April 6, 2018
Whether it’s helping with a million-dollar fundraising campaign or bringing to life works of classical drama in the classroom, Patricia Cleary Miller, Ph.D., professor emerita of English at Rockhurst University, has long been a visible leader in the arts and humanities. Miller was honored for her commitment to Rockhurst University and the Kansas City arts community last week with the...
April 3, 2018
Five different student projects from Rockhurst University took prizes for research into everything from the origins of language to student-athlete mindfulness to unconscious bias in perceptions of the police at the most recent Great Plains Student Psychology Convention in Topeka, Kansas, last month. Of the seven projects presented by Rockhurst students, four took home first-place recognition and another a second-place...
March 27, 2018
As Tax Day inches closer, plenty of people in the Kansas City area can rest a little easier. Students from the Helzberg School of Management recently volunteered their time at Kansas City’s Operation Breakthrough, an early childhood education and resource center serving Kansas City’s families in need, as part of an accounting practicum that put their education to work helping...
March 20, 2018
Helzberg School of Management at Rockhurst University offerings earned recognition among the top programs in the nation, according to U.S. News and World Report ’s 2019 Best Graduate Schools list, released Tuesday. The Helzberg School’s rankings improved in three categories, representing traditional programs like the MBA and graduate degree programs in emerging fields such as data analytics and business intelligence...
March 1, 2018
A children’s book author, a “T-shirt guy,” a storeowner and marketing guru, and an internationally recognized chef. They come from different perspectives and backgrounds, and they focus on very different things, but it quickly became clear the lineup at Wednesday’s Meet the Makers event, sponsored by the University’s Young Alumni Council, are all in the business of big ideas. The...
February 13, 2018
This week marks the launch of a new effort at Rockhurst University hoping to put the spotlight on a group of students who rarely see it. First-generation students are a growing part of the University’s student population, but one would not likely notice by just looking around — first-generation students come from all walks of life. That’s partly why Ashley...
February 13, 2018
Ethan Kuster, ’14, ’17 DPT, and Natalie Berigan, ’15, ’17 MBA, are sure that they met as students at Rockhurst. Other details are a little fuzzier. “I say we met in humanities class,” Kuster said. “She was shooting some googly eyes at a guy next to me. I thought she was sending them my way and made the first move.”...
February 10, 2018
The study of the role our unique microbiomes play in human health has become an emerging field in biology over the last several years. But humans aren’t the only ones with microbial “fingerprints” that play a part in their everyday functioning — plants and trees are also rich with a diverse array of unseen bacteria that play different roles in...
February 6, 2018
As part of its 2018 Leadership Series luncheon on Thursday, April 5, Rockhurst University will award its Rashford-Lyon Award for Leadership and Ethics to Patricia Cleary Miller, Ph.D., a professor emerita of English and a longtime figure in Kansas City’s arts and philanthropic communities. Miller, a fourth-generation Kansas Citian, attended Notre Dame de Sion School. She graduated from Radcliffe College/Harvard...