- Avila University Partners with K-12 Teachers Alliance to Lower Tuition, Add Master’s Degrees and Improve Student Access to Online Education Programs
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...
- Avila’s Kinesiology Program Receives NSCA-CASCE Accreditation
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...
- Avila University Welcomes 2022 Activist-in-Residence
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...
- $130 Million Scholarship Agreement Between Avila University, KC Scholars to Benefit Up to 800 Students
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...
- Avila University Mourns the Death of Student-Athlete
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...
- In Memoriam
’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...
- Taking the Gold
After nine years of teaching at Avila, Malcolm Gold, Ph.D., was awarded Professor of the Year. Gold teaches three courses in the BSBA Business Core (Principles of Microeconomics, Principles of Macroeconomics, and Statistical Analysis) and one MBA Core (Applied Microeconomics) class. What does winning Professor of the Year mean to you? It is an honor...
- Wagge Wins Historic $267,741 National Science Foundation Grant
Avila Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science Jordan Wagge, Ph.D., received a $267,741 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant from the Division of Undergraduate Education to fund, evaluate, and enhance the activities of the Collaborative Replications and Education Project (CREP). “CREP is a group I have worked with since 2014; I became executive director in 2019...
- Proctor Presents Criminology Contributions at Cambridge
Avila Associate Professor Kris Proctor, Ph.D., along with two colleagues (Richard E. Niemeyer – United States Air Force Academy and Kyle Trieber – Co-Director of the Centre for Analytic Criminology), visited with Cambridge scholars and presented research in-person and via Zoom on a panel to an international group of professors and criminology research scholars across...
- Students and Colleges are Devaluing the Liberal Arts and Humanities. That’s a Mistake.
New to Kansas City and — as the incoming and 15th president of Avila University — I took note of worrisome news that state universities in Kansas may soon be slashing programs, including those in the humanities. Immediately I thought of Stephen Foster. In my first job interview as a business major fresh out of...