Athletics
In 1999, Rockhurst athletics entered this NCAA division.
Division II
1999 was the year in which Rockhurst became Rockhurst University. Originally, it was known as this.
Rockhurst College
Among Rockhurst's core values are Reflection and Discernment, Wisdom, and Cura Personalis, which translates to this.
Care for the Whole Person
Gamma Phi Beta and Sigma Alpha Epsilon are examples of these types of organizations at Rockhurst.
Sororities and fraternities
The university colors.
Blue and white
Loyola Park facilitates baseball, softball, and this third sport.
Tennis
This former Spanish soldier turned priest, and founder of the Society of Jesus, is the spiritual founder of Rockhurst's mission (and can now be seen sitting outside of the Greenlease Library).
St. Ignatius of Loyola
An inscription describing the Jesuit mission, which reads, in part: "reflect upon the reality of the world around you with all its ambiguities, opportunities, and challenges, to discern what is really happening in your life and in the lives of others" can be found on this prominent campus feature.
the Bell Tower
These student leaders are live-in representatives that act as information resources, activities organizers, liaisons to the Office of Residence Life, counselors, advisers, and friends.
Resident Assistants (RAs)
The year Rockhurst was founded/established.
1910
Rockhurst University has not had a football team since this year.
1949
The founder of Rockhurst University.
Fr. Michael Dowling
The commitment to "just action through leadership and service ... to be agents of transformation ... to foster openness and curiosity ... to value different points of view and experiences" is part of this core value.
Contemplation in Action
The name of the Rockhurst University student newspaper.
The Sentinel
The oldest building on the Rockhurst University campus.
Sedgwick Hall
In 1949, Rockhurst University played the first basketball game ever broadcast on television in Kansas City, attended by 3,400 people at Mason-Halpin Fieldhouse. Who was Rockhurst’s opponent in this game?
The University of Kansas
Finish the verse of the Rockhurst Alma Mater:
Rockhurst is our alma mater,
Home of wisdom, heart so true,
Loyal friends are here together,
________________________.
'Neath your colors white and blue.
RU asserts that its values relate to students' lives no matter what their beliefs are, considering this fraction of the student body is not Catholic.
Half (50%)
This event, held at the end of each academic year, celebrates students, staff, and faculty who exemplify academic excellence and leadership through awards, scholarly sessions, presentations, and performances.
Festival of Student Achievement (FOSA)
The GLVC Sports Network serves at the official streaming network for Hawks athletics. GLVC is an acronym for this regional conference.
Great Lakes Valley Conference
The Hawks were NAIA basketball champions in 1964. Which school did they beat in the championship game?
Pan American - Texas
The Rockhurst University motto in latin reads Sapientia Aedificavit Sibi Domum. Translated to English, it reads this.
Wisdom has built herself a home
Name three of the seven learning themes espoused within the Rockhurst mission.
Leadership, Communication, International and Cultural Understanding, Critical and Creative Thinking, Ethics and Social Justice, Academic Knowledge, Self Formation
This student currently serves as the President of the Rockhurst University Student Senate.
Claire Webster
For a brief period in the 1990s, the Rockhurst student newspaper's name was changed to this.
The Hawk