Valparaiso University secured a $299,083 grant from the National Science Foundation. The grant will fund a two-year project titled “Laboratory Radiation Chemistry Methods to Induce Rapid Aging of Microplastics in Water to Assess Fundamental Chemical Reactivity Changes.” With this award, Valparaiso University students and faculty will partner with a professor and students from California State […]
Effective Sept. 1, 2020, Colette Irwin-Knott ’81, a member of Valparaiso University’s Board of Directors since 2009, will serve as Valpo’s Interim President-Elect. This follows the August 2019 announcement that Mark A. Heckler, Ph.D., recommended to the Board of Directors that it begin the search process to identify the next President of Valparaiso University. Heckler assumed […]
Valparaiso University has secured $149,109 from the Indiana Commission on Higher Education to fund a program to help more low-income students graduate from college. Valpo’s Persistence and Success Program is open to 21st Century Scholars and Frank O’Bannon Scholars, many of whom are first-generation students. The program focuses on transition-to-college, academic and social support, career […]
Valparaiso University announces Niclas L. Erhardt, Ph.D., will join its faculty as dean of the College of Business, effective August 3, 2020. Most recently, Erhardt has served as associate dean of the Maine Business School at the University of Maine. In his role as dean, Erhardt will be responsible for the strategic leadership, coordination and […]
Graduate Placement Exceeds 90% for 27 Consecutive Years More than 90% of recent Valpo graduates have secured employment or enrolled in graduate school within nine months of graduation for the 27th straight year. The overall placement rate for 2018–2019 alumni is 96.1%. For the past five years, the average placement rate of Valpo graduates is […]
Valparaiso University acquired a $362,000 grant renewal from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for continuing nuclear and particle physics research over the next three years. The grant will cover funding for nine Valpo research students (three per year) and funds for faculty research. “The continued involvement of our undergraduate students in nuclear physics research […]
Valparaiso University’s Michael W. Longan, Ph.D., professor of geography, has received the Kapfer Endowed Faculty Research Award to continue his work on the geography of country music during the 2020–2021 academic year. The biennial award is funded by an endowment established by the Kapfer family and named in honor of Philip G. Kapfer, Ph.D., and […]
Five Fulbright grants have been extended to Valparaiso University recent alumni and graduating seniors. Through the Fulbright Program, these recipients will have the opportunity to meet, work, live with and learn from people of their host country while teaching or continuing their studies. “We are thrilled to see the hard work and dedication of these […]
In a year marked by unpredictability, Valparaiso University students, faculty, and staff have much to be grateful for as the 2019–2020 academic year draws to a close. The University has committed to holding a Commencement ceremony for the Class of 2020 when it is appropriate to do so. The cohort of bright, young scholars joins […]
Historical Theatre Presents: “The Singer of Shanghai,” a new radio play performed by the graduate students at Valparaiso University in the arts and entertainment administration program. This year’s production will be broadcasted on YouTube, focusing on the Jewish Refugees of Shanghai, China, who escaped Hitler’s regime. For the first time, we are granted the pleasure […]