VU Speakers Bureau
ABORTION
- Post-elective abortion emotional outcomes -
- The rights of unborn children -
- The Supreme Court on abortion
- "Deconstructing the Birth Wall: Changes in the Law on Abortion" -
ABUSE
- Sexual assault: crisis intervention and prevention -
Paula Dranger, coordinator of sexual assault awareness education
ACADEMIC FREEDOM
- Academic freedom and tenure: What does it mean? Why is it important? -
AGING
- Prevention and screening for heart disease
- Prevention of osteoporosis -
- Heart failure: A case study identifying disease procedures and therapeutic options
- Osteoporosis: Optimizing management outcomes
- Alzheimer’s disease: Multifaceted treatments for a complex disease – Julie Koch, nursing -
- Aging and health
- Gerontology -
- Issues connected with aging and older adulthood
- Psychological aspects of neurological disorders such as dementia, epilepsy, etc. -
- "How Humor Can Make You Healthy, Wealthy and Wise"
- "Why Growing Older is More Fun Than It Used To Be" -
- Community resources for older adults
- Caring for a loved one at home -
- Macular degeneration
- How to live successfully with low vision -
- Elder law
- Living wills and durable powers of attorney -
ALCOHOL AWARENESS
- Party drugs: How to protect yourself and others from becoming a victim. The use of alcohol and drugs in date rape. (Videos used in presentation)
- OWI: Moral and legal aspects of operating a vehicle while intoxicated. (PowerPoint and videos used)
- The Best Years of Your Life: Adult and minor liquor laws, binge drinking and their effects. (Videos used in presentation) -
ANIMALS
- Trends in the valuation of companion animals
- Trends in separation, custody and estate planning issues and companion animals
- Housing issues and companion animals
- Legal issues relating to veterinary malpractice cases -
ANTI-SMOKING
- Tobacco education, prevention and cessation efforts -
Susan Gleason, Tobacco Education and Prevention Coalition
- Tobacco prevention efforts -
AQUATICS
ART
- An overview of the Brauer Museum of Art
- Current exhibitions at the Brauer Museum of Art -
- Communication and the arts -
- Arts and cultures of India
- Devotional traditions of Hinduism -
- Landscape images in Chinese poetry and painting -
- "Meet the Family," slides and lecture about the influence of the traditional snapshot
- "Hot Idle: LTV Steel" -
- The interconnection between a theology of worship and the design of churches
- The art of “Agnus Day,” a lectionary comic strip, and why comics work as an art form -
ASTRONOMY
- Death of stars
- Astronomy with the Hubble Space Telescope
- "Astronomy, Cosmology and the Bible"
- General astronomy topics -
AUTOMOTIVE
- Restoration of Model A Fords -
- Emergency vehicle maintenance: Safely changing a flat tire, jump-starting a vehicle, vehicle checks
- Defensive driving techniques -
BIBLICAL STUDIES
- Biblical perspectives on children-
- Current biblical studies
- "Jesus Seminar"
- The role of the Bible in current conversations about forgiveness: from Washington, D.C., to the work of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission -
BIOETHICS
- The challenge of genetics -
BUSINESS
- Conflict management
- Making and attaining your goals
- Effective communication in the workplace -
- Doing business with the French -
- VU's College of Business Administration -
- Effective Slide Shows: How to make presentations -
- Ethical issues in law and business -
- Performance evaluation/appraisals -
- Public relations
- International public relations -
- Federal government Small Business Innovative Research grants for small business
- Starting a small technology/engineering-based business -
- Operations management
- Operations research
- Statistics
- Quality management -
- Regulation of the telemarketing industry by federal and state governments -
- U.S. economic interest in the Middle East -
- International trade law -
- Corporate governance and executive compensation -
CAREER PLANNING
- Live Text: Web-based electronic portfolios -
- International Teaching: Taking Your Career Overseas -
CATHOLICISM
- American religious history, especially the history of the Catholic church -
- American Catholicism
- Trends in Global Catholicism -
CHINA
- Changing politics and society in China
- U.S.-China relations
- The Taiwan issue
- The Hong Kong issue -
- Classical Chinese poetry
- Contemporary Chinese cinema
- Landscape images in Chinese poetry and painting -
- Water quality issues in China, with a focus on Zhejiang province, and comparison to Northwest Indiana water quality
- Travel in western China (including XIan and the Terra Cotta Warriors, Lhasa, Tibet, the Khazak minority and the Heavenly Mountains) -
CIVIL RIGHTS
- Bias-motivated incidents in Northwest Indiana -
- Civil rights laws, including employment discrimination -
- Redistricting: Drawing Lines Matters -
- Protection of religious liberty under the constitution
- Constitutional law and civil rights -
- Title IX's impact on intercollegiate athletics
- Compliance, gender and minority issues in intercollegiate athletics -
COLLEGE
- Mental health in college -
- The value of a graduate degree -
COMMUNICATION
- Effective Slide Shows: How to make more effective presentations -
- Behavior disorders/communication -
- Public relations
- Public television
- Communication and the arts
- Technology and communication
- International public relations
- Commission on Undergraduate and Graduate Public Relations
- Research and public relations
- Technology and communication -
- 20th Century presidents and the press
- H.L. Mencken: Newspaper Columnist -
- Information policy
- Reading studies
- The history of manuscripts and early books-
Rob Vega, reference services
librarian
- How to write a news release
- Talking to reporters
- Changes in the media landscape -
- Fundraising communications, including case statements, audience, message, making a gift, special events and stewardship follow up -
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
- Community Research and Service Center
- Community Outreach Partnership Center -
- Facilitating A Community: Study circles on race relations -
COMPUTERS
- Alice: A 21st Century Programming Language for Beginners -
- Computers and technology -
CRIME AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
- Criminal law and procedure -
- Crime and criminal justice
- Criminal law topics -
CULTURE
- Latin American women and their search for justice: The Chilean arpilleristas and Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo -
Dr. Debra Ames, foreign languages and literatures
- Development of cultural sensitivity and self-awareness -
- Making Waves: Experiences and history of Asian-American women through autobiographical writings
- The multiracial experience and identity
- Women of Hope: Latina women in the U.S.
