No other academic building on campus is as important to serving Loyola’s Jesuit teaching mission as Monroe Hall, the university’s largest and most wide-ranging academic facility. Forty percent of all Loyola’s classes take place within Monroe Hall, from small humanities seminars to teaching laboratories and fine art and design workshops. These classroom experiences comprise the foundation of students’ education in the sciences, humanities, and fine arts. For more than 40 years, its foyers and corridors have bustled with students and professors as they exchange ideas and insights. Its showplace, Nunemaker Auditorium, which seats more than 400, has hosted some of the most prestigious lecturers and performers to appear on Loyola’s campus.
To give our students and faculty the facilities they need to be 21st-century scholars, scientists, artists, and professionals, Loyola University New Orleans seeks to raise $16 million in philanthropic support to transform Monroe Hall, including $2 million for Nunemaker Auditorium. The overall project is a $96 million investment, with much of the funding coming through careful budgeting and the support of a bond issue. Philanthropic investments from alumni and other benefactors will help provide Loyola students a versatile, state-of-the art launch pad where learning can take off.
Help Shape the Future of Monroe Hall
Loyola University New Orleans seeks $16 million in philanthropic investments to fund the transformation of Monroe Hall, Loyola’s most important academic facility. The project presents a number of naming opportunities, which are available according to university guidelines. Some of these are detailed below. The criteria for a gift-related naming will consider the value, visibility, improvements, and marketability of the location.
| Nunemaker Hall | $2,000,000 |
| First-floor lecture hall | $450,000 |
| Computer labs and rooms (10) | $400,000 – 35,000 |
| Laboratories (60) | $350,000 – 100,000 |
| Classrooms (13) | $325,000 – 50,000 |
| Sculpture shops (3) | $300,000 |
| Greenhouse | $250,000 |
| Common areas and corridors (14) | $150,000 – 20,000 |
| Visual and theatre arts studios (22) | $150,000 – 50,000 |
| Conference and seminar rooms (8) | $100,000 – 25,000 |
| Faculty offices (133) | $35,000 – 10,000 |