Information Resources for Students
Graduate Student Manual was created by a graduate student organization at Loyola University Chicago called Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education (EDGE). As a collective of graduate students, we noted a lack of transparency from the university and information are often spread among graduate students verbally. Thus, we developed this working document to support graduate students on all stages with different needs, including a housing guide and a list of food and speciality shops around campus. Regrettably, this is more applicable to the Lake Shore Campus and the Water Tower Campus. We are trying to collect more information at the Health Science Campus.
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International Graduate Student Manual was created by EDGE, with the support from the department of International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS). Information presented here are applicable to all three campuses. This manual is designed to help international graduate students getting started and adjusting to Loyola. It includes an incoming students' checklist, guide on important documents, introduction to city life in Chicago, adjustment related topics, and on-campus resources.
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Graduate, Professional, and Adult Student Resource Directory was created by a committee of selected admins, staffs, and graduate student representatives. It is very comprehensive and covers resources for all graduate, professional, and adult students across our three Chicagoland campuses (*unless otherwise noted).
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Graduate Student Research Directory: Financial, Health, and General Resources was created by the Graduate Student Advisory Council (GSAC). It provides important information regarding finance, health, and general resources for graduate students under the Graduate School. It is an abridged version of the directory linked above.
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Graduate, Professional & Adult Student Life (GPASL) Newsletter is a monthly source of information germane to Rambler experience. It includes co-curricular activities and employment opportunities for graduate, professional, and adult students at Loyola University Chicago.
Community Resources for Students
Loyola Mutual Aid Network is created to connect graduate students and graduate student workers and facilitate the exchange of non-financial items and actions. Any graduate students at Loyola Chicago are welcome to join this network.
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Solidarity Among Graduate Students (SAGS) is a graduate student-led group, supported by Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education (EDGE), that attempts to create and maintain solidarity and a sense of community through hosting/leading/organizing professional workshops and social events for graduate students, by graduate students.
Research Support for Students
Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education (EDGE) Research Fellowship is created to: 1) encourage and support scholarship in the areas of diversity, equity, and inclusion; and 2) support students with financial need. As such, EDGE provides two types of research fellowship: Academic Fellowship and Needs-Based Fellowship. Academic Fellowship is created to support a study, whereas Needs-Based Fellowship can be used to meet any personal needs.
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EDGE - Research Roundtable is typically an informal event where students can talk through anything from a half-baked idea to a fully formed project. This can be useful for students with an early-stage research project or are new to presentation at a conference.
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Annual Graduate School Interdisciplinary Research Symposium is hosted by Graduate Student Advisory Council (GSAC) with the support from the Graduate School. This is hosted on the Lake Shore Campus and is an excellent forum for graduate students to present their scholarly work.
Social Justice Resources
​The Social Justice Toolbox is "a resource hub for free, curated, ready-to-rock social justice activities and facilitation guides designed to help you make the most of your diversity workshops and social justice trainings." It divides workshops into different sessions and has information about the estimated time of completion. It has a wide coverage of workshops, including racial discrimination, pronouns, identity signs, and trans allyship.
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Equity, Diversity, and Social Justice Initiatives Workshops is a series of workshops created by UW Bothell and Cascadia College Library. It includes learning outcomes and covers a wide range of topics too.
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Diversity Toolkit: A guide to Discussing Identity, Power and Privilege is, as its name suggests, a toolkit that guide you through these difficult conversations.
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NonviolenceWorks identifies violence as a public and mental health issue and provides workshops on nonviolence and nonviolent direct action. They also provide educational resources on what is nonviolence.
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Educate Yourself: Online Racial Equity Workshops is a collection of online events on racial injustices and inequality by Eventbrite.
Statements
EDGE Statement of Support for LGBTQ+: This statement was created as a response to violations of LGBTQ+ rights. It reaffirms our support for the LGBTQ+ community and highlighted organizations with the same mission and goal on campus.
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EDGE Statement of Solidarity with the AAPI Community: This statement includes resources for the AAPI community and allies. It aims to encourage people to take action inside and outside of LUC.
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An Open Letter from Loyola University Chicago Graduate and Professional Students: Created by Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education (EDGE) and Black Graduate Student Alliance (BGSA), it is a letter that contains ask gathered from the Open Forum hosted by EDGE and BGSA.