September 4, 2015
Last weekend, high school students from across the Kansas City metropolitan area came to the Rockhurst University campus with one goal — to come up with new ways to encourage social inclusion and create a more welcoming environment for their peers with mental health challenges. It’s a task that might seem daunting — to change the culture for a whole...
August 28, 2015
The Rockhurst University experience has always meant a well-rounded Jesuit, liberal arts-based education that encourages students to grow and engage with their community. But graduating from Rockhurst also may lead to a higher starting salary – another indicator of the outstanding overall value of a Rockhurst education, according to a recent survey by SmartAsset, a New York-based web company that...
August 13, 2015
Ashley Neybert, a Rockhurst senior about to enter her last semester as an undergraduate chemistry student, said it can be easy to let obstacles get in the way of goals. Every day, Neybert said she wakes up with multiple different disabilities, ranging from visual impairment to migraines exacerbated by exposure to light to autism, attention deficit disorder and obsessive compulsive...
July 31, 2015
In November 2014, the seven images painted by Mary Pimmel Freeman, ’07, of the victims of the 1989 massacre at a Jesuit school in El Salvador were easily found and seen. Used as emblems by the Ignatian Solidarity Network during the 25th anniversary of the killings of six Jesuit priests at the Universidad Centroamericana, along with their housekeeper and her...
July 22, 2015
Several programs in Rockhurst University’s College of Health and Human Services were recently recognized by graduateprograms.com for rankings based on student satisfaction. The physical therapy, occupational therapy, education and communication sciences and disorders programs were all ranked by the website based on the responses to a student survey that evaluates graduate-level programs in 15 different categories. Scores on those surveys...
July 13, 2015
Rockhurst University has named Randy Hopkins director of campus security beginning July 27. Hopkins has been with the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department since 1984 and currently serves as deputy chief. As director, Hopkins will oversee security services for the entire University, leading a department that comprises administrative, patrol, communications and investigative divisions. He also will be responsible for crime...
July 1, 2015
Starting July 1, Pedro Maligo, Ph.D., will bring a career of experience in the classroom and as an academic administrator to his new position at the dean of Rockhurst University’s College of Arts and Sciences. As dean, Maligo will be responsible for a range of academic departments that include the humanities, the sciences and mathematics. Born in Rio de Janeiro...
July 1, 2015
As of July 1, Rockhurst University’s School of Graduate and Professional Studies officially has a new name. In early June, the Rockhurst University Board of Trustees voted to adopt a new moniker for the academic unit that includes the occupational and physical therapy, education, exercise science and communication sciences and disorders departments and the leadership studies program— the College of...
June 24, 2015
Rockhurst University is saddened to announce the death of the Rev. Raul Navarro, S.J., on June 23, 2015, in Cusco, Peru. He was 55 years old. Born in Mexico City and moving to New Orleans with his family at the age of 12, Fr. Navarro attended Redemptorist High School and earned a bachelor’s degree in geology in 1983 from Loyola...
