May 31, 2017
Being new to any position can be daunting. There are new processes to learn, new coworkers to meet, and new challenges to face. Coming out of seminary, most diocesan priests are well-prepared to face the spiritual demands of their new jobs. But in many cases they are also often running organizations, making the kinds of day-to-day decisions that keep things...
May 24, 2017
Rockhurst University has announced the dean’s list for the spring 2017 semester. This honor recognizes students who have achieved a grade-point average of 3.5 or above. The following students earned a place on the list: Morgan Abegg Caroline Adams Nicole Adams Justin Ahlheim Amber Akin Amalia Albor Cesar Aldana Jack Alsbach Christiana Alvey Joseph Alvey Iman Aly Erica Amensen Steven...
May 23, 2017
On Tuesday, Rockhurst athletics staff accepted the Great Lakes Valley Conference's Commissioner's Cup at the Enterprise Rent-A-Car GLVC Awards Reception in St. Louis, earning for the first time one of the conference’s top honors. The GLVC Commissioner’s Cup is a traveling trophy that recognizes the school whose student-athletes excel in seven core sports identified by the conference. Those core sports...
May 15, 2017
For four years at Rockhurst University, Aimee Dion has heard about the Jesuit call to be “men and women for and with others.” She learned about the importance of treating each other as companions. And she learned about how simple acts of service bring us closer to one another. But few face the kind of test of those principles that...
May 7, 2017
Among the graduates who will walk across the stage in Saturday’s commencement ceremony, there are countless stories, dreams and motivations. Here are just a few: Bridgette Sappington Nursing school, overnight clinical shifts, and pitching for a nationally ranked softball team is a lot for a college to-do list, but it’s something that Bachelor of Science in Nursing graduate Bridgette Sappington...
April 29, 2017
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case originating from Missouri that could have national implications. It could be a precedent-setting moment for American constitutional law and a rare moment in the spotlight of the nation’s highest court for the Show-Me-State. But, according to Thomas Ringenberg, Ph.D., Rockhurst assistant professor of political science, it is also a...
April 18, 2017
From young robot builders to neighborhood leaders — since 2002, these groups and more have called the Rockhurst University Community Center home. In 2016 alone, a variety of groups logged more than 1,700 hours at the center, hosting 485 meetings, an in-kind value of $180,495. Over the course of 15 years, the center has provided countless hours of in-kind space...
April 14, 2017
This week, thousands of high school athletes signed letters of intent with colleges and universities, a reward for years of hard work and practice. One special Rockhurst University recruit had a once-in-a-lifetime experience, signing his letter of intent in a draft day ceremony on Friday before a packed news conference in the University’s Convocation Center. Eleven-year-old Tyler Niemeyer from Lee’s...
April 12, 2017
Every day, students in Rockhurst University’s Helzberg School of Management learn from a nationally recognized faculty about the issues that face business owners and organizational leaders. But on Tuesday, students also got a chance to talk directly from those same leaders about the particular issues that have challenged their sense of leadership or ethics and the ways they’ve confronted those...
