A Brief History of Valparaiso University:
In the year of 1859, our town, Valparaiso, Indiana, opened one of the nation’s first coeducational colleges called the Valparaiso Male and Female College. In order for the college to be built Valparaiso citizens raised $11,000. On September 21, 1859, the school opened and 75 students paid a tuition of $8. An additional $2 could be paid per week for a room and board costs. Courses taught here included math, literature, history, science, and philosophy; all of these are strictly based off of their faith, Lutheran. This campus is home to the second-largest collegiate chapel in the world named the Chapel of the Resurrection. In 1871, after the Civil War, our precious college closed due to a shortage of students. Don’t worry it reopened two years later and was renamed to the Northern Indiana Normal School and Business Institute. The college spread advancing and specializing. In 1900, it was renamed to Valparaiso College and it was renamed again in 1905 to Valparaiso University. It is still called that today.