- The Ethnic American Woman: Problems, protests and lifestyles
- Multicultural education in a pluralistic society -
- The business ledger of Joseph Bailly, the first white settler of Porter County and how it paints a portrait of the fur trade in Michigan and northern Indiana in the early 19th Century -
Dr. Randa Duvick, foreign languages and literatures
- Ancient Roman and Greek culture, history and literature
- Classical mythology (Lecture and/or slide presentations) -
Dr. Mark Farmer, foreign languages and literatures
- Culturally responsive teaching -
- Latin American poetry
- Women's writing in Latin America -
Dr. Stacy Hoult, foreign languages and literatures
- South Asian religions and culture
- Arts and cultures of India -
- Gender in Japanese comics-
- Classical Chinese poetry
- Landscape images in Chinese poetry and painting
- Contemporary Chinese cinema -
- The Fabulous Growth of Chicago Theatres: Dramatic Lessons for Community Leaders -
- Medieval and Renaissance literature and culture
- Medieval and Renaissance food and cuisine
- French culture and civilization
- French cinema -
- Italian-Americans across generations -
- "Living Together in Each Other's Worlds"
- "How to Appreciate and Grow with Other Persons of Color"
- "Getting Rid of Fears We See and Feel in Northwest Indiana" -
- Intercultural sensitivity: Theory, research and implications for educational institutions
- Making meaning from difference: Service-learning and intercultural sensitivity
- Phenomenology and meaning-making: Student voices and understandings of cultural difference -
- Race relations/diversity training
- Schools and society
- Gender relations/gender sensitivity training-
CURRENT AFFAIRS
- European international affairs -
- American politics, courts, law and the presidency -
- How to tackle the issue of cyber-bullying and No Child Left Behind
- International and global education in the classroom -
- American politics: Congress, the presidency, presidential persuasion, state government and public policy
- Alternative voting systems: Borda counts, proportional representation and cumulative voting
- Redistricting: Drawing Lines Matters -
- U.S. economic interest in the Middle East
- Stateless Biharis in Bangladesh -
- Executive power over foreign affairs
- Government secrecy and the war on terror
- The United Nations and the use of force
- United Nations reform
- Corporate governance and executive compensation -
- "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of No Child Left Behind:" A study of the intentions of, effects on teaching and improvements needed in recent legislation to meet the scholastic needs of all children (Projector/PowerPoint presentation) -
- International conflicts
- Issues in Europe or Latin America -
DIVERSITY
- Bias-motivated incidents in Northwest Indiana -
- Facilitating a Community: Study circles on race relations
- Making Waves: Experiences and history of Asian-American women through autobiographical writings
- The multiracial experience and identity
- Women of Hope: Latina women in the U.S.
- The Ethnic American Woman: Problems, protests and lifestyles
- Multicultural education in a pluralistic society -
- Study circles in race/ethnicity
- Culturally responsive teaching
- International and global education in the classroom -
- "Living Together in Each Other's Worlds"
- "How to Appreciate and Grow with Other Persons of Color"
- "Getting Rid of Fears We See and Feel in Northwest Indiana" -
- Intercultural sensitivity: Theory, research and implications for educational institutions
- Making meaning from difference: Service-learning and intercultural sensitivity
- Phenomenology and meaning-making: Student voices and understandings of cultural difference
- Pluralism and Particularity: Stories and Learnings about Religious Education in a Church-Related International School -
- Race relations/diversity training -
DRUG USE AND ABUSE
- Party drugs: How to protect yourself and others from becoming a victim. The use of alcohol and drugs in date rape. (Videos used in presentation)
- OWI: Moral and legal aspects of operating a vehicle while intoxicated. (PowerPoint and videos used)
- "The Best Years of Your Life:" Adult and minor liquor laws, binge drinking and their effects. (Videos used in presentation) -
- By teenagers
- By college students
- By adults
- By women
- By athletes
- Current statistics and trends in drug use and abuse -
ECONOMICS
- International economics -
- U.S. economic interest in the Middle East
- History of political economic theories -
- Labor economics issues
- Interpretation of general economic issues -
- International trade law -
EDUCATION (Also see Higher Education)
- Development of cultural sensitivity and self-awareness -
- Multicultural education in a pluralistic society -
- Effective Slide Shows: How to make more effective presentations -
- Behavior disorders/communication
- Indiana's new teacher license structure
- Collaboration: facilitating working groups and becoming a team -
- ADD/ADHD interventions
- Reading disabilities
- Behavior intervention/discipline issues in schools
- Recent changes in federal legislation governing special education and what they mean for schools -
- "How" and "why" Americans should learn a foreign language -
Dr. Randa Duvick, foreign languages and literatures
- Constructivism: Inquiry-based learning in science
- Cadet involvement in a teacher education program
- How to tackle the issue of cyber-bullying and No Child Left Behind
- Culturally responsive teaching
- International and global education in the classroom -
