Valparaiso University Department of Sociology and Criminology

Happy Valpo Day!
https://giveto.valpo.edu/portal/valpo_day_2026?tab=About

Join us for an evening of deep conversation and discovery! This interdisciplinary event brings together thinkers from science, theology, philosophy, and technology to explore one of the most fascinating questions of our time:
How does artificial intelligence challenge—and expand—our understanding of the sacred, the human, and the divine?

💡 Expect thought-provoking dialogue on topics such as:

The ethics of AI and human creativity

Technology as a mirror of our deepest values

How science and spirituality might inform one another in the age of intelligent machines

📅 Date: November 11
📍 Location: Christopher Center Library CLR 205
🕒 Time: 5:0
Refreshments will be served.

Thank you to our Alumni Panel members for coming back for homecoming weekend and speaking to current students. We appreciate your time and insight!

Nell Riordan, ‘21 Sociology Major & Political Science Minor, Amber Haack, ’20 Economics, Mathematics, & Business Major, Meshach Melton, ‘24 Political Science & Economics Major, and Megan Salrin, ‘18 Political Science & Economics Major

Come join us!

Welcome back to all of our faculty, staff, and of course the students!!!! We love seeing everyone back on campus.

We are always so proud of our graduates! Please come back and visit us, you will be missed.

Congratulations to the newest members of Alpha Kappa Delta!!!!!

Please help us win this years challenge!!! Please donate between 10 & 11 AM. Any amount is appreciated!!!!

Thank you Erica Gilbert '15, Abby Wichlinski '18, Mary Mullins '18 and Victoria Bain '20, and and to the rest of the alumni panelist who came to speak to our students. Your passion for your work and willingness to share your journey provided our students with invaluable perspectives.

Wish we had taken more photos and done so earlier in the evening, but a few pics of senior dinner 2024.