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A Win on Saturday Clinches First-Ever Tournament Berth KANSAS CITY, MO – This weekend marks a historic opportunity for Kansas City’s only college football team, the Avila University Eagles. A win over Friends University on Saturday, November 12, 2022, will secure the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference’s (KCAC) automatic bid in the NAIA National Tournament for the...

Five Latinx Avila School of Education students were each recently awarded a $3000 grant to assist with the educational cost of pursuing their dream of being an educator. The grant was awarded to Avila University by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), and through it, Avila partnered with the Latinx Education Collaborative...

Marlon Jones was an Avila STEM Scholar and graduated class of 2021 with a bachelor’s in Biochemistry, and a minor in environmental science.  “I work for Trinity Biotech, a production company for HPLC (High-Performance Liquid Chromatography) instruments and point-of-care devices. I fell in love with both sciences [chemistry and biology] and merged the two,” said...

Cameron Leathers was an Avila STEM scholar and recently graduated in May 2022 with a bachelor’s in computer science. He now works at WellSky in Overland Park as a Support Analyst.  “It’s the world headquarters. We supply medical, at-home personal care software to people all over the nation. I take incoming calls and emails from...

KANSAS CITY, MO, October 5, 2022 – Avila University announces the addition of three Master’s of Art in Education programs and a 30% tuition reduction through a new partnership with K-12 Teachers Alliance (KTA). Developed and taught by Avila University instructors, the online programs start in March 2023. KTA provides enrollment recruiting, resources, and marketing services through...

After a lengthy, two-year process involving self-study, site visits, meetings, and CASCE board review, Avila’s Kinesiology program has received initial undergraduate accreditation through the National Strength and Conditioning Association – Council on Accreditation of Strength and Conditioning Education (NSCA-CASCE). “Avila University was one of the first six schools to have our application approved for a...

After a few challenging years of policy changes and the pandemic, Avila is proud to welcome a special guest from Nairobi, Kenya – Mary Kinyanjui, Ph.D. as the Activist-in-Residence (AIR) this fall, as well as the Truman Lecture Series guest speaker. The Buchanan Initiative for Peace and Nonviolence (BIPN) hosts a grassroots peace activist at...

KANSAS CITY — On Thursday, Sept. 8, Avila University and KC Scholars announced a new scholarship partnership that will benefit up to 800 low-to-modest income students in the Kansas City area. Beginning with the 2023-2024 academic year through 2031-2032, Avila University and KC Scholars will award eight cohorts of up to 100 students per year...

It is with great sadness that Avila University Athletics announces today, August 24, 2022, that student-athlete Justin Barbee has passed away after a car accident in Belton, Missouri, on Tuesday night. He was 21 years old.  “Today, we mourn the loss of a talented young man, who competed in the classroom as well as on the football...

’51 Helen (Bessenbacher) Colwell of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away on May 24, 2022. Colwell earned her bachelor’s in sociology from the College of St. Teresa.  ’61 Anne (Wilkins) Billings of Dayton, Ohio, passed away on April 25, 2022. Billings earned her bachelor’s in education from the College of St. Teresa.  ’63 Suzanne (Becker) Chelesnik...