- Teaching from the Old Testament (Designed for pastors or teachers in adult Bible classes, Sunday Schools, or parochial schools) -
- An education for philanthropy
- The place of reflection in civic life -
- Adult-child mentoring
- Mentoring: What works, what doesn't? Program planning and screening mentors for personality qualities -
- The importance of foreign language study -
- Open-approach to teaching mathematics in K-12 classrooms to achieve higher-order thinking in students (Projector/PowerPoint presentation)
- Using the "Inquiry Method" to teach and increase interest in mathematics and science (Projector/PowerPoint presentation)
- "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of No Child Left Behind:" A study of the intentions of, effects on teaching and improvements needed in recent legislation to meet the scholastic needs of all children (Projector/PowerPoint presentation)
- Good classroom management: The secret to success in motivating students and maintaining a safe learning environment. (Projector/PowerPoint presentation) -
- Intercultural sensitivity: Theory, research and implications for educational institutions
- Making meaning from difference: Service-learning and intercultural sensitivity
- Phenomenology and meaning-making: Student voices and understandings of cultural difference
- Pluralism and Particularity: Stories and Learnings about Religious Education in a Church-Related International School
- Developing principals as leaders in Oman
- Leading change in K-12 schools through effective strategic planning and implementation
- International Teaching: Taking Your Career Overseas -
- Teaching philanthropic values to youth
- Writing an autobiography -
- Reading studies -
Rob Vega, reference services
librarian
SPECIAL EDUCATION
- ADD or ADHD
- Reading disabilities
- Recent changes in federal legislation governing special education and what they mean for schools
- Behavior intervention/discipline issues in schools -
ENERGY
- Electric power
- Electric utility issues -
ENGINEERING
- Waste management issues
- Air pollution control technologies
- Solid and hazardous waste management issues
- Landfill site selection issues
- Environmental site characterization
- Other environmental engineering topics -
- Electric power
- Electric utility issues -
- Materials testing: Demonstrations of tests on concrete or steel in the materials testing lab at VU's College of Engineering
- VU Student Bridge: Tours or presentation on the historic bridge, with VU engineering students available to talk about their experiences working to return the bridge to campus.
- 3-D Visualization for Civil Engineering: Tour or presentation on 3-D terrain models developed for the virtual reality laboratory at VU's College of Engineering. -
- VU's College of Engineering
- Undergraduate engineering education in general
- Electric power quality
- Power engineering in general
- Power electronics miniaturization and packaging
- High-temperature electronics
- Federal government Small Business Innovative Research grants for small business
- Starting a small technology/engineering-based business -
- VU's Engineers Without Borders chapter
- Kenya village well and irrigation project
- Soil laboratory and testing -
- Quantum mechanics and its applications -
Dr. Doug Tougaw, electrical and computer engineering
ENVIRONMENT
- Waste management issues
- Air pollution control technologies
- Solid and hazardous waste management issues
- Landfill site selection issues
- Environmental site characterization
- Other environmental engineering topics -
- Groundwater and drinking water issues -
Dr. Ken Luther, mathematics and computer science
- Air quality and its influence on health -
- "The Dustbowl, A Manmade Ecological Disaster" -
- Water quality in the Valparaiso Chain of Lakes watershed
- Water quality issues in China, with a focus on Zhejiang province, and comparison to Northwest Indiana water quality -
ETHNICITY
- Bias-motivated incidents in Northwest Indiana -
- Making Waves: Experiences and history of Asian-American women through autobiographical writings
- The multiracial experience and identity
- Women of Hope: Latina women in the U.S.
- The ethnic American woman: Problems, protests and lifestyles
- Multicultural education in a pluralistic society -
- Study circles on ethnicity
- International and global education in the classroom
- Culturally responsive teaching -
- Italian-Americans across generations
- Ethnic identity -
FAMILY
- Communication in the family, between significant others and between friends -
- The Spiritual Life of Children: Perspectives from the history of Christian thought
- The Vocation of Parenting: Perspectives from the history of Christian thought
- The Vocation of Parenting: Perspectives from Martin Luther -
- Divorce recovery
- Family systems theory in counseling
- Parenting issues -
- Family law issues including divorce, child support, adoption, visitation, child abuse and neglect -
FILM
- Contemporary Chinese cinema -
- Politics and film
- Religion and film -
FITNESS
- Aquatics topics
- Fitness in relation to general health and wellness -
- Goal setting: Preparing the plan
- Biomechanics of sport/track and field
- Track and field training -
Tyler Wingard, track and field head coach
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- Foreign language and the very young -
- "How" and "why" Americans should learn a foreign language -
Dr. Randa Duvick, foreign languages and literatures
- The importance of foreign language study -
GENDER
- Making Waves: Experiences and history of Asian-American women through autobiographical writings
- Women of Hope: Latina women in the U.S.
