Everone knows the Lakeshore campus. Buildings like Dunbach. Cudahee. Madonna Dela Estrada, the beautiful chapel. But the heart of Loyola? A Jesuit education. The...
Everone knows the Lakeshore campus. Buildings like Dunbach. Cudahee. Madonna Dela Estrada, the beautiful chapel. But the heart of Loyola? A Jesuit education. The Marines of Catholicism. Set a standard for excellence. Professors known internationally. Like Patrick J. Casey, who taught Irish Renaissance plays, poetry and literature. Very special man. "Oh c'mon. C'mon. I know somebody knows this." Brilliant. Inspired. Knew detail after detail of the Dublin of John Joyce. Yeats and Lady Gregory. Cu Chulainn. Made them so relevant, alive. Raised the bar for what it meant to be a teacher. Inspired you to research, memorize, synthesize. That's what makes professors great. They inspire you to learn. Actively not passively. Like Thomas Kaminski, also in the dept of English. Exacting.18th century Lit. Made it relevant for that time. Critical when he saw you did not work up to your capabilities. Praised when you reached beyond. Came to the graduation of a student who everyone else initially thought would never succeed. Dr Michael Masi. Taught Chaucer like no one else. Word by word. Painful but rewarding. Even Jeffrey Harder, who could get past talking about Danny Ortega to teach film criticism well. Absolutely rich, meaningful, great education. You can skim by, get C's, or benefit from professors who care more about teaching than their salaries. Did not just sit around & lead time-consuming discussion groups. Actually Taught. Loyola. Beautiful Lakefront campus. Great education. Go Ramblers.