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Valparaiso University Joins Local Organizations for Plastic Free July

July 5, 2023 – Valparaiso, Indiana – Valparaiso University, alongside Porter County Recycling and Waste Reduction (PCRWR) and local company Mermaid Straw are encouraging local

Valparaiso University Awarded Grant to Improve Reading Instruction

June 26, 2023 – Valparaiso, Indiana – Valparaiso University has been selected to receive a 3-year, $750,000 grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to improve literacy

Valparaiso University Awarded Ball Venture Fund Grant for Gaming Center

June 5, 2023 – Valparaiso, Indiana – Valparaiso University has been awarded a $25,000 Ball Venture Fund Grant from the Independent Colleges of Indiana to

Valparaiso University Professor Makes Keeping the Community Safe Cheaper and Easier

May 31, 2023 – Valparaiso, Indiana – Christina Davis, Ph.D., visiting professor of chemistry, has partnered with the City of Crown Point Fire Rescue’s Todd

Valpo Engineers Make a Difference in the World

Students with Working Across Vocations Everywhere through Service (WAVES) at Valparaiso University spent their spring break making a difference in the lives of people in

Valparaiso University Orchestra Director Honorary Mention for American Prize

Diego Piedra, DMA, assistant professor of music and director of orchestra at Valparaiso University received an honorary mention in the coveted American Prize in Orchestral

Valparaiso University Student Becomes 500 Festival Royalty

Chloe Smith ’23, a health science major on track to enter the physician assistant program at Valparaiso University, had never been to the Indy 500

Valparaiso University Assists with U.S. Department of Energy-Funded Project

04/03/2023 – Valparaiso, Indiana – The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded Carbon Solutions, LLC a two-year grant to develop new support tools in the

Putting Research into Practice: Making Real Change

For students with a passion to make a change at the highest level of the Indiana state government, the social work department’s annual Leadership Education
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