Valparaiso University freshman Michael Mead has been selected from a group of finalists for the incoming class of the prestigious Kemper Scholars Program. Mead, an English and theater major at Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Ind., is the son of John and Nancy Mead of Geneva, Ill. Mead is enrolled in Christ College, the honors college […]
Valparaiso University has named Thomas Albert (Tal) Howard, Ph.D., as the Phyllis and Richard Duesenberg Chair in Christian Ethics. Professor Howard comes to Valpo from Gordon College, where he served as professor of history, director of the Center for Faith and Inquiry, and director of the Jerusalem & Athens Forum. “I join the Valpo community […]
Daniel Saros, Ph.D., and Julien Smith, Ph.D., will serve as University Research Professors at Valpo for the 2017–2018 academic year. The grants recognize and encourage scholarly accomplishments and will afford Saros and Smith the opportunity to continue creative and original work. Saros, associate professor and chair of economics, is working on a textbook adopting a […]
Sara Gundersen, Ph.D., Theresa Kessler, Ph.D., RN, ACNS-BC, CNE, and Julie Peller, Ph.D., are recipients of the 2019–2020 Wheat Ridge Ministries–O.P. Kretzmann Fund grants for Research in the Healing Arts and Sciences. The grants, $10,000 each, provide the opportunity for Gundersen, Kessler and Peller to continue their research and significantly contribute to society. “In addition […]
WHO: Representatives from public and private colleges and universities will be on hand to meet students and answer questions about academic programs, campus life, cost of attendance, financial aid, and other aspects of the college search. WHEN: Wednesday, March 6, 6:30–8 p.m. Financial aid presentations will be offered from 6–6:45 p.m. and 7:15–8 p.m. to […]
The Welcome Project at Valparaiso University will expand its storytelling endeavors through a $100,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Digital Projects for the Public program. Titled “Flight Paths: Mapping Our Changing Neighborhoods,” the project is a multimedia initiative to help users engage and analyze factors contributing to de-urbanization and the fracturing […]
Since 1995, Valparaiso University has presented its Martin Luther King Jr. Award to individuals and groups within the Valpo community who have made significant and lasting contributions to creating an environment where diversity is honored and respected on campus and beyond. During the annual MLK Celebration Convocation Service on Jan. 21, the 2019 Martin Luther King Jr. […]
Valparaiso University announces Trisha Mileham, MALIS, will serve Valpo’s faculty, staff and students as dean of the library. Mileham has been serving as the dean of the library in an interim capacity since April, and this appointment places her into an ongoing role as dean. Mileham joined Valpo’s faculty in 1998, was promoted to associate […]
Recent Valpo graduate Krista Stribling ’18 has been named a 2018 Laureate of the Tau Beta Pi Association, one of just two students across the nation to be recognized in the association’s annual program and joining an elite group of 107 exceptional Tau Bates chosen nationally since 1982. ”Krista is a well-deserved recipient of the […]
Haiying He, Ph.D., and Luke Venstrom, ’07, Ph.D., will serve as University Research Professors at Valparaiso University for the 2019–2020 academic year. The grants recognize and encourage scholarly accomplishments and will afford Professors He and Venstrom the opportunity to continue creative and original work through one semester of full-time leave with pay or two consecutive […]