Honors Program Events

Honors enriches its students’ extracurricular experience through an extensive program of cultural events, discussions, social occasions, and excursions both within and beyond the Baltimore-Washington area.

2024 - 2025 Events

This is what we have lined up so far — more to come!

AUGUST 2024
Wednesday, 28		Honors Freshmen Orientation
SEPTEMBER 2023
Monday, 2		Labor Day (No Classes)
		Homer and Pizza 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Thursday, 12		Odds Bodkin Performance The Iliad: Book 1 Odds Bodkin with Honors Students 2018 Storyteller and musician Odds Bodkin returns to Loyola! Using a variety of intensely real characters with ongoing music, he brings to life the most famous argument in ancient history: Achilles, the greatest Greek warrior at Troy, against Agamemnon, the Lord Marshall, commander of all the armies. Achilles already despises Agamemnon for his greed and brutish ways, but when, during a confrontation over a captured Trojan girl, the Marshall threatens to send her home, only to replace her in his tent with a girl Achilles loves, the hate between them boils over. The rift threatens to sunder the Greek army and waste ten years of siege at Troy’s gates. With Apollo’s plague arrows wiping out their army, somebody has to give in. Meanwhile the Gods of Olympus, who started all this, are watching their favorite mortals fight. Odds Bodkin has been called “one of the great voices in American storytelling” by Wired and “a consummate storyteller” by The New York Times. Loyola audiences have given Odds standing ovations for this performance in the past. Come see why. Experience Homer’s great story in a clear, accessible way. McGuire West 7:00 PM
Monday, 16		Honors Fall Dinner McGuire East 6:00 PM
Friday, 27		BSO Tickets - Ehnes Plays Barber JAMES LESS III, Visions of Cahokia SAMURAL BARBER, Violin Concerto DVORAK, Symphony No. 8 Meyerhoff Symphony Hall 8:00 pm
OCTOBER 2024
Tuesday, 1		Center for the Humanties 40th Anniversary Celebration Join us under the tent in the Quad to celebrate the eight departments in the Humanities and the programs of the Center for the Humanities. Displays, Performances, and refreshments! 2:00 - 4:00 PM Quad and the new Humanities Cafe
Friday, 4		Celebrate the Humanities! Showcasing student learning and research in the humanities at Loyola. This year's event will feature short oral presentations by recipients of CFH Student Summer Fellowships: Elizabeth Thompson Evy Ryan Jason Rowe Gitanjali Oommen Daniel Gaughan Trevor Sponaugle Catarina Broccolino France Jimenez CFH Summer Internship Stipend recipients will discuss their work: Tess Felter Sophia Randle Caroline Kunz Recipient of a Student Summer Study Progam stipend will talk about his study abroad: Liam Holden In addition, student DHSI fellows will make a joint oral presentation about a new CFH initiative which funded their participation in the Digital Humanities Summer Institute. 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Fourth Floor Program Room Student Center
Friday, 11		Center for the Humanities Student Grants Info Session *Join us to learn what grants are available for Loyola students from the CFH!* We will discuss Student-led Seminars, Summer Research Fellowships, stipends for Summer Study programs, stipends for otherwise unpaid Internships, and our pilot program Digital Humanities Summer Fellows. After the presentation by CFH Student grant coordinator, Dr. Brett Butler and past student recipients, there will be time for pizza and conversation. Center for Intercultural Engagement (CIE) Student Center East 317 4:15 PM
Saturday, 26		First-year students' trip to Metropolitan Museum in New York City Your HN 201 professor will provide the details you will need!
Thursday, 31 - Sunday, November 3		*John Proctor is the Villain* by Kimberly Belflower, directed by Natka Bianchini Presented by the Evergreen Players McManus Theatre contact box office for times
NOVEMBER 2024
Friday, 1		*Pride and Prejudice* Center Stage 700 North Calvert Street 7:30 PM
Saturday, 2		*First-year Eloquentia Perfecta* trip to Washington, DC** Your HN 210 professor will provide the details you will need!
Wednesday, 6- Tuesday, 12		NATIONAL FRENCH WEEK NATIONAL FRENCH WEEK - The Maghreb and Lebanon: French-Arabic Crossovers Friday, November 8 details to follow! Wednesday, November 13 Check loyola.edu/frenchweek for times and other details. Or you may contact the Department of Modern Languages.
