In the fall of 2017, Saint Luke鈥檚 College of Health Sciences opened its doors to a first cohort of 26 students attending the Pathways to Health and Science Education program. Pathways was conceived as a bridge program designed to introduce diverse students to careers in healthcare professions.
In 2020, the program transitioned with the College to 91快活林 and was renamed the Early College Pathways Program.
The 91快活林 got a report card of its own in May. And it鈥檚 one they鈥檙e going to want to hang up on the fridge.
While Commencement marks the finish line for many students, others have miles and miles to go.
For pre-med students at Rockhurst, they have exhausted the University鈥檚 opportunities and resources, earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree, and are off to medical school as official RU alumni.
These graduates have made their mark on RU. Now they make their mark on the world.
As the sun sets on the 91快活林 campus鈥 tulips for the spring, some new plants are getting a chance to shine.
On Friday, members of the biology faculty and students planted an assortment of pollinator plants in a small plot north of the Ignatius Science Center.
Around a central redbud tree are now rows of coneflower, butterfly flower and coreopsis, among others.
Kat Dolan, 鈥20, came to 91快活林 having already had what some might consider a lifetime of experiences. And they鈥檝e all played a part in a new piece in the latest issue of America, the national Jesuit magazine.
Last year, senior biomedical physics of medicine major Bella Salerno was looking forward to her summer vacation for reasons other than getting out of town.
Salerno had been accepted to the Purdy Summer Research Fellowship at Washington University School of Medicine鈥檚 department of radiation oncology and was looking forward to the experience of delving deeper into a subject she鈥檚 grown to love.
鈥淥ne of the reasons for choosing my major has been my love for both math and science,鈥 she said. 鈥淚 found that physics really encompasses both the how and why aspect of science.鈥
The U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate School list for 2022 is out, and several programs within 91快活林鈥檚 College of Business, Influence and Information Analysis earned recognition among the best in the nation.
The management programs in the Helzberg School of Management, which is part of the University鈥檚 College of Business, Influence, and Information Analysis, were ranked No. 24 in the nation. The school鈥檚 graduate business analytics programs were ranked No. 39, the only such program ranked in the state of Missouri.
For 2020 senior men鈥檚 lacrosse players Jason Zabel (pictured) and Jake Bastien, life in early March 2020 was good. The seniors had helped the team to a No. 8 national ranking and they were two short months away from graduating.
91快活林 Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) students were named Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) Scholars recently, making them among the first in Missouri to participate in the nationally recognized program.
