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Qualified high school seniors can earn direct admission to nursing program
Rochester Christian University will offer direct admission to its School of Nursing for qualified high school seniors in fall 2025, which will ensure a spot in the nursing program if prerequisites are earned as required. This ensures entrance into RCU’s competitive and successful nursing program, which boasts a cumulative 91% pass rate on the National Council Licensure Examination, which is required for licensing as a registered nurse in the United States and Canada. “We want to recognize and encourage talented students who have a passion for helping others. This will ease the process for qualified students to enter our
RCU’s Sport Studies becomes first bachelor’s program in U.S. to offer National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association certification
The National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association, an organization for high school and middle school athletic administrators, has approved Rochester Christian University to be the first undergraduate bachelor’s program in the U.S. and the only university in Michigan to offer a NIAAA certification. The certification prepares students to work in high school athletics or to become high school athletic directors, and RCU will begin offering the program in the 2025-2026 academic year. “Currently, only 11 universities in the U.S. are granted approval to offer NIAAA certification courses,” said Dr. Dave Hutson, chair of RCU’s Department of Sport Studies. “The NIAAA
“Preparing Future Educators: A Session on the Michigan Test for Teacher Certification (MTTC) at Rochester Christian University”
On January 24, 2025, the School of Education was pleased to welcome Bridgett McDowell from the Michigan Department of Education for a morning session dedicated to preparing our future educators for the Michigan Test for Teacher Certification (MTTC). In alignment with Michigan Compiled Laws (MCL) 380.1531, which mandates a testing program as part of the state’s teacher certification process, the MTTC ensures that prospective teachers possess the professional readiness and content knowledge required to serve in Michigan schools. The MTTC currently includes subject area tests that candidates must complete for each endorsement they seek. The Rochester Christian University School
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EVENTS
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Warrior Days
Warrior Days are specifically designed to give you and/or your family a full experience of campus life at Rochester Christian University. You’ll get the chance to meet RCU faculty and students like you, attend a class session, tour the campus and learn about our academic programs and commitment to faith-based education. Warrior Days for traditional students will be hosted: February 14, 2025 April 4, 2025 Register here: https://form.jotform.com/71304466032952
Broadway & Beyond: An Evening with Blake Whyte and Friends
Join Broadway actor and award-winning songwriter Blake Whyte for an unforgettable night of live music. Star of Broadway’s Wicked and Mamma Mia!, Blake is bringing his talent to the RCU stage with this brand new show about Blake’s journey, told through powerful storytelling and original soulful music. Including the world premiere of a brand new song cycle, Broadway & Beyond is an exciting evening that will leave you inspired, uplifted, and energized.
Broadway & Beyond: An Evening with Blake Whyte and Friends — Sunday
Join Broadway actor and award-winning songwriter Blake Whyte for an unforgettable night of live music. Star of Broadway’s Wicked and Mamma Mia!, Blake is bringing his talent to the RCU stage with this brand new show about Blake’s journey, told through powerful storytelling and original soulful music. Including the world premiere of a brand new song cycle, Broadway & Beyond is an exciting evening that will leave you inspired, uplifted, and energized.
Warrior Days
54th Annual Partnership Dinner
Lift Every Voice & Sing: A Black History Month Celebration!
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The “Apocalyptic Tradition” in Churches of Christ: A Countercultural Remembrance and Challenge
In his essay for Rochester Retrospect,* Dr. David Greer, professor of history, examines a foundational but neglected countercultural tradition within the American Restoration Movement from which Churches of Christ and Rochester University emerged. This “apocalyptic tradition,” he argues, retains value for grounding and guiding the mission of RU today. The pursuit of truth and freedom Greer begins by identifying two primary aims of RU’s founders in 1959: first, to provide an environment for the encouragement of Christian faith, devotion and leadership; and second, to offer a high-quality regionally-accessible education rooted in the liberal arts. Both missions, Greer notes,
Alexander Campbell, liberal arts and integrative learning
In his second essay for Rochester Retrospect*, Dr. Keith Huey, professor of religion, looks at Alexander Campbell’s philosophy of education. If you missed Huey’s first essay about Campbell and Barton Stone, founders of the Stone-Campbell movement, click here to read it before you delve deeper into Campbell’s educational outlook. Although Campbell never attended a full collegiate program, he was “extremely well-educated and possessed a prodigious intellect,” Huey writes. Campbell lived from 1788-1866 and he was critical of the educational status quo for that time period. He wrote about several important issues, including the “inadequacy of all the present systems
No Creed but the Bible: The Story of Scripture in Churches of Christ
In his Rochester Retrospect* essay, Dr. Mark Love, RCU professor of theology and ministry and founder of 1528 Collaborative, explores how the Churches of Christ have approached the reading of scripture throughout the decades. From their inception until the present day, Churches of Christ have been a “people of the book,” who rely on the sole authority of the Bible in matters of faith and doctrine, Love writes. The church has changed the way it interprets the Bible, but it still gives priority to scripture. The Golden Thread: No Creed but the Bible By rejecting creeds, as established
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