April 27, 2021 – Valparaiso, Indiana – Valparaiso University will require all students, faculty, and staff to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 before returning to campus for the fall 2021 semester. The University will accommodate documented medical or religious exemptions. “Valparaiso University holds the health and safety of our campus as our highest priority,” said […]
Thanks to the tenacity of Alison Norris ’17, Valpo is home to a chamber music ensemble nicknamed the “STEM-quintet,” enabling a group of five individuals with varying interests to incorporate their love for music into their arduous academic schedules. “I chose to attend Valparaiso University for countless reasons — my mother’s alma matter, premier engineering […]
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 […]
Seven athletic programs from Valparaiso University have received the NCAA Public Recognition Award for outstanding academic performance. The NCAA announced that Valpo’s men’s golf, men’s tennis, women’s basketball, women’s cross country, women’s golf, women’s soccer and women’s tennis programs have each received the honor. The women’s cross country team has earned the honor each of […]
Drink. Bathe. Clean. Cook. These may be things you do daily, but for nearly one billion people across the world who lack access to clean water, these are luxuries. Through a partnership between the Institute for Leadership and Service and Water to Thrive, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to bring clean, safe water to […]
On Feb. 9, 2013, participants will plunge into the icy cold water all to benefit the Special Olympics of Indiana. To get a team together or sign up as an individual, visit soindiana.org Registration will begin at noon and the plunging will starting at 1:15 p.m. outside of the ARC. There will be an after […]
WHO: John Fantuzzo, Ph.D., assistant professor of education, will moderate a discussion on prison education in Northwest Indiana. WHAT: The event, “College Behind Bars: Reflections on Prison Education in Northwest Indiana,” will include viewing of scenes from Ken Burns’ recent documentary, “College Behind Bars.” Following the documentary, Fantuzzo will lead a panel of Valpo and […]
Three individuals will be inducted into the Valparaiso University Athletics Hall of Fame on Saturday, Feb. 22. Jean Gelner ’61 Blievernicht, Chuck Kriston ’63 and Sara Strickland ’12 Musashe comprise the 23rd class in Hall of Fame history. A standout on the tennis courts, Blievernicht competed prior to the formalization of women’s intercollegiate athletics programs. […]
Valparaiso University will continue its tradition of honoring the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 20, 2020, with its annual celebration, built around the theme of “Our Time.” For more than 30 years, Valpo has engaged students, faculty and staff, as well as the broader Northwest Indiana community, in purposeful dialogue […]
Opening Reception is Jan. 12 The Brauer Museum of Art’s winter exhibitions will run Jan. 7 through March 29 with an opening reception at 2 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 12, in the Museum. Featured exhibitions include “C. Curry Bohm: Brown County and Beyond,” “Spectral Speculations: Japanese Prints from the Ruth A. Ruege Collection” and “Mary Bourke: […]