The music department at Valparaiso University presents the 2016–2017 performance schedule, which showcases the talents of students, faculty and visiting performers. Season highlights: Homecoming Symphony Orchestra Concert, Sept. 24 at 8 p.m., Chapel of the Resurrection. Conductor Dennis Friesen-Carper will lead the Valparaiso University Symphony Orchestra, featuring alumna violinist Megan Van Gomple ’01. The public […]
The theatre department at Valparaiso University will present seven productions during the 2016–2017 season, including comedies, classics and musicals. Students from across campus will prepare and work alongside the department’s faculty through acting, dance, design, directing, production, technology and writing. Performances include: “Mr. Burns,” Oct. 7 and 14 at 8 p.m. and Oct. 8, 9, […]
In January, 26 Valpo students, accompanied by four faculty mentors, traveled to Indianapolis to compete in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) regional event. Represented in a multitude of KCACTF competitive categories, students received top recognition in many areas, with some students advancing to the national competition, held April 16–22, 2017. Founded in […]
WHO: Valpo art students and faculty will auction creative, handmade ceramic bowls, drawings and prints in this annual community event. All proceeds will benefit Women in Bloom, a nonprofit organization that helps women prepare for the workforce through mentoring and scholarships. WHAT: The annual Soup Bowls for the Hungry art auction fundraiser is part of […]
Valparaiso University’s Institute for Leadership and Service announces its spring 2018 Pathways to Purpose speaker series, featuring speakers and topics that generate momentum for engagement, learning and change. The speaker series welcomes exemplary practitioners of leadership and service and alumni who respond to the deepest challenges of our time and help to expand student imagination […]
Opening Reception is Jan. 14 The Brauer Museum of Art’s winter exhibitions kick off with an opening reception Sunday, Jan. 14, and run through April 1. In the Wehling and McGill Galleries, German artists and educators Henning Eichinger and Yvonne Kendall present an installation that involves both paintings and sculptural creations. The exhibition not only […]
Each year, Valpo students, faculty, and staff host a variety of holiday events to unite the campus with the greater Valparaiso community, as together they join in celebrating the season. December 2017 events include: Annual Tree Lighting, Thursday, Nov. 30, 5:30–7 p.m. Visit Santa, enjoy caroling and refreshments, and watch as the tree is lit […]
Valparaiso University will continue its tradition of honoring the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 15, 2018, with its 28th annual celebration, centering on the idea of “Why We Can’t Wait.” Fifty years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, where he had come alongside sanitation workers fighting […]
WHAT: Valparaiso University continues a tradition that dates back more than 90 years with its annual Christmas Concert: A Carol Festival. The concert returns the first weekend of December with two performances to open the Christmas season for the University, community, alumni and friends from throughout the Midwest. WHO: The annual celebration will feature the […]
WHO: Valparaiso University presents the annual Advent-Christmas Vespers service, featuring the Kantorei Choir of the Chapel of the Resurrection, the University Resurrection Ringers handbell choir, and — at the 7 p.m. service only — the Jubilate Choir of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Valparaiso, Indiana. WHAT: The annual service of lessons and carols is a traditional part […]