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Valparaiso University’s Physician Assistant Program Granted Provisional Accreditation

Posted on April 13, 2018 (May 3, 2018) by bbooth1

Valparaiso University is proud to announce that the ARC-PA has granted Accreditation-Provisional status to the Valparaiso University Physician Assistant Program sponsored by Valparaiso University. All new physician assistant programs are required to undergo a robust, multi-year provisional accreditation process to be eligible for continuing accreditation. This official grant of provisional accreditation paves the way for […]

Alumni Generosity is Catalyst for Valpo Student Program

Posted on April 23, 2018 (May 3, 2018) by bbooth1

Valparaiso University alumni Rev. Mark ’71 and Kathleen Koepp ’71 Helge have generously committed $2 million to establish the Mark and Kathleen Helge Endowed Program for Students and Philanthropy. The fund will provide operating support for a new presidential initiative that establishes an integrated, holistic and student-focused program in philanthropy. The program will be integrated into the […]

Valpo Professor Honored for Excellence in Research and Creative Work and Designated a Fulbright Specialist

Posted on May 2, 2018 by bbooth1

David L. Rowland, Ph.D., who has been a member of the Valparaiso University psychology department for more than 35 years, received the 2018 Valparaiso University Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Work by the Creative Work and Research Committee (CWRC) and has been designated a Fulbright Specialist. Rowland, a professor of psychology, has authored […]

Endowed Fund for High-Need, High-Ability Students Established by Valpo Alumni

Posted on May 1, 2018 (May 1, 2018) by kknoerze

Valparaiso University announces the establishment of the Conrad Scholars, made possible by the generosity of Linnea Conrad ’84 Roberts and the Roberts Foundation. The total gift will exceed $1.4 million, with $710,000 provided to sponsor a cohort of 20 students for four years and an additional $710,000 offered as a one-to-one match for additional funds […]

World Food Prize Laureate to Deliver Undergraduate Commencement Address

Posted on April 30, 2018 (May 1, 2018) by kknoerze

On Saturday, May 20, and Sunday, May 21, Valparaiso University will celebrate the class of 2018 through three commencement ceremonies, conferring degrees upon 659 undergraduate, 184 graduate, and 88 law students. The undergraduate keynote speaker is World Food Prize laureate David Beckmann, one of the foremost United States advocates for hungry and underprivileged people. “We […]

The Cresset Wins Four National Awards, including Best Theological or Scholarly Article

Posted on April 26, 2018 by kknoerze

The Cresset, Valparaiso University’s journal of literature, the arts, and public affairs, received four “Best of the Church Press” Awards at an April 20 ceremony in Chicago, including two first-place awards of excellence and two honorable mentions. Presented by the Associated Church Press at the organization’s annual convention, the awards honor the top work of […]

Valpo Professors Honored for Excellence in Teaching

Posted on April 25, 2017 (April 24, 2018) by wgwin

Valpo’s Committee to Enhance Learning and Teaching has selected Jennifer Bjornstad, Danielle Lavin-Loucks and Kevin Ostoyich as the 2017–2018 Valparaiso University Excellence in Teaching Award recipients. “I am so pleased and impressed by the great work of these outstanding faculty members,” said Mark L. Biermann, Ph.D., provost and executive vice president for academic affairs. “Their commitment […]

Mary Evans Hired to Lead Valpo Women’s Basketball Program

Posted on April 13, 2018 (April 23, 2018) by bbooth1

Director of Athletics Mark LaBarbera has announced that Mary Evans has been selected as the next head coach of the Valparaiso University women’s basketball program. Evans will be formally introduced at a welcome reception on Wednesday, April 18 at 10:30 a.m. in the Athletics-Recreation Center media room. Evans, who has spent the last five seasons […]

Valpo Librarian Selected as Library Senior Fellow at UCLA

Posted on April 23, 2018 (April 23, 2018) by bbooth1

Patricia Mileham, interim dean of library services, director of research services and associate professor of library services, has been selected to be a Library Senior Fellow at UCLA. This international cohort of 17 top managers of academic libraries will visit UCLA in August for a three-week residential program that combines management perspectives, strategic thinking and […]

Valpo Hosts 2018 Albert G. Huegli Lecture on April 23

Posted on April 20, 2018 by kknoerze

WHO/WHAT: Mitri Raheb will deliver Valparaiso University’s 2018 Albert G. Huegli Lecture entitled “Lutheran Higher Education in the 21st Century: A Palestinian Perspective.” Raheb is the founder and president of Dar al-Kalima University College of Arts and Culture in Bethlehem and the most widely published Palestinian theologian to date, authoring 16 books. A social entrepreneur, […]