- Avila University Graduates 431 Students
Avila University held commencement exercises on Saturday, May 12 at 10:00 a.m. Of the 431 walking, 117 graduate students and 261 undergraduate students came forward in Bartle Hall at the Kansas City Convention Center to receive their college diplomas....
- Missouri Collegiate Media Awards (MCMA) Competition Names Talon News Magazine Overall Best in Class
Members of the Talon Media Network (TMN) brought home six awards from the Missouri Collegiate Media Association (MCMA) 2018 annual conference, held earlier this month at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri....
- Sue Wilcox, Ph.D., Named Avila University’s Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs
Avila University has named Sue Willcox, ’79, Ph.D., provost and vice president of academic affairs. Dr. Willcox has held the position on an interim basis for the past year....
- Avila University Rolls Out Campus-Wide Recycling Initiative
With the assistance of a grant from the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC), Avila University has begun a comprehensive recycling program entitled “Be Purple. Live Green.”...
- Peace Activist and Author Rev. John Dear to Speak at Avila University
The Buchanan Initiative for Peace and Nonviolence at Avila University will host Rev. John Dear, Catholic priest and multi-Nobel prize nominee, for a talk and book signing on April 17 in the Whitfield Conference Center. Rev. Dear is the author of They Will Inherit the Earth: Peace and Nonviolence in a Time of Climate Change....
- Avila University Will Host Career and Internship Fair
Avila University will host a career and internship fair for both Avila students and the Kansas City community on April 12....
- Avila University Selects 2018 Activist-in-Residence
To further the mission of changing the world through learning, understanding and inspiring nonviolent action, the Buchanan Initiative for Peace and Nonviolence at Avila University will host its second Activist-in-Residence during the fall semester 2018....
- Avila University Partners with Saint Louis University to Offer Masters of Social Work
Avila University and Saint Louis University (SLU) have entered into a partnership to offer an innovative Master of Social Work (MSW) program to students in the Kansas City metro....
- Avila University to Host Annual STEM Day for Girl Scouts
The Avila University chapter of Tri-Beta (the National Honor Society for Biological Science) will host the 10th annual Girl Scout STEM Day on March 24 from 8:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m. The event emphasizes different types of careers that relate to the sciences....
- Avila President Ronald Slepitza, Ph.D., CSJA Named Icon of Education
Avila University President Ronald Slepitza, Ph.D., CSJA has been named to the 2018 class of Icons of Education by Ingram’s, Kansas City’s business magazine....
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