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An exhibit on view until mid-August in the Greenlease Library on campus featuring works that start the same — but end in different places.

The May 9 commencement ceremony at Municipal Auditorium was the culmination of a weekend’s worth of activity.
The day before, master’s and doctoral students at the University were honored in ceremonial hooding ceremonies, while Bachelor of Science in nursing graduates received pins, a tradition dating back to Florence Nightingale.
At each ceremony, students were invited to speak.

Earning a degree from a Jesuit institution is a remarkable accomplishment. But what comes next is just as important.

That was according to Donna Carroll, Ed.D., president of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities, who addressed the audience of graduates and their loved ones as part of Rockhurst University’s annual spring commencement Saturday.

Rockhurst University’s annual spring commencement activities are scheduled for May 8 and 9, highlighted by the commencement ceremony at 1 p.m. Saturday at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City.
As part of the festivities, the University will award an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree to Donna Carroll, Ed.D., president of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities and president emerita of Dominican University in Illinois.

Rockhurst University’s College of Business and Technology has earned extended accreditation from the AACSB International, one of the most widely recognized and prestigious accreditations for schools of business worldwide.

Rockhurst University and Saint Louis University have named a program director to guide a new Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist program expected to launch in 2028 as a partnership between the two institutions.
Nicholas Curdt, DNAP, CRNA, CHSE, will lead the program, design its curriculum and guide it as it undergoes the accreditation process. Curdt will also serve as a point of contact for interested prospective students for what promises to be a high-demand program.

Joanna Cielocha, Ph.D., associate professor of biology, has received a $206,112 Mid-Career Advancement grant from the National Science Foundation to study parasites known as gregarines, which infect grasshoppers, in the American West to broaden the understanding of the gregarine diversity and distribution.

Rockhurst University will receive $1.031 million in federal Community Project Funding to help build new programs and facilities to educate future generations of tech and AI leaders in the Kansas City region.

Rockhurst University’s online graduate business analytics and management MBA programs have earned recognition from U.S. News and World Reports as among the nation’s best.

Rockhurst University sponsors solidarity immersion trips both in the United States and abroad several times a year, giving students the opportunity to experience the world beyond campus or their home communities. Though service is a component of the trip, the students also learn about the perspectives and the people in the locations they travel to.