The Valpo Core

We’re on the cusp of the VU poets’ Wordfest reading–it’s tonight!  Don’t forget to come out for some word and image!

Come see and hear Profs. John Ruff, Ed Byrne, Kathleen Mullen, Catherine Tufariello, and Allison Schuette-Hoffman read from their work!

Brauer Museum
Tues, Jan 27th
7 p.m.

Find out what they’ve been up to when they’re not in their classrooms or behind their desks.

Refreshments will be served.

Please note that the Accabellas will not be singing at this event, contrary to what was previously stated.

As part of Wordfest’s participation in the 150th anniversary of VU, we’re tooting our own horns and showcasing talent from within the faculty and staff.  Come out…

to the Brauer Museum
on Tues, Jan 27th
at 7 p.m.

and find out what John Ruff, Ed Byrne, Kathleen Mullen, Catherine Tufariello, and Allison Schuette-Hoffman have been up to when they’re not in their classrooms or behind their desks.

Refreshments will be served and the event is 5th hour approved.

The Accabellas will be warming the place up, so come early to catch their music and browse the art work.

Share your language and culture by coming to  International Conversation Group.

Tuesdays, 3:10 – 4:10 in Harre Union, International Studies/OMP Multipurpose Room (2nd floor)

If you have wanted to talk with international students, but were unsure how to begin, this group is for you! Each meeting has activities and conversation that will help you share your culture and learn about others–Chinese, Indian, Saudi, Japanese, Mongolian, Romanian, and many more.

Come every Tuesday to see how much fun talking with other Valpo students can be!

Sponsored by the Valpo Writing Center

The Miller Lecture

“The Challenge of Biblical Apologetics”
by Fr. Edward Oakes, S.J.

February 9, 2009, 4:30 pm, in the Mueller Hall Refectory

There is no charge for this event and it is open to the public.

Sponsor: Dept. of Theology (www.valpo.edu/theology)

The Miller Lecture is an endowed lecture in “practical Christianity.”  This year’s speaker, Fr. Edward Oakes, S.J., is the Chester & Margaret Paluch Professor of Theology at the University of St. Mary of the Lake and Mundelein Seminary, the Catholic seminary for the Archdiocese of Chicago.

(In Celebration of the 150th Anniversary of Valparaiso University)

A lecture by Dr. Joyce Burnette, Daniel F. Evans Associate Professor of Economics, Wabash College

Wednesday, January 21, 7:00 pm
Harre Union Ballroom A

SPONSORS:
Dept. of Economics
Dept. of History
IECA (Program on International Economics and Cultural Affairs)
Dept. of Political Science

Professor Burnette, VU ‘89, Economics & French, received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University in 1994 and is the author of Gender, Work, and Wages in Industrial Revolution Britain published by Cambridge University Press in 2008. She has also published widely, including articles in Economic History Review and Journal of Economic History.

Flyer: the-world-economy-in-1859-flyer.pdf

Student Coffee Hour
with
Collector Jay Christopher

Mr. Christopher will speak about the exhibition “The Christopher Railroad Collection:
The Art of Dining on Rails” and his experiences forming his collection.

Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009, 7 pm

Everyone is invited to attend. Refreshments will be served.

ALSO

Brauer Museum of Art

Gallery Talk
with Railroad Historian Charles G. Kratz, Jr.

Kratz will talk about five designers for the railroads and their influence on not only the china
patterns but also their role in the graphic arts movement.

Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2009, 7 pm

Everyone is invited to attend. Refreshments will be served.