Bonnie E. Raquet, speaker at Valparaiso University’s 2011 Spring Commencement, told more than 725 graduating students that great opportunities and challenges are ahead as they embrace the future. “Together with your professors, and many others in this community, you have worked to build your knowledge, character, integrity, and wisdom. Graduation is not the end of […]
Three teacher-scholars have been named Lilly Fellows in Humanities and the Arts and will begin two-year terms on the Valparaiso University faculty in the fall. Dr. Joe Creech, Director of the Lilly Fellows Program, announced that Katherine Calloway, English, Robert Elder, history, and Charles Strauss, history, have been selected for the program designed to help […]
“Windiana: Professional Concert Band of Northwest Indiana” performed for the national convention of the Association of Concert Bands on May 12. Windiana was one of five bands nationwide chosen to appear. The Association of Concert Bands is the international voice of adult concert bands. The Confucius Institute at Valparaiso University (CIVU) brought Chinese virtuoso erhu […]
Four athletic teams from Valparaiso University have received the NCAA Public Recognition Award for outstanding academic performance. The NCAA announced that the volleyball, softball, baseball, and men’s tennis teams each received the honor. The award is presented to teams that have an NCAA Division I Academic Progress Rate in the top 10 percent of all […]
A published author and expert in metatdata, librarianship, and J. R. R. Tolkien studies has been appointed Dean of Library Services at Valparaiso University. Dr. Bradford Lee Eden, Associate University Librarian for Technical Services and Scholarly Communication at the University of California, Santa Barbara, will join the Valparaiso University community on Aug. 1. As Dean […]
On Thursday, Aug. 4, Valparaiso University will conduct a live emergency response practice scenario. The purpose of this event is to engage and test our emergency response procedures. This is a drill and not a real emergency. The practice scenario will take place from about 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will focus on a […]
In two recently released higher education rankings, Valparaiso University was recognized for the high quality of its academic experience. Valparaiso University was named among the nation’s top institutions by the Princeton Review in its 2012 edition of “The Best 376 Colleges.” About 15 percent of the nation’s 2,500 four-year institutions are profiled in the book. […]
Valparaiso University’s new Dean of Library Services, an authority on the author of “The Lord of the Rings” series of fantasy novels, will speak about those works and others in a presentation at Valparaiso University. Bradford Lee Eden, Dean of Library Services, will present “J.R.R Tolkien: His Life and His Works,” at 6:30 p.m. on […]
Nearly 200 community and university leaders and Valparaiso residents gathered in the Harre Union on Aug. 29 as Sen. Richard Lugar discussed current events and Indiana’s involvement in the nation’s economic growth. Valparaiso’s Chamber of Commerce presented the luncheon to inform community leaders on how Indiana is contributing to the national economy. “Let me say […]
Nearly 200 members of the Valparaiso University campus community gathered Aug. 29 in remembrance of Rayan Bokhari, who died while swimming in Lake Michigan the day before. Bokhari, a sophomore from Saudi Arabia, was visiting Porter Beach with a group of friends when he was caught up suddenly in a riptide and carried away before […]