- IF YOU WANT TO BE THE KIND OF NURSE WHO...
- 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.
Student Nursing Association
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.
Scholarship Information
Some 90% of all Valpo students receive some form of financial aid. Take a look at scholarship information for the College of Nursing.
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.
- SPOTLIGHT
Homecoming Brat Fry
Catch up with old classmates on October 11th from 11:30am- 12:30pm on the east side lawn of LeBien Hall!
CoN 40th Anniversary Gala
Find details about the 40th Anniversary Celebration here! More...
Harre Union Construction
The largest construction project in University history will culminate in the much anticipated new Harre Union. View construction renderings, floorplans, and a live Web Cam! More...