Brian Linnane's guest appearances

Brian Linnane

Midday

On The Record

Marin Alsop

Tim Adams

Anthony Brown

Wes Moore

Sheila Dixon

Lisa Cooper

Peter Franchot

Mike Miller

Ted Venetoulis

Bill Henry

D. Watkins

DeRay Mckesson

Jennifer Mendelsohn

Catherine Pugh

Sonja Santelises

OwlTail

When Rev. Brian Linnane looks back on the 16 years he is wrapping up as president of Loyola University Maryland he thinks of the innovative approach he brought to merging first-year students into the liberal-arts college, the efforts to integrate Loyola more closely into the city, and the work for diversion and inclusion. About a third of incoming classes are now people of color, but Linnane said what he hears from minority students shows him more must be done: “Yes you retain us, yes we graduate, yes we give our all to our organizations and to leadership. But that doesn't mean we are happy here, that doesn't mean that we feel at home here.”  Plus, the theologian's thoughts about recent news in the Catholic Church. Links: Father Linnane tribute page, retirement announcement, What is Messina. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When Rev. Brian Linnane looks back on the 16 years he is wrapping up as president of Loyola University Maryland he thinks of the innovative approach he brought to merging first-year students into the liberal-arts college, the efforts to integrate Loyola more closely into the city, and the work for diversion and inclusion. About a third of incoming classes are now people of color, but Linnane said what he hears from minority students shows him more must be done: “Yes you retain us, yes we graduate, yes we give our all to our organizations and to leadership. But that doesn't mean we are happy here, that doesn't mean that we feel at home here.” Plus, the theologian's thoughts about recent news in the Catholic Church. Links: Father Linnane <a href="https://www.loyola.edu/explore/magazine/stories/2021/celebrate-linnane-presidency" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tribute page</a>, <a href="https://www.loyola.edu/news/2021/0211-president-announcement" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">retirement announcement</a>, What is <a href="https://www.loyola.edu/department/messina" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Messina</a>. See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Rev. Brian Linnane's Loyola Legacy

Today, another in our occasional series, Midday on Higher Education. From time to time, host Tom Hall sits down with the presidents of Maryland colleges and universities to talk about the challenges that each of their institutions face, and how those institutions are connected to the fabric of the communities in which they are located. Today Tom's guest is the Rev. Brian F. Linnane, a Jesuit priest who serves as president of Loyola University Maryland, here in Baltimore. Loyola is one of 28 Jesuit colleges and universities in the country. There are several others that are named “Loyola,” after St. Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Jesuit order, but Baltimore was the first. Before coming to Loyola, Fr. Linnane was an associate professor of Religious Studies at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he later served as Assistant Dean. He has been the President of Loyola University Maryland since 2005, and as such he is one of the longest serving university presidents in Maryland.What does a Catholic education offer to young people who, as a demographic, are drifting away from the organized religion of their parents and grandparents? And how does a Catholic liberal arts education prepare students for a dynamic and changing labor market?

Fr. Brian Linnane: President of Loyola University Maryland