Rockhurst News

On Friday, hundreds of students in Rockhurst University’s graduate programs and the Bachelor of Science in nursing degree program were recognized after completing their programs in a series of ceremonies on campus.

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.

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.

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

Students will benefit from two new projects funded this summer by grants from the Jesuit Association of Student Personnel Administrators. Both the University’s Counseling Center and Aylward-Dunn Learning Center were awarded grants as part of JASPA’s Innovation Grant program to expand services for students.

Odin George Buser was born with a complex set of health issues as a result of unbalanced chromosome translocation that prevented him from doing a lot of the things children his age would normally do. But when he was given something like a toy that he could manipulate, he would beam with happiness, his mother Courtney said.

Rockhurst University’s College of Business and Technology will once again add to its graduate degree offerings in fall 2025 with the introduction of its Master of Science in Information Systems degree.

For sophomore Sarah Kimani, pursuing a nursing degree has been a long time in the making, starting with some solid examples to grow up around — her mother is a nurse and her father is a radiology technician.

The following students were named to the spring 2025 Dean's List at Rockhurst University.