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School of Social Work - Rencie Horst

2025 Presidents Medallion winner Rencie Horst, Stritch School of Medicine.
School of Social Work

Ren Horst

she/her/hers

  • Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
  • Major/Program: MSW Advanced Standing

A committed advocate for indigenous communities, Ren Horst identifies an alignment between her Keweenaw Bay Ojibwe heritage and Loyola’s Jesuit values. Ren’s embrace of being a person for others grounds her studies in community-building and selflessness.

“We all carry relational gifts that we were born with, and I’ve always been a person running to help those in need..”

As an undergraduate student, she authored a research paper titled “The Cost of Forced Assimilation: The Intergenerational Struggle for Indigenous Identity and Healing,” which she plans to submit for publication.

she/her/hers

  • Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
  • Major/Program: MSW Advanced Standing

A committed advocate for indigenous communities, Ren Horst identifies an alignment between her Keweenaw Bay Ojibwe heritage and Loyola’s Jesuit values. Ren’s embrace of being a person for others grounds her studies in community-building and selflessness.

“We all carry relational gifts that we were born with, and I’ve always been a person running to help those in need..”

As an undergraduate student, she authored a research paper titled “The Cost of Forced Assimilation: The Intergenerational Struggle for Indigenous Identity and Healing,” which she plans to submit for publication.