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Student Organizations, Awards and Honors

Joining with fellow students brings a powerful sense of community to your learning experience. You'll find common cause with your peers within our student organizations. In addition, the School of Education sponsors events focused on issues relevant to you through regular programming on student and faculty research, community building, and invited lecturers.

Awards and Honors

University-Wide Honors

The School of Education participates in the Alpha Sigma Nu (ASN) Honor Society. Each Spring, new candidates are invited to participate in ASN, the national society of Jesuit College and University throughout the world. Candidates are students from across the University who excel in scholarship, loyalty and service, and promote Ignatian values for life. The Induction ceremony takes place the following October in Madonna Della Strada Chapel on the Lake Shore campus.  

Each year one SOE Student is nominated for the President’s Medallion. The representative for the SOE embodies Leadership, scholarship, and service, bringing the spirit of the Jesuit mission to life. The medallion is presented at a formal event each Fall which is followed by the President’s Ball.

Click to learn more about our SOE student receiving this prestigious honor in 2022:

School of Education Honors & Awards

All SOE students are eligible to apply for Student Excellence awards. This annual event is sponsored by the SOE’s Student Development Committee. Awards are made each Spring term for excellence in research, teaching, and service. Click here to read about the 2022 recipients.

Undergraduates also are eligible for the Dean’s list (each term), laudatory status (awarded to eligible students upon completion of the program), and program area awards which are determined by T&L faculty and awarded during the Undergraduate Honor’s Celebration in the days before commencement. The Honor’s Celebration includes all graduating Honor’s program students as well as those who have earned laudatory status.

Deans List

The School of Education Dean's List will be awarded each term based on following the criteria:

  • Students must earn a combined GPA for the term of 3.5 or above.
  • Students must have earned 12 or more credits for the term, graded on a letter scale; grades of "P" (Pass) are not included.
  • Students with an unresolved "Incomplete" grade for the term are not eligible until the Incomplete is resolved. At that time their GPA for the term will be recalculated. If they earn a 3.5 or higher for the term, the list will be updated to reflect their inclusion.