- The ethnic American woman: Problems, protests and lifestyles-
- Gender in Japanese comics-
- Title IX's impact on intercollegiate athletics
- Compliance, gender and minority issues in intercollegiate athletics -
- Women's writing
- Rediscovery of women and minority writers -
- Gender relations/gender sensitivity training -
GENERATIONS
- Adult-child mentoring
- Mentoring: What works, what doesn't? Program planning and screening mentors for personality qualities -
- Generation X
- The millennium generation -
GOVERNMENT
- "The American Legal Culture:" The role of law in the United States and what it gives, takes and shares with our culture
- The American Constitution -
- Wealth of free information available to the public from the U.S. government, in print and online
- Legislative history: Figuring out the intent behind federal and state laws
- Administrative regulations, how federal and state agencies impact our daily lives -
- American politics: Congress, the presidency, presidential persuasion, state government and public policy
- Alternative voting systems: Borda counts, proportional representation and cumulative voting
- Redistricting: Drawing Lines Matters -
- Federal government Small Business Innovative Research grants for small
business -
- Regulation of the telemarketing industry by federal and state government-
- Twentieth Century presidents and the press -
- Executive power over foreign affairs
- Government secrecy and the war on terror -
HARASSMENT
- Bias-motivated incidents in Northwest Indiana -
- How to tackle the issue of cyber-bullying and No Child Left Behind -
Delphina Gillispie,
biology and education
- Sexual harassment law
- Recent publications on sexual harassment - Rosalie
Levinson, Duesenberg professor of law
HEALTH
- Role of a family nurse practitioner
- How to promote wellness -
- Addictions
- Mental health in college -
- Addictions
- Mental health in college
- Stress reduction
- Post elective abortion emotional outcomes
- Sexual abuse recovery -
- Party drugs: How to protect yourself and others from becoming a victim. The use of alcohol and drugs in date rape. (Video presentation)
- "The Best Years of Your Life:" Adult and minor liquor laws, binge drinking and their effects. (Video presentation) -
- Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS)
- Pulmonary Function-Lecithin Sphinomyelin Ratios -
- Tobacco prevention and cessation -
Susan Gleason, Tobacco Education and Prevention Coalition
- Healing in the religions of the world
- Christianity and healing -
- Breast and/or cervical health
- Healthcare in China
- Prevention and screening for heart disease
- Prevention of osteoporosis -
- Heart failure: A case study identifying disease procedures and therapeutic options
- Osteoporosis: Optimizing management outcomes
- Alzheimer’s disease: Multifaceted treatments for a complex disease
- Lyme Disease: Current treatment strategies -
- Aging and health
- Congregational health
- Rehabilitation
- Gerontology
- Spirituality and health -
- Air quality and its influence on health -
- Issues connected with aging and older adulthood
- Psychological aspects of neurological disorders such dementia, epilepsy -
- "How Humor Can Make You Healthy, Wealthy and Wise"
- "Why Growing Older is More Fun Than It Used To Be" -
- Community resources for older adults
- Caring for a loved one at home -
- If You Wear Contacts, What You Need to Know About Water-Related Risks -
- Risk factors in sexual problems
- Problems of sexually-abused children
- Sexuality and health in men and women
- Treatment of sexual problems -
- Fitness and wellness topics
- First aid, CPR and AED (Automated External Defibrillators) -
- Stress management
- Health and fitness -
- Stress management/time management -
HIGHER EDUCATION
- Topics related to higher education -
- Leadership in the church and in church-related higher education -
- Valpo Core program for freshmen -
- Undergraduate engineering education in general -
- VU's honors college -
Dr. Mel Piehl, Christ College (honors college) dean
- The value of a graduate degree -
- Church-related higher education -
HISTORY
- History of Valparaiso University -
- International affairs, especially European
- German and Austrian affairs in the 19th and 20th centuries -
- American religious history, especially the history of the Catholic church -
- History of VU and the Ku Klux Klan
- Overall look at VU history -
- The business ledger of Joseph Bailly, the first white settler of Porter County and how it paints a portrait of the fur trade in Michigan and northern Indiana in the early 19th French culture and history -
Dr. Randa Duvick, foreign languages and literatures
- Ancient Roman and Greek culture, history and literature
- Classical mythology (lecture and/or slide presentations)
- Epics and the Trojan War: The Iliad, Odyssey and Aeneid -
Dr. Mark Farmer, foreign languages and literatures
- Women's history including the suffrage movement -
- American social thought since World War II -
Dr. Mel Piehl, Christ College (honors college) dean
- History of political economic theories -
- "Laughing to Keep from Crying: America's Senses of Humor from Ben Franklin to Bill Cosby" -
- President Woodrow Wilson
- Twentieth Century presidents and the press
- H.L. Mencken: Newspaper Columnist -
- Medieval and Renaissance food and cuisine
- Medieval and Renaissance literature and culture
- French culture and civilization -
- European history (300 A.D. to 1500 A.D.)
