Common Text posters and ephemera, 2000-2008

Launched in Fall 2013, the Messina program is a unique, first-year experience designed to help students adjust quickly to college-level work and forge a clear path to success at Loyola and in the life and career that will follow. Messina supports and enhances a vibrant campus climate that engages students, faculty, administrators, and the broader community in distinct and meaningful ways, including especially an emphasis on academic excellence and intellectual inquiry.

Messina activities include two linked, first-year seminar courses—one in the fall and one in the spring—connected by one of four themes; out-of-class experiences, events, performances, and excursions designed to extend classroom learning, build stronger communities around learning, and establish deeper relationships with faculty, administrators, and fellow students; and a chance for students in the same Messina courses to live in proximity to one another. Commuting students also have access to the residence halls so they can spend more time with their Messina classmates. Messina Working Groups are comprised of two faculty members (one who serves as a core advisor), one or two Mentors (administrators) and one or two Evergreens (a student peer leader).

Messina is named for the city in Sicily, Italy, where the Jesuits established their first college to welcome lay students.

Source: https://www.loyola.edu/department/messina/, accessed 2024 May 16.