Valparaiso University’s Christ College — The Honors College announces its fall 2019 Symposium speaker series, featuring distinguished speakers and vibrant discussions on this year’s theme: “Healing.” The speaker series features exemplary scholars, artists and public intellectuals addressing a common theme in a formal lecture. These public lectures are intended for audiences from the campus and […]
Rick Gillman, D.A., associate provost for faculty affairs and professor of mathematics and statistics at Valparaiso University, received a 2019 Certificate of Meritorious Service from the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) earlier this month. This award is presented for service at the national level or for service to a section of the association. “Professor Gillman […]
Kinder lernen Deutsch is a German language program for children in grades 1-5, held on Monday afternoons at the Kade-Duesenberg German House and Cultural Center on the campus of Valparaiso University. At all levels, both beginners and children with prior German exposure are welcome. Participants get a simple introduction to German language and culture through […]
Valparaiso University’s Institute for Leadership and Service announces its fall 2019 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 […]
Opening Reception is Sept. 6 The 2019–2020 season at the Brauer Museum of Art will begin with an opening reception on Friday, Sept. 6, featuring a variety of new exhibitions. Fall exhibitions include “Betty LaDuke: Social Justice Revisited: Remembering • Reliving • Resisting,” “Su Kwak: The Cosmic Light Series” and “Mark Fletcher: Winking Turtle, Whispering […]
Graduate Placement Exceeds 90 Percent for 26 Consecutive Years More than 90 percent of recent Valpo graduates have secured employment or enrolled in graduate school within nine months of graduation for the 26th straight year. The overall placement rate for 2017–2018 alumni is 97.2 percent. This is based on data from more than 90 percent […]
More than 900 undergraduate, graduate and law students will participate in Valparaiso University’s May 2019 commencement ceremonies, capping a productive year marked by numerous accomplishments for the University, along with its students and faculty. “As the academic year comes to a close, I am grateful for the commitment our students, faculty, and staff to fulfill […]
When the 2019-2020 Valparaiso University men’s basketball team takes the court in a game situation for the first time, it will do so north of the border. The program has announced plans for a Canadian Summer Tour, which will span from Aug. 10-14 in Montreal and Quebec City. The preseason trip and allotted practices for […]
Valparaiso University’s physics and astronomy department will host scientist Sandra Faber for her talk “The Milky Way, Schroedinger’s Cat, and You” on Friday, June 7, 7:30–8:30 p.m. in Neils Science Center Room 234. Her talk is free and open to the public. This lecture will be an illustrated talk on the formation of galaxies, of […]
Slavica Jakelic, Ph.D., and Shirvel Stanislaus, Ph.D., will serve as University Research Professors at Valpo for the 2018–2019 academic year. The grants recognize and encourage scholarly accomplishments and will afford Professors Jakelic and Stanislaus the opportunity to continue creative and original work through one semester of full-time leave with pay or two consecutive semesters with […]