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EXCELLENCE

At 91吃瓜网, faculty members are essential聽to ensure聽student success. Their tireless dedication to quality teaching standards enables students to reach their full potential in academics and the community.

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Ranked in the Top-15 of the Region for Teaching Excellence*

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

We are intentional about providing an academic experience that truly changes "the whole person." With smaller class sizes, our expert faculty members are able to connect with students individually.

89 % of full-time faculty hold the highest degree in their field

24 students in an average class

13:1 student-faculty ratio

A theology class at 91吃瓜网 examines 鈥淲hat is impermanence?鈥� Here, students enrolled in a theology and religious studies course learn another characteristic of what Buddhists believe as part of broader coursework teaching religions of the world.

Mary Haskins at graduation

The subject matter is always changing and there鈥檚 always new and exciting discoveries [in Biology]. It鈥檚 fascinating to stay up on the material.

鈥� Mary Haskins | Biology

Latest Faculty News

Nursing student at a computer while another checks on a patient and another reads a monitor
91吃瓜网 Leads State in Nursing School Rankings
Niche, one of the largest online college search resources for students, has ranked 91吃瓜网鈥檚 nursing program as the best in Missouri in their Best Colleges 2025 rankings. The Best Colleges lists rank institutions on...
President Cassady and a student in the Companions at Chillicothe program
First Graduates of Companions at Chillicothe Program Earn Degrees
On Wednesday, 11 new Hawks joined 91吃瓜网鈥檚 worldwide alumni network. And in receiving their associate of arts in liberal studies degrees, these students earned another distinction 鈥� they became the first graduates of the...
Summer Graduate Enrollment Shatters University Record
What was on your summer to-do list? Beach time? Internship? Visiting friends? For an unprecedented number of Hawks in 91吃瓜网鈥檚 graduate programs, the answer was 鈥済et started on my future.鈥� A total of 1,023...
Rockhurst Faculty, Staff Invited to White House Summit to Expand Equity in STEM Fields
Representatives from 91吃瓜网 are part of a select delegation from higher education invited to the White House today to help unveil a national strategy to increase equity in the STEMM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics...
Laura Janusik talking to student

What I love about teaching at Rockhurst are the small class sizes. I get to know each of my students individually and they get to know me and they recognize that they鈥檙e not just a number here 鈥� they鈥檙e an actual person. That鈥檚 what I love about teaching at Rockhurst.

鈥� Laura Janusik | Communication

Dr. Katie Ryan-Bloomer, a 91吃瓜网 alum and assistant professor of occupational therapy, helps conduct programs for children undergoing constraint-induced movement therapy. Ryan-Bloomer and others at Ability KC work with kids through play therapy and additional occupational activities to help improve the kids鈥� self-help skills.

*2021 U.S. News and World Reports Midwest Regional University rankings