{"id":766273,"date":"2026-05-01T16:25:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T16:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/766273\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T16:25:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T16:25:15","slug":"congratulations-class-of-2026-loyola-university-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/766273\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations, Class of 2026: Loyola University Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Senior-Toast-1000x560.jpg\" title=\"Image of champagne flutes with the Loyola shield and \" alumni=\"\" etched=\"\" on=\"\" them=\"\" alt=\"Image of champagne flutes with the Loyola shield and \" style=\"width:1000;\" class=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Prepared with your new business degree, you are leaving campus to build a career and a life infused with resilience, purpose, and a commitment to making a difference,&#8221; wrote Dean Michael Behnam in his letter to the Class of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Quinlan\u2019s Class of 2026! Graduates, families, faculty, and staff will gather in Gentile Arena on May 7 to celebrate the accomplishments of the newest members of our alumni community. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.luc.edu\/commencement\/ceremonies\/schoolsandcolleges\/qsb\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Visit the Commencement website.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Juliana Pidner Hsu (MBA &#8217;18)<\/strong>, managing director, DRIVE Catalyst, will give the keynote remarks at both the undergraduate and graduate ceremonies. <strong>Ayanna Morris (MBA &#8217;26)<\/strong> and <strong>Celeste Christine Ingemi (BBA &#8217;26)<\/strong> will give\u00a0the student remarks.<\/p>\n<p>About the Class of 2026<\/p>\n<p>The Class of 2026 is ready to be difference makers. Meet some of our graduating Quinlan students:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luc.edu\/quinlan\/whyquinlan\/newsevents\/archive\/making-quinlan-a-home.shtml\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Making Quinlan a home<\/strong><\/a><strong>:<\/strong> From her first day on campus, Jillian Cole (BBA \u201926) found a community supportive of her drive to make connections and excel. She graduates as president of the Quinlan Business Honors program and Quinlan\u2019s President Medallion recipient.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luc.edu\/quinlan\/whyquinlan\/newsevents\/archive\/celebrating-entrepreneurial-side-hustles.shtml\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Celebrating entrepreneurial side hustles<\/strong><\/a><strong>:<\/strong> Businesses run by Cayla Johnson (BBA \u201926), Danielle Omer (BBA \u201926), and Axel Rives (MBA \u201926) were featured at this year&#8217;s Side Hustles @ Schreiber Lobby event.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7435775556983341057\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Experiencing the Quinlan Ramble in Los Angeles:<\/a><\/strong> Join Max Kapica (BBA &#8217;26) for a day in their life on Quinlan&#8217;s annual spring break trip to visit businesses and alumni around the country.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7448051509411356673\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>From scholarship to leadership<\/strong><\/a>: Follow Jillian Rossman (BBA &#8217;26) for a day in her life including her senior capstone class, running an AI and Governance event as president of the Loyola AI Society, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Learn more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;Prepared with your new business degree, you are leaving campus to build a career and a life infused&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":766274,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,5386,1818],"class_list":{"0":"post-766273","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-chicago","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-illinois"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116500256648160666","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=766273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/766274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=766273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=766273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=766273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}