Fall 2022 Dean's List

Kari-Anne Adcock Early Childhood Special Education
Katarina Alvarado Secondary Education
Mikela Arroyo Elementary Education
Skylar Baker Early Childhood Special Education
Jessica Banks Middle Grades Education
Jacquelyn Barnes Special Education
Jake Bartilad Elementary Education
Sarah Baudler Secondary Education
Maria Bautista Early Childhood Special Education
Nicole Bedrejo Elementary Education
Colette Benoit Bilingual/Bicultural Education with Elementary Certification
Shailee Bhatt Secondary Education
David Binkley Secondary Education
Karoline Blacha Elementary Education
Margaret Blaes Elementary Education
Emma Bogdanov Elementary Education
Paul Bolender Secondary Education
Katherine Boogert Secondary Education
Breelyn Borum Elementary Education
Benjamin Brania Secondary Education
Elizabeth Breman Early Childhood Special Education
Alexandra Brist Bilingual Education
Sofia Brown Elementary Education
Elizabeth Brunet Secondary Education
Allie Brztowski Secondary Education
Kelly Burke Elementary Education
Abigail Burrows Elementary Education
Emmaline Byars Secondary Education
Kadin Camburn Special Education
Kayla Carizey Elementary Education
Angelina Caruso Secondary Education
Katherine Casas Early Childhood Special Education
Audrey Cenatiempo Secondary Education
KaiQi Chen Middle Grades Education
Emily Choi Elementary Education
Deanna Cipek Secondary Education
Stephanie Coan Elementary Education
Grace Cvengros Secondary Education
Morgan Danowitz Secondary Education
Rhys Darr Secondary Education
Jenna Daube Secondary Education
Jose De Leon Secondary Education
Ellie DeBock Elementary Education
Grace Dechant Elementary Education
Raphael Delgado Bilingual Education
Hannah Denaer Secondary Education
Daniel Dolan Secondary Education
Maeve Donlin Middle Grades Education
Aidan Doyle Secondary Education
Megan Dunn Elementary Education
Abigail Dyson Special Education
Elizabeth Eaton Elementary Edcuation
Nathan Eckman Secondary Education
Sydney Egan-Fowler Elementary Education
Michelle Eloisa Elementary Education
Olivia Elroz Elementary Education
Katherine Emery Secondary Education
Megan Evans Elementary Education
Meredith Farrar Elementary Education
Kristin Fasiang Secondary Education
Jessica Fernandez Elementary Education
Ella Fernandez Elementary Education
Megan Flanagan Elementary Education
Steven Flanagan Special Education
Samantha Flerlage Secondary Education
Logan Flores Early Childhood Special Education
Elisa Flores Secondary Education
Esteban Garcia Secondary Education
Mayra Garcia Sainz Bilingual Education
Jared Glaaser Middle Grades Education
Sabrina Godinho dos Santos Special Education
Itzel Gonzalez Secondary Education
Dakota Hagen Secondary Education
Lucy Hamilton Elementary Education
Annelise Hannon Secondary Education
Delaney Harris Secondary Education
Maura Hart Elementary Education
Michele Helmer Elementary Education
Lauren Hicks Elementary Education
Laura Hodgson Elementary Education
Anelise Huang Elementary Education
Neira Hujdur Elementary Education
Karolina Irla Secondary Education
Grace Jaroszewski Elementary Education
Sydney Jobs Elementary Education
Mia Johnson Secondary Education
Roseanna Jurasas Billingual Education
Katherine Karel Secondary Education
Alexandra Kasamis Special Education
Sara Kazemi Secondary Education
Madeline Keuten Elementary Education
Isabel Kilinski Early Childhood Special Education
Oliver Kingery Middle Grades Education
Holden Kodish Secondary Education
Anna Kougias Elementary Education
Daphne Kraushaar Elementary Education
Anna Kuhnert Elementary Education
Katharine Kulevich Special Education
Alexandria Lavezzi Early Childhood Special Education
Logan Levine Secondary Education
Sean Lifka Secondary Education
Konstantina Limperatos Elementary Education
Grace Lloyd Elementary Education
Kailyn Loch Special Education
Mark Lozovnoy Early Childhood Special Education
Grace Lueken Secondary Education
Claire Mannion Elementary Education
Natalie Martinez Elementary Education
Clare McCabe Special Education
Amanda McGreal Secondary Education
Amira Mahmeti Elementary Education
Rubi Mendez Secondary Education
Sara Merlos Early Childhood Special Education
Sarah Mikos Early Childhood Special Education
Ashtyn Mitchell Elementary Education
Xander Mitchell Secondary Education
Anna Monarski Secondary Education
Carolyn Moon Special Education
Faith Mordach Early Childhood Special Education
Alexandra Moshi Early Childhood Special Education
Grace Murphy Secondary Education
Lucy Myerscough Secondary Education
Lucy McNeal Secondary Education
Kirby O'Donnell Elementary Education
Sydnee O'Donnell Secondary Education
John Ogle Elementary Education
Sarah Omiatek Elementary Education
Margaret Parada Middle Grades Education
Samantha Pecsar Elementary Education
Kelly Peterson Elementary Education
Rebecca Phillips Elementary Education
Bronte Phipps Secondary Education
Claire Piccirilli Elementary Education
Monica Pitlock Elementary Education
Jasmine Pumanes Special Education
Mia Pyle Middle Grades Education
Zara Quraishi Elementary Education
Kavya Radhakrishan Elementary Education
Audrey Rajski Elementary Education
Diya Ramhtullah Early Childhood Special Education
Morgan Reeb Elementary Education
Charlotte Reed Elementary Education
Renee Renaud Elementary Education
Citlalli Reyes Secondary Education
Anna Rivera Elementary Education
Justin Rogde Secondary Education
Alyssa Romero Secondary Education
Estela Romero Early Childhood Special Education
Sade Roush Early Childhood Special Education
Maria Alejandra Sanchez Cajiao Early Childhood Special Education
Grace Scannell Elementary Education
Marianne Schrader Secondary Education
Sara Segneri Secondary Education
Audrey Selander Elementary Education
Lia Sellas Elementary Education
Patrick Sheehan Secondary Education
Madison Shenefield Elementary Education
Julia Skarzynska Elementary Education
Rebecca Smith Early Childhood Special Education
Victoria Smith Early Childhood Special Education
Abigail Smith Elementary Education
Emily Spielbauer Elementary Education
Madison Staszuck Elementary Education
Morgan Stuckey Secondary Edcuation
Naja Sulejman Special Education
Andrew Takahashi Secondary Education
Shreya Talukder Elementary Education
Kyra Tatge Secondary Education
Emma Taylor Early Childhood Special Education
Anna Taylor Secondary Education
Indigo TenEyck Middle Grades Education
Cassidy Tennyson Elementary Education
Angelyna Tovar Secondary Education
Lynn Tran Elementary Education
Serena Troshynski Secondary Education
Jasmine Turrubiartes Secondary Education
Elizabeth Usher Secondary Education
Angela Vainikos Secondary Education
Sophia Vanneste Elementary Education
Angeline Ventula Elementary Education
Alison Wahlberg Middle Grades Education
Savannah Walker Early Childhood Special Education
Christopher Warren Secondary Education
Matthew Westmeyer Secondary Education
Olivia Whalen Elementary Education
Gabriella Wingard Secondary Education
Magdalena Wojtulewicz Elementary Education
Orly Wolf Special Education
Stephen Woo Secondary Education
Erin Wright Special Edcuation
Shane Youngblood Secondary Education
Grace Younglood Elementary Education
Rachael Yu Elementary Education

 

School-Wide Organizations

The Student Development Committee is comprised of representatives from all SOE program areas. This group helps shape school-level town halls, celebrations of excellence, and other events related to professional development. Members meet monthly. Each representative serves a minimum of one academic year. In early fall, any open seats are made known to the program chair and a request for volunteers is extended.

