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Rockhurst University Announces Spring 2022 Dean’s List

May 23, 2022
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Rockhurst University has announced the dean’s list for the spring 2022 semester. This honor recognizes students who have achieved a grade-point average of 3.5 or above. The following students were named to the list: Yasmeen Abutineh Courtney Adams Lauryn Adams Nate Adamson Peyton Aerni Oscar...Read More

Nearly 750 Graduates Earn Degrees at Commencement

May 18, 2022
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Kansas City’s Municipal Auditorium was buzzing Saturday with loved ones cheering on the almost 750 graduates at Rockhurst University’s commencement ceremony. The ceremony was the first in Municipal Auditorium since 2019, as the 2020 commencement was held virtually and the 2021 event...Read More

Meet (Some of) the Class of 2022!

May 11, 2022
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On Saturday, close to 750 students will participate in Rockhurst University’s commencement ceremony — returning to Municipal Auditorium for the first time since the pandemic forced the 100 th commencement ceremony to the virtual realm in 2020. As one might expect, commencement comes with a mix of...Read More

Therapy Dog Offers Comfort to Campus and Its Visitors

May 4, 2022
Tucker the therapy dog
Choosing where to go to college can be stressful. Tucker is here to help. A members of the Office of Admissions staff is lending his very unique set of skills to incoming students experiencing the maze of decisions, forms, tests and essays. Tucker, it should be said, is a dog. A therapy dog, to be...Read More

KC’s Makers Talk the Successes and Sacrifices Made for Entrepreneurship

May 3, 2022
Meet the Makers speaker on stage
Four members of Kansas City’s unique entrepreneurial landscape took the stage Thursday in the third annual “Meet the Makers” event. And though they represented different focuses — socks, whiskey, coffee and ice cream — they shared an appreciation for the hard work it...Read More

Rockhurst’s Prison Education Now Pell Grant Eligible, Able to Offer Associate Degree

April 29, 2022
Students in the Companions at Chillicothe Program
In 2018, Rockhurst University began offering college courses, taught by its own faculty, to a small cohort of 20 incarcerated individuals and 10 staff at the Chillicothe Correctional Center. Progressing through disciplines and a pandemic, they’ve continued to learn. This week, that program...Read More

Graduate Business Programs Earn High Marks on U.S. News List

April 26, 2022
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Two MBA concentrations from the Helzberg School of Business in the College of Business, Influence and Information Analysis have earned top 20 national rankings in U.S. News & World Reports’ 2023 Best Graduate Schools rankings. The school’s MBA concentrations in management and...Read More

Rockhurst Earns Area's First Tree Campus Designation

April 25, 2022
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The greenery around campus makes every spring a wonderful time on the Rockhurst University campus. But there’s more to the tree canopy at Rockhurst than aesthetics — all that foliage helps make the campus a more livable, sustainable place for faculty, staff, students, biodiversity and...Read More

Ed.D. Student Earns Research Award for Project on LGBTQ+ Affirming Curriculum in K-12 Schools

April 13, 2022
Sean Klippel, RORA award-winner for his research on LGBTQ+ affirming curriculum
Sean Klippel is an educator and a member of the LGBTQ+ community who was recently honored for his research as part of Rockhurst's Doctorate in Education program. Klippel's project, "How K-12 Teachers Perceive a State Bill and LGBTQ+ Affirming Curriculum," earned him a Rockhurst Outstanding Research Award (RORA) as part of the University's Festival of Student Achievement. In the following Q & A, Klippel explains why he's passionate about the project, as well as why it's so important now:Read More

Religious Studies Professor Awarded Fulbright, Will Teach in Romania in Spring 2023

April 11, 2022
Craig Prentiss, professor of Religious Studies, is a Fulbright Scholar Award winner
Craig Prentiss, Ph.D., professor of Religious Studies and Theology at Rockhurst, was recently granted a Fulbright Scholar Award to teach at the University of Bucharest in Romania in the Spring term of 2023. A product of the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Program, Fulbright Scholar Awards are prestigious and competitive fellowships that provide unique opportunities for scholars to teach and conduct research abroad.Read More

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