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Valpo Alumna Establishes Scholarship To Honor Former Nursing Faculty
Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021 — Valparaiso, Indiana — Leslie Ann Hull ’77 Svoboda, M.D., has established the Elise Sprecher and Suzanne Whitehead...
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Valparaiso University Receives Significant Support For LCMS Pastoral Ministry And Chapel Programs
Valparaiso University has received a significant gift commitment from Karl and Shirley Kreft to establish the Karl and Shirley Kreft Endowed Fund for...
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Valparaiso University Appoints Inaugural Richard C. And Francelia A. Gozon University Chair
Valparaiso University Appoints Inaugural Richard C. And Francelia A. Gozon University Chair
Valparaiso University announces that Michael C. Chikeleze, Ph.D., has joined its faculty as the Richard C. and Francelia A. Gozon University Chair in...
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Valparaiso University Receives Historic $15 Million Gift For Student Scholarships
Valparaiso University Receives Historic $15 Million Gift For Student Scholarships
Valparaiso University has received a landmark $15 million deferred gift commitment from anonymous donors to establish an endowed fund for student...
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Bauer Field Renovation Off To Strong Start
Bauer Field Renovation Off To Strong Start
With the support of two generous gifts, the project to renovate Bauer Field, Valparaiso University’s baseball field, is off to a strong start. The...
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Valparaiso University Engineering Scholarship Funded
Valparaiso University has received an IRA charitable contribution from Rosemary and Chuck Newton ’61 to establish the Newton-Antonelli Endowed...
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Valparaiso University Alumnus Supports Business Scholarship
A $1 million gift from the estate of Valparaiso University alumnus William “Bill” Schlender ’41 has significantly boosted a scholarship fund he...
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Valparaiso University Endowment Returns 10.7 Percent, Ranking In Upper Decile Of NACUBO-TIAA Study
Valparaiso University’s overall endowment investment return of 10.7 percent in fiscal year 2018 was within the top 10 percent of participants in...
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Valparaiso University Alumnus Establishes Endowed Business Professorship And Scholarship
Valparaiso University alumnus Michael “Mike” Gruszyk ’85 has generously committed $1.3 million to fund an endowed professorship and a...
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Forever Valpo: The Campaign For Our Future Reaches $200 Million Milestone
Valparaiso University has raised more than $200 million in gifts and commitments to support students, faculty and programs through Forever Valpo: The...
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$2 Million Gift To Valpo Increases Scholarship Funds
$2 Million Gift To Valpo Increases Scholarship Funds
A gift of $2 million to Valparaiso University from the estate of Henry and June Giebel will significantly impact the long-standing Study Abroad...
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Valpo Alumni Establish Endowed Chair In French
Valparaiso University alumni Phyllis Buehner ’54 Duesenberg ’04H and Richard Duesenberg ’51, ’53 J.D., ’01H have generously committed to...
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Alumni Gift Supports Laboratory For Valpo’s New Environmental Engineering Program
Environmental engineering students at Valparaiso University will study and learn in a new laboratory when the program begins in fall 2019. The...
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Valparaiso University Appoints Bonnie And Peter Raquet Endowed Director’s Chair For Institute For Leadership And Service
Valparaiso University has announced Thais Carter, B.A., will serve as the next Bonnie and Peter Raquet Endowed Director’s Chair for the Institute...
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Gift From Kempf Estate Leads Hilltop Gym Renovation Project
Gift From Kempf Estate Leads Hilltop Gym Renovation Project
One of the most historic buildings on the Valparaiso University campus, Hilltop Gym is currently in the midst of a two-year, $600,000 project as the...
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Valparaiso University Academic Year Concludes With Commencement Ceremonies May 19–20
More than 900 undergraduate, graduate and law students participated in Valparaiso University’s May 2018 commencement ceremonies, capping an...
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Endowed Fund For High-Need, High-Ability Students Established By Valpo Alumni
Valparaiso University announces the establishment of the Conrad Scholars, made possible by the generosity of Linnea Conrad ’84 Roberts and the...
