Serve
Service is at the center of what we do.
We prepare students for lives of service — lives shaped by a sense of calling, equipped for thoughtful reflection, engaged in the larger world and responsive to its deepest challenges. As Beacons, we live out our service-mindedness in our daily commitment to inclusion, justice, diversity, and equity on our campus and in the community.
Serve Initiatives
- Many Ways to Be Valpo — Affirm our commitment to being a student-centered campus by maintaining the Valpo “high touch” in all our educational arenas — transforming our processes, curriculum, and space to meet the needs of today and tomorrow for residential, commuter, historically underserved, and online students.
- Transfer-Friendly Transformation — Become a transfer-friendly institution by removing barriers historically encountered when trying to transfer to Valpo from another institution — again, expanding the reach and widening the opportunity for those seeking a Valpo education.
- Valpo Success Initiative — Make access to college a reality for those who believe it to be out of reach. Valpo will create a two-year associate’s degree (“Access College”) directed toward students who are first generation, low income, and/or underrepresented groups.
- Valpo Summer Bloom Program — Provide support to traditionally at-risk incoming students to prepare them for the academic rigors and the social transition into college, ensuring all admitted students are given the greatest opportunity to succeed.
- Sustainability — Change the culture and practices on campus to move toward more environmentally-friendly operations through investments in renewable energy sources, sustainable uses of plastics, and overall minimizing our impact on the Earth and its limited resources.