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.

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The 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.

The 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.

 

The Journal of Critical Scholarship on Higher Education and Student Affairs is a student-run, open-access journal housed at the School of Education that provides a venue for international, interdisciplinary scholarship that examines higher education and student affairs through the explicit use of critical frameworks. Students are invited to read published work or submit their own work for publication.

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The 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.

 

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

 

The 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.

The 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. 

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.  

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Alpha Upsilon Alpha, the honor society of the International Literacy Association, was formed in 1985 to recognize and encourage scholarship, the development of personal and professional leadership, and service to the field of reading at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Members are future teachers who have worked extraordinarily hard to be recognized in the field of literacy. Their membership is a result of maintaining high academic performance throughout their respective programs, as well as continuously demonstrating a commitment to learning and leadership.

An individual may become a member of the honor society by applying to or being nominated by the screening committee of an Alpha Upsilon Alpha chapter. The Greek letters chosen for this honor society are significant: They come from the words Anagnosis (reading), Upotrophia (scholarship), and Archon (leadership). The society motto, which is attributed to Horace, says it all: "Lege sapere aude," or "Read, dare to be wise."

Each year, one School of Education Student is nominated for the President’s Medallion. The representative for the School Of Education 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.

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• Maeve Donlin (Middle Grade Education)
• Erica Whitmore (Educational Leadership)
• Jonathan Okstad (Educational Leadership)
• Nathan Petithomme (Early Childhood Special Education)

All School Of Education 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. 

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

Congratulations to the following students for their inclusion on the Fall 2025 Dean's List:

 

Elementary Education

Zina Abood

Emily Bafia

Xitlali Bermudez

Zoey Bohmer

Kate Bole

Julia Brizu

Mary Brunsman

Rae Buekers

Jane Campbell                         

Kayla Carizey

Dzana Carkic

Zoe Chapman

Emily Choi

Natalie Christine

Sophie Concannon

Brenna Costin

Mallory Cromley

Bella Donato

Shaylee Dowell

Madison Duberstein

Megan Dunn

Sydney Egan-Fowler

Luella Everman

Teo B Fabi

Mia Finley

Tony Fues

Priya Gangasingh

Lizette Garcia

Liv Henkelman

Jezilla Hermez

Aileen Hernandez

Aniqa Jewa

Sophia Jozefczyk

Sara Kadic

Daphne Kraushaar

Ashley Lanfair-Graves

Aspyn Lawrence

Abigail Lechocki

Dina Limperatos

Emily Linden

Julia Lis

Braeden Manogura

Emma Marfia

Chandler McCree

Kat McKeag

Amira Mehmeti

Jordyn Michelson

Ashtyn Mitchell

Liv Mitchell

Dalila Musinovic

Gaby Myers

Kelsey Nardi

Gabby Olson

Saya Onishi-Copeland

Edith Palmer

Finn Perez

Amelia Potempa

Audrey Rajski

Ella Rorabaugh

Victoria Rupert

Alyssa Schneider

Maddie Schrotenboer

Nora Schmacher

Julia Scott

Zoya Shaik

Emme Stickle

Marianna Tibbetts

Grace Velez

Angeline Ventula

Lily Webber

 

Bilingual/Bicultural

Leslie Clavijo

Ana Garcia Gutierrez

Ella Hummel

Andrew Hutter

Kalea Kennedy

Saul Quiroz

Bella Romero

 

Early Childhood Special Education

Alessia Caruana

Amilia Estrada

Sofia Guerrero

Maya Hamilton

Hilary Herrera

Maggie Hillis

Christine Jones

Katie Kulevich

Connor Lampman

Callie Nichols

Leila Perazic

Karah Preston

Ari Rendon

Anne Rosenberg

Becca Smith

Sloane Spriester

Felipe Vivanco

 

Middle Grades

Mia Pyle

Indigo TenEyck

Huy Tranlu

 

Special Education

 

Abbie Dyson

Nevaeh Garcia

Abigail Gregus

Annie Pinciak

Andrew Quinn

Evelyn Wilke

 

Secondary Education

Ayman Ahmed

Victoria Arteaga

Avery Bittner

Danielle Blaquera

Aubrey Bolinger

Amber Braggs

Maevi Broadrick

Finn Bujdei

Zehria Burke

Maximilian Busch

Emma Byars

Mimic Clayton

Veronica Collins

Oliver Detering

Isaiah Dingus

Alice Ehresman

Sky Elser

Robert Ernst

Annelise Hannon

Delaney Harris

Essie Harvey

Alexa Hernandez

Karolina Irla

Sofia Jauregui

Aidyn Jones

Nikolas Karadimas

Aspasia Kostopoulos

Isabella Kowalczyk

Finn Kropp

Maisha Lane

Elliot Lechocki

Candace Mack

Gabriela Marek

Aidan Melley

Zach Melo

Rubi Mendez

Patrick Mical

Xander Mitchell

Lucy Neal

Grace Neitzke

Grant Olson

Lauren Pencyla

Gabrielle Peterman

Sebastian Peterman

Cira Racco

Franklin Richardson

Abby Schmidt

Jack Schormann

Rhea Shin

Morgan Stuckey

Kayla Tanada

Tim Treacy

Serena Troshynski

Atziri Valbuena

Felicity Whidden

Rania Woodward

Additionally, undergraduate students at the School of Education are eligible for laudatory status (awarded to eligible students upon completion of the program), and program area awards which are determined by teaching & learning 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.