On April 20, 2012, nine undergraduate College of Business students traveled to Salt Lake City, Utah, to compete in Collegiate DECA’s International Career Development Conference (ICDC) and were successful in their events. Taylor Deloye, the 2011-2012 President of Collegiate DECA, said the conference allowed students to expand their ability to solve complex business problems by […]
The long history of commitment to Valparaiso University by Phyllis and Richard Duesenberg was carried forward Saturday, April 28, when the University announced that the Duesenbergs had made a $5 million gift toward the construction of the Duesenberg Welcome Center. The announcement took place at Saturday’s Duesenberg Welcome Center groundbreaking ceremony at the location of […]
Randall T. Shepard, former chief justice of the Indiana Supreme Court, will be the speaker at Valparaiso University’s May 20 ceremonies honoring graduates. Shepard became chief justice at the age of 40 in 1987, becoming the youngest chief justice in the nation at that time. He retired from the Indiana Supreme Court in March after […]
The placement rate for Valparaiso University graduates from the classes of December 2010 and May and August 2011 was 96.1 percent, the 19th consecutive year it topped 90 percent. Information was gathered through surveys completed at the distribution of caps and gowns, subsequent online surveys, data collected from academic departments, social media, and multiple phone […]
A highly regarded educator and scientist and two Valparaiso University graduates with a long history of service to the local community were awarded honorary degrees from the University during commencement ceremonies on Sunday, May 20. Receiving honorary degrees at the ceremony for students completing graduate and undergraduate degrees were Dr. Carl Richard Hagen, doctor of […]
GreenTown: The future of Community, an event hosted by the city of Valparaiso, will come to Valparaiso University on Sept. 27-28. The conference, which will attract hundreds of people from the public and private sector from all around Indiana and the Midwest, is designed to create healthy, sustainable communities. “Vibrant and visionary — that’s Valparaiso,” […]
Despite blazing temperatures, 20 high school counselors managed to complete their annual college tour by bicycle, stopping at Valparaiso University on July 5 and 6. After biking from Chicago to Wisconsin, Michigan, and finally Indiana, the Tour D’Admission made its final stop at Valpo. Arriving on the evening of July 5, the counselors found dinner […]
Valparaiso University has announced that Linda J. Roettger will join the University as the Director of Alumni Relations. Roettger is a Valpo alum, having graduated in 1974 with a Bachelor of Science degree. In her role Roettger will focus on increasing opportunities for alumni engagement and on enhancing and expanding alumni programs to help support […]
In celebration of private institutions for higher education, Valparaiso University is taking part in Independent Colleges of Indiana’s “Go Independent!”: Indiana Private College Week. From Monday, July 23, through Friday, July 27, Valparaiso University and 30 other nonprofit independent colleges and universities will come together for Indiana Private College Week, inviting students and parents to […]
The Interlink Language Center at Valparaiso University is searching for families to host international students enrolled in the intensive English program. Families must live in Valparaiso and be able to provide a student with a private bedroom. Students pay their host families $670 a month for a private bedroom, two meals per day, Internet access, […]