Welcome to the Loyola community

1870 Orientation is a family-oriented event, and we hope that you will join us for a variety of activities for parents and incoming students. Our faculty and staff are dedicated to easing your family's transition to Loyola and we're here to help during every step of the process. This is why we have created a family and guest program to run concurrently to your student’s Orientation experience.

We look forward to acclimating you to Loyola’s community of academic excellence and our campus culture of values-based opportunities for your student’s learning and development. Most of all, we hope that you are enjoying this exciting time in your student's life. To learn more about the Orientation program, select the option for either Freshman or Transfer Students.

You can also contact us at orientation@luc.edu or 773.508.7381.

Sample Schedules
Sample schedules are available for the parent/guest programs for our summer programs.  These schedules will give you a rough guide to the program. You and your student will receive personalized 1870 Orientation schedules when you arrive at the program, but this should help you plan ahead for your 1870 Orientation experience.

2013 Freshmen Parent Summer Orientation Schedule
2013 Freshmen Parent August 21-22nd Orientation Schedule
2013 Transfer Guest Orientation Schedule

Lodging
On-campus lodging is available for parents attending the freshman program. Interested parents may make reservations by following the instructions below:

1. Go to our website at lodging.luc.edu 
2. From the calendar, choose the date you want to start your stay
3. Enter the number of nights you'll be staying
4. Enter the number of rooms you'd like
5. Enter the Site Selection as "Lake Shore"
6. Enter the promotion code corresponding to the date of your stay

Promotion Codes:

• June 6-7: DL-2013-1
• June 10-11: DL-2013-2
• July 12-13: DL-2013-3
• July 15-16: DL-2013-4
• July 18-19: DL-2013-5
• August 1-2: DL-2013-6

There is no on-campus lodging accomodations available for the 1870 Orientation Program taking place on August 21-22.  Recommendations for off-campus lodging can be found at http://www.luc.edu/conference/visitor-info/hotelshousing/. 

Thank you for supporting your student’s pursuit of holistic higher education at Loyola University Chicago. We are confident that 1870 Orientation will be a great time for you to get your questions answered and begin to envision your student as part of Loyola’s community. We look forward to meeting you this summer!