Rockhurst News

Rockhurst University has received the NCAA Presidents' Award for Academic Excellence for achieving four-year Academic Success Rates of 90% or higher for the 15th consecutive year.

The air is cooler, the leaves are changing — is that allspice and nutmeg I smell?
As members of the Rockhurst University community prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving with loved ones, here are a few of the things we’re especially grateful for this year:

It’s all about problem solving, according to Phillip Wrigley, ’12 M.Ed., who recently earned a nomination as Kansas Teacher of the Year and a national honor — one of three recipients of the American Civic Education Teacher Award (ACETA).

Rockhurst University will partner with fellow Midwest Jesuit institutions Creighton University and Regis University, offering students the opportunity to earn Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology degrees (MS-SLP) at all four campuses.

Inspired by the Season of Creation, Rockhurst University’s School of Education and the Office of Service and Action recently collaborated on an interactive activity to educate third-grade students from two area Catholic schools on the reason for this season — St. Elizabeth’s and Visitation.

On Saturday the Rockhurst University community celebrated a joyous — and rare — occasion, with a Mass that included a consecration of the altar at the new Mabee Chapel and dedication of both that space and the Alvin Brooks Center for Faith-Justice on campus.

It’s here — Family and Alumni Weekend will be from Sept. 25-28 on campus, the annual opportunity for Hawks and Hawk families to come back to the nest to reconnect with both classmates and with campus.

A year after Rockhurst University cracked the top 10 on the list of Midwest Regional Universities by U.S. News and World Report, the institution is once again moving up – this time claiming the top spot in the state on that list, among other honors.

At a time when the average tenure of a university president is less than six years, the Rockhurst University Board of Trustees announces that it has extended the contract of President Sandra Cassady, Ph.D., an additional five years following an initial three-year period of growth and success for the University.

Summer enrollment at Rockhurst University once again broke the record — which was only established last year.