May 25, 2021
Capping an academic year unlike any other, Rockhurst University graduates were able to walk across the stage in person to receive their degrees in a commencement ceremony Friday afternoon at Children’s Mercy Park. Last year’s ceremony was held virtually because of the pandemic, and as the masks and spaces between families at the ceremony could attest, concerns about COVID-19 haven’t...
May 25, 2021
The small gesture, moving the tassel from left to right, officially marks the passage from student to graduate. It’s a moment that Niki Sanchez waited a long time for. Not just because she, like so many others, had worked very hard to complete her college coursework. But because she had to wait, withstand a pandemic, and travel nearly 2,500 miles...
May 24, 2021
While Commencement marks the finish line for many students, others have miles and miles to go. For pre-med students at Rockhurst, they have exhausted the University’s opportunities and resources, earned a bachelor’s degree, and are off to medical school as official RU alumni. The following Class of 2017 Hawks just completed the next phase of their education journey by graduating from a sister Jesuit school, Saint Louis University School of Medicine. All four recently received their “matches” for their residencies.
May 17, 2021
These graduates have made their mark on RU. Now they make their mark on the world. Hyoyoung Wells At age 40, Hyoyoung Wells said she feels like she’s starting over. It wasn’t easy. Coming to America from South Korea at age 20, Wells raised her two children, but otherwise felt she had little purpose or drive. She didn’t speak English,...
May 11, 2021
It’s been quite a year for all health care professionals, and certainly in the nursing profession. That makes this past week’s Nursing Appreciation Week, which concludes today with International Nurses Day, especially important as a way to look back and thank those who have sacrificed so much to take care of others over the past 12 months. To mark the...
May 5, 2021
The class of 2020 at Rockhurst University is noteworthy for so many reasons. For one, their commencement was the 100 th in the school’s history. But to most, this group will most likely be remembered for how profoundly the COVID-19 pandemic affected their college experience, eventually causing their in-person commencement to first be postponed, then moved completely online. On Sept...
May 2, 2021
As the sun sets on the Rockhurst University campus’ tulips for the spring, some new plants are getting a chance to shine. On Friday, members of the biology faculty and students planted an assortment of pollinator plants in a small plot north of the Ignatius Science Center. Around a central redbud tree are now rows of coneflower, butterfly flower and...
April 29, 2021
Kristy Bayer has been named the new director of athletics at Rockhurst University, effective July 6, 2021. Bayer comes to Rockhurst from Emporia State University where she has served as the deputy director of athletics and senior woman administrator since December 2017. “We welcome Kristy’s experience in every aspect of Division II athletics, including student-athlete development and support, strategic planning...
April 28, 2021
1989 was a turning point for Saint Luke’s College of Nursing and Health Sciences . In April of that year, the Missouri Board of Nursing approved a plan for a four-year degree program for the college, establishing a Bachelor of Science in nursing degree that generations of nurses have since pursued as a rigorous foundation for their own career in...
