Connect with Rockhurst University through your favorite social networks. ’07, ’08 MBA Ferd Niemann IV was named one of Ingram’s magazine’s “40 under 40” in the April 2017 issue. He was also quoted in a Catholic Key article about Catholic Challenge Sports, a recreational league sponsored by the Diocese of Kansas City- St. Joseph.
’10, ’15 MBA Aaron Lockee and Marijana Kotlaja, ’17, were married June 10, 2017, at St. George Serbian Church.
’10 Alexandra Lewis has earned her MBA and completed the Christie’s Education program in London, England.
’11 Elaine Chen was recognized in March 2017 by U.S. News and World Report for her work in the field of school psychology. Since the publication of the article, she has been recognized by the National Association of School Psychology and San Diego State University.
’13 M.ED. Denesha Snell has been named director of programs for Show Me KC Schools, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping families in the Kansas City Public School district find the right school for their child.
’14 Danielle Sather works at the Mid-Continent Public Library and won the Gale Cengage Learning Financial Development Award. Sather was featured in the September/October 2017 issue of American Libraries Magazine, which highlights the 2017 American Library Association award winners for leadership and excellence in the profession.
’11 Carolyn Sobczyk married Brandon Ricke on Oct. 21, 2017, at St. Francis Xavier Church in Kansas City, Missouri. Rockhurst University President the Rev. Thomas B. Curran, S.J., officiated the ceremony. The wedding party included Rockhurst alumni Kate Bacon Little, ’11, Jennie Nguyen, ’11, Jamie Cordia, ’11, Emily (Hosman) Revenaugh, ’11, Andrea Sobczyk, ’13, and Joseph Sobczyk, ’16, ’17 MBA. Carolyn works in public relations and Brandon is an emergency medicine resident at the University of Kansas Health Systems. The couple resides in Mission, Kansas.
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1950 RETRO ROCKHURST In 2017, the Greenlease Library celebrated its 50th anniversary. But before the library had its own space, it was housed on the third floor of Conway Hall.