Loyola University Chicago

Semester I.  (Fall)

New Student Orientation

Saturday, August 23rd, 9:30a.m.-noon
Beane Hall, 13th Floor of Lewis Towers
Water Tower Campus

Classes Begin

Monday, August 25th

Labor Day Holiday

Monday, September 1st: No Classes 

Alpha Sigma Nu Induction Ceremony

Sunday, September 28th at 2pm,
Madonna della Strada Chapel
Lake Shore Campus

Fall Break Days

Monday and Tuesday, October 6 and 7: No Classes

John Dear, S.J.
Book presentation & Brunch
for students and alum of IPS

Thursday, October 16th, 9:30a.m. - noon
Terry Center Library, 3rd floor, Baumhart Hall
Water Tower Campus

Open House for people interested
in attending IPS

Saturday, October 18th, 9:30a.m. - 11:30a.m.
Beane Hall, 13th Floor of Lewis Towers
Water Tower Campus

Hunger Week Banquet

Monday, November 3rd, 12:00p.m. - 1:00p.m.
Kasbeer Hall, 15th floor of 25 East Pearson,
Water Tower Campus

Thanksgiving Holidays

Wednesday, November 26 - Friday, November 28: 
No Classes

Last Day of Class

Friday, December 5

IPS Christmas Open House

Friday, December 5, 11a.m. - 1p.m.
IPS Office

James Finley
Remembering Thomas Merton:
Contemplative Practice for Today

Saturday, December 6, 9:00a.m. - 4:30p.m.
Mundelein Auditorium, Lake Shore Campus 

Semester II (Spring)

Classes Begin

Monday, January 12, 2009

Late Registration fee applies

Monday, January 12, 2009

New Student Orientation

CANCELED

Martin Luther King Day
no classes

Monday, January 19, 2008

Last day to drop classes for 100% refund

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Last Day to drop classes for 50% refund

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Last Day to drop classes for 20% refund
(0% refund thereafter)

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Last day to apply for Graduation in December, 2009
(go to:
Procedure to Apply for Graduation and Declaration of Intent to Graduate)

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Semester Break
no classes

Monday, March 2 -
Friday, March 6, 2009

Easter Holiday

Thursday evening, April 9th
(classes that start 4:15 p.m. or later are cancelled)
through Monday afternoon, April 13th
(classes beginning on or after 4:15 p.m. will be held)

Offices closed Good Friday, March 21

Kim Bobo, presentation and reading
Wage Theft in America

Tuesday, April 14th, 5:40 - 6:45 pm
School of Communications Bldg, room: LL010
Water Tower Campus

James Carroll presentation and reading
Practicing Catholic

Wednesday, April 15th, 7pm
Information Commons, 4th floor
Lake Shore Campus

Open House

Saturday, April 18th, 9:30a.m. - 11:30a.m.

Information Session for satellite campus

Tuesday, April 21st, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Church of the Holy Spirit
1451 Bode Road
Schaumburg, IL

Full Faculty Lunch Meeting

Wednesday, April 22, 2009, 11:30am
Beane Hall, 13th floor, Lewis Towers

Last Day of Classes

Friday, April 24, 2009

Leavetaking Ritual and Celebration

Friday, April 24, 2009
beginning at 6:00p.m. in Kasbeer Hall,
15th floor of 25 East Pearson

Baccalaureate Mass and Reception

Thursday, May 7th, 10:00am at Madonna della Strada Chapel, Lake Shore Campus
Reception follows at 11:00am in the Information Commons, Lake Shore Campus

IPS/Graduate School Commencement

Thursday, May 7th, noon, Gentile Center,
Lake Shore Campus

Founder's Dinner

Saturday, June 6, 2009

New Student Orientation

Saturday, August 22rd, 9:30a.m.-noon
Beane Hall, 13th Floor of Lewis Towers
Water Tower Campus

Classes Begin

Monday, August 24, 2009