Kansas City’s Municipal Auditorium was buzzing Saturday with loved ones cheering on the almost 750 graduates at Rockhurst University’s commencement ceremony.
The ceremony was the first in Municipal Auditorium since 2019, as the 2020 commencement was held virtually and the 2021 event outside, at Children’s Mercy Park.
On Saturday, close to 750 students will participate in Rockhurst University’s commencement ceremony — returning to Municipal Auditorium for the first time since the pandemic forced the 100th commencement ceremony to the virtual realm in 2020.
Choosing where to go to college can be stressful. Tucker is here to help.
A members of the Office of Admissions staff is lending his very unique set of skills to incoming students experiencing the maze of decisions, forms, tests and essays.
Four members of Kansas City’s unique entrepreneurial landscape took the stage Thursday in the third annual “Meet the Makers” event.
And though they represented different focuses — socks, whiskey, coffee and ice cream — they shared an appreciation for the hard work it takes to be a business owner and for those who supported them along the way.
In 2018, Rockhurst University began offering college courses, taught by its own faculty, to a small cohort of 20 incarcerated individuals and 10 staff at the Chillicothe Correctional Center. Progressing through disciplines and a pandemic, they’ve continued to learn.
Two MBA concentrations from the Helzberg School of Business in the College of Business, Influence and Information Analysis have earned top 20 national rankings in U.S. News & World Reports’ 2023 Best Graduate Schools rankings.
The greenery around campus makes every spring a wonderful time on the Rockhurst University campus.
But there’s more to the tree canopy at Rockhurst than aesthetics — all that foliage helps make the campus a more livable, sustainable place for faculty, staff, students, biodiversity and our communities. And in recognition of continuing efforts to keep the campus’s trees healthy and vibrant, Rockhurst University has been recognized as a Tree Campus by the Arbor Day Foundation — the first institution in the Kansas City area to earn that distinction.
Sean Klippel is an educator and a member of the LGBTQ+ community who was recently honored for his research as part of Rockhurst's Doctorate in Education program. Klippel's project, "How K-12 Teachers Perceive a State Bill and LGBTQ+ Affirming Curriculum," earned him a Rockhurst Outstanding Research Award (RORA) as part of the University's Festival of Student Achievement.
In the following Q & A, Klippel explains why he's passionate about the project, as well as why it's so important now:
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.
Rockhurst University will present the 2022 St. Ignatius Award to national healthcare leader and physician Dr. David Wild, ’19 EMBA. The award is presented annually to a Rockhurst graduate in recognition of outstanding accomplishments, leadership, and reflection of Jesuit values in the person’s professional career.
