June 18, 2015
Last month, two more students from Kansas City’s Alta Vista Charter School were named the latest recipients of a scholarship fund set up by Rockhurst University students to honor a high-school student killed near campus. Ondrea Lapadino and Elicia Reuscher were recognized during Alta Vista’s annual senior and family dinner. Both will receive scholarships from the Nelson E. Hopkins Jr...
June 9, 2015
Rockhurst University is listed near the top of the nation and at the top of the region in terms of summary performance on the latest published CPA examination results, according to the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy. NASBA’s recently released 2014 Uniform CPA Examination Candidate Performance Book indicates a 71.6-percent success rate among Rockhurst graduates who took the...
May 22, 2015
Rockhurst University Director of Athletics Gary Burns announced Thursday that Drew Diener of Cardinal Stritch University has been named head coach of the Hawks men's basketball program. “I’d like to thank Fr. Curran, Gary Burns, and the committee for giving me this opportunity,” Diener said. “The mission of the University and its people make Rockhurst the perfect fit for my...
May 21, 2015
On Saturday, May 16, approximately 660 students became the newest group of alumni in the Rockhurst University family as they walked across the stage at the 95th annual commencement ceremony at Kansas City’s Municipal Auditorium. Those receiving their degrees before friends, family and members of the University community during the annual ceremony included approximately 300 undergraduate students, among them 117...
May 13, 2015
The Class of 2015 The students who make up the class of 2015 represent a variety of backgrounds, experiences and talents. In honor of this week’s commencement activities, here are a few stories from the latest group of Hawks. Lynsey Riemann Born completely deaf in one ear, Lynsey Riemann of O’Fallon, Missouri, said she understands how physical limitations can easily...
May 11, 2015
“Welcome home.” Those were the words from the Very Rev. Ronald Mercier, S.J., provincial of the U.S. Central and Southern Province, to the Rev. Thomas B. Curran, S.J., at the end of the May 2 Mass at St. Francis Xavier during which the president of Rockhurst University solemnly professed his final vows and was fully incorporated into the Society of...
For decades, students have come from across the country to the Rockhurst University campus for a chance to earn a full-tuition scholarship. What started as an effort to sit down with high school seniors for academic conversations with the University’s faculty meant to mimic college coursework has become a University tradition that attracts some of the nation’s top high-school seniors...
