April 18, 2018
Each year, Rockhurst University celebrates the amazing work of undergraduate and graduate students during the one-day Festival of Student Achievement, scheduled for Friday, April 20. Through performances, awards, presentations and posters, student work from every corner of the University is highlighted. Here are five unique things to check out at this year’s festival: 1. Who Will Be the Hawk of...
April 9, 2018
It’s been 35 years since Robert Stewart launched what has become a nationally renowned showcase for poetry in Kansas City. In 1983, the idea that Stewart said he pitched was simple — provide a showcase at Rockhurst University for the best poets from around the Midwest region. “I quickly ran out of Midwest poets,” he joked. In the time since,...
April 6, 2018
It might seem static, but history is never far away, said former U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy. Kennedy, the featured guest of the sixth Rockhurst University Leadership Series luncheon, presented with CommunityAmerica Credit Union, on Thursday, April 5, said in her keynote address to a sold-out audience of more than 1,000 in the Muehlebach Tower of the Marriott Downtown that the...
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...
