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Hundreds of Graduates Join Hawk Alumni Family at Commencement

May 15, 2023
More than 450 Rockhurst University students joined the tens of thousands of Hawk alumni around the world as part of the spring commencement ceremony Saturday in Municipal Auditorium. As always, the proceedings were highlighted by the perspective of two students nominated to speak on behalf of undergraduate and graduate students. Sarah Wilson, a chemistry and Spanish major, spoke for the undergraduate students. Wilson, who said she hadn’t told her parents about her speech before coming to the podium (but made sure her father had extra tissues), told the graduates that didn’t know anything about Rockhurst before coming onto campus for...
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Meet Some of the Graduates in the Class of 2023
May 10, 2023
On Saturday, May 13, hundreds of Rockhurst University students will become graduates as part of the annual spring commencement ceremony. In preparation for the ceremony, here are stories from a few of those who will be crossing the stage as part of the Class of 2023. Matthew Bergman MBA graduate Matthew Bergman didn’t know a lot about Kansas City or...
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“Meet the Makers” Invites To the Stage KC Entrepreneurial Luminaries
May 5, 2023
Kansas City has had a fair amount of time in the national spotlight lately. There are a lot of reasons for that — many of them, admittedly, sports-related. But Kansas City is also a vibrant, attractive place because of the people here committed to doing new, creative things. To celebrate that spirit, the Rockhurst University Young Alumni Council presents the...
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Rockhurst Claims First-Ever KC Crown Trophy
May 3, 2023
Rockhurst University and William Jewell College already competed head-to-head in the NCAA Division II Great Lakes Valley Conference. But this year, there was something else on the line for these two local institutions — bragging rights. In September, the two cross-town rivals announced the start of a new tradition, the KC Crown, a yearlong competition in which the school with...
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Forty Students — And One University President — Inducted Into Alpha Sigma Nu Jesuit Honor Society
May 3, 2023
Each spring, students who distinguish themselves in what are considered the three main pillars of a Jesuit education — scholarship, leadership and service — are invited to become part of Alpha Sigma Nu, the Jesuit honor society. On Saturday, 40 students from Rockhurst University were formally inducted into the chapter of ASN in a ceremony in Arrupe Hall. The University’s...
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Management MBA Concentration Ranked Among Nation’s Best
April 25, 2023
One of the Helzberg’s School of Management’s major graduate business degree programs has been recognized as one of the best in the nation, according to the 2024 Best Graduate Schools list from U.S. News and World Report. The full-time Management MBA came in at No. 27 on the list, tied with fellow Jesuit institutions Loyola Marymount University and Loyola University...
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RU Hosts Symposium Focused on Local Sustainability Efforts
April 24, 2023
While environmental sustainability is a global problem, many of its solutions are being developed locally. It’s a phenomenon that Alicia Douglas, director of community relations and outreach, and her partners in the community sought to highlight at the Rockhurst University Neighborhood Environmental Symposium Friday. Leaders from the Kansas City community gathered in Arrupe Hall to hear a series of “Ted...
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University Celebrates Retiring Faculty and Staff
April 18, 2023
Together, they have served Rockhurst University for 155 years, longer than Rockhurst has existed as an institution. In recognition of that service, the University celebrated eight faculty and staff members who will be retiring this academic year in a ceremony Friday. Sandra Cassady, Ph.D., University president, said all those retirees have made significant contributions to the University. But they also...
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New York Times Columnist to Leadership Crowd: “The Person is the Message”
March 29, 2023
David Brooks, New York Times columnist, bestselling author, and guest of the 11 th annual Rockhurst University Leadership Series event on Tuesday evening at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, knows how to work a Kansas City crowd. He started with a compliment for the new Kansas City International Airport, and then quoted a familiar source in his talk...
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Education Faculty's Book Highlights Advantages of Globally Engaged Teachers
March 27, 2023
When Nilufer Guler, Ph.D., associate professor of education, started asking for proposals for her latest project, she wasn’t sure what to expect in terms of responses. But the theme of her new book, titled “At School in the World: Developing Globally Engaged Teachers,” must have been pretty inspiring. Guler and her co-editor, Carine Ullom, Ed.D., received 58 chapter proposals around...

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