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For Future OT, Setting Up Sensory Room is a Dream Internship

September 13, 2018

Call it playing with a purpose — a bright, inviting room, with walls covered in swatches of all colors and textures. There’s also a small trampoline, fidget spinners, and a particularly comfy-looking blanket, to name a few. For a child, this looks like a dream come true. When Rockhurst University...Read More

With Pioneering Program, Professor Helps Write New Physics Curriculum as Part of NSF Grant

August 28, 2018

Professor and student conducting experiment

Around the beginning of the recent summer break, Nancy Donaldson, Ph.D., professor of physics, got an unexpected email. It was from Galen Pickett, Ph.D., a professor in the department of physics and astronomy at California State University Long Beach, regarding some statistics that he stumbled...Read More

Who Is the Class of 2022?

August 16, 2018

On Friday, more than 400 fresh faces head to campus for their first year at the Rock. Besides some certain universal truths of residence hall living they are sure to experience, what else do we know about the class of 2022? They’re pretty darn smart. The national average ACT score as of 2017 is 21...Read More

Senior Business Major Has Designs on a Fashion Career

August 8, 2018

Modeling, designing, sewing — when it comes to fashion, senior Daniela Lopez Romero does it all. It’s been that way for a while. It began, she said, on a visit to her grandmother in Colombia, where she helped make a simple skirt to wear to the beach. “That was the spark,” she said. “I said ‘Wow, I...Read More

McGee Foundation Grant Helps Pop-up Studio Project Gain STEAM

July 19, 2018

In April, officials from Rockhurst University and architecture firm Gould Evans announced plans to transform the lower level of the Greenlease Library into a new multidisciplinary engaged learning and innovation space for students at Rockhurst and in the community — the STEAM Studio pop-up. Those...Read More

Rockhurst University Offers LaunchCode’s Aspiring Coders a New Home

July 16, 2018

There’s no getting around it — the world needs more coders. Technology is an industry in need of qualified employees, capable of powering the software and hardware that the world increasingly relies on. That’s as true in Kansas City as any number of other cities in the U.S. — according to the...Read More

Want Corporate Social Responsibility to Pay Off in the Long Term? Tell Your Story

July 11, 2018

There’s good news and bad news for firms investing in corporate social responsibility initiatives in a recent article published in the Journal of Business Ethics co-authored by Wenbin Sun, Ph.D., associate professor of marketing in the Helzberg School of Management. The good news — companies are...Read More

Rockhurst University Announces Spring 2018 Dean’s List

July 2, 2018

Rockhurst University has announced the dean’s list for the spring 2018 semester. This honor recognizes students who have achieved a grade-point average of 3.5 or above. The following students earned a place on the list: Morgan Abegg Caroline Adams Zerina Adrovic Salvador Aguirre Justin Ahlheim Mara...Read More

Trip to Tanzania Provides New Perspective for Alumna Med Student

June 19, 2018

Alumna Jenny Buehler and children in Tanzania

It took years for Jenny Buehler, ’11, to learn the routines that medical professionals in the United States use every day to care for patients. But on a recent trip halfway around the globe, Buehler said she learned quickly that medical care for so many others is anything but routine. Buehler will...Read More

Townhouse Village Remodel Headlines Summer Campus Improvements

June 13, 2018

Those who’ve lived in Rockhurst University’s Town House Village might be surprised by how different they look come August. This summer, the 42 units are getting a makeover from both a cosmetic and functional standpoint. Matt Heinrich, Rockhurst University associate vice president for facilities and...Read More