TEDxValparaisoUniversity’s inaugural community-inspired event comes to Valparaiso University on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 4–9 p.m. at the Center for the Arts. The locally organized event is themed “The power of &.” The first TEDxValparaisoUniversity event is a student-driven initiative designed to explore the power of & and its capacity to bring together a diversity of people, […]
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A Lifelong Dream: Valpo gives international student opportunity to pursue NCAA Division I Baseball
Each time Louie Baker ’20 takes the field for the Valparaiso University baseball team, he is making a lifelong dream of playing the sport he loves in the United States a reality. The fulfillment of that dream comes with a significant sacrifice for the Gold Coast, Australia, native. “The biggest challenge is not being able […]
MVC Releases Winter Programming Schedule for The Valley on ESPN
The Missouri Valley Conference released its winter programming schedule for The Valley on ESPN – the league’s co-branded digital network – on Tuesday morning, including 48 Valparaiso University men’s and women’s basketball regular season broadcasts which will be available either on ESPN3 or ESPN+ – the premium multi-sport, direct-to-consumer subscription streaming service from The Walt […]
Women’s Basketball Releases Nonconference Schedule
The Valparaiso University women’s basketball team has unveiled its nonconference schedule for the 2018–2019 season. The Crusaders will begin the regular season by visiting UIC on Wednesday, Nov. 7, in the renewal of a longtime matchup that took a one-year hiatus. The Crusaders and Flames shared conference affiliation during Valpo’s tenure in the Horizon League. […]
Valpo Men’s Basketball Unveils Nonconference Schedule
The Valparaiso University men’s basketball team unveiled its nonconference schedule for the upcoming 2018–2019 season on Wednesday, highlighted by at least three games against top-40 RPI teams from a year ago. “The objective for our program is to schedule more aggressively and put ourselves in a position where we can compete for an at-large bid […]
Valpo’s One-Year Wonder: MBA Program, Baseball Team Attract Zack Leone ’18 MBA to Valpo for Last Hurrah
A standout season on the Valparaiso University baseball team may have never happened for Zack Leone ’18 MBA if it weren’t for a variety circumstances that came together perfectly, uniting the fifth-year senior first baseman with the Missouri Valley Conference program. Entering the 2017 summer, Zack wasn’t sure where he’d spend his final season of […]
Institute for Leadership and Service Announces Fall 2020 Speaker Series
Valparaiso University’s Institute for Leadership and Service announces its fall 2020 Pathways to Purpose speaker series, featuring speakers and topics that inspire growth and learning. The speaker series welcomes exemplary practitioners of leadership and service who respond to current challenges and help to expand student imagination about pursuing purposeful work. Speakers include: Kristin Kobes Du […]
Valpo to host 20th annual Mid-America Guitar Ensemble Festival
Valparaiso University will host the 20th annual Mid-America Guitar Ensemble Festival, taking place March 23-25, 2012. Guest artists for this year’s festival are the Grammy Award-winning Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (LAGQ) and Shingo Fujii, one of the leading composers and classical guitarists in Japan. The LAGQ will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 24 in […]
Convocation
Valparaiso University will celebrate the beginning of the new academic year with Opening Convocation at 3:30 p.m. on Aug. 27. Convocation will provide an opportunity for students, faculty and staff to greet colleagues, make new friends and have fun. All new undergraduate, graduate and law students are invited to process together from Harre Union to the Chapel of the […]
Big-Time Air Time: Valpo Students Get Unrivaled Experience in Sports Broadcasting on ESPN
As a junior at Valpo, Eric Ruzanski ’20 is already a few leagues ahead of the game. Together with VUTV Faculty Advisor Ron Blatz and other key faculty members, he manages a team of 31 students that films University athletic events and streams them to The Valley on ESPN. You can usually find Eric in […]