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Valparaiso University Names Susan Scroggins as Vice President for Finance and Administration

Valparaiso University has announced Susan Scroggins has been promoted to the role of Vice President for Finance and Administration today. Scroggins, who had worked as

Valparaiso University Announces 2016-2017 Kapfer Research Award Recipient

Valparaiso University Professor Amanda Zelechoski has received the 2016-2017 Philip and Miriam Kapfer Endowed Research Award to continue work on three related projects. Philip and Miriam Kapfer

Valpo alumni commit $3 million to establish endowed director position for Institute for Leadership and Service

Valparaiso University alumni Peter ’65, ’70 M.A. and Bonnie Thalacker ’70 Raquet have generously committed $3 million to establish the Endowed Director’s Chair for the

Valparaiso University President Mark A. Heckler Formally Commits to Serve Community While Preparing Future Leaders

Mark A. Heckler, Ph.D., president of Valparaiso University, is one of eight presidents and chancellors to sign the Indiana Campus Compact Presidential Commitment, pledging to

Valpo Launches Online Archive of Award-Winning Student Newspaper

Valparaiso University Archives and Special Collections announces archived issues of The Torch, the oldest and longest-running student-published newspaper at Valpo, are now online and freely

National Science Foundation Awards Valparaiso University Funding for Chemistry Research

Valparaiso University secured a $223,753 grant from the National Science Foundation under its Major Research Instrumentation and Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities Program. With this

Valparaiso University Breaks Ground on Science Facility Sept. 17

Sept. 17 – Valparaiso, Ind. – Valparaiso University advances its long history of commitment to STEM education and expands facilities with a new wet laboratory

Valparaiso University Ranks No. 5 in Midwest as Total Enrollment Continues to Climb

Valpo Tops U.S. News List for 27 Consecutive Years, Honored for Best Teaching and Best Value For the 27th straight year, Valparaiso University has been

Altruism Through Umpiring: Reid Lester ’02 combines passion for sports with sense of service to improve the lives of United States veterans.

Sitting at his desk inside the office of a major financial institution, Reid Lester ’02 shifts his gaze toward the television. His beloved team –