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- 2007 - 2008 Academic Year News Release Archive
Professor works on explosives robot
June 16th, 2008 — Engineering professor Dr. Jeff Will spent the past year developing and testing a more effective control system for a robot used to find explosives.
Read MoreStudents honored for civic engagement
June 2nd, 2008 — Valpo's second annual Civic Engagement Awards recently honored several students and organizations for their efforts to make a positive impact in the community.
Read MoreResearch grants awarded to students, faculty
May 23rd, 2008 — Valpo's Committee on Creative Work and Research has awarded four grants to undergraduate students and faculty to support research and teaching.
Read MoreStudents prepare for humanitarian trip to Costa Rica
May 13th, 2008 — Eight Valpo students will travel to Costa Rica this month to begin implementing a transportation and wastewater system for an immigrant community.
Read MoreStudents help African village deal with climate change
May 12th, 2008 — A team of 14 Valpo students will return this month to a Kenyan village where it has made three previous trips to develop water production and irrigation systems.
Read MoreAlumnus wins NSF fellowship
May 8th, 2008 — A graduate of Valpo's College of Engineering has won a National Science Foundation fellowship to support his studies and research in the area of computer graphics architecture.
Read MoreGreen design explored in talk
April 25th, 2008 — Valpo alumnus John Abrecht, a leading expert in green building design, will be one of two speakers discussing "Sustainable Design Engineering" during an April 30 talk on campus.
Read MoreEngineering students to demonstrate projects
April 23rd, 2008 — A device that could help calm autistic children, a robotic 'pack mule' and a recliner equipped with a beverage delivery system are among the projects to be displayed May 3 at Valpo's Design Expo
Read MoreStudent wins national defense fellowship
April 17th, 2008 — Josh Wood has won a highly competitive National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship that will support his research in nanotechnology over the next three years.
Read MoreProf honored for work in engineering education
April 11th, 2008 — Dr. Doug Tougaw recently won the Outstanding Service Award from the American Society of Engineering Education's Illinois/Indiana Section.
Read MoreEvent to showcase student scholarship
April 8th, 2008 — Valpo's Celebration of Undergraduate Scholarship on April 16 will feature more than 70 student projects on topics ranging from strategies to boost recycling to Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe."
Read MoreGraduates continue success in job market
April 7th, 2008 — For the fourth consecutive year, the placement rate of Valpo's newest graduates topped 95 percent.
Read MoreFree enterprise team advances to national competition
April 3rd, 2008 — Valpo's Students in Free Enterprise team will participate in the organization's national competition in May after winning a regional contest involving teams from eight states.
Read MoreStudents to report on spring break mission trips
March 21st, 2008 — Four groups of Valpo students who traveled to Central America over spring break will discuss their service learning projects during a March 25 presentation on campus.
Read MoreEvent to encourage engineering, science interest
February 28th, 2008 — Valpo's second annual Engineering and Technology Student Conference will draw approximately 160 high school students from Northwest Indiana.
Read MoreEngineering team brings light to village
February 22nd, 2008 — Five Valpo engineering students and professor Dr. Pete Johnson will install a windmill generator to provide electricity to a school in a remote Nicaraguan village during spring break.
Read MoreFaculty receive grants to enhance teaching
February 7th, 2008 — Valpo's Committee to Enhance Learning and Teaching has awarded grants to 17 professors for tools and activities that will support student learning.
Read MoreExplore virtual reality during spring semester
January 10th, 2008 — Open houses at Valpo's Scientific Visualization Laboratory will give the public a chance to see how virtual reality is changing the world.
Read MoreEngineering students hone business skills
January 4th, 2008 — Students in Valpo's College of Engineering are combining technical knowledge with networking and other business skills through the renowned Dale Carnegie Training program.
Read MoreGrants support travel for service
December 21st, 2007 — Valpo's Project on Theological Exploration of Vocation has awarded nearly $24,000 to activities enabling students to deepen their faith and serve others.
