April 17, 2019
Leslie Doyle, Ed.D., grew up across the street from the Rockhurst University campus. This month, she’s been welcomed back as the University’s inaugural chief inclusion officer. In this position, Doyle will lead the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, a newly created office charged with driving strategic efforts to make Rockhurst a home for all. Working collaboratively across campus, the...
April 11, 2019
Innovation and learning from the best were at the forefront when the Rev. Nicholas S. Rashford, S.J., set about creating the Executive Fellows MBA program at Rockhurst University (then College) in 1978 — one of the earliest such programs in the country. This year the program — now known as simply the Executive MBA and boasting nearly 1,000 alumni —...
April 4, 2019
Each spring, Rockhurst University sends students and faculty and staff companions on domestic and international locations to live out the Jesuit value of “serving for and with others.” This spring break in mid-March was no different — students helped with everything from construction projects to assisting coffee farmers to lending a hand at medical clinics and schools in the Dominican...
April 3, 2019
Legendary Sporting Kansas City soccer coach Peter Vermes will share his expertise on building a winning culture as the latest guest of the Rockhurst University Young Alumni Speaker Series at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 30, in the auditorium of Arrupe Hall on the University’s campus. In his presentation, titled “Building and Maintaining Culture in Business,” Vermes will talk about...
March 28, 2019
It’s not without reason that Joe Montana is a legendary NFL quarterback and still one of football’s most legendary names. Over the course of his college career at Notre Dame and his professional tenure — first with the San Francisco 49ers and then the Kansas City Chiefs — Montana demonstrated poise under pressure and personified drive to succeed nearly everywhere...
March 12, 2019
Two top MBA specialty areas in the Helzberg School of Management continue to be ranked alongside the best business schools in the nation in the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate Schools rankings for 2020. The Helzberg School’s management MBA is ranked No. 18, tied with the New York University’s Stern School of Business and the University of North...
March 11, 2019
If you’re a chemist looking to analyze the amount of sodium in drinking water, magnesium in windshield glass, or iron in breakfast cereal, you’ll likely reach for an atomic absorption instrument. In fact, these are all examples of experiments performed by Rockhurst University chemistry students using the instrument, which breaks down the concentration of elements in common materials. However, atomic...
February 27, 2019
Part of the reason that Nick Bader, ’18, was interested in medical school in the first place was his desire to help people most in need. Bader might not have known it when he applied to Georgetown University School of Medicine, but he would get that chance nearly from day one, taking part in shaping the future of a student-led...
February 22, 2019
Over the summer, Rockhurst University announced a new partnership with St. Louis-based organization Launchcode, agreeing to provide the organization space on campus to provide its free computer coding courses for qualified applicants looking to break into the tech industry. The partnership makes a lot of sense — Launchcode is focused on providing a path to a career in the tech...