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The Avila University School of Nursing received recognition earlier this year from Nurse.org, which named the school as one of the top 10 in the state of Missouri for 2019....

Avila partners with the New Theatre & Restaurant for acting and theatre internship program....

The graduate Counseling Psychology received accreditation through 2028 from the Masters in Psychology and Counseling Accreditation Council (MPCAC), a leading authority on counseling and psychological practices that promote the public good....

The interplay of politics, sex and religion in the United States concerns Leslie Dorrough Smith, associate professor of religious studies at Avila University, in her most recent book, “Compromising Positions: Sex Scandals, Politics, and American Christianity,” published on November 1 by Oxford University Press. Investigating the complex connections between political power, religious influence and sexual...

Avila University announced today a new program offering Bachelors of Science in Cybersecurity. The program provides a unique blend of theoretical and practical instruction, preparing its graduates to make an immediate impact in the continually-evolving field of cybersecurity. The curriculum for the degree is designed to the specifications of the National Security Agency’s Center of...

A capacity audience rapt with attention listened as Reggie Shaw shared his powerful, heart-breaking story of a moment’s inattention that changed his life forever during the 2019 Harry S. Truman Distinguished Lecture on October 14 in the Avila University Athletic Pavilion. On a morning in 2006, Shaw headed to work on a route he took...

Avila University will co-host the 2019 Greater Kansas City Peacebuilding Conference from October 31 to November 2 on the campuses of Avila, Park University and Johnson County Community College. Rwandan peace activist Felix Manzi will open the conference with a talk on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Avila’s Whitfield Center on Thursday. A...

Reggie Shaw, subject of the bestseller A Deadly Wandering, will deliver the 2019 Harry S. Truman Distinguished Lecture at 3:30 p.m. on October 14 in the Avila University Athletic Pavilion. As a teenager, Shaw struck and killed two scientists in Utah in 2006 while texting and driving, subsequently admitting his guilt despite not remembering the incident...

Avila University hosted generations of alumni and celebrated the Avila family during Homecoming Weekend 2019, October 3-6. With a theme of “We Are Family,” the weekend of events began with the annual President’s Circle reception, held on Thursday, October 3 on the Jeanne Hamilton Olafson Plaza. The sun broke through after a cloudy day, and...

Seven Avila University students attended the annual Catholic Relief Services (CRS) College Ambassador Regional Training this September in Omaha, Nebraska, joining students from Creighton University, Benedictine University and the University of St. Mary’s. The annual regional training is provided to the 107 partner colleges which belong to CRS to implement co-curricular programming for the upcoming...