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Authors Jennie Magiera and Kristin Ziemke Among School Technology Experts to Speak at Valparaiso University, Dec. 6

Posted on November 29, 2017 (January 23, 2018) by kknoerze

Valparaiso University’s Professional Educators Partnership (PEP) will host its annual Professional Learning Community (PLC) workshop at Valparaiso University. This year’s theme, “Innovative Learning in a Digital World,” will feature authors and Apple Distinguished Educators Jennie Magiera and Kristin Ziemke as well as former Illinois Teacher of the Year Josh Stumpenhorst and former Digital Principal Award […]

Valpo English Department Kicks Off Wordfest Series Sept. 14

Posted on September 4, 2017 (January 23, 2018) by kknoerze

Valparaiso University’s English department presents Wordfest, the annual reading, lecture, and discussion series presented by practicing writers of poetry, drama, fiction, and nonfiction prose to help stimulate and inspire students in their own creative journeys. Speakers for the 2017–2018 academic year include: Chelsea Wagenaar and Mark Wagenaar, Sept. 14, 7 p.m., Brauer Museum of Art, Center for […]

Valpo Faculty Members Awarded Wheat Ridge Ministries–O.P. Kretzmann Research Fund Grants

Posted on December 12, 2017 (January 23, 2018) by bbooth1

Matthew Becker, Ph.D., professor of theology, and Alex Capaldi, Ph.D., associate professor of mathematics and statistics, are recipients of 2018–2019 Wheat Ridge Ministries–O.P. Kretzmann Fund grants for Research in the Healing Arts and Sciences. The grants, $10,000 each, will afford Professors Becker and Capaldi the opportunity to conduct advanced, innovative research and significantly contribute to […]

Unveiling History

Posted on January 22, 2018 (January 23, 2018) by bbooth1

Kevin Ostoyich, Ph.D., department chair and associate professor of history, has spent the past six years researching the history of the Shanghai Jews. He has become an expert in this emerging topic and will be featured as such in the new, six-part PBS history series “We’ll Meet Again” with Ann Curry premiering this winter. “We’ll […]