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The Presidential Search Committee wants your input and invites you to participate in the search process by sharing your feedback. Our consultant, Academic Search Inc., will be compiling the results from these anonymous surveys and sharing them with members of the search committee to help identify needs, wants, and themes. We ask that you take…

A COVID-19 update email was sent on August 3, 2022 to the Rockford University community and on August 11 the CDC updated guidance for quarantine.  Please see below for the new information based on the new CDC guidance. The executive order requiring vaccination and weekly testing has been rescinded for colleges and universities.  Students, faculty…

The executive order requiring vaccination and weekly testing has been rescinded for colleges and universities in July 2022.  Students, faculty, and staff are no longer required to test weekly regardless of their vaccination status. Students are strongly encouraged to receive the COVID-19 vaccine and booster. Students should upload proof of vaccination to Lang Wellness Center…

Rockford, Ill. (July 7, 2022) – Rockford University President Eric W. Fulcomer, Ph.D., today announced that Randal V. Childs has been hired as the Vice President for Advancement. Childs will begin his role at Rockford University on August 15. Childs will serve as Rockford University’s chief philanthropy officer and strategist for the Advancement Division, and…

Rockford University will provide Amazon hourly employees access to undergraduate and online degree completion programs  Amazon’s Career Choice program provides full tuition to learn new skills for career success at Amazon or elsewhere   Rockford, Ill. (July 6, 2022) — Today, Rockford University, the region’s leading four-year educational institution, announced they have been selected as…

Rockford, Ill. (June 24, 2022) – Rockford University, the region’s leading private four-year educational institution, today announced that two of its employees – Dr. Mandolen Mull, Chair of the Puri School of Business and Assistant Professor of Leadership, and Autumn Schaal, MA, LPC, NCC, Personal Counselor and Disability Support Services Coordinator – were recently named…

Fully Online, Eight-Week Courses Begin August 22nd Virtual Information Session on June 29th   Rockford, Ill. (June 22, 2022) – Rockford University, the region’s leading private four-year educational institution, announced it is offering a new major, Bachelor of Science in Human Services, within its Bachelor’s Degree Completion program, to meet the growing need of experts…

Governor Pritzker’s executive order requiring that all higher education faculty, staff, and students receive the COVID-19 vaccine is still in place. Please be advised of the following policies: All employees will be required to: Provide proof of being fully vaccinated for COVID-19 to Human Resources OR Employees (including adjunct faculty and part-time and contract staff)…

Fulcomer will leave Rockford University stronger and ready for its next chapter   ROCKFORD, Ill. (June 8, 2022) – Rockford University, the region’s leading private four-year educational institution, has announced the resignation of its president, Dr. Eric Fulcomer, who has accepted a position as the president of the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities…