May 28, 2019
A story about how her college search led her to Rockhurst says a lot about who Meaghan Fanning, ’12, is as a person. She was undecided — interested in a number of different institutions but not sure about any of them. Then she saw the bell tower and its inscription from the Rev. Peter Hans Kolvenbach, S.J., calling on Jesuit...
May 24, 2019
The students might be gone for the summer, and the campus looks a lot different, but for Daniel Mulhall, every step across campus is a reminder of his bustling summer in 1974. That was the year Mulhall, now Ireland’s ambassador to the U.S., first came to America while he was a college student in Ireland on a J-1 summer work...
May 21, 2019
The years spent in college are ones of change, of learning new things, of taking new chances, and of earning new perspectives on life as well as new skills for the resume. Saturday’s commencement ceremony was a chance to showcase the varied transformations that have taken place for the close to 700 students during their tenure at Rockhurst University. By...
May 13, 2019
No matter the disciplines, the destination, or the route they took to get here, close to 700 students will end this week as alumni of Rockhurst University following our annual commencement activities. Here are the stories of just a few — congratulations to every graduate! Kori Hines, English Kori Hines had already been through a lot before even coming to...
May 8, 2019
Mariana Valles doesn’t remember much about the time before she lived in Belton, Missouri. That makes sense — she was 4 years old when her mother and father brought her sister and herself from Chihuahua, Mexico. She said she remembers asking over and over how much longer the 18-hour bus ride would last. At the time, she said she couldn’t...
May 1, 2019
In 2011, the organization now known as Sporting Kansas City went through a series of transformations, from where the MLS franchise played to its underlying philosophy, to even its very name. Opinion at the time was, to put it kindly, mixed. That’s according to Peter Vermes, technical director and manager for Sporting Kansas City, the guest of the 2019 Young...
April 25, 2019
Right before the start of the fall 2018 semester, junior David Walter crammed somewhere around a hundred people into his Kansas City home, all crowded around a tiny TV to watch the culmination of his summer vacation. It was the premiere of the English and philosophy major’s 16-minute short film, titled One Night , the backup plan for a rained-out...
April 23, 2019
The Rockhurst University community includes more than 20,000 alumni, approximately 3,000 current students, and hundreds of faculty and staff members. In other words, hosting a big celebration means a lot of invites. But this Wednesday’s occasion, the first-ever Celebrate RU , is one that warrants such an extensive guest list. Celebrate RU is a 24-hour period of giving and a...
April 18, 2019
Before March 15, Rockhurst University IT Support Specialist Thomas Diggs said, he stuck to a routine, grabbing the bus to work in Rockhurst’s Computer Services office, crossing the street to take computer science courses at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, then heading home for an evening of dinner (starring tater tots) and online gaming. He rarely went out. Something held...