Oct. 12, 2022 – Valparaiso, Indiana – The Valparaiso University education department has been awarded a two-year, $223,770 grant as part of the Indiana Department of Education’s Attract, Prepare, and Retain initiative. The initiative, and the Valpo programs it will support, will address the growing teacher shortage impacting both the state and the country by […]
Oct. 10, 2022 – Valparaiso, Indiana – Valparaiso University President José D. Padilla, J.D. reaffirmed the institution’s commitment to support students throughout the region. At Ivy Tech Community College annual Chancellors’ Scholarship event on Oct. 6, 2022, he informed the 20 Northwest Indiana scholarship recipients that they would receive substantial financial support to attend Valpo, […]
May 19, 2022 – Valparaiso, Indiana – A dynamic rising star in collegiate athletics administration with a focus on the holistic student-athlete experience, Charles Small, Ed.D., is the next Director of Athletics at Valparaiso University, as announced by University President José D. Padilla, J.D., on Thursday, May 19, 2022. Small, who will officially assume the […]
May 11, 2022 – Valparaiso, Indiana – The Valparaiso University Robotic Football Team won the 2022 Collegiate Robotic Football Conference Championship held in April at St. Mary’s College. This is the team’s third championship victory since joining the conference in 2015.“I feel great about the win,” said Caleb Mandile ’24, a first-year member of the […]
WHO: Representatives from public and private colleges and universities will be on hand to meet students and answer questions about academic programs, campus life, cost of attendance, financial aid, and other aspects of the college search. WHEN: Tuesday, March 15, 6:30–8 p.m. Financial aid presentations will be offered from 6–6:45 p.m. and 7:15–8 p.m. to […]
Feb. 10, 2020 – Valparaiso, Indiana – Hannah Nelson ’23, a Valparaiso University electrical engineering student and IPC chapter president, has been elected by her peers to serve a one-year term as the student member liaison for the IPC board of directors. She is the second student in the organization’s history to hold this position. […]
Feb. 1, 2022 – Valparaiso, Indiana – Valparaiso University has been awarded a two-year grant for its new initiative: “Valpo on the Brink: Rethinking Mission, History and Identity at a Lutheran University” by the Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE) Reframing the Institutional Saga program. The grant totals $40,000 and begins on Feb. 1, […]
Dec. 7, 2021 – Valparaiso, Indiana – Valparaiso University Associate Professor of English Sara R. Danger, Ph.D., has received the Philip and Miriam Kapfer Endowed Faculty Research Award to continue her work in researching and completing a monograph highlighting child authorship in the wake of the United States Civil War. The biennial award is funded […]
Dec. 6, 2021 – Valparaiso, Indiana – Valparaiso University has won the number one spot in the small school category of the 2020 Alana Yakisch National Flu Shot Challenge. The challenge tracks the flu vaccination rates of 21 schools across 11 states to encourage higher campus immunization rates. Valparaiso University’s success comes thanks to the […]
Nov. 18, 2021 – Valparaiso, Indiana – Valparaiso University invites students, faculty, staff and friends from the local community to celebrate the season with a variety of holiday events. December 2021 events include: Tree Lighting, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 4:30–6:30 p.m., Harre Union. Visit Santa, enjoy a photo booth, hot chocolate and cookies, then catch the […]