Rockhurst News

Rockhurst University’s newest graduate degree is the Master of Science in Industrial and Organizational Psychology.

Senior Sofia Valdespino was introduced to tennis at a young age. It was love at first sight.

Although he lives in Boise, Idaho, and wasn’t familiar with Rockhurst University, Ted Marconi, ’26 Ed.D., said that when he started to look for a doctoral program he knew he had found the right one when he encountered Rockhurst.

Recognizing ongoing efforts to meaningfully partner with neighbors and serve beyond its campus walls, Rockhurst University has earned the 2026 Carnegie Elective Classification for Community Engagement from the American Council on Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

On Friday, hundreds of students in Rockhurst University’s graduate programs and the Bachelor of Science in nursing degree program were recognized after completing their programs in a series of ceremonies on campus.

Rockhurst University has received the NCAA Presidents' Award for Academic Excellence for achieving four-year Academic Success Rates of 90% or higher for the 15th consecutive year.

The air is cooler, the leaves are changing — is that allspice and nutmeg I smell?
As members of the Rockhurst University community prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving with loved ones, here are a few of the things we’re especially grateful for this year:

It’s all about problem solving, according to Phillip Wrigley, ’12 M.Ed., who recently earned a nomination as Kansas Teacher of the Year and a national honor — one of three recipients of the American Civic Education Teacher Award (ACETA).

Rockhurst University will partner with fellow Midwest Jesuit institutions Creighton University and Regis University, offering students the opportunity to earn Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology degrees (MS-SLP) at all four campuses.

Inspired by the Season of Creation, Rockhurst University’s School of Education and the Office of Service and Action recently collaborated on an interactive activity to educate third-grade students from two area Catholic schools on the reason for this season — St. Elizabeth’s and Visitation.