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University Receives $1 Million NSF Grant to Provide Scholarships in the Sciences

September 19, 2023
Over the next six years, Rockhurst University will receive $1 million in Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics grant funding from the National Science Foundation as part of a holistic program to help cohorts of students with financial need complete their undergraduate degrees in the sciences. In addition to providing financial aid for up to 10 students in each of the two cohorts, what is being called the SMART-STEM (Scholarships and Mentoring to Advance Retention and Training in STEM) scholarship program at Rockhurst will also support wraparound services that will help those students persist and succeed through graduation and...
Fr. Dave Holloway, second from left, is twice a military veteran
Alum, as a Chaplain, Answered "Calling Within a Calling"
November 11, 2016
The first time the Rev. Dave Holloway, ’77, joined the Navy, it was obligatory. The second time, he was called for a different reason. The current priest at St. Bernadette Parish in Kansas City, Missouri, who visited Rockhurst University in the fall as one of several alumni cocelebrants for Mass of the Holy Spirit, was a student at what was...
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Rockhurst University Earns Missouri’s First Fair Trade University Designation
November 8, 2016
On Thursday, Nov. 10, Rockhurst University will become Missouri’s first Fair Trade University as designated by Fair Trade Campaigns , the result of an effort by students to ensure that goods the University buys and sells don’t come at the expense of the workers who make them. With the recognition, Rockhurst University joins more than 260 fair trade towns, schools...
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Data is the Topic of the Day at Second Executive BIA Summit
October 30, 2016
The Helzberg School of Management’s second annual Executive Summit on Business Intelligence and Analytics on Friday, Oct. 28, put data front and center, inviting leaders from across different industries to campus for a daylong discussion of the ways that analytics are changing nearly every industry, from bread-and-butter accounting firms to hip marketing agencies. The idea of providing an annual opportunity...
Student Dressed as Witch
Students Showcase Exciting Tricks and Science Lessons at Spooktacular Optics
October 29, 2016
Local families gathered around the witches of “hocus pocus.” The children were excited to see the witches’ tricks, but might not have expected to learn about viscosity and sublimation in the process. Rockhurst University’s department of physics hosted Spooktacular Optics on Thursday, Oct. 27, transforming the Rockhurst University Community Center as a hall of haunted illusions. The biennial haunted physics...
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Astronaut Scott Kelly To Share “Leadership Lessons From a Year in Space” As the Guest of the Rockhurst University Leadership Series
October 20, 2016
Scott Kelly, the U.S. astronaut who spent 340 days aboard the International Space Station, will bring his record-setting trip to life as the guest of the Rockhurst University Leadership Series, scheduled for Tuesday, April 4, 2017, in the Muehlebach Tower at the Kansas City Marriott Downtown. Kelly shared his experience with the world through social media throughout the mission. In...
The Rev. Arturo Sosa, S.J., the new Superior General of the Society of Jesus
Rockhurst Jesuits Celebrate Election of New Superior General
October 14, 2016
Members of the Society of Jesus worldwide — including those in Rockhurst University’s own Jesuit community — were celebrating the completion of one of the most high-profile items on the agenda of their 36th General Congregation — the election of the Society’s 31st Superior General. In the early morning hours of Friday local time, the 215 members of the General...
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In MECA Challenge, Students Solve Real-Life Problems With Innovative Thinking
October 12, 2016
Time was quickly running out on Friday afternoon. Students hastily worked to put together PowerPoint slide shows and organize their presentations. Along with experienced local entrepreneurs, students were doing something that they may not have yet done in their college careers — solve a real-world problem. Rockhurst University hosted its first-ever MECA Challenge on Oct. 7. MECA Challenge (Most Entrepreneurial...
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Rockhurst University Launches New Physics Honor Society
October 11, 2016
“Wow.” That was the reaction of Willie Rockward, Ph.D., president of the Sigma Pi Sigma physics honor society and associate professor of physics at Morehouse College, to describe the newest members of that society, the 29 students and three faculty members from Rockhurst University’s chapter, which was chartered in a ceremony Oct. 2. That number, Rockward said, might just be...
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Awards to Honor Three Outstanding Rockhurst University Alumni
September 23, 2016
As part of the annual Family and Alumni Weekend celebration of all Hawks from the past, Rockhurst University will recognize three outstanding alumni for their careers and contributions to the community in a luncheon scheduled for noon on Saturday, Oct. 1, in the Greenlease Library . The Xavier Medal of Honor recognizing outstanding service to others will be presented to...

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