Groundbreaking Press Conference
2025-06-25 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
Join us for a press conference to officially break ground on our new multipurpose turf athletic field! The press conference will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Sam Greeley Field.

RU Online Information Session
2025-06-25 17:30 - 18:30 | Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
During this virtual information session learn about how to complete your Bachelor’s degree with our 100% online degree programs.
Use the link below to register. You will receive an email the day of the session with the log-in information.

MBA Virtual Information Session
2025-07-01 17:30 - 18:30 | Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
During this virtual information session learn about how to earn a Master of Business Administration degree at Rockford University.
Use the link below to register. You will receive an email the day of the session with the log-in information.

Master of Science in Data Science Information Session
2025-07-10 18:00 - 19:00 | Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
During this virtual information session learn about the new Master of Science in Data Science and your next steps to earn it.
Use the link below to register. You will receive an email the day of the session with the log-in information.

Graduate Programs in Kinesiology Information Session
2025-07-16 17:30 - 18:30 | Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
During this virtual information session learn about the new Master of Science in Exercise Physiology and the new Master of Arts in Sports Management and Leadership. Then learn about your next steps to earn it.
Use the link below to register. You will receive an email the day of the session with the log-in information.

UNIVERSITY OPENING CONFERENCE (STAFF AND FACULTY)
2025-08-15 08:00 - 13:00 | Regents Hall – Burpee Student Center, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
Save the date!
More information to come.

President's Opening Convocation 2025
2025-08-22 12:00 - 13:00 | Maddox Theatre – Clark Arts Center, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
The 2025-26 Rockford University academic year begins with a formal convocation and remarks by president Dr. Patricia Lynott. Held since 1851, this longtime tradition includes a faculty procession in full academic regalia.

Success Workshop: College 101 - Academic and Personal Success
2025-08-25 12:00 - 13:00 | Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
Hosted in The HUB (library), main floor, The Map Room
50-minute workshops to provide RU students with the skills they need for success in college and the world.

Comprehensive Career Development Info Session
2025-08-28 08:00 - 17:00 | Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
This opportunity includes PAID 3-CREDIT TUITION FOR COURSE CDEV 276 & PAID SHORT-TERM WORK EXPERIENCE@$16.00/HOUR
( Virtual event )
If you have any questions, please contact Ora Palmer: opalmer@rockford.edu

Success Workshop: Effective Note Taking
2025-09-02 14:00 - 15:00 | Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
50-minute success workshop focused on skills to build your academic and world success.
Hosted in The Map Room.

Battle of the Rock River
2025-09-06 13:00 - 15:00 | Football Field, IL, United States
The Rockford University Regents defend their title in the “Battle of the Rock River” against the Beloit Buccaneers. Students, Staff, and Faculty get in free!

Success Workshop: From Good to Great - Study Skills
2025-09-08 12:00 - 13:00 | Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
Success Workshops are built and designed to provide success tools for students academically and in life.
Each runs 50 minutes and are hosted in The HUB (library), main level, Map Room.

Anthony Robert Grasso Workshops
2025-09-13 09:30 - 16:30 | Maddox Theatre – Clark Arts Center, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
Saturday, September 13, 2025, 9:30am-12:30pm & 1:30pm-4:30pm.
Maddox Theatre, Clark Arts Center
Anthony Robert Grasso is an award-winning actor, director, and educator, and the founder of ARG Studios, where his students work consistently in film, television, and theater. He served as Artistic Director of Breakthrough Studios for 16 years and teaches in-person, virtual, and international masterclasses for colleges, universities, and performing arts studios. Grasso trained at the British American Drama Academy at Oxford, The Actor’s Studio, and The Neighborhood Playhouse, studying under renowned teachers such as John Barton, Fiona Shaw, Arthur Penn, and Larry Moss. His television credits include recurring and guest roles on Jessica Jones, Gotham, The Sinner, FBI, Blue Bloods, Person of Interest, Sex & The City, and eight appearances in the Law & Order franchise. Deeply rooted in the indie film scene, he has acted in over three dozen films, with his work as an actor, producer, and director screening at festivals from Sundance to Cannes. Grasso is known for his versatility and passion for bold, character-driven stories.
Participation is free to the public. For further information please call 815-226-4108.

“815 Elevate: The Leadership Series” The Evolving Role of a Leader
2025-09-16 16:00 - 18:00 | Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
Tools and frameworks to help leaders balance performance oversight with team development, in a fast-paced and technology-enhanced world.
Hosted from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM, in the Puri School of Business.
Learn more about the series and register by contacting: CPEL@Rockford.edu!

Comprehensive Career Development Info session
2025-09-17 12:00 - 13:00 | Map Room – Howard Colman Library
This opportunity includes PAID3-CREDIT TUITION FOR COURSE CDEV 276 & PAID SHORT-TERM WORK EXPERIENCE@$16.00/HOUR

Comprehensive Career Development Info session
2025-09-17 13:00 - 14:00 | Faculty Dining Room – Burpee Student Center, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States

