The Valparaiso University music department presents the fall 2019 performance schedule, which focuses on the talents of students, faculty and visiting professors. Season highlights includes: Aruna Quartet, Sept. 21 at 5 p.m., Duesenberg Recital Hall. This quartet was honored as the 2019 Fischoff Competition winners. Friendship Lasts Forever Concert, Sept. 22 at 3 p.m., Chicago […]
WHO: Fiction writer Michael Martone will visit Valparaiso University as part of the English department’s “Wordfest” series. WHAT: As the first author in the annual Wordfest writers’ series at Valpo, Michael Martone will present his own creative works and stimulate students’ writing. Fort Wayne native Martone is a professor in the University of Alabama’s creative […]
WHO/WHAT: Considered to be the foremost Abraham Lincoln scholar in the country, Allen C. Guelzo, Ph.D., will be the keynote speaker at an event titled “Abraham Lincoln’s Seven Leadership Lessons.” Guelzo is currently the director of Civil War studies and the Henry R. Luce Professor of the Civil War Era at Gettysburg College, in Gettysburg, […]
Valparaiso University’s theatre department will present seven different productions during the 2019–2020 season. These performances will include classics, musicals and plays. Capable students across campus will practice and work with the department’s faculty on various elements of each production including acting, dance, design, directing, production, technology and writing. Performances include: “Barefoot in the Park,” Sept. […]
Valparaiso University presents its 2019–2020 International Film Festival, featuring films from around the world and discussions led by Valpo faculty members. Films include: • “Soshite chichi ni naru — Like Father, Like Son,” Japan, 2013, at 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 20, in Neils Science Center room 234. Discussion led by Fred Kavanagh, Ph.D., assistant professor […]
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 […]