Read MoreFaculty research grants awarded
December 17th, 2007 — Grants totaling more than $20,000 have been awarded to support several faculty research projects during the coming year.
Read MoreStudents win grants to conduct, present research
December 13th, 2007 — Valpo's Committee on Creative Work and Research has awarded grants to a dozen undergraduates.
Read MoreKenya project copes with climate change threat
December 4th, 2007 — Valpo's Engineers Without Borders chapter is preparing for a return trip to Kenya in May, where it will continue work on a water production system for a drought-stricken village.
Read MoreEngineering honor society wins chapter award
November 20th, 2007 — Valpo's chapter of Tau Beta Pi has been recognized for its sustained excellence in planning and carrying out projects.
Read MoreFaculty research supported by grants
November 20th, 2007 — Dr. Ronald Rittgers, one of six faculty members to receive a grant from Valpo's Committee on Creative Work and Research, is pursing research on the Reformation and conceptions of suffering.
Read MoreProfessors receive grants for teaching
November 8th, 2007 — Eight Valpo faculty members have received grants that will benefit student learning by funding travel, equipment and other projects.
Read MoreEntrepreneurship initiative receives second grant
November 7th, 2007 — The University has received a $50,000 grant from the Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network to support programming that will help students become innovation leaders.
Read MoreStudent to present engineering research
November 2nd, 2007 — Senior computer engineering student Josh Wood will present research into nanotechnology and microprocessors at two professional conferences this winter.
Read MoreAlumni awards presented at Homecoming
September 24th, 2007 — Ten Valpo alumni and volunteers will be recognized by the Valpo Alumni Association during Homecoming and Reunion Weekend.
Read MoreExplore virtual reality this fall
September 3rd, 2007 — Tours of Valpo's Scientific Visualization Laboratory will be held the first Thursday of each month during the fall semester, beginning Sept. 6.
Read MoreGift encourages extended studies in Germany
August 28th, 2007 — A $1 million gift has established an endowment that will help Valpo students spend an entire academic year studying in Germany.
Read MoreUniversity cited in U.S. News rankings
August 17th, 2007 — Valpo's academic quality has again ranked among the leading Midwest, master's-level colleges and universities in U.S. News and World Report's annual rankings.
Read MoreStudent featured in BusinessWeek story
August 15th, 2007 — Matt Cavin, an international business and economics major from Roanoke, Va., is featured in a story about global competition that appears in the Aug. 20 issue of BusinessWeek.
Read MoreNursing, engineering among disciplines with new faculty
August 15th, 2007 — Faculty coming to Valpo this fall include an attorney who has done scholarship on the intersection of law and religion in America and a former public health analyst.
Read MoreNew equipment a boost to engineering students
August 10th, 2007 — A new computer numerical controlled vertical machining center and lathe being installed this August will enable engineering students to create more complicated parts more quickly.
Read MoreProfessors' paper selected as nation's best
August 7th, 2007 — Two Valpo professors have been honored by the American Society for Engineering Education for writing a paper that explores ethics and emerging technology.
Read MoreSolar research looks for solutions
July 25th, 2007 — Research by Valpo engineering faculty and students aims to make large-scale storage and transportation of solar energy a practical means of reducing reliance on fossil fuels.
Read MoreTraffic researcher, human rights scholar join faculty
July 16th, 2007 — This fall, Valpo will welcome a traffic operations and safety engineer and a legal scholar who helped shape South Africa's post-apartheid constitution to its faculty.
Read MoreArmy ROTC option now available to students
July 10th, 2007 — An Army ROTC program has been approved at Valpo, and will complement the University's Air Force ROTC unit.
Read MoreLab shows possibilities of virtual reality
July 5th, 2007 — Valpo's Scientific Visualization Laboratory has been cited as a model for how virtual reality can be used in a variety of courses and research projects at a relatively low cost.
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