May 23, 2022 – Valparaiso, Indiana – Two Valparaiso University alumni have an exciting opportunity to use their skills on an international level as Fulbright finalists. Through the Fulbright program, these recent Valpo graduates will have the opportunity to meet, work, learn and live with the people of their host country while teaching and continuing […]
Valparaiso University’s College of Engineering is leading a multi-school initiative to revolutionize how students and professors connect to pursue undergraduate research projects. The three-year plan, titled “Research 4 All,” will shift the mindset around research projects from an academic option to an entrepreneurial opportunity for students to make a difference in the world around them. […]
Microplastics — tiny fragments of plastic materials that have shattered into microscopic size pieces over time — have been making headlines in recent years for the sheer amount of it being found in all parts of the world. A brief glance at the headlines shows growing concerns about the concentration of this pervasive form of […]
Oct. 12, 2022 – Valparaiso, Indiana – The Valparaiso University education department has been awarded a two-year, $223,770 grant as part of the Indiana Department of Education’s Attract, Prepare, and Retain initiative. The initiative, and the Valpo programs it will support, will address the growing teacher shortage impacting both the state and the country by […]
Sept. 12, 2022 – Valparaiso, Indiana – Valparaiso University continues its amazing, three-decades long legacy of being recognized as one of the best choices in higher education by U.S. News & World Report. In the 2022-2023 Best Colleges rankings, Valpo has been named number 176 out of 440 of the most elite public and private […]
Feb. 1, 2022 – Valparaiso, Indiana – Valparaiso University has been awarded a two-year grant for its new initiative: “Valpo on the Brink: Rethinking Mission, History and Identity at a Lutheran University” by the Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE) Reframing the Institutional Saga program. The grant totals $40,000 and begins on Feb. 1, […]
Dec. 7, 2021 – Valparaiso, Indiana – Valparaiso University Associate Professor of English Sara R. Danger, Ph.D., has received the Philip and Miriam Kapfer Endowed Faculty Research Award to continue her work in researching and completing a monograph highlighting child authorship in the wake of the United States Civil War. The biennial award is funded […]
Dec. 6, 2021 – Valparaiso, Indiana – Valparaiso University has won the number one spot in the small school category of the 2020 Alana Yakisch National Flu Shot Challenge. The challenge tracks the flu vaccination rates of 21 schools across 11 states to encourage higher campus immunization rates. Valparaiso University’s success comes thanks to the […]
Oct. 20, 2021 – Valparaiso, Indiana – Valparaiso University will celebrate the inauguration of José D. Padilla, J.D., as its 19th president with a weeklong series of events from Oct. 24–31. Padilla’s presidency officially began on March 1, 2021, as the culmination of a long and successful career in higher education. A dynamic thinker and […]
Oct. 13, 2021 – Valparaiso, Indiana – The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has awarded a three-year, $247,273 grant to Valpo to support suicide prevention efforts on campus. Through the grant, Valpo will have the resources to continue its “More-of-Us” Initiative, which aims to create a more connected and safer campus community focused […]