- The history of manuscripts and early books-
Rob Vega, reference services
librarian
HOBBIES
- Restoration of Model A Fords -
- Sailing 101: The theory of sailing, shore school for beginners -
HUMOR
- "How Humor Can Make You Healthy, Wealthy and Wise"
- "Why Growing Older is More Fun Than It Used To Be" -
- "Laughing to Keep from Crying: America's Senses of Humor from Ben Franklin to Bill Cosby" -
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
- European international affairs
- European Union and NATO
- German and Austrian affairs in the 19th and 20th centuries -
- Human rights law and religious freedom
- Globalization and Christian social thought -
- Political and social conditions in the Middle East and Indonesia -
- An introduction to Turkey, its culture and its politics -
- Changing politics and society in China
- U.S.-China relations
- The Taiwan issue
- The Hong Kong issue -
- International public relations
- Croatian public television and media
- Korean public relations: education and agencies -
- International economics -
- U.S. economic interest in the Middle East
- Stateless Biharis in Bangladesh -
- International law
- International sports law
- International trade law
- Space law -
- United Nations reform
- The International Court of Justice
- International law
- U.S. executive power over foreign affairs
- U.S. government secrecy and the war on terror
- The United Nations and the use of force -
- Northern Ireland
- Britain
- Ireland
- International conflicts, particularly in Europe or Latin America -
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
- International and global education in the classroom
- Things I learned after traveling to Central America -
- VU's international student population
- Benefits of an international education -
- Pluralism and Particularity: Stories and Learnings about Religious Education in a Church-Related International School
- Developing Principals as Leaders in Oman -
JAPAN
- Recent politics in Japan -
- Gender in Japanese comics -
LAW
- Employment law topics
- Labor law topics -
- O.J. Simpson trial
- American politics, courts and law and the Presidency -
- Criminal law and procedure
- Evidence
- Torts: Accidents and the laws concerning them
- "The American Legal Culture:" The role of law in the United States and what it gives, takes and shares with our culture
- The American Constitution
- Contemporary legal culture -
- Evidence and litigation
- Constitutional law issues -
- Effective Slide Shows: How to make more effective presentations -
- Human rights law and religious freedom
- Ethical issues in law and business -
- Crime and criminal justice
- General law topics
- Courtroom cases
- Legal analysis
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Criminal law topics -
- Civil justice system: Procedure, failings and civil jury issues -
- Family law issues including divorce, child support, adoption, visitation, child abuse and neglect
- Clinical program of the VU School of Law -
- Medical malpractice law
- Mediation and alternative dispute resolution -
- Law-related fiction
- Legislative history - figuring out the intent behind federal and state laws
- Administrative regulations, how federal and state agencies impact our daily lives -
- Trends in the valuation of companion animals
- Trends in separation, custody and estate planning issues and companion animals
- Housing issues and companion animals
- Legal issues relating to veterinary malpractice cases -
- Sexual harassment
- Protection of religious liberty under the constitution
- Constitutional law and civil rights
- Update on state and federal constitutional law developments -
- Legal system
- Death penalty
- Affirmative action
- Independent counsel statute -
- The rights of unborn children -
- "A Really Short Course in Legal Research" -
- Regulation of the telemarketing industry by federal and state governments
- Using the "free" Web to conduct legal research -
- Dispute resolution
- VU law clinic
- Landlord/tenant relationships -
- "Deconstructing the Birth Wall: Changes in the Law on Abortion"
- "Practice vs. Theory: Legal Education in America and Europe"
- "The Constitution: No Right to Die and No Right to Live." The United States Supreme Court on abortion and euthanasia
- "The Image of God and Man in the Least of our Sisters and Brothers" -
- International law topics
- International and domestic sports law
- Space law
- International trade law -
- The International Court of Justice
- International law
- Executive power over foreign affairs
- Government secrecy and the war on terror
- The United Nations and the use of force
- Corporate governance and executive compensation -
- Alternative dispute resolution
- Peer mediation in the schools
- Arbitration
- Other methods to resolve disputes outside of court -
- Criminal law/justice
- Legal ethics
- Product liability
- Litigation -
- Elder law
- Living wills and durable powers of attorney -
LEADERSHIP
- Effective Slide Shows: How to make more effective presentations - Michael Bushbaum, associate law librarian
- Leadership
- Team building
- Motivation -
Homer Drew, men's basketball coach
- Leadership: building a team -
- Building coalitions (PowerPoint presentation) -
Susan Gleason, Tobacco Education and Prevention Coalition
- Leadership in the Church and in Church-related Higher Education -
- Adult-child mentoring
- Mentoring: What works, what doesn't? Program planning and screening mentors for personality qualities -
- The Fabulous Growth of Chicago Theatres: Dramatic Lessons for Community Leaders -
LIBRARY RESOURCES
- Effective Slide Shows: How to make more effective presentations -
- Wealth of free information available to the public from the U.S. government
- Legislative history - figuring out the intent behind federal and state laws -
- Using the "free" Web to conduct legal research -
- Information policy
- Reading studies
- The history of manuscripts and early books -
Rob Vega, reference services
librarian
LITERATURE
- Making Waves: Experiences and history of Asian-American women through autobiographical writings -
- Ancient Roman and Greek culture, history and literature
- Classical mythology (lecture and/or slide presentation)
- Epics and the Trojan War: The Iliad, Odyssey and Aeneid -
Dr. Mark Farmer, foreign languages and literatures
- Murder mysteries/detective fiction -
- 19th century British literature -
- Animals in literature
- Latin American poetry
- Women's writing in Latin America -
Dr. Stacy Hoult, foreign languages and literatures
- "Femme Fatal:" Fatal woman motif in literature and music -
- American literature and landscape
- Fairy tales
- Valpo Core -
- Women's writing
- Rediscovery of women and minority writers
- Literature worth teaching and studying
