VU Speakers Bureau
FOR YOUNGER AUDIENCES
The following topics have been developed for student audiences. Often, upon talking
with a professor, a topic can be tailored to fit a specific age groups.
- Development of cultural sensitivity and self awareness, for students
of all ages and grade levels - Dr.
Jose Arredondo, education
- Raising confident and successful daughters -
- "Do Bacteria Make It Rain?" for high school juniors and up -
- Overall look at history of Valparaiso University
- VU and the Ku Klux Klan -
- Party drugs: How to protect yourself and others from becoming a victim. The use of alcohol and drugs in date rape. (Videos used in presentation)
- The Best Years of Your Life: Adult and minor liquor laws, binge drinking and their effects. (Videos used in presentation) -
- 3-D Visualization for Civil Engineering: Tour or presentation on 3-D terrain models developed for the virtual reality laboratory at VU's College of Engineering
- Materials testing: Demonstrations of tests on concrete or steel in the materials testing lab at VU’s College of Engineering -
- The
college search and decision process
- Youth
leadership and empowerment
- Staff
and team building - Katie
McKoon, admission
- Sexuality and health -
Dr. David Rowland, graduate studies and continuing education dean
- The Supreme Court on abortion
- The Supreme Court on euthanasia -
- Literature of the Vietnam War
- Teaching philanthropic values to youth
- Writing autobiography
- Fiction by American women -
- All about careers in social work for juniors and seniors in high school -
- Tours of VU Weather Center for ages 5 and up -
Dr. Bart Wolf, meteorology and geography