February 12, 2024
Seniors Chidera Okafor and Reggie Jeffrey didn’t necessarily have history in mind when they decided to run as a ticket in last year’s Student Senate elections. “’Can I do the job well?’” was the first consideration that Okafor said came to mind. But as perhaps the first Black Student Senate president and vice president duo in the University’s history, that’s...
February 5, 2024
Dave Harrison, founder and president of VanTrust Real Estate and a 1981 graduate of Rockhurst University, will receive the Rashford-Lyon Award for Leadership and Ethics from the University. The award will be presented as part of the 2024 Rockhurst University Leadership Series event, with presenting sponsor Tria Health, featuring renowned AI expert Kevin Roose on Tuesday, March 26, at the...
January 16, 2024
Few areas of contemporary human life have not already been affected by the sudden rise of artificial intelligence technology. That reality has considerable ramifications for our personal and professional lives. As the guest of the 2024 Rockhurst University Leadership Series event, bestselling author and New York Times technology columnist Kevin Roose, considered one of the most knowledgeable journalists on the...
January 9, 2024
Rockhurst University has announced the dean’s list for the fall 2023 semester. This honor recognizes students who have achieved a grade-point average of 3.5 or above. The following students have been named to the list: Omar Abla Dati Abuladze Haylee Ace Ben Adams Courtney Adams Nate Adamson Oscar Ahumada Jessica Aldana Sara Alghsein Safiya Ali Gage Allen Michael Allen Denim...
January 5, 2024
Photos courtesy Kenny Ellison. Glenn North has a number of titles on his resume — he’s a 2006 graduate of Rockhurst University, an adjunct faculty member in the English department, director of inclusive learning at the Kansas City Museum and poet laureate for Kansas City’s Historic 18 th and Vine District. By his own admission, some of the credit for...
January 5, 2024
Rockhurst University Companions, We recently were made aware that Dr. Mohamed Kohia, who retired from Rockhurst University in 2023 as professor of physical therapy, is seemingly shown in a video where he is identified as a Rockhurst University professor and is expressing views on the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel. The University has reason to question whether this video accurately...
December 20, 2023
This week, Rockhurst University was one of 20 Missouri colleges and universities selected to receive competitive grand funding to enhance their nursing education program, part of an effort to build the state’s nursing workforce. The University’s Saint Luke’s College of Nursing and Health Sciences will receive $450,000 from the state’s Nursing Education Incentive Program, part of a $5 million grant...
December 19, 2023
Rockhurst University has received the NCAA Presidents' Award for Academic Excellence for achieving four-year Academic Success Rates of 90 percent or higher for the 13th consecutive year. Forty-four Division II member schools are recipients of the Presidents' Award for Academic Excellence. Rockhurst is one of eight schools to have earned the recognition every year since the award was started in...
December 6, 2023
Rockhurst University’s business school will be renamed the College of Business and Technology, representing a renewed focus on the premiere AASCB-accredited Jesuit business programs the school has built its name on and growth opportunities in its burgeoning tech and analytics programs to serve the growing need in tech, health and analytics-focused sectors. The Academic Affairs subcommittee of the Rockhurst University...
