April 8, 2017
When Rockhurst University’s Voices for Justice student group announced their annual Social Justice Week activities, they also announced how those activities would benefit students halfway around the globe. Throughout the week of events like Karaoke for a Cause and the Fair Trade Fashion Show, the group said they hoped to raise $8,000 that would be matched for a total of...
April 6, 2017
April 4, 2017, marks a century since the United States entered World War I — an anniversary inspiring solemn recognition, historical reevaluation and opportunities for education. Kansas City will be the center of the celebration as the National World War I Museum and Memorial hosts the national commemoration ceremony for the occasion. It’s exactly where Emma Priesendorf, ’16, wants to...
April 5, 2017
Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Sly James, ’80, admitted the uniqueness of the occasion on Tuesday. “This is a rarity,” he said. “I’m a little bit speechless.” James had just become the latest recipient of the Rashford-Lyon Award for Leadership and Ethics from his alma mater during the fifth Rockhurst University Leadership Series luncheon, listening to praise from his colleagues about...
April 4, 2017
A man who set a record spending nearly a year in orbit above the earth told an audience of nearly a thousand at Tuesday’s Rockhurst University Leadership Series luncheon that even getting off the ground once seemed like little more than a dream. Kelly, whose keynote presentation “The Sky is Not the Limit: Leadership Lessons from a Year in Space”...
March 31, 2017
With more than 100 projects boasting everything from rockets to robots, Friday’s KC STEM Fest presented the best of some of Kansas City's young scientists, innovators and tinkerers. The afternoon of student-generated projects showcased the work of the Frontier School of Innovation in Kansas City, which operates four school campuses serving primarily students in economic need with a particular focus...
March 28, 2017
When it comes to preparing for careers, students in the Rockhurst University education department are among the top of the class in the state. That’s based on new data from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Earlier this month, DESE released to the public for the first time its Annual Performance Report for the state’s educator preparation programs,...
March 18, 2017
Starting Saturday, Rockhurst University student group Voices for Justice will host a week of activities in celebration of its Social Justice Week. Through service projects, speakers and events like Karaoke for a Cause and the fair trade fashion show, the group hopes to educate peers on a number of social justice issues. In addition, they will be raising funds and...
March 15, 2017
Rockhurst University has named Jennifer Friend, Ph.D., dean of the College of Health and Human Services effective July 3. Friend is currently the associate dean in the School of Graduate Studies and director of the Preparing Future Faculty program at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. “I am delighted that Dr. Friend has accepted our invitation to join Rockhurst University,” said...
March 14, 2017
Several programs in Rockhurst University’s Helzberg School of Management earned recognition among their peers in U.S. News and World Report ’s 2018 Best Graduate Schools rankings released Tuesday. The school’s management MBA was ranked No. 16 in the nation for the second year in a row, sharing that spot with Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and the Kelley School...
