VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY
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+ INFORMACIÓN:
- Fundación: 1859
- Ubicación: Valparaiso, IN 46383-6493 USA
Valpo’s campus is positioned approximately one hour southeast of Chicago. The city of Valparaiso is part of the Chicago metropolitan area and has an approximate population of 31,000 residents.
+ ACERCA DE LA INSTITUCIÓN:
Valparaiso University es una institución luterana independiente selectiva en Valparaíso, Indiana, a una hora de Chicago.
+ HISTORIA:
In its 150-year history, Valparaiso University has passed through three distinct phases. Founded by Methodists in 1859 as an institution pioneering coeducation, the Valparaiso Male and Female College was forced by the reverses of the Civil War to close its doors in 1871.
+ MISIÓN:
Valparaiso University, a community of learning dedicated to excellence and grounded in the Lutheran tradition of scholarship, freedom, and faith, prepares students to lead and serve in both church and society.
+ VALORES:
Life at Valpo offers students a model of community participation, personal responsibility, and respectful concern for others.
The student-initiated honor system relies on each student to maintain standards of academic integrity.
A collaborative system of university governance assigns students considerable responsibility for residential and social life.
The Office of Volunteer Programs and the Community Research and Service Center exemplify a commitment to learning through service that results in Valpo students’ logging over 60,000 hours of service—15 hours per student—each academic year.
Extensive study-abroad programs and a commitment to institutional diversity deepen students’ understanding of the world’s variety of cultural and religious traditions.
+ MODELO EDUCATIVO:
Private, Coeducational: Lutheran and Secular
