Sue Willcox, Ph.D., Rockhurst University’s new provost, brings a unique perspective to the job of higher education administration.
While many higher ed administrators start as faculty before joining the administration, Willcox began her career with younger students as a public school special education teacher.
Rockhurst University has announced the dean’s list for the spring 2023 semester. This honor recognizes students who have achieved a grade-point average of 3.5 or above.
The following students have been named to the list:
Dati Abuladze
Lauren Ada
Courtney Adams
Nate Adamson
Mia Adkins
Peyton Aerni
Oscar Ahumada
Le'Bonet Alfaro
Sara Alghsein
Safiya Ali
Michael Allen
Drew Altic
Litzy Alvarado Islas
Omar Alvarez
Ahmad Aly
Zoe Amstutz
Morgan Andersen
There’s an ease with which incoming Vice President of Enrollment Management Mark Steinlage talks about Rockhurst University’s campus, mission, faculty, staff and student experience.
That makes sense.
“I lived it for nearly 11 years,” he said.
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.
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.
While environmental sustainability is a global problem, many of its solutions are being developed locally.
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 made an impact on their students and colleagues, evidenced by the heartfelt comments submitted for Cassady to read in honoring the retirees:
David Brooks, New York Times columnist, bestselling author, and guest of the 11th 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 about what he’s learned in a career analyzing current events and the people behind them — Kansas City’s own Jason Sudeikis.
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 incorporating global citizenship and intercultural competency into the classroom.
In November 2022, Rockhurst University etched a new chapter in its history, inaugurated its first lay, first female president, Sandra Cassady, Ph.D. In honor of Women’s History Month, we asked Cassady about her experience as a female leader and history maker in her own right.
Who have been some of the female leaders you looked up to in your career — either those you personally knew or who were examples from your own life?