Golden Apple Scholars are comprised of students in the teaching & learning undergraduate program who have received tuition scholarship awards from the Illinois-based organization. The Golden Apple program focuses on supporting Illinois high-school students through scholarship funding, mentoring,, and professional development.

The Scholars meet periodically throughout the academic year with the Assistant Dean of Student Academic Affairs and Golden Apple representatives. For information on Golden Apple Scholarships, visit their website.

Program Level Student Organizations

Several SOE program areas have active student organizations that serve the students within that area. These groups are listed below, along with their related program area and a brief description. If you are interested in pursuing membership in these groups, enrolled students should contact the program area or refer to the contact information listed.

Counseling Psychology

Doctoral Advisory Committee (DAC) provides doctoral students a safe space (no faculty except when invited) to bond, to generate questions, and to engage in peer mentoring.

Higher Education

Higher Education Student Association (HESA) is the student-led programming, outreach and advocacy organization for students, alumni, and friends of the Higher Education program. We support the holistic development and serve as the collective voice representing the needs of higher education students at Loyola.

Journal of Critical Scholarship on Higher Education and Student Affairs

School Psychology

Loyola Association of School Psychology (LASP) is a student-run organization focused on creating community. Our mission is to increase visibility of school psychology as a career choice. The students work together to identify ways they can serve Chicago area children in facilitating access and equity.

Student Affiliates of School Psychology (SASP) is a student organization with a similar mission as LASP for our doctoral students.

School Psychology Journal Club is a student-initiated and led group that holds regularly scheduled gatherings ( 2 x per month] open to students and faculty to read and discuss current journal articles on issues important to the development of the science practitioner.

Teaching, Learning, and Leading with Schools and Communities

LUC Future Teachers Club/Illinois Education Association engages teacher preparation students in professional development, social networking, and service projects with local schools. Service projects have included building playgrounds at local schools and K-12 student engagement. Loyola’s future teachers are always a strong presence at the annual IEA conference and have won several grants to help support family literacy programs in the Lake Shore Campus community. 

Awards and Honors

University-Wide Honors

The School of Education participates in the Alpha Sigma Nu (ASN) Honor Society. Each Spring, new candidates are invited to participate in ASN, the national society of Jesuit College and University throughout the world. Candidates are students from across the University who excel in scholarship, loyalty and service, and promote Ignatian values for life. The Induction ceremony takes place the following October in Madonna Della Strada Chapel on the Lake Shore campus.  

Each year one SOE Student is nominated for the President’s Medallion. The representative for the SOE embodies Leadership, scholarship, and service, bringing the spirit of the Jesuit mission to life. The medallion is presented at a formal event each Fall which is followed by the President’s Ball.

Click to learn more about our SOE student receiving this prestigious honor in 2022:

School of Education Honors & Awards

All SOE students are eligible to apply for Student Excellence awards. This annual event is sponsored by the SOE’s Student Development Committee. Awards are made each Spring term for excellence in research, teaching, and service. Click here to read about the 2022 recipients.

Undergraduates also are eligible for the Dean’s list (each term), laudatory status (awarded to eligible students upon completion of the program), and program area awards which are determined by T&L faculty and awarded during the Undergraduate Honor’s Celebration in the days before commencement. The Honor’s Celebration includes all graduating Honor’s program students as well as those who have earned laudatory status.

Deans List

The School of Education Dean's List will be awarded each term based on following the criteria:

  • Students must earn a combined GPA for the term of 3.5 or above.
  • Students must have earned 12 or more credits for the term, graded on a letter scale; grades of "P" (Pass) are not included.
  • Students with an unresolved "Incomplete" grade for the term are not eligible until the Incomplete is resolved. At that time their GPA for the term will be recalculated. If they earn a 3.5 or higher for the term, the list will be updated to reflect their inclusion.

School-Wide Organizations

The Student Development Committee is comprised of representatives from all SOE program areas. This group helps shape school-level town halls, celebrations of excellence, and other events related to professional development. Members meet monthly. Each representative serves a minimum of one academic year. In early fall, any open seats are made known to the program chair and a request for volunteers is extended.

Golden Apple Scholars are comprised of students in the teaching & learning undergraduate program who have received tuition scholarship awards from the Illinois-based organization. The Golden Apple program focuses on supporting Illinois high-school students through scholarship funding, mentoring,, and professional development.

The Scholars meet periodically throughout the academic year with the Assistant Dean of Student Academic Affairs and Golden Apple representatives. For information on Golden Apple Scholarships, visit their website.

Program Level Student Organizations

Several SOE program areas have active student organizations that serve the students within that area. These groups are listed below, along with their related program area and a brief description. If you are interested in pursuing membership in these groups, enrolled students should contact the program area or refer to the contact information listed.