Humans of RU

Zach Pohlman came to Kansas City from Omaha, Nebraska, and if he has his way the Rockhurst triple major and Notre Dame Law student will eventually return to his hometown as a practicing lawyer or law professor.

But he’s certainly not alone in making this “full circle” back to Omaha.Read More

"Who would have believed that a student like me, an immigrant, who was forced to learn a new language, who faced discrimination and bullying growing up, who didn’t have the advantages of being an American citizen, would ever have a shot at becoming a doctor?" said Salvador Aguirre, '20. "The answer to that is simple: Only I believed, and lucky for me, that’s all that ever mattered in the end."Read More

A few years ago Anna Galligos was ready to attend the University of Missouri in Columbia when at the last minute she began to re-evaluate what made her a successful student.



Galligos wanted to study molecular biology and was highly interested in the research component attached to that area of study.



Then it hit her. It's what fellow biologists would call that “good thymine.”Read More

​As a high school student, Rhema Butler didn’t know where she wanted to go to college, just that she wanted a place with small classes, a close-knit community, and professors who “genuinely cared about your success.” Little did she know how important that student-professor relationship would become in her first year on campus.Read More