Nearly 700 undergraduate and graduate students participated in Valparaiso University’s commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 19, and more than 150 law students will graduate on Saturday, May 25. The ceremonies cap an academic year that has been filled with record enrollment, campus improvements, prestigious recognition and continuing advancement for Valparaiso University. “As another academic year […]
Choir Formerly Led by Johann Sebastian Bach is one of Most Prominent in Lutheran Music The Bach Institute at Valparaiso University is honored to host the boys choir of St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, Germany, as it kicks off its United States tour on Nov. 2. During the last decade, Valpo has developed a strong […]
The Valparaiso University-based Lilly Fellows Program in Humanities and the Arts was awarded a $1.19 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. This is the 10th such grant that has been awarded to the Lilly Fellows Program, which has supported more than 60 Lilly Postdoctoral Fellows since its inception in 1991. “We are both humbled and […]
Valparaiso University announces that the Rev. John Arthur Nunes, who served as keynote speaker at the University’s May 19 commencement ceremony, will join its faculty as the Jochum Professor and Chair. Since 2007, Nunes has served as president and CEO of Lutheran World Relief, a $49 million global organization, leading staff in 17 countries in […]
Valparaiso University hosts the biennial conference of the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians June 30 through July 3. This year’s conference will focus on the theme “God is here: Worship in a wireless world.” All worship services are open to the public and free of charge. Tickets for Monday’s hymn festival and Wednesday’s organ recital […]