Peace and Social Justice Symposium

Campus in the fall

The Peace and Social Justice Symposium will be held on Saturday, Feb. 16, and Thursday, Feb. 28. The purpose of the Peace & Social Justice Symposium is to actively promote civic engagement and social responsibility toward strengthening peace, justice, equality, equity, and unity on campus and in our local and global communities. The Symposium provides an avenue […]

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Rebuilding Lives in Haiti: Valpo Alumnus Helps in Earthquake Recovery

Campus in the fall

Micah Shields ’11 came to Valparaiso University with a desire to help others, inspiring his decision to study psychology as an undergraduate student. Valpo further cultivated that spirit in Shields, and he’s taken it out into the world. In March, Shields, of St. Louis, spent a week building a new home for a family in […]

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Lutheran Deaconess Association Celebrates 70-year Partnership with Valpo

Campus in the fall

Louise Williams ’67 shakes her head and laughs now when she thinks about it. She wasn’t even 30 years old but had been given the reins of a nonprofit organization after spending only about six months prior as part of the staff. And that organization happened to be the Lutheran Deaconess Association on the campus […]

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Calm Under Pressure: Nursing Student Acts with Grace and Compassion

Campus in the fall

Lily Salinas dreamt of becoming a nurse since she first stepped foot on Valparaiso University’s campus as a freshman, but she never imagined how soon the training she received from her professors would be tested. During Salinas’ junior year she took part in clinical rotations at a local hospital as a part of the requirements […]

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The Search for Truth: Student Discovers Calling Through Alumni Connection

Campus in the fall

The Rev. Joshua Burkholder ’02 and David Rojas Martinez’s paths first crossed because of a stained glass window, but it was a shared adoration of Lutheran liturgy that forged the friendship that would shape Martinez’s future. “I really love church art,” said Martinez. “I had seen this church with a really beautiful stained glass window, […]

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An Honor of a Performance

Campus in the fall

E.J. Ramos ’04 still gets emotional when he thinks about the moment he realized how important music is to him. He was studying with Valparaiso University trumpet instructor, Charles Steck, when it happened. “I was in a trumpet lesson with Mr. Steck,” Ramos recalled. “We were playing through something, and I just put my horn […]

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A Healthy Outlook: College of Nursing and Health Professions Expands Degree Programs

Campus in the fall

Junior Kaitlyn Spaudie’s face lights up when she talks about the project she’s working on in her Communications in Health Care class. “We’re researching community health initiatives and writing proposals for services either in the Valpo community or our home communities,” she said. Spaudie is working toward a Bachelor of Science in Health Care Leadership […]

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Transforming Lives: Second Annual Dance Marathon Raises $24,000

Campus in the fall

For most high school and college students, spring break is a time to have fun, relax, and maybe do some traveling. For Valpo freshman Marko Labovic, however, spring break 2013 was a frightening time of uncertainty as he faced medical concerns that led to a trip to Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital in […]

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Studying Shanghai: Grant to Study in China Benefits Students and Faculty

Campus in the fall

Professor of History Kevin Ostoyich was preparing to spend a year as Valparaiso University’s Study Abroad director in Hangzhou, China, when he made a life-changing discovery about a group of 106 Jewish people who took refuge in Shanghai, China, during the Second World War. This group of refugees, it turned out, was but a fraction of […]

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Born to Run: One Year After the Boston Marathon

Campus in the fall

It’s 6 a.m. and Women’s Basketball Assistant Coach Katie Loosvelt’s phone belts out Bruce Springsteen’s “Born to Run.” The snow may be calf-deep, but a 16-mile run sits at the top of her to-do list on yet another blustery March morning in Valparaiso. Before The Boss makes it to the second verse, Coach Loosvelt, bundled in […]

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