Skip to main content
AI Assistant
Apply
Visit
Give

News & Stories

Latest From Valpo

Image: Valparaiso University Ranked #2 Best Value and #6 Best Regional Among Midwest Schools in U.S. News and World Report Rankings
Valparaiso University Ranked #2 Best Value and #6 Best Regional Among Midwest Schools in U.S. News and World Report Rankings
Valparaiso University student Madison Small takes a selfie with Stonehenge in the distance under a cloudy sky.
Driven by Curiosity: Valpo Student Madison Small ’27 Earns National Psychology Research Award
A nursing student discusses training with an instructor by a medical mannequin in a Valparaiso University program.
Valparaiso University’s Chicago-Based Healthcare Program Receives Accreditation and Recognition
A smiling young woman in a plaid jacket and name tag attends a career guidance event.
How Career Centers Help You Prepare for Internships, Careers, and Life After Graduation
A performer on stage faces an enthusiastic crowd of young people singing along.
Youth Ministry Organization Quake Finds New Home at Valparaiso University
A man in a maroon baseball cap and green jacket looks upward at a Valparaiso University local baseball game.
Valparaiso University Business Management Student Puts Knowledge to Work in Local Baseball
A diverse group in colorful cultural outfits stands together, smiling and linking arms on stage.
A Beacon’s Reflection | MyLinh (Millie) Mac ’16, M.A., M.A.
Three students in yellow shirts talk around a table with a laptop in a brightly lit room, sharing insights about what to expect during the first semester of grad school.
What to Expect in Your First Semester of Grad School
A person in a silver holographic ghost costume and cowboy hat at a Valparaiso University Halloween event.
Valparaiso University Offers Costumed Fun for the Whole Family this Halloween

Reading Groups for Faculty and Staff

LINC Reading Groups

LINC hosts informal, seasonal reading groups for faculty and staff. Participants read and discuss a novel, memoir, or other text. The books that are chosen explore intercultural perspectives. This is not an ongoing book club; you can participate on an occasional basis, depending on your interest in reading the selected text. Contact LINC Director Carol Goss to learn more.

LINC

For Faculty & Staff

Fall 26 Reading Group
Previous Reading Groups
Contact LINC Director

Questions? We have answers.

Use this AI-powered search to easily and quickly find any information that’s available on this website.

read with linc

Next Reading Group

Fall 2026 Reading Group
All Valpo staff and faculty are invited to participate in the upcoming seasonal reading group. Two discussions will be scheduled this fall, the first in early October and the second in early or mid November. Discussion dates will be announced in mid September. Contact LINC Director Carol Goss if you are interested in participating.

Yellow book cover titled “What Can a Body Do?” by Sara Hendren, with bold black and yellow text.

What Can a Body Do? How We Meet the Built World
By Sara Hendren (2020)

This non-fiction work by Sara Hendren, Associate Professor of Art + Design at Northeastern University and 2025-2056 fellow at Notre Dame’s Institute for Ethics and the Common Good, was named a Best Book of the Year by NPR and won the 2021 Science in Society Journalism book prize.

ARCHIVE OF PREVIOUS READS

SPRING 2026
The Vegetarian by Han Kang
Novel (2007)

• • • • • • • • • • • • • 

SUMMER 2025
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
by Patrick Radden Keefe
Non-fiction (2018)

• • • • • • • • • • • • • 

SPRING 2025
Crying in H-Mart by Michelle Zauner
Memoir (2021)

• • • • • • • • • • • • •

WINTER 2025
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Novel (2013)

• • • • • • • • • • • • •

SUMMER 2024
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
Non-fiction (2020)

• • • • • • • • • • • • •

You Belong Here.

Apply
Request Info
Visit