News
Plaster Center Gifts
September 18, 2018
Park University announces that a trio of Kansas City area family foundations have made recent gifts totaling $1.8 million toward a new building to house the University’s School of Business.
Camp Pendleton Graduates 2018
September 13, 2018
Park University’s Camp Pendleton (Calif.) Marine Corps Base Campus held its commencement ceremony on Sept. 7 at the Pacific Views Event Center on base. The University had 128 students eligible to participate in the ceremony — five students received a master’s degree, 118 students received a bachelor’s degree, one student received a bachelor’s degree and an undergraduate certificate, and four students received an associate degree.
Bradbury Book Reading
September 13, 2018
Novelist Jamey Bradbury will read from her debut novel, The Wild Inside, at Park University on Wednesday, Sept. 26. The event will be held in the Jenkin and Barbara David Theater within Alumni Hall on the University’s Parkville Campus starting at 7 p.m.
Constitution Day 2018
September 6, 2018
Park University’s annual Constitution Day lecture will feature a discussion on “The Culprit is not the Constitution: Why the Majority of Voters are Dissatisfied with Government.” The event will be held on Thursday, Sept. 20, starting at 7 p.m. in Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel on the University’s Parkville Campus.
Nonfiction Writers Intensive
August 30, 2018
Park University’s Dorothy Harper Watson Literacy Center, in conjunction with the University’s Office of Continuing Education and Overland Park, Kan., based The Little Fig, is taking applications for its Nonfiction Writers Intensive workshop series to be held during the University’s Spring 2019 semester.
Students Engaging Missouri Politics
August 29, 2018
Park University and the Park Student Government Association are hosting a panel event that will address the engagement barriers between students and local politics on Wednesday, Sept. 12. The discussion, “Students Engaging Missouri Politics,” will be held in the Jenkin and Barbara David Theater inside Alumni Hall on the University’s Parkville Campus starting at 5:30 p.m.
Hauptmann Lecture 2018
August 27, 2018
A presentation on “Walls, Bridges and the Power of Empathy: Leading Effectively Within a Deeply Fragmented Society” will be the focus of Park University’s 26th annual Dr. Jerzy Hauptmann Distinguished Lecture Series event on Wednesday, Sept. 26. This year’s lecture will be held in the auditorium at the Lenexa (Kan.) City Hall (17101 W. 87th Street Parkway), home of the University’s Lenexa Campus, starting at 6:30 p.m.
Washington DC Area Graduates 2018
August 27, 2018
Math Panel Discussion
August 23, 2018
Park University’s Math Club is hosting a panel discussion on “How to Use Math in Everyday Life” on Thursday, Sept. 6, starting at 6 p.m. in the Jenkin and Barbara David Theater inside Alumni Hall on the University’s Parkville Campus.