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AI Expert to Headline Rockhurst University Leadership Series

January 16, 2024

Few areas of contemporary human life have not already been affected by the sudden rise of artificial intelligence technology. That reality has considerable ramifications for our personal and professional lives. As the guest of the 2024 Rockhurst University Leadership Series event, bestselling...Read More

Rockhurst University Announces Fall 2023 Dean’s List

January 9, 2024

Rockhurst University has announced the dean’s list for the fall 2023 semester. This honor recognizes students who have achieved a grade-point average of 3.5 or above. The following students have been named to the list: Omar Abla Dati Abuladze Haylee Ace Ben Adams Courtney Adams Nate Adamson Oscar...Read More

Alumnus, Faculty Member Composes Poem for KC Library Anniversary

January 5, 2024

Photos courtesy Kenny Ellison. Glenn North has a number of titles on his resume — he’s a 2006 graduate of Rockhurst University, an adjunct faculty member in the English department, director of inclusive learning at the Kansas City Museum and poet laureate for Kansas City’s Historic 18 th and Vine...Read More

Statement From President Sandra Cassady, Ph.D.

January 5, 2024

Rockhurst University Companions, We recently were made aware that Dr. Mohamed Kohia, who retired from Rockhurst University in 2023 as professor of physical therapy, is seemingly shown in a video where he is identified as a Rockhurst University professor and is expressing views on the Oct. 7 attacks...Read More

Rockhurst University Receives State Grant to Enhance Nursing Program

December 20, 2023

Nursing student at a computer while another checks on a patient and another reads a monitor

This week, Rockhurst University was one of 20 Missouri colleges and universities selected to receive competitive grand funding to enhance their nursing education program, part of an effort to build the state’s nursing workforce. The University’s Saint Luke’s College of Nursing and Health Sciences...Read More

Athletics Receives Presidents’ Award for Academic Excellence for 13th Consecutive Year

December 19, 2023

Baseball player works with fellow student and professor

Rockhurst University has received the NCAA Presidents' Award for Academic Excellence for achieving four-year Academic Success Rates of 90 percent or higher for the 13th consecutive year. Forty-four Division II member schools are recipients of the Presidents' Award for Academic Excellence. Rockhurst...Read More

With College of Business and Technology, Rockhurst University Looks to the Future

December 6, 2023

Students discussing data analytics assignment

Rockhurst University’s business school will be renamed the College of Business and Technology, representing a renewed focus on the premiere AASCB-accredited Jesuit business programs the school has built its name on and growth opportunities in its burgeoning tech and analytics programs to serve the...Read More

“Sparkling” Christmas Music Highlights Ceremony of Lessons and Carols

December 1, 2023

For more than three decades, the Rockhurst University community has rung in the Christmas season with a combination of stirring choral music, familiar Christmas carols and Biblical readings. So get out your festive sweater, fire up some hot chocolate, and plan to attend the 33 rd annual Ceremony of...Read More

Student Takes Part in Prestigious Research Internship

November 10, 2023

Over the summer, sophomore Sarah Joseph had the opportunity to learn as part of a select group from around the world as part of the Stowers Summer Scholars program at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research. The institute, located blocks from the Rockhurst University campus, invites outstanding...Read More

EMBA Student Honored With ATHENA Award from KC Chamber

October 31, 2023

Athena award winner and Rockhurst University president

Photos courtesy Kyle Rivas/Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce Every year, the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce recognizes two outstanding female leaders with the ATHENA Award, one of its highest honors. The list of past honorees is a who’s who of Kansas City’s foremost female leaders,...Read More