Odin George Buser was born with a complex set of health issues as a result of unbalanced chromosome translocation that prevented him from doing a lot of the things children his age would normally do. But when he was given something like a toy that he could manipulate, he would beam with happiness, his mother Courtney said.

Members of the Rockhurst University community tuning into Kansas City’s morning news might see a familiar face — Carolina Cruz, ’16, recently came back to join the KCTV-5 newsroom.

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 spring 2023. Fulbright Scholar Awards are prestigious and competitive fellowships that provide unique opportunities for scholars to teach and conduct research abroad.

The next time you pass through Van Ackeren Hall, look up.

Rockhurst University will begin enrolling students in certificate programs in dignity, justice, and belonging at both the graduate and undergraduate levels in fall 2023, offering a curriculum that prepares them to lead confidently and compassionately in a multicultural world.

For the fall 2023 semester, the Helzberg School of Management at Rockhurst University is launching a new way to earn their signature MBA degree — one that lets students build it from the ground up.

In the middle of Kansas City’s bustling Crossroads Arts District is an unexpected patch of prairie. And in the middle of that, you’ll often find junior Gavin Schaefer.