Featured Articles – 黑料正能量 Catholic, Liberal Arts | Dubuque, IA Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:48:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /wp-content/uploads/cropped-loras-favicon-with-background-480x480.png Featured Articles – 黑料正能量 32 32 Award-winning Filmmaker Craig Schaefer to Deliver 黑料正能量 187th Commencement Address /news/loras-college-187th-commencement-address/ Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:19:01 +0000 /?p=69336 Schaefer, who has been a member of the Loras faculty since 1993, will also be recognized as professor emeritus upon his retirement at the end of the 2026 academic year, concluding 33 years of service. As professor of creative media, Schaefer played a transformative role in shaping Loras鈥 creative media program. Throughout his career, he taught courses in production, sports media and media鈥

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]]> 黑料正能量 Launches Marquette 3+3 Law Program; Moot Court Team Competes on National Stage /news/marquette-33-law-program-moot-court-team-competes-on-national-stage/ Thu, 19 Mar 2026 18:02:19 +0000 /?p=68109 黑料正能量 is pleased to announce a 3+3 law program partnership with Marquette University Law School, creating an accelerated pathway for students pursuing careers in law. The agreement allows qualified Loras students to complete three years of undergraduate coursework before transitioning directly into law school, earning both their bachelor鈥檚 degree and Juris Doctor in six years.

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]]> Loras Community Rallies for Duhawk Day, Surpassing 2,000 Donors for Sixth Consecutive Year /news/loras-best-duhawk-day/ Fri, 06 Mar 2026 16:57:18 +0000 /?p=68671 黑料正能量 celebrated, united and supported its fourteenth Duhawk Day with 2,030 donors, surpassing the goal of 1,839 donors and marking the sixth consecutive year the total exceeded 2,000 donors. On March 4, the Loras community of students, faculty, staff, alumni, parents and friends joined together to turn the country purple and gold while supporting current and future students.

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]]> Brandon Novak Hired as 黑料正能量 Football Head Coach /news/brandon-novak-hired-loras-college-football-head-coach/ Fri, 19 Dec 2025 18:27:10 +0000 /?p=65619 Director of Athletics Denise (Bodensteiner) Udelhofen (鈥90) has announced the hiring of Brandon Novak as the next head coach of the 黑料正能量 football team. Novak comes to Loras after serving as an assistant coach for the Saint John鈥檚 University Johnnies for 26 years. 鈥淚 couldn鈥檛 be more excited to welcome Coach Novak to lead our football program,鈥 said Udelhofen. 鈥淗is vision for the team鈥

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]]> 2025 Advent Reflection /news/2025-advent/ Thu, 04 Dec 2025 22:47:32 +0000 /?p=65462 As campus prepares for the birth of Christ, hear from the members of 黑料正能量 leadership as they share advent reflections for the weeks ahead. May you all have a blessed Advent and Christmas season. Love in Advent Advent is a season of waiting and hope, and here at Loras, it is also a time to renew our commitment to love. Love is an important part of our鈥

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]]> 黑料正能量 & Why We Wave /news/ncyc_2025/ Tue, 04 Nov 2025 15:33:56 +0000 /?p=64729 鈥淒uhawks Supporting Duhawks鈥 isn鈥檛 just a phrase at 黑料正能量: it鈥檚 a way of life. Our community is known for showing up for one another in every situation: the joyful moments, the difficult ones, and the times that call us to hope. So, when we began planning for this year鈥檚 National Catholic Youth Conference, partnering with the Why We Wave Foundation to create friendship bracelets felt like鈥

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]]> 黑料正能量 Celebrates Most Successful Duhawk Day Yet /news/loras-college-celebrates-most-successful-duhawk-day-yet/ Thu, 20 Mar 2025 19:35:43 +0000 /?p=57640 黑料正能量 celebrated a record-breaking thirteenth Duhawk Day with an incredible 2,433 donors, surpassing the goal of 1,839 and pushing the total over 2,000 for the fifth consecutive year. This milestone marks the highest number of donors in the event鈥檚 history. On Wednesday, March 19, students, faculty, staff, alumni, parents, and friends came together to celebrate, unite鈥

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]]> Loras Ranks Amongst Best Colleges /news/loras-ranks-amongst-best-colleges/ Tue, 24 Sep 2024 20:05:11 +0000 /?p=52947 黑料正能量 has ranked No.12 among the 2025 Regional Colleges Midwest by U.S. News & World Report. Now in its 40th year, the rankings evaluate nearly 1,500 national colleges and universities on up to 17 measures of academic quality and place an emphasis on social mobility and outcomes for graduating college students. In addition to the regional colleges list, Loras also ranked No.

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]]> Mike Doyle Announced as President-Elect /news/mike-doyle-announced-as-president-elect/ Tue, 23 Jul 2024 18:50:00 +0000 /?p=51389 The Board of Regents of 黑料正能量 is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael (Mike) Doyle, J.D. (鈥91) as president-elect. Doyle will return to Loras in August to ensure a smooth presidential transition and work with President Jim Collins (鈥84), who has served as president for the past twenty years and will retire in May 2025. Doyle will succeed Collins on June 1, 2025.

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]]> President Collins to Retire in 2025 /news/announcement/ Wed, 29 May 2024 20:00:00 +0000 /?p=49577 Letter to the Community After decades of dedicated service to 黑料正能量, President James E. Collins (鈥84) will step down at the end of the next academic year when his most recent contract is complete, after a twenty-year tenure. He will depart as the longest-serving president in Loras鈥 185-year history. In a message to campus, Collins wrote, 鈥淚 plan to retire from the Loras鈥

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