- Changing canon for what is considered "great literature" -
- "Laughing to Keep From Crying: America's Senses of humor from Ben Franklin to Bill Cosby" -
- Medieval and Renaissance literature and culture -
- Sports, especially baseball, in literature and society
- Literature of the Vietnam War
- Fiction by American women -
- The history of manuscripts and early books -
Rob Vega, reference services
librarian
LUTHERAN
- History of Lutherans in America -
- The Vocation of Parenting: Perspectives from Martin Luther -
MARKETING
- International public relations
- Research and public relations -
- How to write a news release
- Talking to reporters
- Changes in the media landscape -
- Fundraising communications, including case statements, audience, message, making a gift, special events and stewardship follow up -
MATHEMATICS
- Women in math and computer science
- Mathematical preparation of U.S. students -
- Open-approach to teaching mathematics in K-12 classrooms to achieve higher-order thinking in students. (Projector/Power Point presentation)
- Using the "Inquiry Method" to teach and increase interest in mathematics and science. (Projector/Power Point presentation) -
MEDICINE
- Medical malpractice law -
- Breast and/or cervical health
- Prevention and screening for heart disease
- Prevention of osteoporosis -
- Heart failure: A case study identifying disease procedures and therapeutic options
- Osteoporosis: Optimizing management outcomes
- Alzheimer’s disease: Multifaceted treatments for a complex disease
- Lyme Disease: Current treatment strategies -
- Aging and health
- Rehabilitation
- Gerontology -
- Alternative/complementary medicine: What is it? -
- If You Wear Contacts, What You Need to Know About Water-Related Risks -
MENTAL HEALTH
- Mental health in college
- Psychotherapy
- Positive Relationships
- Addictions -
- Addictions
- Mental health in college
- Psychotherapy
- Positive Relationships
- Divorce recovery
- Stress reduction
- Family systems theory in counseling
- Post elective abortion emotional outcomes
- Sexual abuse recovery -
- Alzheimer’s disease: Multifaceted treatments for a complex disease -
MIDDLE EAST
- An introduction to Turkey, its culture and its politics -
- U.S. economic interest in the Middle East -
- Political and social conditions in the Middle East and Indonesia -
- Developing principals as leaders in Oman -
MORAL ISSUES
- Human rights law and religious freedom
- Ethical issues in law and business -
- The challenge of genetics -
- The life and work of Søren Kierkegaard
- Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics
- The perplexities of human sexuality and personal love -
- The Christian calling to act for social justice -
MUSIC
Groups and soloists from the Department of Music are available on a limited basis for performances and adjudicating. Student groups are available as well. Call University Relations (464-5114) to inquire about scheduling a performance. Artists include, but not limited to:
- Chapel organ demonstrations
- Topics on music theory, church music and organ -
- The healthy voice
- "Femme Fatal:" Fatal women motif in literature and music -
NURSING
- Role of a family nurse practitioner -
- Congregational health
- Gerontology
- Rehabilitation -
- Caring for a loved one at home -
OPINION RESEARCH
- VU Community Research and Service Center -
PERSONALITY
- The development of self -
PHILANTHROPY
- American traditions of philanthropic giving
- An education for philanthropy
- The place of reflection in civic life -
- "Teaching Philanthropic Values to Youth" (Sponsored through the Indiana Humanities Council) -
- Fundraising communications, including case statements, audience, message, making a gift, special events and stewardship follow up -
PHILOSOPHY
- The life and work of Søren Kierkegaard
- Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics
- The perplexities of human sexuality and personal love -
PHOTOGRAPHY
- "Meet the Family," Slide show and lecture
POETRY
- Latin American poetry
- Women's writing in Latin America -
Dr. Stacy Hoult, foreign languages and literatures
- Classical Chinese poetry
- Landscape images in Chinese poetry and painting -
POLITICS
- "The Clintons and Their Public Image" -
- Wealth of free information available to the public from the U.S. government, in print and online
- Administrative regulations, how federal and state agencies impact our daily lives
- Legislative history: Figuring out the intent of federal and state laws -
- American politics: Congress, the presidency, presidential persuasion, state government and public policy
- Alternative voting systems: Borda counts, proportional representation and cumulative voting
- Redistricting: Drawing Lines Matters -
- An introduction to Turkey, its culture and its politics -
- History of political economic theories -
- 20th Century presidents and the press -
- United Nations reform
- Executive power over foreign affairs
- The United Nations and the use of force
- Government secrecy and the war on terror -
PREJUDICE
- Bias-motivated incidents in Northwest Indiana -
- Facilitating a Community: Study Circles on Race Relations -
- Study circles in race/ethnicity
- Culturally responsive teaching
- Peace and social justice -
- The study of hatred and prejudice that is related to religion, particularly to the way the Bible gets used in promoting bigotry -
- Intercultural sensitivity: Theory, research and implications for educational institutions
- Making meaning from difference: Service-learning and intercultural sensitivity
- Phenomenology and meaning-making: Student voices and understandings of cultural difference -
- The Christian calling to act for social justice -
- Race relations/diversity training -
PSYCHOLOGY
- The psychology of coaching-
- Family systems theory in counseling -
- Spiritual formation and development in children, adolescents and adults
- Spiritual and religious issues in counseling; spiritual direction and mentorship
- Issues connected with aging and older adulthood
- Psychological aspects of neurological disorders like dementia, epilepsy -
- Development of self
- Gender relations/gender sensitivity training -
PUBLIC RELATIONS
- Public relations
- International public relations
- Research and public relations -
- How to write a news release
- Talking to reporters
- Changes in the media landscape -
- Fundraising communications, including case statements, audience, message, making a gift, special events and stewardship follow up -
RACE
- Bias-motivated incidents in Northwest Indiana-
- Facilitating a Community: Study circles on race relations
- Making Waves: Experiences and history of Asian-American women through autobiographical writings
- The multiracial experience and identity
- Women of Hope: Latina women in the U.S.
