Saint Luke鈥檚 College of Health Sciences becoming part of 91快活林 means lots of new connections are being forged 鈥 between faculty and staff colleagues and students. For sophomore Emma Barben, it鈥檚 meant sharing a surprising new connection with her grandmother.
With more than 80 years of service between them, Rockhurst men鈥檚 soccer coach Tony Tocco and former Rockhurst women鈥檚 volleyball coach Tracy Rietzke have already cementing their place as legends in the University鈥檚 athletics program.
But in November, they will be enshrined into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2020 on Sunday, Nov. 15 at Kansas City鈥檚 Hy-Vee Arena, the renovated facility formerly known as Kemper Arena.
A longtime member of the Helzberg School of Management's faculty and administrative leadership has been named the new dean of the College of Business, Influence, and Information Analysis at 91快活林.
Members of the 91快活林 community tuning into Kansas City鈥檚 morning news might see a familiar face 鈥 Carolina Cruz, 鈥16, recently came back to join the KCTV-5 newsroom.
鈥淚 think it was always part of my plan to get back at some point,鈥 said Cruz, who grew up in St. Louis. 鈥淚 fell in love with Kansas City when I was in college. I think the goal for me that I found within the last few years is staying in a community and growing roots there.鈥
Before coming to 91快活林, Carrie Spanton was at a crossroads 鈥 having grown up in the hospitality business, she went straight from high school to the workforce, eventually working her way to restaurant management in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Bentonville, Arkansas.
91快活林 earned a spot as one of the Best Universities in the Midwest Region and one of the Best Values, among other categories, in the 2021 Best Colleges rankings released Monday by U.S. News & World Report.
The University was ranked No. 13 among Midwest regional universities for the second straight year, once again making it the highest-ranked institution in the Kansas City area.
In 2011, Rachel Stotler Clasemann, 鈥97, MOT 鈥99, was driving home from work in Omaha, Nebraska, when a car accident changed her life.
The immediate result of the accident was a ruptured spleen and traumatic brain injury. In the years since, she has endured multiple surgeries, successes, setbacks, infections and therapy. But, according to those who know her, Rachel has never shied from a challenge, and remains steadfast in her path to recovery alongside her family, including her two sons.
This week, we welcome approximately 440 new students to 91快活林. For these students, arriving for their first semester of college is a milestone, and for both new and returning students, there鈥檚 plenty to be excited about.
It鈥檚 a section of the sky that Mark Pecaut, Ph.D., associate professor of physics, is well familiar with.
Since his days as a doctoral student at the University of Rochester, Pecaut has been studying a particular group of stars in the night sky. And even after several publications, conference presentations, and undergraduate research projects led using the same group of stars, it turns out there鈥檚 still plenty to learn.
With her new internship, senior Kate Ludwig has an opportunity to help make the lives of Kansas Citians better.