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Alumni Generosity Is Catalyst For Valpo Student Program
Valparaiso University alumni Rev. Mark ’71 and Kathleen Koepp ’71 Helge have generously committed $2 million to establish the Mark and...
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Valparaiso University Partners With Peoples Bank To Provide Scholarship For Local Students
Valparaiso University has partnered with Peoples Bank, one of Northwest Indiana’s most reputable banks, to establish the Peoples Bank Scholarship....
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Valparaiso University Receives $1.1 Million For College Of Engineering Faculty
Valparaiso University has received more than $1.1 million from the estate of Dale F. Kempf ’62, a longtime faculty member in engineering and...
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Alumni Establish Endowed Faculty Support For College Of Engineering
Jan and John Draheim ’64, M.S., have committed funds to support the College of Engineering and the Valpo Fund. Jan and John established an endowed...
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Valparaiso University Alumni Fund Endowed Scholarships
Valparaiso University Alumni Fund Endowed Scholarships
Valparaiso University alumni Julie Tiede ’96 Winkler and Jason Winkler ’96 have generously committed $500,000 to fund endowed scholarships for...
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Endowed Scholarship Established For Valpo Women Student-Athletes
Women student-athletes at Valparaiso University will benefit from an endowed scholarship fund established by Carolyn Schlie ’71 Femovich and Bob...
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Alumni Support Forever Valpo: The Campaign For Our Future
Valparaiso University alumni Sue Heitmuller ’70 Zimmerman and Larry Zimmerman ’70 have committed $625,000 to fund multiple areas of interest at...
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Valparaiso University Receives $1.4 Million For Counseling Services
Valparaiso University has received $1.4 million for Counseling Services from the estate of an alumnus who wished to remain anonymous. The gift will...
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Valpo Professor Honored For Excellence In Research And Creative Work
Valpo Professor Honored For Excellence In Research And Creative Work
Theresa Kessler, Ph.D., RN, ACNS-BC, CNE, who has been a member of the faculty at Valparaiso University’s College of Nursing and Health Professions...
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Valparaiso University Establishes Innovation Hub
Valparaiso University announces the establishment of the Innovation Hub at McMillan Hall, an interdisciplinary center of entrepreneurship learning....
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Valpo Alumni Commit $1 Million To University Writing Center And College Of Engineering
Valparaiso University alumni Judith “Judy” Rockett ’60 Beumer and Richard “Dick” Beumer ’59 have committed $1 million to establish...
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Valparaiso University Receives $1.4 Million Endowed Commitment To Support College Of Business
Valparaiso University alumna Deborah “Deb” A. Tschetter ’71 Spannraft has generously committed nearly $1.4 million in support of the College of...
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Valparaiso University Receives $1.8 Million For Endowed Scholarship Fund
Valparaiso University has received a gift of $1.8 million from the estate of Stephanie E. Umbach ’59, longtime assistant professor of library...
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Valparaiso University Receives $1.1 Million Commitment For Unrestricted Endowment
Valparaiso University Receives $1.1 Million Commitment For Unrestricted Endowment
Valparaiso University alumnus Lesley “Les” K. Chapman ’77 has generously committed $1.1 million to support the University’s unrestricted...
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Valparaiso University Receives Commitment For An Endowed Chair In Law
Valparaiso University has received an anonymous commitment to establish an endowed chair in the Law School. The Valparaiso University Law School will...
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Valparaiso University Receives $1 Million Commitment For Unrestricted Endowment
Valparaiso University alumni Judy McNabney ’71 Dutton and John Dutton ’70 have generously committed $1 million to support the University’s...
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Valparaiso University Receives $1 Million Commitment For Unrestricted Endowment
Thanks to the generosity of alumna Marian Schaper ’72 Moon and the Rev. Anthony (Tony) Moon, Ph.D., Valparaiso University has received a $1 million...
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