Valparaiso University offered nearly 30 focus sessions during its Monday, Jan. 21, Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. The focus sessions took place in two different time frames during the afternoon — from 1:15 to 2:15 p.m. and from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. — in various locations across campus. Each focus session — small breakouts led […]
The College of Engineering is partnering with Texas Instruments, element 14, and Udemy to offer a new Massive open online course (MOOC), Introduction to Microcontrollers and the C Programming Language, to students from around the world. This is the first MOOC offered at Valpo and is led by Mark M. Budnik, Ph.D., associate professor of […]
The Valparaiso University Board of Directors announced today the signing of a new six-year contract with President Mark A. Heckler. Under the new contract Heckler will continue at the University through at least June 30, 2017. “As a board, we feel very fortunate to have a strong leader in Mark, who will continue to guide […]
The Rt. Rev. Munib Younan, bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land and president of the Lutheran World Federation, will be the speaker at Valparaiso University’s Dec. 11 ceremonies honoring graduates. Younan is a globally respected leader encouraging interfaith dialogue, and has served as bishop since 1998. As president of […]
April 11, 2022 – Valparaiso, Indiana – Gretchen Buggeln, Ph.D., professor of humanities and art history, and Nola Schmidt ’83, Ph.D., RN, CNE, professor of nursing, have been selected as co-recipients of the 2022 Valparaiso University Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Work by the Creative Work and Research Committee (CWRC). Buggeln has been a […]
When Christian Yoder first attended the spring 2020 course “Historical Theatre: The Shanghai Jews,” she was not expecting to create something that would touch an audience overseas. Yet after months of researching, interviewing, and navigating a pandemic, “The Singer of Shanghai” premiered on YouTube, garnering attention that has since grown to international levels. On January […]
Sept. 19, 2022 – Valparaiso, Indiana – Valparaiso University has received a $202,151 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to purchase a Raman spectroscopy microscope. This advanced piece of equipment will be a vital asset in a variety of research projects spanning multiple departments at Valpo. “These kinds of grants are highly competitive, so […]
This Spring Break, Valpo Robotics traveled to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to participate in the 2018 Midwestern Robotics Design Competition (MRDC). The 14-member student team continued to showcase their excellence in competition, finishing second and third and taking home the Most Innovative Design Award. “Valpo Robotics gives everyone involved the chance to do […]
“The Universal Wolf,” described by director Joan M. Schenkar as a vicious new version of “Little Red Riding Hood” with a post-modern twist, will be performed at Valparaiso University in February. Valpo’s Department of Theatre will present the production Feb. 16-18 at 8 p.m. and Feb. 19-20 at 2 p.m. in the Studio Theatre at […]
Valparaiso University offers students with a passion for music multiple paths towards using their interest to better the world around them. In 2023, Julia Pastore ’22 became one of the first people from the University to obtain a certificate in music therapy, a qualification she now uses as part of Behavior Specialists of Indiana (BSI), […]