WHO/WHAT: Sponsored by Valparaiso University Veterans Services and Army/Air Force ROTC, the Veterans Day program includes patriotic music courtesy of the Valparaiso University Chamber Concert Band conducted by Jeffrey Scott Doebler ’87 M.M., Ph.D., professor of music. This year’s invited speaker is Dan Pelzel ’18, ’19 M.S., a combat deployed veteran of the U.S. Army […]
WHO: Valpo welcomes L. DeAne Lagerquist, the Harold H. Ditmanson Professor of Religion and chair of American studies at St. Olaf College. Trained as a historian of Christianity, Lagerquist has long been interested in the interaction of religion and culture. Her graduate work focused on Christianity in the United States, with particular attention to Norwegian-American […]
Three Valparaiso University seniors and one recent Valpo graduate have been honored by Tau Beta Pi, the world’s largest engineering society. Alumna Casey Main ’19 has been named a 2019 Laureate of the Tau Beta Pi Association, one of just four students across the nation to be recognized this year and joining a prestigious group […]
Seven Fulbright grants have been extended to Valparaiso University recent alumni. Through the Fulbright Program, these recipients will have the opportunity to meet, work, live with and learn from people of their host country while teaching or continuing their studies. “We are very pleased to see the hard work and dedication of these fine young […]
A lifetime of passion and commitment toward the sport of tennis has become something bigger for Bob Modesto. A household name on the Northwest Indiana tennis scene, Modesto has been hired to take over as the head coach of the Valparaiso University women’s tennis program. “I’ve been involved in the sport of tennis for over […]
If a member of the Valparaiso University men’s basketball team needs a reminder of what the program is all about in 2019-2020, he doesn’t have to look far. That reminder can be found inside the program’s recently-renovated practice facility, Kempf Court at Hilltop Gymnasium. It’s not the graphics honoring the program’s all-time greats or the […]
The 2019-2020 Valparaiso University men’s basketball nonconference schedule has arrived as head coach Matt Lottich has released a slate that will pit his team against at least five teams that qualified for the postseason last year. After fans receive an early chance to get a glimpse of this year’s team with an exhibition game against […]
Four games against teams that reached postseason play last season highlight the 2019–2020 Valparaiso University women’s basketball nonconference schedule, as unveiled Monday by head coach Mary Evans. “When we were putting together this year’s schedule, we wanted a set of games that was going to challenge our team,” Evans said. “We also wanted a schedule […]
WHO: The Valpo FitLab is a physical fitness assessment facility located in the Athletics-Recreation Center at Valparaiso University open to all community members, students, faculty and staff. The lab is presented by the exercise science program and the Department of Kinesiology. WHAT: Join the Valpo FitLab for their grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony. Attend the […]
WHO: Kate Polak, Ph.D., assistant professor of English at Wittenberg University, to visit Valparaiso University as part of the English department’s “Wordfest” series. WHAT: As part of the Wordfest writers’ series, Kate Polak will be giving a talk titled “Vertiginous Times: The Historical Fiction of DC’s Vertigo Imprint.” Polak’s research interests focus on violence in […]