Valparaiso University Launches 100% Online Master of Science in Health Management and Policy Degree

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One-of-a-kind health care leadership degree gives health professionals essential skills to lead in today’s growing health care field. Continuing its 150-year tradition of educating and training dynamic leaders, Valparaiso University — ranked in the top 10 by U.S. News & World Report as a Best Midwestern Regional College — will now set the standard for […]

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Public Health Graduates Aid in Pandemic

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The public health program recently celebrated the graduation of its first cohort of students, who have all found employment or enrolled in graduate school since their graduation. Many in the Class of 2020 were able to help in public health efforts surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic by working as contact tracers, such as Ty Snarr ’20 […]

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Wheat Ridge Ministries Funding Offers Research Opportunities

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Professors Tom Blodgett, Ph.D., RN-B.C., and Julie Brandy, Ph.D., RN, FNP-B.C., CNE, are the latest recipients of the Wheat Ridge Ministries–O.P. Kretzmann Memorial Fund for Research in the Healing Arts and Sciences. These funds allow them to pursue innovative research that will advance current practices in the health care industry. Professor Brandy’s research focuses on […]

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Valpo Engineering Treats Stormwater With Rain Garden, StormTree System

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Offering new opportunities for undergraduate research, Professor and Interim Chair of Civil Engineering Peter T. Weiss, Ph.D., works with students on recently installed rain gardens and a StormTreeTM system to improve the quality of stormwater runoff. Dissolved phosphorus from engine oil, lawn fertilizer, and other sources found in urban stormwater runoff can increase vegetation in lakes, rivers, and […]

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Trading the Classroom for the Front Lines

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  In 2020, Jessica Glinski ’22 DNP answered the call to take a leave of absence from the doctor of nursing practice (DNP) program at Valparaiso University to serve on the front lines of the pandemic with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). This sacrifice was a difficult decision, but it proved as educational — […]

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Dedicated to Success: Tristan De La Rosa ’18 balances nursing major with Division I athletics

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From early-morning clinicals to afternoon practices to late-night study sessions, the grind truly never stops for Tristan De La Rosa ’18. He doesn’t live the average college life, but Tristan is no average college student. Being a successful nursing major and a successful football player have one commonality — they both require countless hours and […]

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Former Valpo Student-Athletes Combat COVID-19 as Frontline Workers

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In the months since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States, former Valparaiso University student-athletes working in the medical field across the country have gone beyond the expected in their efforts to combat the virus and treat patients in need of their care. Numerous former Valpo student-athletes transitioned from their normal areas of medical expertise […]

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A Flexible Future

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Health science at Valparaiso University allows students the flexibility to explore many career paths or graduate school programs, both clinical and non-clinical, by providing a foundation of interdisciplinary knowledge. Many students, like Joseph “Joey” Hess III ’20 and Gianna Prucha ’21, study health science due to its direct admittance into the master of science in […]

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A Lasting Legacy

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Standing on the lush green lawn of the Taj Mahal, Health Care Leadership major Antwon Gates ’15 was overcome with gratitude. The trip to India, coordinated by Valparaiso University’s College of Nursing and Health Professions, was an opportunity for students to observe health care outside of the United States. For Antwon, it was also symbolic […]

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Healthcare and Advocacy in Action

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Fueled by witnessing under-resourced communities and the impact of poverty on healthcare access while growing up on the South Side of Chicago, Lem Cartman ’22 sought a way to effect change in marginalized communities. This passion was the catalyst to Lem’s decision to attend Valparaiso University, and has fueled every aspect of his experience — […]

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