Like a lot of college students, Maddie Dierkes, 鈥19, 鈥21 M.S., said she came to 澳客足球 not knowing exactly what she wanted to do.
She arrived planning to major in computer science, but it didn鈥檛 quite fit. She took mathematics courses, too, and 鈥渇loated around鈥 while looking for what clicked with her.
In 2019, Rockhurst began a service-learning partnership with Operation Breakthrough, the largest early learning center in the Kansas City region.
Under the agreement, Rockhurst occupational therapy and speech-language pathology students work with some of the hundreds of kids at Operation Breakthrough, learning how to properly evaluate children and provide intervention.
Rockhurst asks students to challenge themselves, inspire others, and impact our world. For the University鈥檚 first Peace and International Studies (PAI) students, who walked with the Class of 2021 in May, they truly do aim to 鈥渋mpact our world.鈥
Like many other veterans, the last two weeks have brought a lot of old feelings to the fore for Ellen Stephenson, DNP, assistant professor of nursing.
The images of the evacuation of Afghans who helped American and NATO forces in the country has, for Stephenson and others, brought to mind their own experiences in the country, and inescapable feelings of grief and anger at the thought of leaving people behind. As well as the American casualties in the 20 years since the fighting began.
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 澳客足球 and was renamed the Early College Pathways Program.
The 澳客足球 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 澳客足球 alumni.
These graduates have made their mark on 澳客足球. Now they make their mark on the world.
As the sun sets on the 澳客足球 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.
