For centuries, humans have used stories to connect with each other, and often, these stories have the power to spark emotions, create understanding, educate people, and change perspectives. So in summer 2014, when Professor Liz Wuerffel and two digital media graduate students, Saddam Al-Zubaidi and Sarhang Sherwany, traveled to Kurdish Region, Iraq, to film a […]
Category: Student Spotlight
#oneVALPO: Campus community unites through grassroots initiative
A quick glance at the headlines on recent sports pages can give even the most star-struck athletics fan a healthy dose of cynicism. However, sports often provide a temporary departure from the mundane motions and rituals of everyday life. At times, sports can even provide a platform for positive societal change. So when the Valpo […]
Reflect the Crusader Light
Valparaiso University’s Homecoming and Reunion Weekend 2013 was filled with exciting celebrations, inspiring speeches, a thrilling football game, and many more extraordinary events as students, faculty, staff, and alumni from around the globe came together to reflect their Crusader light. “Homecoming is always a good time for reflection. It’s a time when we get an […]
Professor, Biology Club Restore Region’s Rivers
Allison Meyer found a muddy shoe. Another student found a garden trowel. Valparaiso University’s biology club members made several unlikely discoveries to expand on classroom knowledge while restoring the region’s rivers this spring. The club was working at the Elkhart Conservation Club property on Cobus Creek, five miles west of Elkhart, Ind., when Meyer found […]
Rachel Rockey: Scholar, Leader, and Christ College student
Rachel Rockey has a clear vision of what she wants to do with her life: to teach mathematics to high school students and to be a motivational leader for them. “I want to become the teacher that is a light to her students and inspires them to learn — not only teaching mathematics, but inspiring […]
The Will to Succeed: Vanesa Abad ’17 Able to Juggle it All at Valpo
The bright lights illuminate the flawlessly manicured field at Alumni Stadium. A piercing wind amplifies the effects of an already bitter November evening. Scores of screaming, shirtless fanatics provide the soundtrack of another NCAA Tournament game held at Notre Dame. For Vanesa Abad ’17, Nov. 14, 2014, was the day she found herself at the intersection of déjà vu […]
Valpo Greek Life to support Riley Children’s Hospital with Dance Marathon
Members of Valparaiso University’s Greek life are excited to join the large number of other schools in hosting the philanthropic Dance Marathon. On Nov. 11, the marathon will kick-off Greek Life events for the 2012-2013 academic year. The Dance Marathon began in 1991 at Indiana University in support of future student Ryan White who passed away […]
Valpo students organize flash mob in library
One day, one completely normal day at Valparaiso University, students in the library were instantly entertained by sudden dancing in the lobby of the Christopher Center. Students from around campus joined forces in a flash mob to make an ordinary day in the library an extraordinary one. The choreographed dancing took place to some of […]
Valpo Forecast: Sunny and Successful
In the Midwest, many people say that if someone doesn’t like the weather, stick around a minute, it will change. But meteorology students at Valparaiso University are not the type to simply wait around. Quarter-century in the making In 1991, Valpo developed a meteorology major, ushering in the newly dubbed Department of Geography and Meteorology. […]
Wuerffel, Schuette foster conversation with Welcome Project
Ask Liz Wuerffel and Allison Schuette to summarize the Welcome Project in a brief statement, and they’ll do it in one sentence: How do we live with difference? Of course, the multimedia venture is much more than that. But the statement gets to the heart and soul of the Welcome Project, which is a collection […]