The SHRM (the Society for Human Resource Management) awarded a 2021-2022 Outstanding Student Chapter Award designation to the Roosevelt University SHRM Student Chapter for providing superior growth and development opportunities to its student members.
Roosevelt University received a gift of nearly $300,000 from the estate of Shelby J. Pera, a 1962 alumna of the Chicago College of Performing Arts — formerly the Chicago Musical College.
The U.S. Department of Education recently announced that $52 million was allocated to nearly 200 high education institutions through the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Program. The Office of the Provost is delighted to publicize that Roosevelt University (RU) was among those schools, receiving another five years of funding to support RU students.
An anonymous $1 million contribution will expand Roosevelt University’s women’s leadership initiatives — developing additional career-oriented opportunities for women-identifying students and community members.
Roosevelt University is taking the first steps in applying for National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II membership, announcing it has been approved for provisional membership by the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC), an active NCAA Division II league.
On June 23, Roosevelt University officially recognized the retirement of three life-trustees at its annual Board of Trustees Dinner. The event was co-hosted by board chair Maurice Smith — a 1995 Roosevelt University alumnus, and president and CEO of Health Care Service Corporation — and University president Ali Malekzadeh at the Fairmont Chicago.
The 37-year-old Brown, a McDonald's All-American and Illinois Mr. Basketball at Proviso East High School and one of the most accomplished and popular athletes in University of Illinois history, brings two decades of collegiate and professional basketball playing and coaching experience after most recently serving as an assistant men's basketball coach for the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) since 2017.
At the end of the residency match process, Roosevelt notched a record 92% PGY1 match rate. Eleven pharmacy graduates will start their first-year postgraduate residencies in 2022.
It’s the end of the world as we know it in Roosevelt University’s Dystopian Literature and Film course. In Professor Mick McMahon’s classroom, students learn about government control, environmental destruction and loss of identity — themes that feel all too relevant in 2022.
Age is just a number, if you look at what recent Roosevelt graduates have already accomplished. Meet 23 Roosevelt University alumni are taking the lead in Chicago and the country.
