Campus News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Oct. 8, 2024

ROCKFORD, ILL.– Rockford University President Dr. Patricia Lynott will speak at the Rockford Network of Professional Women’s (RNPW) luncheon meeting this October at Rockford University. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 15, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., and Dr. Lynott will speak at 12:30 p.m. 

The event will be held in Regents Hall in the Blanche Walker Burpee Student Center on Rockford University’s campus. Rockford University is located at 5050 E. State St. in Rockford, Illinois. 

About Dr. Lynott 

Dr. Lynott began service as president of Rockford University on March 1, 2024, having served as the interim president since December 12, 2022.

In her 35+ years in higher education, Dr. Lynott has combined a successful teaching career with innovative academic leadership. She began her career as a communication professor, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in rhetoric, political communication, and public speaking. At Elmhurst College, Dr. Lynott served as Dean of Graduate and Continuing Education and became the founding director of Elmhurst Partners, the college’s corporate training division that provided custom programming to Chicago-area Fortune 500 companies.

About RNPW

RNPW began in March 1981 when four Rockford women met to discuss how women in the Rock River Region could come together to support other women. This first meeting evolved into weekly organizational meetings, and the RNPW became official in June 1981. 

Local media is invited to the Rockford University campus to cover this event.

We ask the media to please contact Rockford University’s Communications Department at Communications@Rockford.edu or Sara Myers-Hogshead at SHogshead@rockford.edu by Oct. 14 at 5 p.m., to let us know that you are attending. 

Contact:

Sara Myers-Hogshead

RU Marketing & Communications

shogshead@rockford.edu 

815.394.5052