Forum Marquee Event: Constitution Day Celebration: “Who Controls Foreign Policy in the United States?”
2025-09-18 14:00 - 15:30 | Fisher Memorial Chapel – Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
On September 17, 1787, the Constitution of the United States was signed in the Assembly Room of the Pennsylvania state legislature—the same site that witnessed the signing of the American Declaration of Independence. This year is the 238th anniversary of that historic occasion.
Rockford University will celebrate Constitution Day with a shared classroom visit from Marquette University Law School Professor Ryan Scoville who will be meeting electronically with Dr. Ron Lee’s Current Issues in American Foreign Policy class (POLS 387). Please sit in with us to listen to an informative aspect of the US Constitution that is often less-explored, but increasingly critical in the 21st century.
Most Americans are aware of the central role that the president and the executive branch play in foreign policymaking. But has this always been the case? Find out what the Constitution tell us about the distribution of foreign policy powers and the foreign policy responsibilities of the other branches, especially Congress. Explore how we get to the point where presidents and the executive branch seem to have almost exclusive authority over foreign policy. Learn the part the courts can and should play in interpreting the law and resolving disputes as they relate to foreign policy. Understand how the fact that the US. has a federal system of government that divides power between the national government and state governments effects American foreign policy. With respect to current foreign policy matters, know the constitutional debates surrounding the Trump administration’s immigration and international trade policies and its use of military force. Come and learn more about our most basic governing document while celebrating its creation.

Regent Cabaret Broadway Through the Decades
2025-09-20 19:30 - 21:00 | Cheek Theatre – Clark Arts Center, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
Saturday, September 20, 2025, at 7:30 pm.
Cheek Theatre, Clark Arts Center
Director, Aiden Foreman
Assistant Director, Aubry Musfelt
Choreographer, Nora Eliff
Come and experience a night of dazzling music, storytelling, and theatre magic with Regent Players’ “Broadway Through the Decades”, a cabaret of traditional Broadway show songs. From the sweeping romance of Oklahoma!, the eerie complexity of Hadestown and the fairy tale fantasies of Into the Woods. The students of Rockford University and the wider community come together in this cabaret celebrating the songs that have captured the hearts of generations. Come see our performers and enjoy the drama, joy, and magic of Broadway right on campus!

Forum Marquee Event: “Prototyping Plural Pathways Towards Peace: Situating, Storying, & Slipping”
2025-09-22 09:00 - 09:30 | Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
A workshop for International Day of Peace with Dr. Danielle Lake, Associate Professor at Elon University and Director of Design Thinking.
Held in conjunction with ”In the Spirit of Jane Addams: Global Dialogue, Social Change, and Community Engagement in the 21st Century” an International Conference at the University of Warsaw in Warsaw Poland, September 25-26, 2025, this interactive workshop is an invitation to reimagine plural pathways towards peace. Dr. Lake will share research on effective social systems changemaking, highlighting powerful stories and promising strategies from visionary changemakers like Jane Addams, Grace Lee Boggs, and Arturo Escobar.
Join student participants across the RU campus and the globe as they together frame, explore, generate, prototype, and cultivate situated strategies that transform practices and policies, shift resource flows, reshape unjust structures, build relationships, and generate tipping points.
Location information coming soon.

Success Workshop: Prep Smarter, Not Harder - Mid Term Prep
2025-09-22 12:00 - 13:00 | Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
Start NOW – mid-terms are fast approaching!!!
Success Workshops are built and designed to provide success tools for students academically and in life.
Each runs 50 minutes and are hosted in The HUB (library), main level, Map Room.

Success Workshop: Resume Building & Career Brainstorming
2025-09-23 13:00 - 14:00 | Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
Need to start on that resume or begin refining it? Still trying to figure out what you want to do beyond college? This is the workshop for you!
50 minute workshop providing success tools.
Hosted in The HUB, Main Level, Map Room.

Saudi National Day
2025-09-23 17:00 - 19:00 | Regents Hall – Burpee Student Center, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
Join our 35 Saudi Arabian students to celebrate Saudi Arabia’s National Day. Participants will enjoy activities such as face-painting and Arabic coffee or tea in the Arabic tea tent. There will be a presentation and a full Arabic dinner.

Northwest Mutual Info session
2025-09-24 11:00 - 12:00 | Faculty Dining Room – Burpee Student Center, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
Northwest Mutual will be hosting an info session for internship and work experience opportunities.

Golden Grads Luncheon
2025-09-26 12:00 - 14:00 | Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
Join us to celebrate current and past Golden Grads with President Patricia Lynott. Current and previous Golden Grades (those of classes 1975 and older) join us for free. All other alumni and guests are $20. Registration required.

State of the University with President Lynott & Alumni Association Board Meeting
2025-09-26 15:30 - 17:00 | Fisher Memorial Chapel – Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
University President Dr. Lynott gives a State of the University address, along with the brief Annual Meeting of the Alumni Association.

All-Alumni Awards Dinner
2025-09-26 18:00 - 20:00 | Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
Join Alumni and Friends at our annual Awards dinner. Celebrate the accomplishments of RU Alumni while visiting with friends old and new. $40.

Memorial Service
2025-09-27 09:30 - 11:00 | Fisher Memorial Chapel – Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
Come and remember those alumni who are no longer with us at Fisher Chapel. A complimentary coffee and tea service will be available beginning at 9:30 a.m.

Homecoming Tailgate
2025-09-27 11:00 - 13:00 | Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
Join the party! Multiple departments and clubs from across campus will hosts tents full of food, fun, and games at this massive tailgate party to celebrate the Homecoming Football Game.

Homecoming Football Game
2025-09-27 13:00 - 15:00 | Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
Cheer on the Regents as they play against Lakeland University.

Study Abroad Fair
2025-10-01 11:00 - 13:00 | Burpee Regents, 5050 East State Street, Burpee, ROCKFORD, 61108-2311
Participants will learn about long-term and short-term study abroad opportunities by visiting different study abroad stations. Stations will feature games and prizes. There will also be raffle prizes, a churros bar, DIY travel journal craft station and a presentation from students about the Spain study abroad trip from May 2025.
