Rockford University

Success Workshop: Prep Smarter, Not Harder - Mid Term Prep
2025-09-22 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | 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.

Governor's Office Internship Info session
2025-10-01 11:30 - 13:30 | Howard Colman Library, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
Governor’s Office Internships & Jobs
📅 October 1 | ⏰ 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. & 12:30–1:30 p.m. | 📍 Map Room, Colman Library
Focus: Internship and job opportunities with the Governor’s Office. All majors are welcome. Students can also learn about the application and interview process for ANY state job.

Comprehensive Career Development Intake Days
2025-10-01 12:00 - 14:00 | Puri School of Business, 5100 East State St, Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
Intake Paperwork Sessions
📅 Wednesday, October 1 | ⏰ 12:00–2:00 p.m. | 📍 Puri Building Room 128
📅 Friday, October 3 | ⏰ 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. | 📍 Puri Building Room 114
Focus: Completion of program paperwork and RU/HR paperwork.
Walk-ins Welcome
or Register
https://tinyurl.com/RYCE-Intake

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
2025-10-02 19:30 - 21:00 | Maddox Theatre – Clark Arts Center, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is the colorful and comical re-telling of the Old Testament’s Joseph and his eleven jealous brothers who sell him into slavery. Joseph’s ability to interpret dreams sparks a meteoric rise from captivity to a seat at the Pharoah’s right hand. It’s a story of hope, resilience, and forgiveness told entirely through song: a toe-tapping array of 70s rock, country-western, French ballad, Calypso and more. This family-friendly musical will have you on your feet dancing along with the cast by the show’s mega-mix ending! JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of The Really Useful Group. www.concordtheatricals.com

Forum Marquee Event: ENOUGH! Plays to End Gun Violence
2025-10-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Cheek Theatre – Clark Arts Center, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
ENOUGH! invites YOU to attend staged readings of this year’s plays in your community.
On October 6, 2025, six of the plays submitted through our nationwide call in Spring 2025 will be presented in an evening of readings staged simultaneously by theaters, schools, and community groups across the country. Nearly 3,000 artists in more than 150 communities have participated across three previous Nationwide Readings. Many have used ENOUGH! to forge meaningful community partnerships and create space for the youth of their area to be seen and heard.
Our teens are looking for answers on how to avoid becoming another statistic and saying, “Enough is enough.”
Will you join them? For more information Nationwide Reading | ENOUGH! Plays to End Gun Violence

Forum Marquee Event: Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar: “Democracy and the Arts”
2025-10-07 16:00 - 18:00 | Fisher Memorial Chapel, Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
What is the role of the arts in activating and sustaining democratic life? How have artists sustained the rights of free expression? Why are some forms of artistic expression censored? How have the arts contributed to social movements? Should the arts have a politically useful role? Or stay strategically “un-useful”? In different eras and regions of the world, artists have responded to these questions quite differently. This lecture explores a range of socially engaged art practices, considering how some seek to make community, how some seek to expose inequity, and how some open new ideas of what democracy might mean.
Shannon Jackson is the Cyrus and Michelle Hadidi Professor of the Arts & Humanities at UC Berkeley and the Chair of the History of Art department. Her research, teaching, and convening focus on the role of visual, literary, performance, and media art forms in social movements and in public life, with a recent focus on ecological aesthetics. For more information use this link to the PBK website; https://www.pbk.org/visitingscholars/2025-2026/shannon-jackson

Fotos y Recuerdos
2025-10-10 18:00 - 20:00 | Rockford University Art Gallery – Clark Arts Center, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
Salvador Dominguez
On Display: September 2nd – October 17th
Reception: Friday, October 10th, 6:00-8:00PM
Artist Talk: Friday, October 10th, 7:00PM
Salvador Dominguez was born in 1985 in Zacatecas, Mexico, and grew up in Pomona, California. He now lives and works in Chicago, Illinois, where he studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. Like many first-generation immigrants, language is an important part of Dominguez’s narrative. Not just in terms of communication but also in its relevance within a broader contemporary American culture. Employing pattern, vibrant shifting colors and abstracted pictographic imagery, Dominguez’s works occupy a unique space between painting, textile-making and functional design.
Dominguez’s 2024 solo presentation with De Boer Gallery at the New Art Dealers Association
(NADA) Contemporary Art Fair in Miami was recognized by ARTnews in their top 6 selections
from the fair, writing “In his works that take on art history from the Renaissance to Pop art,
Dominguez imbues his own sense of cultural history to provide a sharp commentary on growing
up in the United States as the child of immigrants.”
Recent solo and group exhibitions include De Boer Gallery (Los Angeles, CA), Andrew Rafacz (Chicago, IL), Western Exhibitions (Chicago, IL), DePaul Art Museum (Chicago, IL), Lubeznik Center for the Arts (Michigan City, IN), Ralph Arnold Gallery at Loyola University (Chicago, IL), Walker Art Gallery (Garnett, KS), National Museum of Mexican Art (Chicago, IL), Carroll University (Waukesha, WI), One After 909 (Chicago, IL), Thomas Masters Gallery (Chicago, IL), and the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art (Chicago, IL).

