NetVUE Grant Helps Valpo Look to the Future

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Feb. 1, 2022 – Valparaiso, Indiana – Valparaiso University has been awarded a two-year grant for its new initiative: “Valpo on the Brink: Rethinking Mission, History and Identity at a Lutheran University” by the Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE) Reframing the Institutional Saga program. The grant totals $40,000 and begins on Feb. 1, […]

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Innovation Hub at Valparaiso University Launches Micro-Workshop Series

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Oct. 19, 2021 – Valparaiso, Indiana – The Innovation Hub at McMillan Hall on Valpo’s campus is sponsoring a series of free micro-workshops for campus and community on a variety of business topics. Events include: Blockchain and Cryptocurrency in Business: Current Trends, Friday, Oct. 22, 4:30 p.m. Central, Urschel Hall Room 120. Led by Elizabeth […]

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Valpo Awarded National Science Foundation Grant to Conduct Astronomical Research

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Sept. 14, 2021 – Valparaiso, Indiana – Valparaiso University has received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to conduct research related to exploding white dwarf stars, known as type 1a supernovae. The award, totaling $217,400, will fund a three-year project led by Todd Hillwig, Ph.D., professor of physics and astronomy. The grant will […]

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Valpo College of Business Names New Director of Graduate Programs

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Aug. 25, 2021 – Valparaiso, Indiana – Deb Singer, MBA, has been named the director of graduate programs for Valparaiso University’s College of Business. Through this appointment, Singer will oversee Valpo’s master of business (MBA) administration program, as well as its eight graduate business certificates. “I am thrilled to continue my service in the College of […]

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Valparaiso University Receives Grant to Introduce Interdisciplinary Math Curriculum

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Aug. 3, 2021 – Valparaiso, Indiana – Valparaiso University will transform its foundational mathematics curriculum through a three-year grant totaling nearly $300,000 from the National Science Foundation as part of the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) program. Valpo will develop an interdisciplinary, corequisite model some of which will be unique to any university. This approach […]

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Valparaiso University Awarded Funding to Address COVID-19 Learning Losses

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June 15, 2021 – Valparaiso, Indiana – Valparaiso University received a $479,995 Student Learning Recovery Grant from the Indiana Department of Education to address learning losses among K–12 students due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “This grant provides a great opportunity for Valparaiso University to serve our community and help ease the burden a global pandemic […]

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Accomplished Faculty: College of Business Professor Sparks Interest in Crucial Field

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A devoted teacher and cutting-edge researcher, Sanjay Kumar, Ph.D., associate professor of information and decision science, joined the College of Business faculty in 2014 along with his wife Jiangzia Liu, Ph.D., associate professor of accounting. He has since made a second home at Valpo — he embraces the Valpo ethos, shares his love for teaching, […]

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Valparaiso University Students Named Kemper Scholars

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Alina Virnelson ’20 and Mark Young ’20 have been selected from a group of national finalists to become two of the 16 students in this year’s incoming class of the prestigious Kemper Scholars Program. The James S. Kemper Foundation of Chicago has been supporting Kemper Scholars since the program’s inception in 1948. Alina Virnelson, a […]

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Accounting, Anyone? Tennis Player Paige Heuer ’17 Continues to Compete

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Third in the state in high school doubles says a couple of things. It says you have a real shot at being able to play Division I tennis, while you will likely do something else professionally. Paige Heuer ’17 understood this from the start. Her drive to not just storm the net but her studies […]

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Valparaiso University Students Present at Annual Research Symposia

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April 22, 2021 – Valparaiso, Indiana – Valpo’s annual Symposium on Undergraduate Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE) and Graduate Academic Symposium (GAS) will take place virtually on Thursday, April 29, 2021. Students representing each of Valparaiso University’s five undergraduate colleges, including Christ College — The Honors College, will present their research projects, scholarly works or […]

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