Rock Solid Faculty

• Full, experienced professors teach undergraduate courses.

• Faculty are assigned to work individually with students as advisors and caring mentors.

• Faculty engage undergraduate students in research projects ranging from finding natural alternatives to pesticides, to authoring books on a U.S. senator and presenting papers at national political science conferences.

• An average class size of 22 allows students access to faculty who become caring mentors and encourages rich classroom discussions.

• In 2003, Rockhurst was recognized by the Carnegie Foundation, a major center for research about teaching. The university was one of only 10 schools nationwide designated a teaching and learning leadership site.

• A mathematics faculty member has been named one of 29 national Pew Scholars by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

• A communications faculty member was honored with an Award of Excellence by the International Association of Business Communicators.

• A chemistry faculty member holds four patents for natural alternatives to chemical pesticides.