WHO: Valparaiso University’s Professional Educators Partnership (PEP) will host the 12th annual Middle School Conference. The PEP Partnership is a grassroots project that works in collaboration between Valparaiso University’s teacher education faculty and educators in the K-12 community. WHAT: The Middle School Conference will focus on educating teachers to successfully identify with their students through […]
WHO: Valparaiso University’s Dance Ensemble features faculty and student choreographers and dancers from nearly every college within the University. The production is directed by Department Chair and Professor of Theatre Ann Kessler. WHAT: The production contains original pieces with creative and original costume design, lighting and music conceived and choreographed by Valpo students and faculty. […]
WHO: The physics and astronomy department at Valparaiso University continues its series of public astronomy programs for spring 2016. WHAT: Each evening will include either a telescope viewing on clear nights, carried out with the Valparaiso University computer-controlled telescope, or a constellation program on cloudy nights. The public is also invited to attend a SARA […]
Valparaiso University acquired a $210,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and a $129,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for nuclear physics research. “This funding provides several Valpo students with extraordinary research opportunities,” said Shirvel Stanislaus, Ph.D., professor of physics and principal investigator for the grants. “These students become fully engaged […]
WHO/WHAT: Valparaiso University’s art department will auction off original artwork at their sixth annual Soup Bowls for the Hungry silent auction. Pieces available for bid include bowls, mugs, plates, and vases along with various other artwork. Admission is free and open to the public. Free soup and cornbread will be served, and guests are welcome […]
The College of Arts and Sciences at Valparaiso University has developed data science and statistics degree programs in response to an increased demand for professionals in these fields. According to CNN Money, the data science field will grow 18.7 percent in the next 10 years, and McKinsey Global Institute predicts 140,000–190,000 job openings by 2018. […]
Valpo’s Committee to Enhance Learning and Teaching has selected Zuhdi Aljobeh, Sandra Bleza, and George Pati as the 2016–2017 Valparaiso University Excellence in Teaching Award recipients. The award recognizes a number of outstanding undergraduate faculty and/or units each year for general teaching excellence, with particular attention to excellence in any of three areas: course development, pedagogy, and mentoring/advising. Each […]
WHAT: Valpo’s Geography and Travel Club will host an Earth Day Tree Planting Dedication. Zach Mahan, club president, will speak on the everyday importance of Earth Day. Re-established in fall 2012, Geography Club (now Geography and Travel Club) hosts activities and events such as the annual Geography Bowl team competition, Geocaching, Free Food for Finals […]
Indiana Campus Compact honored Cogan Blackmon ’16, of Anderson, Ind., with the Richard J. Wood Student Community Commitment Award for his established history of service, leadership and action in the community. “For Cogan, all of life — inside and outside the classroom — is an act of service to the community,” Elizabeth Lynn, director of […]
Claire Marie Ehr ’19 and Daniel P. Sukowicz ’19 have been selected from a group of national finalists to become two of 16 in this year’s incoming class of the prestigious Kemper Scholars Program. The James S. Kemper Foundation of Chicago has been supporting Kemper Scholars since the program’s inception in 1948. Claire, a first-year […]