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I worked in the all male dorm at the front desk, providing spare keys, answering questions, and checking in guests. I was part of the student life groups who asked me to supply residence with up-to-date information about events, as well as working with the security department for fire alarms, suspicious activity, disorderly residence, and building repairs. I learned how to organize your work area when handling a desk job, and how to multitask between several residence. Management was handled at different levels, but I worked with the resident director of my building, reporting everything to him or a RA. Co-workers were only seen during shift change, where we would inform one another of anything important during our shift, before being left behind the desk. The hardest part of the job was that the desk was 24/7, meaning there was many times I worked the middle of the night on a weekday, and went hours without seeing anyone, I would have to get creative about staying awake and alert. The most enjoyable was when student life came in to hang posters and I would be able to ask them about what event they were advertising, and if there was any way I could help from behind the desk.

It's a good place to start your career or to find out if you want to do law enforcement, but there is NO upward mobility and management is often frustrating. They provide decent training with some of it being P.O.S.T. certified and provide you all of your equipment minus your firearm. The schedule is terrible and the pay is less than what you would get doing armed security at another university or hospital but the biggest plus to the job is definitely their benefits. 

If you are looking to get your feet wet in a law enforcement career, this is a good place to start.

If you are looking to take advantage of the free tuition, this is a good place to work. 

If you are at the end of your career, wanting to take advantage of the free tuition for your kids, and want to chase college kids around to have something to do, this is a good place to work for. 

If you just want to work a good security gig with great benefits and have  no  aspirations of climbing upwards, this is a good place to work.

As a Research Assistant, my day starts by setting up the breeding tanks with water and I choose fish we think will produce viable offspring, and place them in the tank. After 24 hours, we remove the fish, suction out the eggs, remove any dead embryos, and replace the viable embryos in an incubator. Upon the completion of five days, we extract our now hatched zebra fish, and, after treating the fish with an anesthetic, make small fin cuts. Six to eight hours after the cuts are made, I work with a team to preserve the fish in a paraformaldahyde solution, and we count the number of neutrophils seen near the injury site. 
I really enjoy working with a team in this research. Through our collaborative efforts, we are currently working on producing an scientific poster for presentation at Rockhurst University.

As an adjunct professor, I was told I would be let go if my grade distribution did not improve (there were too many students with D's and F's). The grade distribution they wanted was an equal amount of A's and B's, maybe one or two C's, and really no D's or F's. To accomplish this, I had to assign a lot of fluff work to pad students grades. The department chair actually suggested I let students take exams in pairs. The academic standards at this school are very poor. Students would never be able to pass at a state school because they have a culture of privilege where if a student is failing, the instructor is blamed, not the student for their lack of effort. There is no accountability for the students. I would never send my child to this school.

Maintaining the security of all the staff and students on campus. We would work as a team and secure all buildings after hours, monitoring traffic and monitoring parking lots. I learned how to be more tactical and aware of surroundings. My co-workers were all professional and friendly. However, when an alarm or situation came about it became serious. Which lead to the hardest part of my job. Determining which situations could possibly turn serious and having to make the students respect our position. The best part of my job, the experience in itself.

I have been here just over a year.  I truly enjoy my job and the people I work with.  The culture is very accepting, positive, and supportive. I love working with students and building their foundation in the nursing field. There is ample opportunity to grow and take on more roles or be part time.  There is support staff to aide with whatever is needed to improve outcomes with students and growth in career.  

Many of the coworkers are very kind and the professors really care about their students. However management is not really in tune with the real issues. The few managers that were great moved on quickly to other positions outside of the University. The facilities are very old and the technology is sub-par. 

The people were great, the professors were great. The benefits were outstanding. Plenty of vacation time. Sick days accumulated (up to 800 hours).

Times are changing. Heads are rolling. I don't know where the university will land. Look for the most recent reviews to find out what the culture is now.

I love Rockhurst University, I had gotten my degree there and then just took some classes afterwards. I love the atmosphere, the people, the campus the Alumni, just everything!!! Very knowledgeable professors!

Rockhurst University is an AWESOME place to work and the only reason why I left was for a pay increase and to be closer to home.  The Security Department has some of the most amazing security officers in the field.  Anyone would be proud to work for and be a part of such an great team.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Patrol officer 1 salary reported	$22.25 per hour
Dispatcher 1 salary reported	$20.00 per hour
Professor 3 salaries reported	$68,833 per year
It support specialist 2 salaries reported	$20.50 per hour
Associate professor 3 salaries reported	$63,500 per year

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