Since 2004, 91快活林 has marked the solemn occasion of Yom Hashoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, with an interfaith ceremony in partnership with the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education.
This year, in addition to a ceremonial reading on Kinerk Commons of names of those killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust 鈥 a list that includes 152 members of the Society of Jesus 鈥 the day included another symbolic gesture of interfaith cooperation and companionship.
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.
91快活林 has named Laura Horne-Popp as the next director of the Greenlease Library, effective June 1.
Horne-Popp comes to Rockhurst from the University of Central Missouri, where she serves as assistant university librarian of the James C. Kirkpatrick Library. She brings to her new role extensive experience in all aspects of library operations and information services. Her instruction and research consultation experience have assisted students, faculty and nonprofits in increasing their information literacy.
Joshua Roberts had all the posters printed for Spring 2020 鈥 his first in charge of an that hadn鈥檛 been given a lot of attention in the recent past.
On March 12, 2020, students, faculty and staff alike were notified that campus would be shut down for two weeks, a precautionary measure meant to prevent further spread of coronavirus/COVID-19. They would not be back for the remainder of the spring semester.
That announcement came shortly after the World Health Organization called the crisis a global pandemic and the same day Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas would issue his first state of emergency order related to the virus.
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.
91快活林 leaders announced Monday the Saint Luke鈥檚 College of Health Sciences and the College of Health and Human Services will be merging and renamed to The Saint Luke鈥檚 College of Nursing and Health Sciences.
