Self Guided Tour

Visit the Gentile Arena during the Welcome Event on Saturday at Noon

Joseph J. Gentile Arena has served as the home to Loyola’s basketball programs since the 1996-97 season, and in the summer of 2011 received a major facelift that has transformed it into one of the most intimate, fan-friendly arenas in the Missouri Valley Conference and in the Midwest. One of the top facilities of its size in the Midwest, Joseph J. Gentile Arena has provided the Loyola University Chicago men’s and women’s basketball teams with a tremendous home-court advantage for a quarter of a century. The 2020-21 season was the 25th year Loyola has called Gentile Arena home. The current arena can seat ~5,000 for most home basketball and volleyball contests. 

Gentile Arena was the site of one of the greatest moments in Loyola Athletics history as the men’s volleyball team hosted the NCAA Championship and went on to capture the first of its back-to-back national championships with a four-set victory over Stanford in the NCAA championship match on May 3, 2014. Loyola has also celebrated three Missouri Valley Conference regular-season championships in men’s basketball on its home floor. The 45,000-square-foot facility is used not only for men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball, but also for Loyola special events, as well as by the community in the Rogers Park-Edgewater neighborhood. Graduation, which used to be held downtown in Medinah Temple, also is held in Gentile Arena. 
For more info, check 
https://loyolaramblers.com/facilities/gentile-arena/4  
https://www.luc.edu/studentcomplex/gentilearena/  

Visit the Wolf and Kettle Statue any time you are on campus 

Many years ago, in the Basque country of Spain, there lived a prosperous and generous family who, after feeding family, retainers, and soldiers, had enough to feed even the wild animals. To commemorate this act of generosity, a carving of two wolves eating at a cauldron was placed over the lintel of the family’s home in Loyola, Spain. Many centuries later, St. Ignatius of Loyola would be born into this family and would go on to establish the Jesuit order and change the world. Today, we celebrate this act of generosity, which has become the heraldic shield of the Loyola family, the symbol of this University, and a fitting tribute to our donors, whose generosity makes your education possible at Loyola. 

Wolf and Kettle Day 2012 featured the unveiling of Los Lobos de Loyola, a statue designed by Mexican artist Pancho Cardenas. This will be the third statue, second in the United States, of Cardenas' to be installed on a university campus. University of San Francisco and Universidad Iberoamericana have similar sculptures. Today, the statue stands guard in front of the Norville Athletics Center and Gentile Arena, and the cauldron is lit up in flames for Rambler home games. The Los Lobos de Loyola statue is a constant reminder for students, faculty, staff and alumni to continue to celebrate the generosity of our Loyola family. 
For more info, check 
https://www.luc.edu/wolf,kettle/loslobosdeloyolastatue/  

Palm Court is on the 4th floor of the Mundelein Center. You can visit this space with your student from 2 - 4pm on Saturday, September 30. This is a student study space, so please enjoy the view quietly.

One of Loyola's newest venues on the Lake Shore Campus, this beautiful atrium event space boasts stunning lake views and an abundance of natural light. Coupled with a wrap-around outdoor terrace, Palm Court is one of Loyola's most popular venues for smaller wedding receptions, networking events, and private functions. Palm Court can accommodate up to 80 guests for a seated event or 160 theatre-style. 

For more info, check 
https://www.luc.edu/conference/campusvenues/lakeshorecampus/mundeleincenterforfineandperformingarts/palmcourt/  

Visit SES during open house hours on Saturday, September 30 from 2 – 4 pm.

The School of Environmental Sustainability (SES) includes classrooms, faculty offices, research and teaching labs, a biodiesel lab, an urban agricultural greenhouse, a green café, and a LEED-certified residence hall. The building has state of the art sustainability features that allow SES to maximize our natural resources and find ways to divert, reuse and repurpose waste. Features of the building include a stormwater management system, a geothermal system, and green roofs.  
For more info, check 
https://www.luc.edu/sustainability/  

Visit San Francisco Hall during open house hours on Saturday, September 30 from 2 – 4 pm.

San Francisco Hall is a LEED-certified building. SES shares common spaces with San Francisco Hall, a 130,000-square-foot residence hall for freshmen and sophomores that houses the Green House Learning Community—students who share common classes and co-curricular activities and engage in Loyola’s initiatives to develop a more sustainable campus. Engrained Cafe offers coffee and a limited menu of food. Engrained's menu focuses on sourcing seasonal, organic, locally grown food produced within a 150-mile radius. 
For more info, check 
https://www.luc.edu/reslife/halls/sanfranciscohall/  

Visit Winthrop Garden during open house hours on Saturday, September 30 from 2 – 4 pm (weather dependent). You can walk by the garden during Family Weekend but it will not be staffed.  

Two gardens at Loyola demonstrate some of the best small-scale urban agriculture techniques from Chicago and the world. These demonstration gardens educate students, faculty, and staff as well as the greater community. The SES rooftop gardens grow a variety of seasonal herbs, produce, and flowers. This site allows students to learn about rooftop food production in conditions that differ from on-the-ground growing conditions and, of particular importance, the ability to grow food in urban conditions when ground-level space is not possible. Winthrop Garden is a small orchard planted by the student group Growers Guild with twenty raised beds and an array of vegetables and herbs. This garden utilizes low tunnel season extension strategies that allow the cultivation of crops beyond their traditional growing season. 
For more info, check 
https://www.luc.edu/sustainability/about/ourfacilities/  

You can visit this space with your student from 2 - 4pm on Saturday, September 30.

The IC is the ideal place to learn, share, connect, create and relax here on Loyola University Chicago's Lake Shore Campus. Information Commons is founded on the philosophy of the three C's: Collaboration, Connectivity and Community. Thus, we offer spaces and technology for group study and team learning; high-speed Internet connectivity including wireless; and comfortable spaces for serious work, reading and relaxation. The beautiful building offers you stunning views as it overlooks Lake Michigan. 
For more info, check 
https://www.luc.edu/ic/index.shtml  

Visit the Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing Clinical Simulation Learning Laboratory on the 3rd floor of the Mundelein Center during open house hours on Saturday, September 30. Due to space limitations, guests may need to wait for a short period of time to be shown the lab.  

The Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing Clinical Simulation Learning Laboratory (CSLL) is located on the third floor. The multifunctional lab provides students with the opportunity for learning and risk-free practice throughout the nursing program. The lab simulates various clinical settings and provides undergraduate students with opportunities to learn and enhance their technical, communication, critical thinking, and decision-making skills. The lab is equipped with state-of-the-art resources including high-fidelity simulators (adult, obstetric, and pediatric), virtual reality simulators, a computer lab, eight hospital bays, and three simulation suites. 
For more info, check 
https://stories.luc.edu/mundelein-center  

Visit Madonna della Strada Chapel during Mass and/or the tour on Sunday

Madonna della Strada Chapel is Loyola University Chicago's main chapel. Unlike diocesan parishes, Madonna della Strada Chapel is operated and maintained by the University, and it functions as an apostolic outreach of the Jesuits on campus, serving a diverse and transient congregation. Like all other Catholic churches, the chapel must adhere to guidelines and policies for Roman Catholic spaces of worship and liturgical celebrations, which are promulgated by the Archdiocese of Chicago. In addition to liturgy, Madonna della Strada Chapel serves an educational purpose, giving students the opportunity to learn more about liturgy and train to be liturgical ministers. Madonna della Strada Chapel is generally open seven days a week from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 
For more info, check 
https://www.luc.edu/campusministry/sacramental_life/mds-chapel/index.shtml