Five years ago, a CoB student wondered out loud why Valparaiso didn’t have a student-managed investment fund. With his and other current and former students’ help, it appears to be on its way to becoming reality. Teams of students currently are researching investments and soon will make presentations to a board made up of graduates […]
Valparaiso University’s Engineers Without Borders (EWB) student chapter is the recent recipient of a $68,000 grant from the Valparaiso and Munster Rotary Chapters, with support from Rotary International. These funds will be used to improve the water storage and distribution system of a rural village in Nicaragua. The chapter is excited to help improve the community’s water system and […]
Offering new opportunities for undergraduate research, Professor and Interim Chair of Civil Engineering Peter T. Weiss, Ph.D., works with students on recently installed rain gardens and a StormTreeTM system to improve the quality of stormwater runoff. Dissolved phosphorus from engine oil, lawn fertilizer, and other sources found in urban stormwater runoff can increase vegetation in lakes, rivers, and […]
Three Valpo engineering students have earned scholarships from Tau Beta Pi, the world’s largest engineering society. Louis Christensen ’16, South Milwaukee, Wis., is a mechanical engineering major. He is a recipient of the presidential scholarship and is involved with Valpo’s competitive ballroom dance club, a social fraternity, and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Through Tau Beta Pi, Louis […]
Earlier this year, James Nagel ’10 packed his bags and embarked on a journey that would challenge him both physically and mentally. Starting at the Mexican border in Campo, Calif., James hiked the entire Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) to the Canadian border to raise funds to support Holden Village in the Cascade Mountains, where he is a member on […]
The College of Engineering recently launched two stormwater management projects. Offering new opportunities for undergraduate research, Professor and Interim Chair of Civil Engineering Peter T. Weiss, Ph.D., works with students on recently installed rain gardens and a StormTree system to analyze and treat stormwater runoff. Dissolved phosphorus from engine oil, lawn fertilizer, and other sources found in stormwater runoff can increase […]
After making its debut at Notre Dame’s Robotic Football Combine in March, Valpo’s team defeated Notre Dame in a dominant match in September. The robotic football team allows students to combine engineering knowledge with athletic competition to build teamwork skills, make new friends, and have fun. It includes specialty robots including quarterback, running back, center, and kicker. With access to […]
Professors Tom Blodgett, Ph.D., RN-B.C., and Julie Brandy, Ph.D., RN, FNP-B.C., CNE, are the latest recipients of the Wheat Ridge Ministries–O.P. Kretzmann Memorial Fund for Research in the Healing Arts and Sciences. These funds allow them to pursue innovative research that will advance current practices in the health care industry. Professor Brandy’s research focuses on […]
When 88 nurse practitioner leaders are inducted into the Fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (FAANP) program in June, the state of Indiana will have just one representative — Julie Koch, assistant dean of graduate nursing programs and assistant professor of nursing. There are nearly 550 fellows nationwide that represent more than 60,000 […]
Gail Kost, MSN, associate professor and director of the Virtual Learning Center, first came to Valpo in 1990 as an assistant professor, teaching Fundamentals and Health Assessment until 2000, when she relocated to Indianapolis. After gaining more than 15 years of experience in nursing simulation, including opening a new simulation center, Professor Kost received a […]