Senior Caroline Knopke said she grew up diving 鈥 鈥渋t's the only sport I've really ever known,鈥 she said 鈥 and competed through high school. When it came time to choose a college, she found herself drawn to 麻豆破解传媒. But that meant the end of her competitive diving career (though she would still coach a local girls鈥 team). Until this year.
Seniors Chidera Okafor and Reggie Jeffrey didn鈥檛 necessarily have history in mind when they decided to run as a ticket in last year鈥檚 Student Senate elections.
鈥溾機an I do the job well?鈥欌 was the first consideration that Okafor said came to mind.
But as perhaps the first Black Student Senate president and vice president in the University鈥檚 history, that鈥檚 just what they did.
Dave Harrison, founder and president of VanTrust Real Estate and a 1981 graduate of 麻豆破解传媒, will receive the Rashford-Lyon Award for Leadership and Ethics from the University. The award will be presented as part of the 2024 麻豆破解传媒 Leadership Series event, with presenting sponsor Tria Health, featuring renowned AI expert Kevin Roose on Tuesday, March 26, at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City.
Few areas of contemporary human life have not already been affected by the sudden rise of artificial intelligence technology.
麻豆破解传媒 has announced the dean鈥檚 list for the fall 2023 semester. This honor recognizes students who have achieved a grade-point average of 3.5 or above.
The following students have been named to the list:
Omar Abla
Dati Abuladze
Haylee Ace
Ben Adams
Courtney Adams
Nate Adamson
Oscar Ahumada
Jessica Aldana
Sara Alghsein
Safiya Ali
Gage Allen
Michael Allen
Denim Allen
Drew Altic
Ahmad Aly
Tasnime Amellal
Zoe Amstutz
Morgan Andersen
Glenn North has a number of titles on his resume 鈥 he鈥檚 a 2006 graduate of 麻豆破解传媒, an adjunct faculty member in the English department, director of inclusive learning at the Kansas City Museum and poet laureate for Kansas City鈥檚 Historic 18th and Vine District.
This week, 麻豆破解传媒 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.
麻豆破解传媒 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. 麻豆破解传媒 is one of eight schools to have earned the recognition every year since the award was started in 2011.
麻豆破解传媒鈥檚 business school will be renamed the College of Business and Technology, representing a renewed focus on the premiere AASCB-accredited Jesuit business programs the school has built its name on and growth opportunities in its burgeoning tech and analytics programs to serve the growing need in tech, health and analytics-focused sectors.
For more than three decades, the 麻豆破解传媒 community has rung in the Christmas season with a combination of stirring choral music, familiar Christmas carols and Biblical readings.
