Just months after graduation, Eric finds himself back in the classroom, but this time at the front, teaching seventh grade English at Tinley Prep, an all-boys school in Indianapolis. Valpo’s culture of service inspired Eric to take a step back and work in the community as part of the Teach for America program. It is […]
Service. Leadership. Vocation. For Caleb Rollins ’15, these words defined his experience at Valpo and created his path to philanthropic work as development manager for Lutheran Services in America. Caleb was initially drawn to Valpo for its “home away from home” community, but he says the financial support and the promises of the Christ College […]
The Indiana Commission for Higher Education awarded $1,582,584 to Valparaiso University, Ball State University, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis and Purdue University, the institutions that comprise the Hoosier STEM Academy. “We are grateful to the Indiana Commission for Higher Education for their commitment to STEM education,” said Mark L. Biermann, Ph.D., provost and executive vice president […]
Valparaiso University has received a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to increase the number of graduates in the science and math teaching disciplines, with the goal of enhancing the quality of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education in Northwest Indiana and nationwide. “This grant will help Valpo develop the next generation of […]
Undergraduate astronomy students at Valparaiso University will engage in research that will further astronomers’ understanding of the life and death of stars similar to the Sun with the support of a $212,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. Todd Hillwig, associate professor of physics and astronomy, who will lead the research program, said the federal […]
A sophomore English major from Crown Point has been selected as Valparaiso University’s 2011 recipient of the Realizing the Dream Award, which honors an outstanding first-generation student. Honored is Mladenka Sitnikoski, the daughter of Risto and Marcia Sitnikoski of Crown Point, and an active member of Valpo student organizations, including the Ambassadors in Admission, criminology […]
Timothy Tomasik, associate professor of foreign languages and literatures, has been named to the Richard P. Baepler Distinguished Professorship in the Humanities at Valparaiso University. The four-year professorship is a rotating appointment honoring outstanding teachers and aimed at advancing interdisciplinary and integrative study of the humanities in accord with Valparaiso University’s mission. The Baepler Professor […]
Andrew Denecke, a sophomore psychology major who serves as chaplain for Valparaiso University’s Social Action Leadership Team (SALT), has been selected for a fellowship program that will help equip and inspire young leaders to make a difference in the global effort to end deaths caused by malaria. The Lutheran Malaria Initiative Fellowship, through Lutheran World […]
Marissa Longoria, a Valparaiso University senior double majoring in political science and sociology from East Chicago, Ind., presented her project on immigration issues at the Clinton Global Initiative University,which took place March 30-April 1 at George Washington University in Washington DC. Longoria’s project, a website titled Voices of Nuestros Vecinos (Voices of Our Neighbors), was […]
A group of Valparaiso University students traveled to China in March to assess how the country’s education system is dealing with the equality issue now that China has embarked on market-oriented reform and experience growing economic prosperity. Led by Zhimin Lin, professor of political science, eight Valpo students – Anna Horkey, Jeung Han Lee, Bo […]