Numbers Update: I am very pleased to announce that as of Monday, May 21, our deposits (801) are equal to where we were on this same Monday one year ago (meaning….we've caught up)! Thank you for your help bringing in the class of Fall 2007. Our work is not done, however. We will continue to encourage our non-deposited students to choose Valpo and will strengthen our relationships with our deposited students so that they continue to feel VU is the right choice.
FOCUS information we thought you'd appreciate knowing:
- Students must submit the FOCUS registration form and payment to secure their place in a session date.
- If you learn of an admitted student who is wondering if his/her registration was received, ask them to call us immediately at 888-468-2576 (toll free).
- We feel strongly about students attending June FOCUS. However in some cases students who live a distance away can attend FALL FOCUS which runs the day before move-in day (Saturday, August 25 is move-in day).
- Transfer students attending FOCUS will be roomed together since their experience will be at a different level than that of the new freshmen.
- FOCUS sessions can only accommodate 170 students and FOCUS 1 is already closed.
Crusader Questionnaire: We've developed a "fun" profile, highlighting the activities, interests and oddities of the entering freshman class. We sent this information to all admitted students encouraging them to "get to know" their future classmates. If you're interested in reading it, visit http://www.valpo.edu/admissions/admitted/2011.php .
A Unique Summer Camp: Laura Sanders, Director of the College of Engineering's Hesse Center, is running Camp Invention at VU July 23-27. Camp Invention is a weeklong summer enrichment program for children entering grades one through six. The camp fosters creativity, teamwork, inventive thinking skills and science literacy. The fee is $199. For further information contact her at Laura.Sanders@valpo.edu or give her a call at 219-464-5210. Camp invention was created in 1990 by the National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation, a nationally recognized nonprofit organization.