- The ethnic American woman: Problems, protests and lifestyles
- Multicultural education in a pluralistic society -
- Study circles in race/ethnicity
- Culturally responsive teaching
- Peace and social justice -
- Alternative voting systems: Borda counts, proportional representation and cumulative voting
- Redistricting: Drawing Lines Matters -
- Compliance, gender and minority issues in intercollegiate athletics -
- Rediscovery of minority writers -
- "Cross-Cultural Issues/Living Together in Each Other's World"
- "How to Appreciate and Grow with Other Persons of Color"
- "Getting Rid of Fears We See and Feel in Northwest Indiana" -
- Race relations/diversity training -
RELATIONSHIPS
- Communication in the family, between significant others and between friends
- Conflict management
- Relationship maintenance and repair
- Self-esteem
- Making and attaining your goals
- Non-verbal communication
- Effective communication in the workplace -
- "Collaboration: Facilitating Working Groups in Becoming a Team" -
- Team building -
Homer Drew, men's basketball coach
- Positive Relationships
- Divorce recovery
- Family systems theory in counseling
- Communication skills
- Parenting issues -
- Building Coalitions (PowerPoint presentation) -
Susan Gleason, Tobacco Education and Prevention Coalition
- The perplexities of human sexuality and personal love -
- Adult-child mentoring
- Mentoring: What works, what doesn't? Program planning and screening mentors for personality qualities -
RELIGION
- History of Lutherans in America
- Religion in America topics -
- The Spiritual Life of Children: Perspectives from the history of Christian thought
- The Vocation of Parenting: Perspectives from the history of Christian thought
- The Vocation of Parenting: Perspectives from Martin Luther
- Contemporary attitudes toward children and the church's response
- Child advocacy and the church: Theological foundations
- Biblical perspectives on children -
- Human rights law and religious freedom
- American religious history, especially the history of the Catholic church
- Globalization and Christian social thought -
- Topics in ancient and medieval Christianity
- Social concerns and spirituality in ancient and medieval Christianity and their relationship to Christians today -
- Healing in the religions of the world
- Christianity and healing
- Interreligious dialogue in theological perspective -
- Preaching from the Old Testament (for pastors)
- Teaching from the Old Testament (for pastors or teachers in adult Bible classes, Sunday Schools or parochial schools)
- Leadership in the Church and in Church-related Higher Education -
- The life and work of Søren Kierkegaard -
- Astronomy, cosmology and the Bible -
- Protection of religious liberty under the Constitution -
- Congregational health
- Spirituality and health -
- Jews and Christians and development of mutual understanding
- Christian response to the Holocaust -
- Spiritual formation and development in children, adolescents and adults
- Spiritual/religious issues in counseling; spiritual direc-tion and mentorship -
- Current biblical studies
- "Jesus Seminar"
- The role of the Bible in current conversations about forgiveness from Washington, D.C. to the work of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission -
- South Asian religions and culture
- Hinduism
- Indian Christianity
- Devotional traditions of Hinduism -
- American Catholicism
- Trends in Global Catholicism -
Dr. Mel Piehl, Christ College (honors college) dean
- "The Image of God and Man in the Least of Our Sisters and Brothers" -
- Church-related higher education
- Religion and politics -
- Christians in the Middle East
- Christians in Southeast Asia
- Women and Islam
- Women in the Abrahamic Religions
- Islam
- Muslim-Christian dialogue in Indonesia -
- Pluralism and Particularity: Stories and Learnings about Religious Education in a Church-Related International School -
- The interconnection between a theology of worship and the design of churches
- The art of “Agnus Day,” a lectionary comic strip, and why comics work as an art form
- The Christian calling to act for social justice -
- Spirituality
- Women in the church
- The church's global and ecumenical connections
- Deaconess ministry
- Leading a Bible study -
Louise Williams, Lutheran Deaconess Association
SCIENCE
- "Do Bacteria Make it Rain?" -
- Constructivism: Inquiry-based learning in science
- Pulmonary function-lecithin sphinomyelin ratios -
- General astronomy topics -
- Air quality and its influence on health -
- Water quality in the Valparaiso Chain of Lakes watershed
- Water quality issues in China, with a focus on Zhejiang province, and comparison to Northwest Indiana water quality -
- What is genetic engineering, anyway? (Visual aids used) -
- Computers and technology
- Nanotechnology -
Dr. Doug Tougaw, electrical and computer engineering
- Severe thunderstorms and tornadoes
- Tours of the VU Weather Center -
Dr. Bart Wolf, geography and meteorology
SELF-DEVELOPMENT
SEXUALITY
- Sexual assault: Crisis intervention and prevention -
Paula Dranger, coordinator of sexual assault awareness education
- The perplexities of human sexuality and personal love -
- Sexuality and health in men and women
- Risk factors in sexual problems
- Treatment of sexual problems
- Problems of sexually-abused children -
Dr. David Rowland, graduate studies and continuing education dean
SORORITY/FRATERNITY
- Sorority/fraternity life on the college campus -
SPORTS
- Parenting your athletic child: How parents can use athletics as a means of fostering growth in their child
- "Team Play"
- Basketball fundamentals
- Basketball individual workouts
- Basketball coaching
- The psychology of coaching
- Leadership: Building a team -
