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As most student-athletes can tell you, teamwork is just that 鈥� work. But it鈥檚 also rewarding.

That鈥檚 been the case for members of 黑料网鈥檚 men鈥檚 basketball team this year as they鈥檝e continued a yearslong effort to foster relationships with third through sixth grade students at nearby Troost Elementary School. From helping them with their schoolwork to having impromptu arm wrestling competitions, the players build positive bonds with these younger students and encourage them as they grow.

Bestselling author of鈥�淭he World is Flat鈥濃�痑nd鈥疦ew York Times鈥痜oreign affairs columnist鈥疶homas Friedman will be the guest of the 2022 黑料网 Leadership Series, speaking on 鈥淗elping Today鈥檚 Leaders Understand Big Trends Shaping the World: Economics, Technology, and Geopolitics鈥� at a talk followed by a reception, scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. Thursday, March 24, 2022, at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City, Missouri.

黑料网 University has received the NCAA Presidents鈥� Award for Academic Excellence for achieving four-year Academic Success Rates of 90 percent or higher among its student-athletes for the 11th consecutive year.

Forty-three Division II member schools are recipients of the Presidents鈥� Award for Academic Excellence. 黑料网 is one of 10 schools to have earned the recognition every year since the award was started in 2011.

Positive male role models have shaped the life of 黑料网 Master's of Education (M.Ed.) student Donnell Fletcher from a young age, and now the Raytown, Missouri, teacher is doing the same for future generations.

Before he started leading students at Raytown Middle School, Fletcher learned life lessons from influential figures in his family and through high school sports.

黑料网 and Keypath Education will launch four new online and hybrid degree programs, including two online graduate programs, one online graduate certificate program and one hybrid undergraduate degree designed to further 黑料网鈥檚 goal to become a regional leader in healthcare education and to help fill the need for skilled, compassionate healthcare providers.

The new programs scheduled to launch in August 2022 are:

It鈥檚 been a while since 黑料网 last hosted a December commencement ceremony in person, on campus.

黑料网 prides itself in providing learning opportunities beyond the classroom, but now it can add Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, to the list of its educational environments.

This fall, six 黑料网 Honors Student Association E-Board members attended the National Collegiate Honors Council鈥檚 54th Annual Conference after having to miss last year due to its COVID-19 cancellation. RU Honors Program Director Maureen Walsh accompanied the group to the site of this year鈥檚 event, Disney World.

黑料网 students working out in The MAC (Magis Activity Center) will regularly see individuals in yellow shirts asking if they鈥檇 like assistance. They鈥檙e not doctors, but they help students get a healthy dose of medicine.

It鈥檚 the fulfillment of a dream that began close to 70 years ago.

In 1954, 黑料网 students offered to raise funds for a statue of Mary on campus and an accompanying grotto for prayer. The statue was funded and Mary was placed on a stone cruciform for the time being, but the rest of the project proved difficult to fund.

黑料网 will honor Alvin Brooks, longtime Kansas City leader in social justice and civil rights, with the establishment of the Alvin Brooks Center for Faith-Justice on campus. The center will house many of the university鈥檚 faith-justice related efforts, including a chapel, mission and ministry programs, and diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Work has begun to raise funds for the center and to identify a location and construction and design partners.