The Learning Community (TLC) is committed to the success of first-year Black and African American students at Loyola Marymount University. The goals of this year-long program are to cultivate leaders, instill community consciousness, and promote academic and co-curricular success at LMU.
As a Black Excellence practice, TLC provides a first-year cohort of students the opportunity to:
- Expand their ethnic and cultural awareness
- Deepen their understanding of programs and resources present to facilitate academic success
- Gain a greater understanding of the mission and traditions of LMU
TLC partners with the following campus offices and resource providers:
- Academic Resource Center
- Burns Recreation Center
- Career and Professional Development
- Department of African American Studies
- Ethnic and Intercultural Services
- Office of Black Student Services
- Office of the President
- Office of the Senior Vice President for Student Affairs
- Student Employment Services
- Student Health Center
- William H. Hannon Library
Contact TLC
If you have any questions regarding The Learning Community, please contact us at the following:
Email: tlc@lmu.edu
Phone: (310) 258-8754
Office: Malone Student Center 201
Meet the Staff
Henry Ward, Senior Director of Ethnic and Intercultural Services
Henry Ward is a mediator with the City Attorney’s Office of Dispute Resolutions, and a human relations specialist. He has a background that includes tenure as a former Project Director for the Anti-Defamation League’s A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE Institute, a national diversity training project created to combat prejudice and discrimination in our schools, workplaces, college campuses and communities. He is also a member of the National Association for Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) and Jesuit Association of Student Personnel Administrators (JASPA).