Valparaiso University News

This year, Grace Lutheran Church in downtown Glen Ellyn is celebrating its 100th anniversary.

"Selections for the Robert and Ellen Haan Collection of Historic Indiana Art," is on display through Nov.

Lions meet Tuesday : The Valparaiso Lions Club will have their November dinner meeting Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at Phil B's Restaurant, 908 Roosevelt Road.

Renowned performer and Valparaiso University senior Susan May said she jumped at the chance to take part in the 13th annual Festival of Voices, held Sunday at the Harre Union on the university campus.

Relieve stress with Reiki and Guided Imagery: The Portage YMCA, 3100 Willowcreek Road is now offering Guided Imagery and Reiki by appointment.

Paul A. Leonard Jr., a partner at the Northwest Indiana law firm Burke Costanza & Cuppy, has been selected by the Indiana State Bar Association's Family and Juvenile Law Section as the 2009 recipient of the Gale M. Phelps Memorial Award.

The 13th annual Festival of Voices, a concert of local singers and dancers, will be presented in the ballroom of Valparaiso University's Harre Union at 3 p.m. Sunday.

A shortage of the H1N1 vaccine has prompted the cancellation of the immunization clinics that were scheduled this week for Bailly and Yost elementary schools.

Part of running a sustainable business is transparency and communications, three key leaders in the field told an audience at Valparaiso University on Friday night.

S eventh- and eighth-graders at the Thea Bowman Leadership Academy in Gary could tell you that "nihao" is the Chinese word for "hello." The correct response? learn more For more information about the Confucius Institute at Valparaiso University, visit the Web site www.valpo.edu/confuciusinstitute . "Nihao," right back at you.

A dark tale of love in Nazi Germany, intertwined with the sounds of jazz and energetic dancing create the backdrop for the musical "Cabaret," opening Nov.

Valparaiso University's Department of Music will host its annual Family Weekend Concert this Saturday, featuring original music and a special tribute by Chesterton composer Michael Boo.

Jennifer McIntosh-Elkins' daughter Olivia envisions a career in cyber forensics.

A Grand Blanc native attending Valparaiso University in Indiana recently researched a new method that could help organic chemists in such areas as producing pharmaceutical drugs.

Valparaiso University student Elyse Steuer of Alpharetta participated in research involving Valpo's state-of-the-art Doppler radar during the past year, a project that will help pilots of small aircraft fly more safely in the future.

Get away for a day of family fun at Merrie Acres, 2900 S. U.S. 35, LaPorte. There's something for everybody with Porkies Pig Races, a haunted corn maze, Betsy's cow train, a hay tunnel, and much more.

The College View Apartments buildings are still standing, but a local developer in the process of buying them said his plans to tear them down are still a go.

Susie Sigo captured the spirit of the eighth meeting in the Dare to Dream initiative when she encouraged participant to dream outside of their lifetimes.

The Community Theatre Guild in Valparaiso will present the recently released Mark Twain comedy, "Is He Dead?" opening this weekend.

An Indiana appeals court has ruled that police do not need to obtain a search warrant before forcing someone to submit to a DNA test, a move that raises important privacy questions.