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Academic Advising

Prospective Students: Please use the online request form to get more information about GSB's academic programs. Individual academic advisors provide assistance only to current and newly admitted GSB students.

Current Students:You are required to consult with an academic advisor after being admitted to an academic program in the Graduate School of Business. During your initial advising meeting, students receive curriculum planners which outline their academic plans. Professional academic advisors are available to review the planner with the student, answer questions and provide any guidance. Advisors are available to help you with your academic progress at any point in your program.

The following identifies GSB's academic advisors and their contact information:

M.B.A. Program
Michael Alexander (M.A., Loyola University Chicago), Assistant Director. He advises dual five-year degree and interdisciplinary students, including students in the BS/MBA, BBA/MBA, MBA/JD, and MBA/MSN programs. He is available daily, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., for general advising. To schedule an advising appointment, please call: 312-915-6124 or e-mail: malexan@luc.edu.

Mark Law (M.M., University of Minnesota), Academic Advisor. He is available daily, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., for general advising. To schedule an advising appointment, please call: 312-915-6124; or e-mail: mlaw1@luc.edu.

M.B.A. - H.C.M. Program Pamela McCoy (M.B.A., Northwestern University) is the director of the specialized M.B.A. in Health Care Management. She is available by appointment for academic advising. Please call 312-915-6124 or email: gsb@luc.edu to schedule an appointment.

M.S.F. Program
Donald Schwartz (Ph.D., Purdue University) is the Director of the M.S.F program and a Clinical Professor of Finance. He is currently teaching courses in business finance, investments and international financial management. Please call him at: 312-915-6785 or e-mail: dschwa5@luc.edu.

M.S.I.S.M. Program
Fred Kaefer (Ph.D., University of Iowa) is the Director of the M.S.I.S.M program, and an Associate Professor of Information Systems. He is currently teaching the courses Systems Analysis and Design and Telecommunications for Managers. To schedule an advising appointment, please call him at 312-915-7063, or email: fkaefer@luc.edu.

M.S.I.M.C. Program
Evanthia Geroulis (Ph.D., Northwestern University) is the Director of the Integrated Marking Communication program and Clinical Professor of Marketing. Dr. Geroulis has extensive professional experience in advertising. Her research interest is political marketing. In addition to Marketing Management, Dr. Geroulis also teaches courses in global and internet marketing. To schedule an advising appointment, please call her at: 312-915-7826; or email: egeroul@luc.edu.

M.S.A. Program
Brian Stanko (Ph.D., University of Kentucky) is the Director of Accounting programs and a Professor of Accounting. He is currently teaching courses in financial accounting and financial reporting, please call him at: 312-915-7106; or e-mail: bstanko@luc.edu.

M.S.H.R. Program
Dow Scott (Ph.D., Michigan State University) is the Director of the Masters of Science in Human Resource program and professor of Human Resources and Employment Relations. Dr. Scott's professional affiliations include the Chicago Compensation Association, Human Resources Management Association of Chicago, and the Society of Human Resources Management. Dr. Scott had conducted extensive research and published numerous articles on compensation and employee reward programs. To schedule an advising appointment, please call him at 312-915-6597; or email: dscott@luc.edu.

Data Warehousing & E-Commerce Certificate Programs
Nenad Jukic (Ph.D., University of Alabama) serves as the advisor for the Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence certificate program. His academic interests include data base systems, e-business, data warehousing and data mining. To schedule an advising appointment, please call him at: 312-915-6662; or e-mail: njukic@luc.edu.

Ethics
John Boatright (Ph.D., University of Chicago) teaches business ethics at the GSB. To schedule an advising appointment, please call him at: 312-915-6994; or e-mail: jboatri@luc.edu.

Graduation

All GSB graduates within the academic year are recognized at the School of Business Administration commencement ceremony in May. However, students graduating at other times of the year will receive their diplomas after all course requirements are complete. Therefore, students must complete a full graduation application according to specified deadlines to receive their diplomas at the end of the quarter in which they anticipate completing their degree.

Graduation Application Deadlines
Fall Term - July 1
Winter Term - July 1
Spring Term - December 1
Summer Term - December 1

Students who do not apply by the deadline for the term in which they will complete degree requirements will not be eligible to receive a degree until the following term. Please note that LOCUS will not allow you to apply for the graduation term beyond the deadline.

In order to apply for graduation, students must do the following: complete the graduation application through LOCUS, print the Confirmation page, pay the graduation fee at the Bursar office, and complete the course audit form. Turn these items in at the GSB Office. The graduation application in LOCUS can be found at "Academics" and "Apply for Graduation." After completing the application, print the Confirmation page.

Students must take the Confirmation page to the Bursar office, pay a $75 application fee and receive a "paid" stamp or receipt. The GSB office cannot accept the application without the Bursar's stamp. The University requires students to pre-pay the graduation fee before submitting an application.

