April 24, 2023
While environmental sustainability is a global problem, many of its solutions are being developed locally. It’s a phenomenon that Alicia Douglas, director of community relations and outreach, and her partners in the community sought to highlight at the Rockhurst University Neighborhood Environmental Symposium Friday. Leaders from the Kansas City community gathered in Arrupe Hall to hear a series of “Ted...
April 18, 2023
Together, they have served Rockhurst University for 155 years, longer than Rockhurst has existed as an institution. In recognition of that service, the University celebrated eight faculty and staff members who will be retiring this academic year in a ceremony Friday. Sandra Cassady, Ph.D., University president, said all those retirees have made significant contributions to the University. But they also...
March 29, 2023
David Brooks, New York Times columnist, bestselling author, and guest of the 11 th annual Rockhurst University Leadership Series event on Tuesday evening at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, knows how to work a Kansas City crowd. He started with a compliment for the new Kansas City International Airport, and then quoted a familiar source in his talk...
March 27, 2023
When Nilufer Guler, Ph.D., associate professor of education, started asking for proposals for her latest project, she wasn’t sure what to expect in terms of responses. But the theme of her new book, titled “At School in the World: Developing Globally Engaged Teachers,” must have been pretty inspiring. Guler and her co-editor, Carine Ullom, Ed.D., received 58 chapter proposals around...
March 17, 2023
In November 2022, Rockhurst University etched a new chapter in its history, inaugurated its first lay, first female president, Sandra Cassady, Ph.D. In honor of Women’s History Month, we asked Cassady about her experience as a female leader and history maker in her own right. Who have been some of the female leaders you looked up to in your career...
March 15, 2023
Every name. Every stat. Every game. Every date. Ask Dominique Washington, ’16, former Hawks basketball player and director of the MAC, a question about his experience playing basketball growing up, and recalling specifics is like second nature. There’s a reason the experience was so indelible — Washington was part of the boys’ basketball team at Hogan Preparatory Academy during one...
March 2, 2023
The victory parade in Kansas City celebrating the Kansas City Chiefs’ win in Super Bowl LVII was a memorable one for so many. And especially so for Katie Mead. Hundreds of thousands of fans streamed into downtown along the parade route and the rally afterward to celebrate with the champs — including many Rockhurst students. Among them was Mead, a...
February 23, 2023
Rockhurst University will begin enrolling students in certificate programs for diversity, equity and inclusion at both the graduate and undergraduate level in fall 2023, offering students a curriculum that will prepare them to lead confidently and compassionately in a multicultural world. Growing from Rockhurst’s Jesuit mission and its call to stand with and aid the marginalized, both certificate programs are...
February 16, 2023
As part of the annual Rockhurst University Leadership Series event on Tuesday, March 28, Rockhurst University will honor Madeline Romious, a 1995 graduate of the school’s MBA program, with the Rashford-Lyon Award for Leadership and Ethics. Romious currently serves as Regional Vice President of External and Legislative Affairs with AT&T Missouri. She has been responsible for AT&T’s external, legislative and...
