VOLTS Learning Series
The Valparaiso Organization for Learning and Teaching Seniors has scheduled fall semester programs featuring faculty and students engaged in a humanitarian engineering project in Africa, the architecture of ancient Rome, homelessness in Valparaiso and a variety of additional topics.
The group’s fall programs are:
Dec. 3: Current events discussion, Harre Union Ballroom, 9 a.m.
Dec. 7: “A Director Prepares,” presented by Dr. Lee Orchard, professor of theatre, Harre Union Brown and Gold Room, 3:30 p.m.
Dec. 10: Current events discussion, Harre Union Ballroom, 9 a.m.
VOLTS is a program for seniors who are interested in continuing to learn and in sharing their ideas and areas of expertise with others. Valpo faculty or other scholars and professionals make presentations on a variety of topics for VOLTS events. Participants are retired or above the age of 60. Seniors may join at any time during the year; dues are $20 per person or $35 per couple per academic year.
For more information about VOLTS or to register, call the Graduate School and Continuing Education at (219) 464-5313, send an e-mail to continuing.ed@valpo.edu or visit valpo.edu/continuinged/nondegree/volts.php.
Coffee hours
Kaffeestunde coffee hours are 4 to 5 p.m. Fridays at Kade-Duesenberg German House, 822 Mound St. Kade-Duesenberg German House holds coffee hours on Fridays throughout the academic year. Kaffeestunde give German-speaking people an opportunity to sharpen their language skills. Light refreshments are served. For more information, visit http://www.valpo.edu/germanhouse/ or call (219) 464-5344.
Film series
Valpo's International Film Festival features foreign films in their original languages with English subtitles. Tickets are avilable at the union welcome desk, by calling (219) 464-5415 or visiting www.valpo.edu/union. Upcoming films in the series are:
Jan. 22: "The Edge of Heaven"
Feb. 19: "Since Otar Left"
March 19: "24 City"
Art exhibit
Valparaiso University’s Brauer Museum of Art will present an exhibition featuring Chicago abstractionist, art educator and World War II veteran Thomas H. Kapsalis this winter. “Thomas H. Kapsalis: Artist’s House, Paintings and Sculpture, 1947-2008” will be on display from Dec. 4 through March 21 at Brauer Musem of Art (http://www.valpo.edu/artmuseum). The exhibit is accompanied by a biographical video produced by Michele Feder-Nadoff, artistic director of Chicago’s Cuentos Foundation, which will be on display in the museum. Cuentos Foundation is a nonprofit community organization that promotes intercultural understanding and exchange through the arts. Brauer Museum will host Kapsalis for the exhibition’s opening reception at 7 p.m. Dec. 4 in the museum.
Kapsalis also will speak at two events that accompany the exhibition: a coffee hour at the museum Jan. 13 at 7 p.m., and a gallery talk Jan. 27 at 7 p.m. Hertzlieb also will present a coffee hour program Feb. 3 at 7 p.m. to further explore the exhibition and biographical video.
More information about Brauer Museum’s 2009-2010 season, including a complete list of exhibition-related events, is available online at http://www.valpo.edu/artmuseum. Brauer Museum is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday during the academic year. Admission to the museum and all events is free. Group tours may be arranged by calling (219) 465-7926.
Garment ceremonies
Valparaiso University’s Chinese and Japanese Studies Program will present “Robes and Honor,” a Dec. 3 program exploring the ceremonial presentation of luxury garments to someone honored by a king in medieval times.
The free event will feature Dr. Stewart Gordon, senior research scholar at the University of Michigan’s Center for South Asian Studies and author of the book “Robes and Honor.” It will begin at 7 p.m. in Harre Union Ballroom A. Valpo offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in Chinese studies, and it is the first faith-based university in the United States to host a Confucius Institute, a non-profit institute established and funded by the Chinese government to promote cultural, business, educational, artistic and government exchanges. More information about Valpo’s Chinese and Japanese Studies Program is available online at http://www.valpo.edu/chineseandjapanesestudies/.
Spring registration
Spring semester registration is now underway for courses in Valparaiso University’s Graduate School and College of Adult Scholars. Valpo’s Graduate School (http://www.valpo.edu/grad), offers a diverse range of master’s degree programs in Chinese studies, English, digital and sports media, education, business, nursing, counseling, sports administration, international commerce and policy, international economics and finance, and a variety of liberal arts disciplines.
The College of Adult Scholars serves adult students who are starting or returning to college part time to pursue a first degree or who want to earn an advanced training certificate. All undergraduate classes at Valpo – representing more than 70 areas of study – are open to students in the College of Adult Scholars depending on seat availability. Many programs have evening courses scheduled.
New graduate students or adult scholars must complete an application for admission and be admitted to their respective division prior to registration. Graduate applicants should note that some programs (education, counseling and nursing) have priority application deadlines.
Spring semester classes begin Jan. 6. Registration before Dec. 23 is preferred, but will continue through the first day of classes.
Registration takes place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday in the Office of the Graduate School and Continuing Education, Kretzmann Hall Room 116. The University will be closed Dec. 24 through Jan. 4.
For more information on applying for admission or to learn more about available classes, call (219) 464-5313.
Advent Vespers celebrated Dec. 11 at chapel
Assured seating cards to Valparaiso University’s annual Advent Vespers services at the Chapel of the Resurrection are now available without charge. This year’s Advent Vespers services will take place at 7 and 10 p.m. on Dec. 11.
The services of music and readings are a traditional part of Advent celebrations on campus. Valpo’s Kantorei choir, two handbell choirs and organists Dr. Joseph Bognar and Dr. Lorraine Brugh, both associate professors of music, will perform a variety of sacred songs during the service.
Among the music for the evening is the anthem “The Sky Can Still Remember” by 1966 Valpo graduate Russell Schulz-Widmar. This piece has been commissioned for the Kantorei in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Chapel of the Resurrection.
The 7 p.m. service is designed specifically for the Northwest Indiana community, and will feature several prominent community leaders as readers. Members of the campus community will serve as readers at the 10 p.m. service.
Assured seating cards are available in the Chapel office from 8 a.m. to noon and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Cards also may be ordered phone at (219) 464-5096, via e-mail to chris.boshoven@valpo.edu or by mailing a request to the Chapel of the Resurrection, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN 46383. Requests must specify which service, number of cards required and a mailing address to which to send the cards.
Only those with assured seating cards will be seated prior to 6:50 p.m. and 9:50 p.m.
There is no limit to the number of seating cards that may be requested.
In conjunction with the Vespers service, the artwork of Michelle Arnold Paine, a contemporary painter, will be shown in the Chapel from Nov. 30 through Dec. 18, and can be viewed after the services. Paine also will serve as artist-in-residence at the Chapel Dec. 7 to 11 and will give a talk about her work Dec. 9 at 8 p.m. in the Chapel.
