Avila University News

Avila partnershipAvila Universitys board of trustees this month accepted a $1.2 million gift from Bob Hartsook and Kansas City-based Hartsook Companies Inc.

Harmon's James Davenport layed a shot up but missed with Kearney's Dillon Starzl defending in the first quarter on Wednesday, Dec.

Avila University in Kansas City received a $1.2 million gift to establish the Hartsook Institute for Fundraising .

A federal investigation of Internet gambling sent another man to jail Monday for refusing to testify before a grand jury.Nicholas Zicarelli became the 10th person jailed for declining to testify, his attorney, Kenneth Hensley, said at a contempt hearing in Kansas City.Hensley said Zicarelli, 27, merely was a customer of the gambling operation that ...

Evangel and Drury universities in Springfield will be among 16 private liberal arts colleges and universities in Missouri that will benefit from a $16,000 scholarship grant Novus International in O'Fallon recently provided to the Missouri Colleges Fund.

Workshops and panels will be held in the space that formerly housed Studio Lounge at Spencera s Corner, 801 Central Ave., Hot Springs: Today: Arkansas Film Panel, 10:30 a.m., with Ben Meade, Chris Crane and Katherine Kinsey.

Loren Coleman on October 12th, 2009 Still packing for the big museum move tomorrow, and quite busy, so another retro columnwith some updates with new images.

The end of trays is upon us.Thats right, cafeteria trays. Those flat, plastic quadrilaterals perfect for transporting a meals worth of plates, bowls, glasses and silverware to a seat in a college dining hall.And maybe for borrowing as a sled after that first snowfall blankets campus.This fall, students at MidAmerica Nazarene University in Olathe ...

My Stepdads a Freakin Vampire ★★ 1/2Not rated Time: 1:25A couple of years back Avila University student David Matheny wrote and directed The Scientist, a short horror film so intuitive, visually acute and narratively assured that it required no dialogue.

The routine of a 12-hour night shift can create a challenge for onea s social life.

Chris Williamson has a test tomorrow. It's a Thursday afternoon at the midtown duplex that he shares with his wife, a nurse at KU Medical Center, and Williamson's college Spanish textbook is laid out on his coffee table.

She was selected yesterday after a personal interview with a nine-member selection committee appointed by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

LEE'S SUMMIT, Mo. - A Lee's Summit, Mo. seventh-grade social studies teacher has been named Missouri State Teacher of the Year.

Katharyn A. Lowe earned placement on the Deana s List for the 2009 spring semester at Avila University.

The Kansas City community is invited to share in the excitement. All events are free of charge and food will be available for purchase.

Mike McKinne plans to be a teaching dean. 'Oh, I definitely want to be in the classroom again,' he said.

Ned Harris, vice president for enrollment and student development, "Avila is thrilled to be able to serve more of our nation's veterans through this joint venture with the Department of Veterans Affairs." This fall, military veterans who served after Sept.

The Hobbit dramatizes J.R. R. Tolkiena s story of a humble Hobbit named Bilbo Baggins.

A Perryville woman has been named to the Spring Dean's List at Avila University.

A former St. Vincent high school student is in Rome this week and will sing at St.