Education Faculty
Education Adjunct Faculty
John McKinney, Ed.D
Adjunct College of Innovative Professional & Graduate Studies Email john.mckinneyEducation Staff
Cory Roup, M.S.
Director of Advising & Certification for K-12 Education Phone 816.501.2464 Email cory.roup
News & Events
- Avila Professor Honored with Prestigious W. Oliver Rasch AwardProfessor Larry Altman Recognized for Groundbreaking Legal Writing on Native Sovereignty Avila University is proud to celebrate Professor Larry Altman, recipient of the Missouri Bar Foundation’s W. Oliver Rasch Award, one of the state’s most esteemed honors for scholarly legal writing. His award-winning article, published in the Journal of the Missouri Bar, examines the constitutionality of…
- Avila Alum Kimberly Sixta Named 2026 Missouri Teacher of the YearSeptember 26, 2025 – Kansas City, Mo.Avila University proudly celebrates alumna Kimberly Sixta, who has been named the 2026 Missouri Teacher of the Year. Sixta, a Social Studies teacher at Ruskin High School in the Hickman Mills C-1 School District, becomes the 57th recipient of the honor since the program’s inception in 1957. Sixta earned both…
- Avila University Announces International Graduate Pathways Partnership with Kazakh-British Technical University Kansas City, MO (August 22, 2025) — Avila University has announced a new international academic partnership with Kazakh-British Technical University (KBTU), creating a unique graduate pathways program that allows students from Kazakhstan to begin their studies at KBTU and complete their degrees at Avila University. Students will have the option to finish their programs either at…