“815 Elevate: The Leadership Series” Power in the Cells: Excel for Modern Leadership
2025-10-14 16:00 - 18:00 | Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
A workshop on Excel as a tool for leadership decision-making, pivot tables, and VLOOKUP.
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!

Diwali
2025-10-20 11:30 - 13:00 | The Den – Burpee Student Center, IL
Participants will learn about the Indian holiday Diwali. This event includes activities such as getting a henna tattoo, making rangoli art and eating Diwali sweets!

Forum Marquee Event: “Voices: Men and Women of Africa and America”
2025-10-22 19:00 - 21:00 | Maddox Theatre – Clark Arts Center, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
African and American playwrights in the 20th and 21st century have shared stories of the black experience on two continents and found the binding connection to all of humanity seeking strength, dignity, and purpose. Under the direction of Dorothy Paige-Turner, the Rockford Reader’s Theatre will present selections from the works of August Wilson, Athol Fugard, Lynn Nottage, Efua Sutherland, and many others. Giving voice to these writers will be George Davis Richard Meeks Jacquelyn Rogers Wendell Thompson Carl L. Towns Coleen Martin Williams Janet Wright, in addition to Dorothy Paige-Turner.

Book Release and Reading: The Rockford Anthology
2025-10-27 16:30 - 18:00 | Howard Colman Library, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
Come celebrate the publication of a new book by and for the Rockford community, The Rockford Anthology. This collection is filled with short pieces about our city, including many written by current and former students and faculty at Rockford University!

Join us to share light snacks and hear authors read their work, with an opportunity to purchase the book for yourself. Mingle with students, alumni, and faculty at 4:30, with the reading beginning at 5.
This event is free to the public, with no RSVP required.

Please direct any questions to English Department Chair Dr. Kyle Stedman at kstedman@rockford.edu.

DCFS Info Session
2025-10-29 11:00 - 12:00 | Faculty Dining Room – Burpee Student Center, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
DCFS will be hosting an info session for Internships and employment opportunities they have available

Harvesting Connections: Community Partner and Resource Fair
2025-10-29 12:00 - 14:00 | Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
Join the Jane Addams Center for Civic Engagement for our Harvesting Connections Fair! This event brings together local organizations, community partners, and campus resources to help students discover opportunities for service, internships, volunteering, and support. Explore ways to get involved, connect with community leaders, and learn about resources available to you both on and off campus. Whether you’re looking to grow your network, find meaningful experiences, or simply learn more about what Rockford has to offer, this fair is the perfect place to start.

Tri-Alpha Honor Society Chapter Induction
2025-11-03 16:00 - 17:00 | Maddox Theatre – Clark Arts Center, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
We are proud to announce the first-ever induction ceremony of the Tri Alpha Honor Society Chapter at Rockford University! Tri Alpha is a national honor society that recognizes and celebrates the academic achievements of first-generation college students.
This special event will take place on Monday, November 3rd, from 4:00–5:00 PM in Maddox Theatre. During the ceremony, we will honor our inaugural group of inductees for their hard work, perseverance, and commitment to academic excellence.
Following the ceremony, guests are invited to join us for light refreshments and an opportunity to connect with students, families, and supporters who have played a role in their success.

Chicago Police Department Info Session
2025-11-11 11:00 - 12:00 | Faculty Dining Room – Burpee Student Center, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
The Chicago police department will be hosting an info session for employment opportunities

Beyond the Business Summit: From Insight to Action
2025-11-18 16:00 - 18:00 | Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
You gave feedback, we listended. Beyond the Business Summit brings you the follow up to our annual summer Business Summit to keep the action going! This “mini” summit details the Impact of Not-For-Profits.

