Week of Events
Student Showcase
The annual Student Showcase will be on Wednesday, April 18, in Regents Hall from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The day features the diverse and impressive work of our students in areas of research, performance, writing, artwork, and senior seminar projects.
Glow Party
*This is a Student Activities sponsored event and is only open to the Rockford University campus community.
Gallery Hours
Traces Remain - Melissa Cowper-Smith Exhibition Dates: March 23 – April 20, 2018 Friday, March 23 - 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Public reception The work of Melissa Cowper-Smith explores the contemporary fear of disaster, abandonment, and displacement. Using plants such as bamboo, hosta, yucca, and daylily collected from The Penland School for Crafts and from...
BYOLunch Faculty Lunches
Please join us for this academic year's weekly Faculty Lunches on Mondays, noon-12:50 p.m., in the President's Dining Room in Burpee. Please note that the October 23 and 30 lunches will take place in the Rare Book Room of Colman Library, and that we will not meet for Faculty Lunches on the Mondays before Fall...
BonFire/Kick Off: RU Roots Festival – RU Days 2018
*This is a Student Activities sponsored event and is only open to the Rockford University campus community.
The Last Lecture – Dr. Tara Wood
Please join us for this year's Last Lecture, presented by Dr. Tara Wood, Assistant Professor of English.
The Class of 2018 will be the first class to start a NEW tradition!
Please join Dr. Eric Fulcomer and members of the Alumni Association Board on Tuesday, April 17, 2018, at 5:30 pm (right after the Last Lecture Forum event) in Regents Hall...
Spoken word Open Mic Night
*This is a Student Activities sponsored event and is only open to the Rockford University campus community.
Gallery Hours
Traces Remain - Melissa Cowper-Smith Exhibition Dates: March 23 – April 20, 2018 Friday, March 23 - 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Public reception The work of Melissa Cowper-Smith explores the contemporary fear of disaster, abandonment, and displacement. Using plants such as bamboo, hosta, yucca, and daylily collected from The Penland School for Crafts and from...
Movie Night
*This is a Student Activities sponsored event and is only open to the Rockford University campus community.
Musical: Candide
Book adapted from Voltaire by Hugh Wheeler Music by Leonard Bernstein Lyrics by Richard Wilbur with additional lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and John La Touche Directed by Professor Jeff Hendry Purchase...
Gallery Hours
Traces Remain - Melissa Cowper-Smith Exhibition Dates: March 23 – April 20, 2018 Friday, March 23 - 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Public reception The work of Melissa Cowper-Smith explores the contemporary fear of disaster, abandonment, and displacement. Using plants such as bamboo, hosta, yucca, and daylily collected from The Penland School for Crafts and from...
Musical: Candide
Book adapted from Voltaire by Hugh Wheeler Music by Leonard Bernstein Lyrics by Richard Wilbur with additional lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and John La Touche Directed by Professor Jeff Hendry Purchase Tickets Now In honor of the 100th anniversary of the birth of the renowned American Composer Leonard Bernstein, the Performing Arts Department and the Rockford...
Comedian
*This is a Student Activities sponsored event and is only open to the Rockford University campus community.
Admitted Student Day
Are you curious about what your life as a Regent might be like? Join us for Admitted Student Day!
International Food Festival
International students at Rockford University will prepare a wide variety of international dishes for the University’s 10th annual International Food Festival, Saturday, April 21 from 5 to 8 p.m., doors will open at 4:30 p.m., in Regents Hall, 2nd floor, Burpee Center on the Rockford University Campus located at 5050 East State Street, Rockford. Sponsored...
Musical: Candide
Book adapted from Voltaire by Hugh Wheeler Music by Leonard Bernstein Lyrics by Richard Wilbur with additional lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and John La Touche Directed by Professor Jeff Hendry Purchase Tickets Now In honor of the 100th anniversary of the birth of the renowned American Composer Leonard Bernstein, the Performing Arts Department and the Rockford...
