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Rockhurst Athletics Announce New Athletic Programs

December 4, 2018
Cheerleaders performing at a soccer game
It’s time to expand the roster — new athletics programs are coming to Rockhurst University next fall. Rockhurst University Athletics announced this week that men’s cross country, along with competitive cheer and dance, will be offered starting in fall 2019. They are the first new athletics programs...Read More

Rockhurst University to Recognize Former DST Systems Executives For Business And Community Leadership

November 27, 2018
Tom McCullough and Tom McDonnell
Rockhurst University will honor two of Kansas City’s outstanding business and civic leaders with the annual Rashford-Lyon Award for Leadership and Ethics, part of the seventh annual Rockhurst University Leadership Series luncheon, featuring Hall of Fame NFL quarterback Joe Montana, on March 26,...Read More

Love Is In The Air As Rockhurst, Avila Couples Are Celebrated

November 13, 2018
A couple holding hands
For years, before Rockhurst University and Avila University both went co-ed in 1969 and Avila moved its campus from 55 th and Main streets to south Kansas City, the two schools shared a unique bond. The all-female College of St. Teresa (now Avila) and the all-male Rockhurst were known as “brother-...Read More

For New Arts and Sciences Podcast, Familiar Host Digs into Some Unfamiliar Territory

November 2, 2018
Tim McDonald, Ph.D., talks to a guest
Timothy McDonald, Ph.D., Rockhurst professor of music, is no stranger to the airwaves. For approximately eight years, McDonald hosted a classical music show on now-defunct Kansas City radio station KXTR, interviewing guests ranging from superstar cellist Yo-Yo Ma to Michael Stern, music director of...Read More

A Message of Solidarity from University President the Rev. Thomas B. Curran, S.J.

October 30, 2018
Bell tower inscription
Dear Companions of Rockhurst University, The recent demonstrations of hatred, rejection, violence, racism and murder in our nation have me recalling Martin Luther King Jr.’s letter from a Birmingham jail. He wrote, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.... (W)hat affects one...Read More

At Annual Leadership and Ethics Day, Experience is the Lesson Plan

October 25, 2018
Speaker talks to a class
For the seventh year in a row on Thursday, faculty in the Helzberg School of Management handed over their lecture schedules to business leaders from Kansas City and beyond as part of the annual Business Leadership and Ethics Day. Throughout the day, each class invites a speaker — many of them...Read More

Winning the Mega Millions Jackpot? Not Likely. But What If We All Played Together?

October 23, 2018
Man working on math problem
A record-setting $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot lottery drawing has many across the United States dreaming of mansions, early retirement, or charitable donations. And that headline belies the odds that the vast majority of players emerge from the drawing with little more than a wallet that is $...Read More

Olympic Track Legend To Headline Rockhurst University’s First-Ever St. Louis Leadership Series Luncheon

October 15, 2018
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Rockhurst University will bring its showcase of national leadership across the state for the first-ever St. Louis Leadership Series luncheon, featuring Olympic gold medalist and hometown hero Jackie Joyner-Kersee speaking on “Leadership and Perseverance” in a conversation with longtime St. Louis...Read More

For Alumnus, Award From Chiefs All Goes Back to Family

October 12, 2018
Randy Lopez and Chiefs Owner Clark Hunt
Randy Lopez, ’06, could have tossed the email in his spam folder. It purported to be from the Kansas City Chiefs, notifying him of an award he had won. It came on the day before he was scheduled to leave on vacation. Lopez, a program officer with the Wyandotte Health Foundation, wasn’t sure what to...Read More

NFL Hall of Famer, Former Chief Joe Montana To Headline Rockhurst University Leadership Series

October 4, 2018
Joe Montana as a member of the Kansas City Chiefs
Four-time Super Bowl champion quarterback Joe Montana will discuss his model of personal and professional leadership as the guest of the seventh annual Rockhurst University Leadership Series luncheon Tuesday, March 26, 2019. The luncheon, with presenting sponsor CommunityAmerica Credit Union, is...Read More

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