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  By Sara Myers-Hogshead, Digital Media & Communications Specialist  | January 20, 2023 Many things have changed in Dr. Kara Wada’s life since graduating from Rockford University (then Rockford College) in 2006. For one, her last name has changed. Dr. Wada (formerly Simonson) met her husband, Dr. Akira Wada, on the first day of medical…

By Sara Myers-Hogshead, Digital Media & Communications Specialist | January 18, 2023 This past Tuesday, January 17, was the start of the spring 2023 semester and a chance for students and staff to once again eat at the new and improved Burpee Dining Hall. Over winter break, the food service team at Fresh Ideas worked…

As promised to our Rockford University colleagues, alum, community and friends, this provides a brief update to the search for our next President. We’re fortunate that Rockford University received a healthy interest in the search for its next President.  We drew applications from 64 candidates with wide ranging experience and backgrounds – from academia and…

Rockford University Names Dr. Patricia Lynott Interim President Lynott to lead Rockford University until Dr. Fulcomer’s successor begins ROCKFORD, Ill. (October 19, 2022) – Rockford University, the region’s leading private four-year educational institution, has announced that Dr. Patricia Lynott will serve as interim president beginning December 12, 2022 as the search for the successor to…

Lynott to lead Rockford University until Dr. Fulcomer’s successor begins   ROCKFORD, Ill. (October 19, 2022) – Rockford University, the region’s leading private four-year educational institution, has announced that Dr. Patricia Lynott will serve as interim president beginning December 12, 2022 as the search for the successor to current Rockford University President Dr. Eric Fulcomer…

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 The executive order requiring vaccination and weekly testing has been rescinded for colleges and universities.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…