RockhuRst univeRsity 2012–2014 catalog

• Students classified as juniors having completed 60 hours with at least a“C” grade point average.• Students who have lived on campus for four semesters.• Declared nursing students who reside in Research Housing Complex.• Students who are age 23 or older.• Students who have completed active, full-time military service.• Students who have a spouse or dependents living with them.Residency includes participating in the regular meal plan offered by the universityfood service for both fall and spring semesters if the student resides in one of thetraditional halls.RA 2500. Resident Leadership Seminar (1–2)Fall semesterA one- or two-credit seminar designed to provide Resident Assistants with in-depth discussionand training on topics concerning residential communities, including communicationskills, confrontation, working with groups, critical issues, programming, and theimportance of their role as a Resident Assistant. All Resident Assistant staff must take thiscourse once and receive a C or higher to retain their Resident Assistant position. Prerequisite:Instructor approval.Service-Immersion Trips: Service Immersion Trips invite students to live RockhurstUniversity’s Jesuit mission, a mission articulated in part of a 1997 speech given by theformer Jesuit Superior General, Fr. Peter Hans Kolvenbach: “Students must let thegritty reality of this world into their lives so they can learn to feel it, think about itcritically, respond to its suffering, and engage it constructively.”Weeklong experiences, which include manual labor, cultural immersion activities,relationship-building, and daily prayer and reflection, move students to a deeperunderstanding of the Gospel’s call to solidarity and justice. Extensive trip preparationand follow-up lead students toward the life-long path of becoming women and menfor and with others.Trips normally leave in the second week of January during Christmas Break andduring the March Spring Break to destinations that in the past have included: Belize,El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Joplin, Mo., New Orleans, La., Nicaragua, andWest Virginia.Rockhurst University generously subsidizes up to half of the total trip expenses;students cover the balance of their trip costs. The application process for the tripsbegins in September and includes a written application, short essay, and in-personinterview. For more information, please see the Rockhurst website: www.rockhurst.edu/about/jesuitmission/trips.asp.Student Life: The Student Life Office is where students come to find out more aboutstudent organizations, club sports, fraternity and sorority life, Social Activities Board(S.A.B.), Student Senate, Orientation, leadership programs, Homecoming, Family andAlumni Weekend, and health and wellness programs.255