If you want to be the kind of nurse who...

The lobby in LeBien Hall, home to the College of Nursing, offers students a great place to meet and study.

Understands the importance of your patient's total well being
Receives a well rounded education that allows you to respond to most any career opportunity that presents itself
Enters your career with the confidence that years of hands on experience provide you
Wants to live a rich and meaningful life that is not only professionally but also socially and spiritually rewarding

Then you want to be a Valpo-educated nurse!

Advanced Learning in a Cutting Edge Lab

Called the Virtual Nursing Learning Center, the laboratory offers eight state-of-the-art patient stations complete with interactive mannequins, beds and equipment simulating a hospital environment. Using mannequins that are realistic in every way, examinations and procedures can be practiced.

Dr. Mauk wins Caterpiller Award for Excellence in Teaching

Dr. Kristen Mauk, an associate professor of nursing, has been named recipient of Valparaiso University's prestigious Caterpillar Award for Excellence in Teaching.

The Caterpillar Award is presented annually to a committed and effective Valparaiso professor who displays proven excellence in engaging and empowering students, in using innovative methods of teaching and in enhancing the personal, intellectual and spiritual growth of the students.

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Student Nursing Association

Scholarship Information

Some 90% of all Valpo students receive some form of financial aid.

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The Student Nurses Association is a national organization that groups student nurses together to discuss current healthcare issues as well as celebrate the nursing profession. The state level informs each school's chapter of upcoming events and issues that are important for student nurses. The National Student Nurses' Association (NSNA) has a national convention that raises new issues that effect the future of nursing. Two students represented Valparaiso University College of Nursing at the NSNA 2008 meeting.

Partnership opens door to operating room

A new partnership between the College of Nursing and Porter Health System will give nursing students an opportunity to gain first-hand experience working in the operating room environment.

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Professor's research honored

Dr. Amy Cory recently received two awards for her dissertation “The Influence of the Home, School, and Community Contexts on Childhood Obesity: A Multilevel Study.”

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DNP program established

The College of Nursing is revising its advanced degree programs to offer a doctor of nursing practice, a degree that will prepare nurses for leadership roles in an increasingly complex health care environment.