August 1, 2017
Through a new partnership with the Hummel Family Foundation, Rockhurst University is announcing an annual scholarship program and philanthropic gift plan that will become the largest program of its kind in University history. Available to students in any undergraduate degree program, the Hummel Family Scholarship is designed to plug gaps in existing financial aid and give qualified full-time students the...
July 27, 2017
Hundreds of students from the 28 Jesuit colleges and universities in the U.S. came to the nation’s capital earlier this month for a crash course in the meaning of Ignatian leadership. Since 1997, the five-day National Jesuit Student Leadership Conference has given students an opportunity to develop their leadership skills alongside peers and talk about ways to make their own...
July 25, 2017
This summer, Jake and Pete Randall have had their feet in two worlds. The St. Louis twins — both soon to be seniors and both studying finance and economics at Rockhurst University — are helping work in the fields on a farm south of Kansas City at Boys Grow during the day, part of a summer internship program at the...
July 13, 2017
For Ahmad Maaz, ’14, college education came at a turbulent time in his life. In November 2008, Maaz’s family home in Kansas City was raided by agents of the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, who took his father away in handcuffs. It was the beginning of years living in a state of uncertainty, knowing that any day a knock...
June 28, 2017
Data is changing the workplace, which means that higher educational institutions such as the Helzberg School of Management at Rockhurst University have to prepare leaders able to comprehend and communicate complex streams of information. A new partnership with accounting and consulting firm RubinBrown is designed to make sure that Helzberg School graduates have that knowledge on day one. On Wednesday,...
June 22, 2017
Learning about ecosystems somewhere across the world can be done with textbooks and other academic materials. But it’s probably a lot more illuminating — not to mention a lot more fun — to experience it firsthand. That’s the idea behind the annual Biology Field Trip, a semester-long course that culminates in a trip, either abroad or in the United States,...
May 31, 2017
Being new to any position can be daunting. There are new processes to learn, new coworkers to meet, and new challenges to face. Coming out of seminary, most diocesan priests are well-prepared to face the spiritual demands of their new jobs. But in many cases they are also often running organizations, making the kinds of day-to-day decisions that keep things...
May 24, 2017
Rockhurst University has announced the dean’s list for the spring 2017 semester. This honor recognizes students who have achieved a grade-point average of 3.5 or above. The following students earned a place on the list: Morgan Abegg Caroline Adams Nicole Adams Justin Ahlheim Amber Akin Amalia Albor Cesar Aldana Jack Alsbach Christiana Alvey Joseph Alvey Iman Aly Erica Amensen Steven...
May 23, 2017
On Tuesday, Rockhurst athletics staff accepted the Great Lakes Valley Conference's Commissioner's Cup at the Enterprise Rent-A-Car GLVC Awards Reception in St. Louis, earning for the first time one of the conference’s top honors. The GLVC Commissioner’s Cup is a traveling trophy that recognizes the school whose student-athletes excel in seven core sports identified by the conference. Those core sports...