Friday, 8		BSO Tickets - Heyward conducts Sibelius and Marsalis NIELSEN, Helios Overture WYNTON MARSALIS, Tuba Concerto SIBELIUS, Symphony No. 5 Meyerhoff Symphony Hall 1212 Cathedral Street 8:00 PM
Thursday, 14 - Sunday, 17		*Puffs* by Matt Cox directed by Honors student Ange Dickson! Presented by the Poisoned Cup Players McManus Theatre contact Box Office for times
Thursday, 21		Loyola Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo Concert Mark St. Pierre, Director McManus Theatre 8:00 PM
Sunday, 23		Loyola Concert Choir Concert Dr. Clay Price, Director Alumni Memorial Chapel 5:00 PM
Tuesday, 26		Thanksgiving Break begins after last class
Wednesday, 27 - Sunday, Dec 1		Thanksgiving Break
DECEMBER 2024
Tuesday, 3		Loyola Chamber Ensemble Recital David Lavorgna, Director Recital Room (College Center W040) 7:00 PM
Wednesday, 4		Honors Holiday Party A festive occasion to eat, drink, and be merry! Hug Lounge & Humanities Cafe 5:00 - 6:30 PM
Thursday, 5		2024 Loyola Visual Arts Capstone Exhibition Opening Reception Featuring the artwork of Visual Arts’ Senior Capstone students Julio Fine Arts Gallery 5:00 - 7:00 PM
Friday, 6		Chesapeake Shakespeare Company - A Christmas Carol adapted from Dickens by Laura Rocklyn directed by Erin Bone Steele Dickens’ hauntingly beautiful tale of hope and redemption. In 19th-century Baltimore, a miser is compelled to abandon his old rulebook and give in to the generous spirit of the holidays. 7 South Calvert Street, Baltimore, MD 21202 8:00 PM
Tuesday, 10		Last Day of Classes
Wednesday, 11		Study Day
Wednesday, 12 - Thursday 20		Exam Period
Friday, 21 - Wednesday, January 1		University Closed
JANUARY 2025
Thursday, 2		University Reopens
Monday, 13		Classes start
Friday, 17		BSO Tickets - Heyward conducts Mozart and Lutoslawski BENJAMIN BRITTEN, Passacaglia from Peter Grimes MOZART, Piano Concerto No. 20 LUTOSLAWSKI, Concerto for Orchestra Meyerhoff Symphony Hall 1212 Cathedral Street 8:00 PM
Monday, 20		Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Commemoration (University Closed)
FEBRUARY 2025
Friday, 7		Center for the Humanities Student Grants Info Session Join us to learn what grants are available for Loyola students from the CFH! We will discuss Student-led Seminars, Summer Research Fellowships, stipends for Summer Study programs, and stipends for otherwise unpaid Internships. After the presentation by CFH Student grant coordinator, Dr. Brett Butler and past student recipients, there will be time for pizza and conversation. Writing Department Lounge Maryland Hall 038 4:15 PM
Friday, 14		Chesapeake Shakespeare Company - It's the Comedy of Errors, Hon! Adapted and directed by Ian Gallanar 7 South Calvert Street, Baltimore, MD 21202 8:00 PM
Friday, 21		Everyman Theatre - Primary Trust by Eboni Booth (winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize) directed by Reginald Douglas Everyman Theatre 315 West Fayette Street 7:00 PM
MARCH 2025
Monday, 3 - Sunday, 9		Spring Break
Wednesday, 12 - Thursday, 13		Student-Faculty Colloquia for the 2025 Humanities Symposium "Cry of the Earth, Cry of the Poor" Amitav Ghosh's The Great Derangement Two days during the official Symposium week are set aside for Loyola student/faculty colloquia. During each scheduled class period, faculty and their classes will meet with faculty and students from other classes. These colloquia have traditionally been led by panels composed of faculty members from different disciplines who lead informal discussion, posing questions to stimulate the participation of students, and to engage the Symposium text across narrow disciplinary boundaries. This year’s text is The Great Derangement by Amitav Ghosh. The colloquia will be in-person. They are open to Loyola faculty, staff, and students. McManus Theater.
Thursday, 13		Humanities Symposium Keynote Address -Amitav Ghosh McGuire Hall 6:30 PM
APRIL 2025
Friday, 11		Centre Stage - Akeelah and the Bee By Cheryl L. West Directed by Jerrica D. White based on the original screenplay by Doug Atchison 700 North Calvert St 7:30 PM
Wednesday, 16 - Monday, 21		Easter Break University Closed
Tuesday, 22		Classes resume
Friday, 25		BSO Tickets - Gill Shaham Returns SOFIA GUBAIDULINA, Fairytale Poem KORNGOLD, Violin Concerto STRAVINSKY, Petrushka (1911) Meyerhoff Hall 1212 Cathedral Street 8:00 PM
Monday, 28		Last Day of Classes
Tuesday, 29		Study Day
Wednesday, 30		Exams Period begins
MAY 2025
Thursday, 1 - Thursday 8		Exam Period
Friday, 16		Academic Honors and Departmental Awards Ceremony 11:00 AM McManus Theater
Friday, 16		Baccalaureate Mass 1:30 PM Reitz Arena
Saturday, 17		Commencement, Location tbd 11:00 AM