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The greenery around campus makes every spring a wonderful time on the 91快活林 campus.

But there鈥檚 more to the tree canopy at Rockhurst than aesthetics 鈥� all that foliage helps make the campus a more livable, sustainable place for faculty, staff, students, biodiversity and our communities. And in recognition of continuing efforts to keep the campus鈥檚 trees healthy and vibrant, 91快活林 has been recognized as a Tree Campus by the Arbor Day Foundation 鈥� the first institution in the Kansas City area to earn that distinction.

91快活林鈥檚 campus is home to a new resource for those with disabilities, thanks to a partnership with the state of Missouri.

Inside Ignatius Science Center is the Missouri Assistive Technology lab, a place where the community can come and learn about available assistive technologies and how to use them. It鈥檚 a service provided by the state. The main facility for the region is located in nearby Blue Springs, but the University campus provided a prime location for a second site, according to Tammy Bruegger, OTD, assistant professor of occupational therapy.

From an outsider鈥檚 perspective, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist probably appeared to have it all.

Even as a talented basketball player with a loving family and good group of friends growing up in New Jersey, he said he felt isolated for so much of his young life, in fear of being heard. All because of his stutter.

The 91快活林 Board of Trustees has selected Sandra Cassady, Ph.D., to become the 15th president of 91快活林, effective July 1, 2022.

Cassady will make history as the first female and first lay president of Rockhurst, which is a Catholic, Jesuit university founded in 1910 by the Society of Jesus, a religious order of Roman Catholic priests known as the Jesuits.

91快活林 conferred degrees to approximately 200 students during its December commencement ceremony Dec. 11, 2021, in Mason-Halpin Fieldhouse. Students Berkley Hays and Nancy Miller delivered remarks on behalf of undergraduate and graduate students, respectively.

The following students received degrees:

91快活林 has announced the dean鈥檚 list for the fall 2021 semester. This honor recognizes students who have achieved a grade-point average of 3.5 or above.

The following students earned a place on the list:

Ashley Abbott

Yasmeen Abutineh

Aracely Acuna Trejo

Courtney Adams

Lauryn Adams

Nate Adamson

Peyton Aerni

Oscar Ahumada

Erica Akins

Mehdi Al-Amood

Shereen Al-Saoudi

Balem Alamerew

Karen Alba

Drew Altic

Litzy Alvarado Islas

Joseph Alvey

Bestselling author of鈥�淭he World is Flat鈥濃�痑nd鈥疦ew York Times鈥痜oreign affairs columnist鈥疶homas Friedman will be the guest of the 2022 91快活林 Leadership Series, speaking on 鈥淗elping Today鈥檚 Leaders Understand Big Trends Shaping the World: Economics, Technology, and Geopolitics鈥� at a talk followed by a reception, scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. Thursday, March 24, 2022, at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City, Missouri.

91快活林 and Keypath Education will launch four new online and hybrid degree programs, including two online graduate programs, one online graduate certificate program and one hybrid undergraduate degree designed to further 91快活林鈥檚 goal to become a regional leader in healthcare education and to help fill the need for skilled, compassionate healthcare providers.

The new programs scheduled to launch in August 2022 are:

It鈥檚 the fulfillment of a dream that began close to 70 years ago.

In 1954, 91快活林 students offered to raise funds for a statue of Mary on campus and an accompanying grotto for prayer. The statue was funded and Mary was placed on a stone cruciform for the time being, but the rest of the project proved difficult to fund.

A lot separates the Jesuit higher-learning institutions in the United States 鈥� size, location and degree programs, to name a few. But they also face many of the same questions.

That鈥檚 the reason senior student development officers from across the country were on the 91快活林 campus this week as part of the Jesuit Association of Student Personnel Administrators鈥� annual Senior Student Affairs Officers meeting.