Risk plays an important role in the life of Hector Reyes Figueroa ’19, especially when it comes to his college education. As an economics and mathematics major with an interest in actuarial science, analyzing risk and reward is a crucial part of his class work, particularly as it relates to his research. This past summer, […]
To Sara Gundersen, Ph.D., the study of economics is most exciting when it’s applied in new and unexpected contexts. Now in her sixth year as an assistant professor of economics at Valpo, Professor Gundersen shares that same excitement with her students in her coursework and in her extracurricular involvement. Professor Gundersen takes students in her […]
The Institute for Leadership and Service at Valparaiso University has selected 22 Valpo students and recent alumni for Calling and Purpose in Society (CAPS) Fellowships during summer 2019. Recipients are selected from a competitive pool of applicants and will complete internships with organizations dedicated to service and leadership for eight to 10 weeks during the […]
Two 2014 Valparaiso University graduates join an accomplished group of Fulbright grant recipients, bringing the total to 30 Valpo grantees in the past 15 years. Noah Finegan ’14 and Ryan Huffman ’13, ’14 M.A. accepted Fulbright grants to study and teach abroad in Austria and Taiwan during the 2014-2015 academic year. In November 2013, Valpo […]
Fifteen Christ College students had papers accepted by the 2012 National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR). The students traveled to the 26th National Conference, which was held March 29-31 at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. “The National Conference on Undergraduate Research offers an amazing opportunity to students, because it allows them to become experts […]
A gift of $2 million to Valparaiso University from the estate of Henry and June Giebel will significantly impact the long-standing Study Abroad relationship between Valpo and Germany. The gift will double the funding of two previously established endowed scholarship funds that, to date, have been awarded to more than 80 students. The Henry and […]
Fewer than 60 miles south and east from the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) in Chicago hangs a painting — which at one point stood sentry over a copy machine of all things — that launched a career. It was there, making copies, staring at “Rust Red Hills” by Georgia O’Keeffe, that Lisa Key ’94 […]
Two Valparaiso University professors are partnering with colleagues from Brown University and Smith College to advance the field of data science education, thanks to a $199,040 TRIPODS+X grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Valparaiso University will receive more than 50 percent of these funds and serve as the lead institution for the collaborative effort. […]
When a star is born They possess a gift or two One of them is this They have the power to make a wish come true Bruce Hrivnak, Ph.D., professor of physics and astronomy, has had his head in the stars nearly all his life. He has spent all but a few years of his […]
The Institute for Leadership and Service at Valparaiso University has selected 17 Valpo students and recent alumni for Calling and Purpose in Society (CAPS) Fellowships during summer 2018. Recipients are selected from a competitive pool of applicants and will complete internships with organizations dedicated to service and leadership for eight to 10 weeks during the […]