The pre-medical arts program aims to prepare students for the advanced coursework necessary to pursue medical occupations.
The pre-medical arts committee consists of faculty from the departments of biology, chemistry, and psychology whose goal is to help guide students in their preparation for professional school. The committee writes all letters of recommendation for health schools.
Robert Clark, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Neils Science Center, Room 111
219.464.5757
robert.clark@valpo.edu
Thomas E. Goyne, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Neils Science Center, Room 239
219.464.5378
thomas.goyne@valpo.edu
Kevin S. Jantzi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Neils Science Center, Room 240
219.464.5201
kevin.jantzi@valpo.edu
Jim Nelson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Dickmeyer Hall, Room 209
219.464.5443
jim.nelson@valpo.edu
Laura Rowe, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Neils Science Center, Room 144
219.464.6255
laura.rowe@valpo.edu
Beth Scaglione-Sewell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology
Neils Science Center, Room 302
219.464.5390
beth.scaglionesewell@valpo.edu
David W. Scupham, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology and Department Chair
Neils Science Center, Room 301
219.464.5386
david.scupham@valpo.edu
Academic Advisors
Academic advising in the premedical arts is handled by a premedical advisor in collaboration with faculty mentors, all of whom are members of the Committee on the Pre-Medical Arts.
Jennifer Easthope
Academic Advisor, Premedical Arts
Neils Science Center, Room 243
219.464.5982
jennifer.easthope@valpo.edu
Patricia Jarosz
Academic Advisor, Pre-Allied Health
Heidbrink Hall, Room 104
219.464.5831
patty.jarosz@valpo.edu
Students use the following major pieces of equipment in the laboratory portions of the courses. What sets Valparaiso University apart from other colleges and universities is not that this equipment is on campus, but that beginning undergraduate students actually have the opportunity to use it.
Facilities
Neils Science Center
Center for the Sciences: Chemistry & Biochemistry (opening fall 2017!)
Equipment
General Biology
Scanning electron microscope
Wide-field stereo fluorescence microscope
General Chemistry
Diode array UV/visible spectrometer
Lab computer cluster for data analysis
Organic Chemistry
Biochemistry
Automated Protein Purification System
Microtiter Plate Reader
Real Time PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction)
General Physics
Lab computer cluster for data acquisition and analysis
Charles W. Wolf Award
The Charles W. Wolf Award is presented annually to the most outstanding pre-medical arts junior who is majoring in either chemistry or biochemistry.
Alpha Epsilon Delta
Alpha Epsilon Delta is a national pre-health professional honor society. Outstanding juniors are eligible to apply. Only Alpha Epsilon Delta members can be elected to the Pre-Med Club.
