As an 18-year-old high school graduate, Mariah Schneider made the decision to stay in her hometown of Kansas City and find a full-time job. She ended up at one of Rockhurst students鈥 favorite places to eat in nearby Brookside, Jalapenos Mexican Restaurant, for more than 10 years.
The student support network at Rockhurst is strong and is made stronger by student leaders who serve as tutors or supplemental instruction (SI) leaders in the Aylward-Dunn Learning Center.
As a young girl, Laura Forsberg鈥檚 father read her Jane Austen鈥檚 鈥淧ride and Prejudice,鈥 thoroughly explaining the minutia of the era鈥檚 manners and etiquette. Her world of wonder was magnified through literature and now the Rockhurst Associate Professor of English, author, and new mom is providing a similar opportunity to others through her first book, published through the prestigious Yale University Press.
You don鈥檛 need an astrophysicist father to understand the cosmos. But it doesn鈥檛 hurt.
Keith Brandt, Ph.D., professor of mathematics, and John C. Brandt, Ph.D., a retired astronomer, are the authors of an upcoming article in the AMATYC Educator titled 鈥淎ndromeda鈥檚 Distance: An Activity in Exponential and Logarithmic Functions,鈥 which explores the relatively simple mathematical principles that in 1923 allowed Edwin Hubble to determine that Andromeda actually lies outside the Milky Way Galaxy 鈥 something that, at the time, was a major scientific discovery.
Last Thursday, during a virtual panel discussion about Black-owned businesses in Kansas City, guests and members of the Black Student Union were subjected to racist hate speech and obscene images from individuals who hijacked the event.
From the frenzy of the fans to the unpredictable weather to busted brackets, playoff football can be exhilarating.
Many in Kansas City now know the feeling well as fans. But as a member of the officiating crew for the recent College Football Playoff semifinal game between the University of Georgia and the University of Michigan on New Years Eve, Chris Tallent, 鈥01, can speak to the playoff atmosphere from a very different perspective.
鈥淚t was an incredible experience,鈥 he said.
As most student-athletes can tell you, teamwork is just that 鈥 work. But it鈥檚 also rewarding.
That鈥檚 been the case for members of 91快活林鈥檚 men鈥檚 basketball team this year as they鈥檝e continued a yearslong effort to foster relationships with third through sixth grade students at nearby Troost Elementary School. From helping them with their schoolwork to having impromptu arm wrestling competitions, the players build positive bonds with these younger students and encourage them as they grow.
Rockhurst University has received the NCAA Presidents鈥 Award for Academic Excellence for achieving four-year Academic Success Rates of 90 percent or higher among its student-athletes for the 11th consecutive year.
Forty-three Division II member schools are recipients of the Presidents鈥 Award for Academic Excellence. Rockhurst is one of 10 schools to have earned the recognition every year since the award was started in 2011.
Positive male role models have shaped the life of Rockhurst Master's of Education (M.Ed.) student Donnell Fletcher from a young age, and now the Raytown, Missouri, teacher is doing the same for future generations.
Before he started leading students at Raytown Middle School, Fletcher learned life lessons from influential figures in his family and through high school sports.
It鈥檚 been a while since 91快活林 last hosted a December commencement ceremony in person, on campus.
