Valparaiso meets Highland for boys baseball action

Highland's Alec Smith scores easily beating the tag by Valparaiso's C.J. Gear during Tuesday's regular-season finale.

Valparaiso meets Highland for boys baseball action

Highland coach Dan Miller, right, chats with Danny Hamilton during Tuesday's regular-season finale against Valparaiso.

Valparaiso meets Highland for boys baseball action

Highland's Dan Miller is retiring after 32 years as head coach. The Trojans won Tuesday's regular-season finale against Valparaiso giving Miller a 630-337-4 record.

Valparaiso meets Highland for boys baseball action

Valparaiso's Jeff Holmes dives back to first to avoid a tag by Highland's Kevin O'Donnell during Tuesday's regular-season finale.

Valparaiso meets Highland for boys baseball action

Highland coach Dan Miller relieves pitcher Alex Freitag during Tuesday's regular-season finale against Valparaiso.

Valparaiso meets Highland for boys baseball action

Jeremy Post is brought in to pitch for Valparaiso during Tuesday's regular-season finale against Highland.

Valparaiso meets Highland for boys baseball action

Highland's Tyler Betusak makes the catch giving Valparaiso's Jeff Holmes a force out at home during Tuesday's regular-season finale.

Valparaiso meets Highland for boys baseball action

Highland's Mark Vargas gets tagged at third by Valparaiso's Sam Miller during Tuesday's regular-season finale.

Valparaiso Lions Club provides dictionaries

The Valparaiso Lions Club donated more than 600 dictionaries to 10 local elementary schools. These dictionaries are given to each third-grader in the Valparaiso School system, as well as Union Township and John Simatovich elementary schools. Pictured are Lions Jeff Zulich and Bob Mahoney wit…

Valparaiso University engineering faculty honored by American Society of Engineering Education Sectional Conference

VALPARAISO | Valparaiso University professors Jeff Will, Doug Tougaw and Carmine Polito were honored at the American Society of Engineering Education Illinois/Indiana Section, held at Trine University this spring.

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Lutheran World Relief CEO to join VU faculty

VALPARAISO | Valparaiso University announces that the Rev. John Arthur Nunes, who will serve as keynote speaker at the University's commencement ceremony, will join its faculty as the Jochum Professor and Chair. Since 2007, Nunes has served as president and CEO of Lutheran World Relief, a $4…

Porter-Starke kicks off ‘Inspiration Project’

VALPARAISO | Porter-Starke Services will host Dan Gediman, executive producer of the international radio, web and book series, "This I Believe" for a free community-wide event Wednesday at Valparaiso University’s Center for the Arts from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The presentation will include a step…

Valparaiso University Lilly Fellows program receives $1.19 million grant

VALPARAISO | The Valparaiso University-based Lilly Fellows Program in Humanities and the Arts was awarded a $1.19 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. This is the 10th such grant that has been awarded to the Lilly Fellows Program, which has supported more than 60 Lilly Postdoctoral Fellow…

Valparaiso's Madisen Kammerer,

Valparaiso's Madisen Kammerer, along with No. 1 doubles partner Brooke Sever, defeated Portage's Lauren Zack and Bailey Lauritzen 6-2, 6-1 at the Portage Sectional.