141 Valpo Student-Athletes Recognized at Annual Honors Banquet

Campus in the fall

Valparaiso University awarded 141 student-athletes with Presidential Academic Honors while also handing out the Laurel Award at the 27th Annual Student-Athletes Academic Honors Banquet held on Sunday evening. Presidential Academic Honors are awarded to student-athletes who have earned a cumulative GPA of 3.25 or higher after at least two semesters at Valpo. Grace Rogers (Woodbury, Minn./Woodbury), […]

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Valparaiso University sophomore honored as first-generation college student

Campus in the fall

Valparaiso University has announced Erica Patton as its 2012 recipient of the Realizing the Dream award. Each year, the Realizing the Dream award honors a sophomore who best represents an outstanding first-generation college student. The Independent Colleges of Indiana sponsors this annual $2,000 award. Patton, a chemistry major, represents Valpo students’ values of leadership, scholarship, […]

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Working for Harmony

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Dennis Cimbaljevich ’04 did not have to travel far from his hometown of Portage, Ind., to attend Valparaiso University, but his experiences as a student prepared him for a career that takes him around the world working for the United States Department of State. “Wherever I am in the world, I still look back and […]

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Unexpected Discoveries: Nursing student gains cultural awareness while pursuing passion for global health care

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When Kelsey Fader ’16 first stepped foot on Valpo’s campus, she had no idea just how her passions would collide. But that is exactly what happened soon after she began her academic journey, and along the way, she made some unexpected discoveries. A recipient of the Donna and Lonnie Dodge Endowed Memorial Scholarship Fund, Kelsey […]

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Geography and Travel Club Hosts Earth Day Tree Planting Dedication

Campus in the fall

WHAT: Valpo’s Geography and Travel Club will host an Earth Day Tree Planting Dedication. Zach Mahan, club president, will speak on the everyday importance of Earth Day. Re-established in  fall 2012, Geography Club (now Geography and Travel Club) hosts activities and events such as the annual Geography Bowl team competition, Geocaching, Free Food for Finals […]

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Institute for Leadership and Service Announces Spring 2018 Speaker Series

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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 […]

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Valparaiso University to Host TEDxValparaisoUniversity on Jan. 19

Campus in the fall

Valparaiso University will host TEDxValparaisoUniversity, its third community-inspired TEDx event, on Friday, Jan. 19, 2018,  4–9 p.m. at the Valparaiso University Center for the Arts. This student-driven event is themed “Why Not Today.” This year’s TEDx event is designed to explore the power of creation and innovation to bring together a diversity of people, cultures […]

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Valpo Announces Nikole Hannah-Jones as 2018 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Keynote Speaker

Campus in the fall

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 […]

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University president, student to switch roles for a day

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Valparaiso University President Mark A. Heckler will exchange his suit and tie for a backpack and a notebook on April 20 when he switches roles with a student for the day in an event sponsored by Valpo’s Mortar Board to raise money for charity. President Heckler and a student (to be named April 15) will […]

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