeles yearbook was known by several titles, including the Lair Annual. After the merger the university began publishing the annualThe Tower Yearbook which is financed through a mandatory annual student yearbook fee (collected along with tuition).
In 2016, theNational Scholastic Press Association awarded the Tower yearbook thePacemaker Award. SEEK, the winning issue was headed by Mali McGuire the editor-in-chief for the year. The 2015–16 yearbook was also awarded theGold Crown by theColumbia Scholastic Press Association.
In 2024 at Associated College Press Best of Show Awards, the Tower Yearbook won first prize for Yearbook Design and third prize for Best Yearbook.[88]
ROAR Studios is the newest student media on-campus. It provides a forum for student produced programming to be broadcast, previously via the on-campuscable TV system and now entirely online.[89]
CSA also oversees LMU's student service organizations. The ten service organizations work to help the university and surrounding community of Los Angeles. The members of these organizations make themselves available for on-campus service as well as on-going commitments to serve at specific non-profit agencies in Southern California. Each organization has a moderator and a chaplain.[90]
LMU EMS is the on-campus emergency medical services program, consisting of volunteer full-time undergraduate students who are nationally certified EMTs. The organization is 1 of 27 active members of theNational Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Foundation (NCEMSF) and the first collegiate EMS group on the West Coast, founded in 1986.[91] LMU EMS responds to between 300 and 500 medical calls on the LMU Westchester campus during the academic year, whenever the campus health clinic is closed, which establishes 24/7 medical coverage of the campus during the school year, serving more than 10,000 work hours annually. As a non-transporting agency, LMU EMS works with theLos Angeles Fire Department for transportation of patients to local emergency departments. LMU EMS was honored as the smallest school to win NCEMSF's Organization of the Year award and Debbie Wilson, the program's founder, was also the first woman to win NCEMSF's Collegiate EMS Advisor of the Year award.[92] The program has also won nine university-wide awards,[93] and four national awards.[92]
The sorority and fraternity community at Loyola Marymount University consists of 20 chapters – 10 sororities and 10 fraternities. More than 1,500 students (25 percent of the total campus population) are reported to be involved in the Greek community.
Loyola Marymount Universityfaculty and alumni include CEOs ofFortune 500 companies, U.S.Governors, members of theUnited States Congress,Olympic gold medal winners, athletes in theNBA,MLB,NFL andMLS,Academy Award Winners,Emmy Award Winners,Golden Globe Award Winners,Grammy Award Winners, aPulitzer Prize Winner[9] and aNobel Prize Winner.[10]
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