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Collaboration with Highland Community College, Kishwaukee College and Rock Valley College Allows Students to Transfer Credit Toward a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management or Accounting.

Kara Simonson ’06 didn’t know it at the time, but the years she spent at Rockford University prepared her to be a doctor in a pandemic.

The start of the semester is only a month away!  Faculty have spent the last month looking closely at their fall course offerings and deciding how best to deliver their curriculum safely and effectively. 

This work group has been comprised of staff from Residence Life, the Lang Health Center, Operations, Dining Services, and Custodial.  Their charge has been to examine the delivery of services across each of these areas in light of the Covid-19 situation.  Listed below is an update of the completed actions for the upcoming school year.

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Scholarships Will Enable 30 Black Students to Pursue Business Degrees Rockford, IL (July 14, 2020) – Rockford University, the region’s leading private four-year institution, today unveiled the Charles Box Scholarships, a program that will enable 30 Black students to pursue a business degree at the PURI School of Business over five years. The Charles Box…

Message from President Fulcomer in Support of International Students.

The Academic Planning team distributed an excel sheet with the fall schedule, including current enrollment to chairs of all departments. 

As phase 4 is upon us, we are continuing to follow the guidance given by CDC, OSHA, WCHD, IDPH, IBHE and CUPA-HR. All offices should be open and staffed each day of the week, but phased staffing will continue.  Supervisors should be ensuring we keep social distancing measures in place and follow the guidelines of not allowing more than 50% of their employees back into the department at one time unless you can fully social distance 6 feet apart.  Phased staffing includes:

Rockford University’s Puri School of Business will host two virtual Bachelor’s Degree Completion Information Sessions on Thursday, July 9, 2020, from 12-1:00 p.m. and again from 5:30- 6:30 p.m.