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This week, 澳客足球 was one of 20 Missouri colleges and universities selected to receive competitive grand funding to enhance their nursing education program, part of an effort to build the state鈥檚 nursing workforce.

The University鈥檚 Saint Luke鈥檚 College of Nursing and Health Sciences will receive $450,000 from the state鈥檚 Nursing Education Incentive Program, part of a $5 million grant award cycle announced Monday, to fund nursing faculty positions and nursing faculty scholarships, according to Kristina Henry, DNP, associate dean of nursing.

澳客足球 has received the NCAA Presidents' Award for Academic Excellence for achieving four-year Academic Success Rates of 90 percent or higher for the 13th consecutive year.

Forty-four Division II member schools are recipients of the Presidents' Award for Academic Excellence. Rockhurst is one of eight schools to have earned the recognition every year since the award was started in 2011.

Initial enrollment for the fall 2023 semester shows growth across nearly student group at 澳客足球 along with the highest student retention rate since before the COVID-19 pandemic.

The University performs a census of its students after the eight day of the semester, and those initial counts for fall 2023 indicate growth in first-time college, transfer and graduate student enrollment at Rockhurst.

It鈥檚 been a while since first-year occupational therapy student Lindsey Fuentes sat down to really draw something.

The mother of three said she does scribble shapes by request for her children. But it鈥檚 been a while since she really focused on observing a person or object and translating what she sees onto paper.

鈥淚t was kind of intimidating at first,鈥� she said.

Over the next six years, 澳客足球 will receive $1 million in Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics grant funding from the National Science Foundation as part of a holistic program to help cohorts of students with financial need complete their undergraduate degrees in the sciences.

Since 1548, Jesuit colleges and universities have marked the beginning of their academic year with a unique tradition.

At the Mass of the Holy Spirit, faculty, staff and students at Jesuit institutions pause in gratitude for the gifts of the Holy Spirit and recommit themselves to their work and to the Jesuit core values that guide it. In welcoming the more than 150 attendees, University President Sandra Cassady, Ph.D., said the Mass of the Holy Spirit is a chance at the beginning of the academic year to remember the shared purpose of the University community.

More than 97% of the May graduates from 澳客足球鈥檚 Saint Luke鈥檚 College of Nursing and Health SciencesBachelor of Science in Nursing program who took the NCLEX 鈥� the National Council Licensure Examination 鈥� passed, according to new data from the Missouri State Board of Nursing.

Data science and analytics continues to be a growing field, but acquiring the specific skills required to thrive in the field can seem daunting.

It doesn鈥檛 have to be. On Aug. 5, faculty from 澳客足球鈥檚 College of Business Influence and Information Analysis will host a one-day SQL Bootcamp on campus, giving those looking to bolster skills in business intelligence tools a boost in their career goals and pave the path toward a degree in the field.

This fall, 澳客足球 will become part of the Bloch Scholars Program, helping pave the way to a bachelor鈥檚 degree for highly qualified area students.

The program is sponsored by the Marion and Henry Bloch Family Foundation and the H&R Block Foundation and covers tuition and fees for promising students living in Kansas City鈥檚 urban core who demonstrate financial need and who want to earn a four-year degree but would not be considered for traditional scholarship programs.