- Soccer: Everything you always wanted to know (but were afraid to ask) -
- Experiences as a woman scorekeeper for men's basketball -
- Soccer: offensive and defensive tactics -
- Title IX's impact on intercollegiate athletics
- Sports law
- NCAA rules and regulations
- Compliance, gender and minority issues in intercollegiate athletics -
- The future of VU softball
- Developing an organized softball practice plan (both indoor and outdoor)
- Strength and conditioning for female softball players
- Developing effective communication with your team -
- Running
- Domestic and international sports law -
- Sports, especially baseball, in literature and society -
- Drug use and abuse by athletes -
- Goal Setting: Preparing the plan
- Coaching theory
- Biomechanics of sport/track and field
- Track and field training
- The roles of certification programs in sport -
Tyler Wingard, track and field head coach
STRESS MANAGEMENT
- Time management/stress management -
STUDY ABROAD
- International and global education in the classroom
- Things I learned after traveling to Central America -
- Valpo's study abroad programs
- Benefits of an international education-
TECHNOLOGY
- Air pollution control technologies -
- Slide Shows: How to make more effective presentations -
- Materials testing: Demonstrations of tests on concrete or steel in the materials testing lab at VU's College of Engineering
- 3-D Visualization for Civil Engineering: Tour or presentation on 3-D terrain models developed for the virtual reality laboratory at VU's College of Engineering. -
- Technology and communication -
- Power electronics miniaturization and packaging
- Starting a small technology/engineering-based business -
- Computers and technology -
Dr. Doug Tougaw, electrical and computer engineering
TELEVISION
- Public television
- Croatian public television and media -
- Televising basketball games -
THEATRE
- Designing costumes for the stage -
- A look at what's currently on stage in New York and Chicago -
- The Fabulous Growth of Chicago Theatres: Dramatic Lessons for Community Leaders -
- Theatre design and technology -
TRAVEL
- Things I learned after traveling to Central America -
- "I'll Take Manhattan:" Tips for visitors to New York City -
- An Introduction to Turkey, its culture and its politics -
- Travel in western China (including XIan and the Terra Cotta Warriors, Lhasa, Tibet, the Khazak minority and the Heavenly Mountains) -
- Sri Lanka, the Paradise Island -
- Pilgrimage in Spain (Slide presentation)
- Holy places of India (Slide presentation)
- Puebla, Cholula and the University of the Americas -
- Northern Ireland and Britain -
- Prince Edward Island: Smallest of Canada's provinces -
VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY
- History of Valparaiso University -
- Topics related to Valparaiso University -
- VU's College of Business Administration -
- History of Valparaiso University -
- An overview of the Brauer Museum of Art -
- College of Arts and Sciences -
- VU Student Bridge: Tours or presentation on the historic bridge, with VU students talking about their experiences working on it -
- Christ College -
Dr. Mel Piehl, Christ College (honors college) dean
- Continuing Education and Graduate Division
- The value of a graduate degree -
Dr. David Rowland, dean of graduate studies and continuing education
VALPO CORE
- Valpo Core: Freshman preparation course -
VEHICLE MAINTENANCE
- Emergency vehicle maintenance: Safely changing a flat tire, jump-starting a vehicle, vehicle checks -
VIDEOTAPING
- Taking great videos of the family vacation
- The filming of Crusader basketball -
VIETNAM WAR
- Literature of the Vietnam War -
VIOLENCE
- The International Court of Justice
- Executive and legislative war powers in the U.S.
- The United Nations and the use of force - Dr.
Jeremy Telman, law
- International conflicts, particularly in Europe or Latin America -Dr.
Albert Trost, political science
VOLUNTEERING
- American traditions of philanthropic giving
- An education for philanthropy
- The place of reflection in civic life -
- VU's Engineers Without Borders chapter
- Kenya village well and irrigation project -
WEATHER
- "Do Bacteria Make it Rain?" -
- Severe weather preparedness
- Field study of severe storms
- Severe thunderstorms and tornadoes
- Tours of the VU Weather Center -
Dr. Bart Wolf, geography and meteorology
WOMEN
- Latin American women and their search for justice: The Chilean arpilleristas and Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo -
Dr. Debra Ames, foreign languages and literatures
- Raising confident and successful daughters
- Making Waves: Experiences and history of Asian-American women through autobiographical writings
- Women of Hope: Latina women in the U.S.
- The ethnic American woman: Problems, protests and lifestyles -
- Women's writing in Latin America -
Dr. Stacy Hoult, foreign languages and literatures
- Women's history including the suffrage movement -
- Women in math and computer science -
- Women in the Bible
- Experiences as a woman scorekeeper for men’s basketball -
- Gender in Japanese comics-
- Title IX's impact on intercollegiate athletics
- Compliance, gender and minority issues in intercollegiate athletics -
- Women's writing
- Rediscovery of women and minority writers
- History of feminism
- Women's movement -
- Women and Islam
- Women in the Abrahamic religions -
- Drug use and abuse by women -
- Women in the church
- Deaconess ministry -
Louise Williams, Lutheran Deaconess Association
WRITING
- Effective writing in the workplace -
- Writing an autobiography -
- How to write a news release -
- Fundraising communications, including case statements, audience, message, making a gift, special events and stewardship follow up -
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