Describe the Night
2025-11-20 19:30 - 21:00 | Maddox Theatre – Clark Arts Center, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
November 20-23, 2025 (Thursday-Saturday, 7:30 pm; Sunday 2 pm)
Maddox Theatre, Clark Arts Center
Director, Prof. Deborah Mogford
In 2010 a Polish Air Force Flight plane crashed near the Russian City of Smolensky killing the president of Poland, along with 18 members of the Polish Parliament. There is evidence suggesting this air disaster may have been an act of terrorism. Or is this just a conspiracy theory? The truth behind the incident sparked the mind of Rajiv Joseph to write an intense espionage thriller, Describe the Night. Joseph explores the historical friendship between the writer Isaac Babel and Nikolai Yezhov, the military man who helped create the KGB. How do their lives intertwine with a mysterious Stasi agent? This epic play traces the lives of seven people connected by history and myth over 90 years while asking the question how often does time, hate, and ruthlessness turn truth into lies and lies into truth. DESCRIBE THE NIGHT is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)

Post-Digital Landscapes
2025-11-21 18:00 - 20:00 | Rockford University Art Gallery – Clark Arts Center, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
Curtis Anthony Bozif, Ruth Lantz, & Jonathan Worcester
On Display: October 27th – December 12th
Reception: Friday, November 21st, 6:00-8:00PM
Artist Talk: Friday, November 21st, 7:00PM
Curtis Anthony Bozif is a Chicago-based visual artist and art writer. He was born in 1982 in St. Louis, Missouri. He earned his BFA in Painting and Art History from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2006. That same year, he moved to Chicago where, in 2008, he earned his MFA from the Department of Art Theory & Practice at Northwestern University. His art has been exhibited nationally and internationally and is held in numerous private collections throughout the country. To date, his art criticism has been featured in Newcity, Bridge,and the Reader. Since 2008, Bozif has worked as a Digitization Specialist in the Digital Products & Data Curation workgroup at the Northwestern University Libraries where he specializes in cultural heritage imaging and digital assets and project management with an emphasis on color management, image quality standards, analytics, and quality control. Aside from making his own art, Bozif enjoys thinking and writing about other peoples’ art; reading about art, history, ecology, and nature; hiking, backpacking, and camping; and listening to jazz and classical music. He keeps his studio and lives with his wife, Zoë, and their growing family of houseplants, in the lakeside neighborhood of Rogers Park on Chicago’s far northside.
Ruth Lantz, an Urbana, IL based artist, received her Masters in Visual Studies from the Pacific
Northwest College of Art (PNCA) in Portland, OR in 2010. Her work has been featured nationally at numerous galleries and institutions, including the Rockford Art Museum (Rockford, IL), Russo Lee Gallery (Portland, OR) Disjecta (Portland, OR), Washington State University Vancouver (Vancouver, WA), Governors State University (University Park, IL), St. Louis Artist’s Guild (St. Louis, MO), Northern Illinois University (Dekalb, IL) and Indianapolis Art Center (Indianapolis, IN). Her work was featured at the Portland International Airport and she was a presenter in the “Making a Better Painting” Symposium at the Hoffman Gallery at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, OR. Lantz is the founder of Crit Connection, a project providing networking opportunities and resources to emerging and mid-career artists.
Jonathan Worcester lives and works in Chicago, IL. He received his MFA in Painting and Drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2024, and his BA from Sarah Lawrence College in 2015. He is the Departmental Specialist in the Applied Arts of Europe Department at the Art Institute of Chicago and currently a Teaching Fellow in Painting and Drawing at SAIC.

Tri-Alpha Chapter Meeting
2025-12-01 15:00 - 16:00 | Student Support Study Lounge (Starr 114)
The first Tri-Alpha Chapter meeting. Open to FA25 Student Inductees. Faculty and Staff inductees are welcome to stop by during the first 10 minutes to recieve induction materials.

Get Paid + Earn Credit Info Session
2025-12-02 12:30 - 13:00 | Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
Stop choosing between work and your degree. Our new program lets you do both—and get paid for it.
The Deal:
Get a $2880 paycheck for hands-on work experience.
We cover the tuition for 3 credits ($2670).
Enjoy flexible hours that work for you.
Total Value: $5,550
Sound too good to be true? Come hear how it works at a quick 30-minute info session!
Info Sessions:
Tue, Dec 2: 12:30 – 1:00 pm
Wed, Dec 3: 12:30 – 1:00 pm
Fri, Dec 5: 2:00 – 2:30 pm
Where: President’s Dining Room, Burpee Hall.
Get the details and apply. Your bank account and your transcript will thank you.
