Lab Tech

Written by Paul Winkeler | 8 March 2017

...allowing students to really enter the workplace and see what the future of engineering and science has to offer in a fast paced world.

First Cyclotron in KC?

Written by Paul Winkeler | 8 March 2017

...when I was watching a lecture being given by one of my favorite modern physicists, Dr. Michio Kaku.

Science Department is blasting off!

Written by Greg Owsley | 5 March 2017

If you haven’t heard, the Science department reached an inflection point and is positively accelerating.

Project-Based Soft Skills

Written by Greg Owsley | 1 March 2017

Learning can occur during self-directed time too. Isn't that what happens in the real world?

Community Challenges

Written by Greg Owsley | 27 February 2017

A growing trend in education right now involves submerging students into an authentic, real-world challenge and seeing what they can do.

BioTech

Written by Paul Winkeler | 22 February 2017

...allowing students to really enter the workplace and see what the future of engineering and science has to offer in a fast paced world.

Religion and Science - Is there a gap to bridge?

Written by Timothy Nendick | 12 February 2017

Together, we worked to explore how to bridge the perceived gap between religion and science.

Building Engineers from the Ground Up

Written by Paul Winkeler | 12 February 2017

Rockhurst is as much an institution to build bonds as it is to educate.

MECA Challenge

Written by Greg Owsley | 11 February 2017

“This is the type of REAL WORLD experience you simply can't teach in a classroom"

Learning to Lead from a Reef Tank

Written by Paul Winkeler | 11 February 2017

The tank will draw people in to our unique science program

New Courses

Written by Greg Owsley | 1 February 2017

Students will be given ample autonomy to take ownership over their own, authentic research and will be sharing their learnings to a public audience.

Increasing Laboratory Time

Written by Paul Winkeler | 26 January 2017

When a student graduates from Rockhurst, there are fundamental skills he should have attained while matriculating. A Rockhurst graduate should be able to write in a proficient manner, Experimentation is the foundation of science. Discover a problem, postulate a hypothesis, and then determine an experiment that can test that hypothesis…this is the format that we reinforce with our students. The foundation of the experiment is the content delivered in class; the content allows the students to problem solve and determine the best experiment.