Valpo Football’s Tyler Eberhart ’24, ’25 MBA, is a Beacon of Servant-Leadership

Graduate student-athlete Tyler Eberhart '24, '25 MBA, wearing brown, gold, and white Valpo football gear.

From the very beginning, fifth-year student-athlete Tyler Eberhart ’24, ’25 MBA, brought a big game from his Ohio hometown to Valpo’s campus. His natural calling to leadership has transcended both field and classroom, setting him on a path of servant-leadership that will leave its mark on Valpo’s football program for years to come.  Tyler’s journey […]

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Blooming as a Beacon: Jazzy Soria-Gonzalez’s ’28 “Eventful” First Year

Jazzy Soria Gonzalez '24 smiling at the camera in professional attire.

If you were to ask Jazzy Soria-Gonzalez ’28 to sum up her first year at Valparaiso University in one word, it wouldn’t be surprising to hear her respond with “eventful.” As a freestyle swimmer for the Valpo women’s swim team and a double major in Spanish and marketing, having an eventful first year of college […]

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A Beacon’s Reflection | Yingxin (Grace) Zhang ’25

Valparaiso University business student Yingxin (Grace) Zhang ’25 stands in front of the Chapel of the Resurrection, smiling while holding up a medal.

When I first arrived in America, I was a forty-year-old college freshman, a military spouse, and an immigrant from Changchun, China. Adjusting to a new culture wasn’t easy. Not being able to work, I found purpose through volunteer work with the American Red Cross and a local church. Every day, I would ride my bike […]

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Valpo MBA program recognized by U.S. News & World Report

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U.S. News & World Report has ranked Valparaiso University’s part-time MBA program as one of the Best Graduate Schools for 2013, in the top 50 percent of the AACSB-accredited graduate business schools that qualified to be ranked. The ranking is based on five factors: average peer assessment, average GMAT score of students entering in 2011, […]

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Princeton Review recognizes excellence in MBA program

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Valparaiso University’s College of Business continues to gain recognition as one of the nation’s outstanding graduate business programs, with its inclusion in the Princeton Review’s “Best 294 Business Schools” guidebook, released Oct. 11. Princeton Review noted that Valpo’s College of Business offers an innovative MBA program (www.valpo.edu/mba) that provides its students with a solid foundation […]

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Accomplished Faculty: College of Business Professor Sparks Interest in Crucial Field

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A devoted teacher and cutting-edge researcher, Sanjay Kumar, Ph.D., associate professor of information and decision science, joined the College of Business faculty in 2014 along with his wife Jiangzia Liu, Ph.D., associate professor of accounting. He has since made a second home at Valpo — he embraces the Valpo ethos, shares his love for teaching, […]

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Valpo MBA program sees record influx of students

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Enrollment in Valparaiso University’s MBA program in the 2010-2011 academic year has increased 35 percent over last year, the largest year-over-year increase in the program’s history. “Valparaiso University has a reputation for quality and the MBA program is no exception,” said Bruce MacLean, director of Valpo’s graduate programs in management. “Students are coming to Valpo […]

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Valpo MBA, world-class leader in sustainability, receives certification

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Valparaiso University’s Graduate Sustainability Certificate Program recently received the United Nations Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) certificate training in sustainability in Cleveland, Ohio. The GRI Process is the most widely used standard for corporate sustainability reporting worldwide to assist with ethical, social and environmental protocols. The participants received two-day Signature Training from Brown Flynn Learning center, […]

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Engaged Mentors: Faculty Guidance Pushes Student to Succeed

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Lauren Stutler dreams of traveling the world as a business management consultant. And although her plans have changed during her time at Valpo, she knows the people she’s met and the opportunities she’s had here have prepared her to make her dream a reality. Stutler originally planned to become a high school Spanish teacher, but she quickly realized that […]

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