GSB students must also complete a Course audit form found below. Applications received without an audit form are considered incomplete and will not be processed until the audit form is received. Students may complete the audit form by viewing their transripts on LOCUS. Students in the M.S.A. degree program need only complete the graduation application and fee. M.S.A. students should meet with Dr. Brian Stanko for the final degree requirement audit.

The LOCUS Confirmation page, receipt of payment (for graduation fee), and course audit form should be turned in to the GSB office.

Course Audits

M.B.A. (PDF; for students who entered the program Fall 2007 or later)
M.B.A. (PDF; for students who entered the program before Fall 2007)
M.S.I.S.M. (PDF)
M.S.I.M.C. (PDF)
M.S.H.R. (PDF)

M.S.F. Corporate Finance

M.S.F. Risk Management

M.B.A/M.S.A.

M.B.A./M.S.I.M.C

M.B.A./M.S.I.S.M.

Certificate Audit Form

Graduation applications should be submitted to:
Academic Advisor
Graduate School of Business
Loyola University Chicago
1 E. Pearson, Room 204
Chicago, IL 60611
Fax: 312-915-7207

Honors

Students with a GPA of 3.41 or higher are invited by the GSB to apply for Beta Gamma Sigma, the Business Honors Society. Qualified Winter and Spring Quarter graduates are invited to apply each spring, and Summer and Fall Quarter grades are invited to apply each fall. Students graduating with a GPA of 4.0 will be recognized with High Dean's Honors. Those with a GPA of 3.9 will earn Dean's Honors. Certificates will be mailed to Dean's Honors recipients after completion of their degrees.

Health Insurance Information

Loyola University graduate students enrolled for 8 or more credit hours are required to have individual health care insurance. If you are registered for 8 or more hours in fall quarter, you will automatically be enrolled in the university health insurance program unless you provide proof of other health insurance coverage. If you are taking less than 8 hours or if you are enrolled in more than 8 hours in any quarter other than fall and want to enroll in the health insurance, you must opt-in by the deadline. If you are charged for the insurance but are covered under another medical insurance plan, or have an individual policy in place, then you must complete a waiver to opt out of the plan to avoid unwanted charges on your tuition bill. If you do not waive the insurance by the deadline, it is understood that you are choosing to enroll in an insurance program. Your money will not be refunded. To waive the insurance, opt-in, or to read additional information about the program, please visit the Health Care website. Additional questions can be directed to The Office of the Bursar

Housing

Opened in Fall 2006, Baumhart Hall is a state-of-the-art facility that houses graduate, professional, and upper-level undergraduate students just steps from classrooms, libraries, and Michigan Avenue. More information about on-campus graduate housing can be found here. Also see the Office of Residential Life website at: www.luc.edu/reslife/.

Chicago also offers numerous apartment rental agencies that can help students find off campus apartments suited to their needs and price range. Please note that some services charge a fee while others are free for Loyola students. The following is a partial listing of apartment sources for housing.

Long-Term
The Apartment People	773-248-8800
Apartment and Home Seekers	773-784-9100
Granada Centre Apartments	773-262-9333
Relcon Apartment Finders	312-255-9920
The Apartment Experts	312-397-4212
Vranas & Associates, Ltd. Real Estate Services	773-561-1700
Short-Term
Gold Coast Guest House	312-337-0361
Just Passing Through	312-501-3310

For students who are new to Chicago or in need of temporary housing:

J. Ira & Nicki Harris Family Hostel
www.hichicago.org
Rates are $30.00 per person per night for members of Hostelling International, and $33.00 per person per night for non-members.
E-mail reservations: reserve@hichicago.org
Phone reservations: (312) 360-0300 or (800) 909-4776, enter 244 for Chicago, then 0.
Fax reservations: (312) 360-0313.
Online reservations: www.hichicago.org/reservations.htm
To hold space in the hostel, please provide your name, number of males and females in your party, arrival and departure dates, and MasterCard or Visa number and expiration date.

Student Business Cards

The following requirements apply to student business cards:

Only the student's Loyola University Chicago e-mail address may appear on the card. Any application with another e-mail address will not be processed.
Only Loyola University Chicago Website addresses may appear on the card. Again, any application with another Web address will not be processed.
Business cards are printed only in the format approved by the university (see order form).
If the university's official name or logo is compromised in any way on the student business card, the Graduate School of Business and the university may take disciplinary action.
The ordering/printing process takes 14 - 21 days.

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To order Loyola University Chicago Graduate Student business cards:

Fully complete the order form. Orders will not be processed without a check made payable to: Loyola University Chicago Printing Services.
Please send both the order form and check to: Suite 204, Graduate School of Business, 1 E. Pearson, Chicago, IL 60611

The Graduate School of Business will send on to Loyola's Printing Services only properly completed order forms. Printing Services then prepares a proof, which is faxed back to the GSB. The student is contacted (via Loyola e-mail or by phone) to review and approve the proof. The GSB then sends in the final request for the cards to be printed.

Completed cards are shipped back to the GSB, which will again contact the student about pick-up; cards that are not picked up within 30 days are destroyed.

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