Rockhurst University Celebrates Black History Month and Building a Better Rockhurst Week

Monday, February 22, 2016
The Rockhurst bell tower

Starting Monday, Feb. 22, Rockhurst University will recognize both Black History Month and Building a Better Rockhurst Week with events designed to highlight diversity and inclusion on campus and educate students as well as faculty and staff:

Monday, Feb. 22:

  • Rockhurst Student Senate is offering the Oath of Inclusion, encouraging members of the Rockhurst University community to pledge to create a more inclusive campus environment.
  • Ian Bautista, the director of the Clarke Square Neighborhood Initiative in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and a 2004 graduate of the Helzberg School of Management’s executive MBA program, will deliver the week’s keynote address on diversity and inclusion at 7 p.m. in Arrupe Hall auditorium.
     

Tuesday, Feb. 23:

  • University groups will host programs on a host of issues: “Giving Back on a Limited Budget” (4:30 p.m., Student Activity Center), “Cross the Line” (7:30 p.m., Corcoran Hall Lobby), “RU Fair Trade?” (8:30 p.m., Xavier-Loyola Hall lobby), “The Heart of Diversity” (9 p.m., McGee Hall lobby), and “Alphabet Soup” (9 p.m., Arrupe Hall 222).
  • The University’s Black Student Union will host a slide dance clinic at 8 p.m. in the Student Activity Center.
     

Wednesday, Feb. 24:

  • BSU invites the community to the “Taste of Soul” dinner at 6 p.m. in the Rock Room in Massman Hall.
  • SEEK — Spiritually Engaging Everyone’s Knowledge — will present the interfaith panel and discussion of religious diversity, at 7 p.m. in the Massman Gallery.
     

Thursday, Feb. 25:

  • Students are invited to a conversation on inclusion at 5 p.m. in Massman 250.
  • BSU will host a talent exhibition at 8 p.m. in Arrupe Hall auditorium.
     

Friday, Feb. 26:

  • BSU caps a week of Black History Month events with an invitation to the All-Black Affair, a formal event, the proceeds of which will benefit the people of Flint, Michigan.
     

Monday, Feb. 29:

  • In honor of Black History Month, the introduction to film class will host a free, public screening of the film The Secret Life of Bees at 6 p.m. in Arrupe Hall auditorium and invite audience members to discuss the materials the class’s four groups produced to market the film.