Valparaiso University - Beacon / Record Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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A tour of campus will ultimately lead visi- tors past Mueller Hall, home of Christ Col- lege. Despite the name, this is not a pro- gram exclusively for pre-seminary students. Christ College is VU's Honors College. Twenty-five years ago a directive studies program, emphasizing more individualized studies, was initiated at VU as alternative education for honors students. By the mid- 1960's, President O.P. Kretzmann estab- lished a full-fledged honors college, later called Christ College, or llCC. CC was based in part on British models, with both Oxford and Cambridge having Christ Col- leges as well. The honors college was established to combat what President Kretzmann saw as an increased emphasis on professionaliza- tion - a threat, as he perceived it, to the central mission of the liberal arts ground- ings of the University. Kretzmann also was interested in the relationship of Christianity to intellectual studies, and he was interest- ed in having the best of students struggle with this. The Christ College curriculum was in- tended to include both integration and ex- ? perimentation from its origins. By including integration as a focus, the college wmuld be interdisciplinary and provide a liberal arts grounding for all colleges. ' The Freshman Program was integrated into the CC. curriculum in 1972, and has retained its basic purposes in its evolution since then. The Production became an es- tablished tradition with original music and w . drama trying to incorporate new ideas and : materials and new ways to present them. Christ College is looking forward to many more years of integration and experimenta- tion. Dean Meyer of Christ College feels that the college has matured in this time, but, he adds, the basic ideas and purposes are still the same. --- Debbie Petersen 1. Dancing their way to success: Freshmen prepare for the production. 2. Christ College students take time out of their studies to relax and socialize. 3. Producing The Dream Tree production took time, dedication, and patience. 4. These CCers talk under the tree where dreams come true in the freshman production. 5. One building with many rooms, many uses. The CC building embraces the future. 6. Hours were spent composing music for The Dream Tree. 7. CC? Avant garde? 8. Mike Caldwell, Julie Meyer, and Bill Rohde discuss Olmsted's latest suit and tie combo.

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Convenience, Space, Closer Contact Formerly, when a newcomer arrived on campus, he or she would be in for a fair amount of confusion as he or she searched for the various offices needed to conduct crucial business. With the centralization of many offices in the new administration building of Kretzmann Hall, however, life will be easier for both students and Univer- sity personnel. Kretzmann Hall, formerly Wesemann Hall, the law school, now houses the Presi- dent, several of the deans, the Admissions and Financial Aid offices, the Housing Of- fice, Business Office, Student Affairs, the University Guild, and the Registrar, among other offices involved in the operation of daily life at Valpo. No longer will the stu- dent have to run from one building to an- other, trying to get information or correct a problem. The move also gives the adminis- trative offices more room and close contact with each other. Kretzmann Hall offers large meeting rooms where the administra- tion can hold conferences at a location con- venient to everyone. Inadequate facilities prompted the relo- cation of the Student Counseling Center and Security to better areas, and both the old buildings were demolished. The Coun- seling Center moved to the building behind LeBien Hall. This building offers more space for the counselors and for the Career Re- source Center. Campus Security is now the basement of Guild Hall. Other offices moved from old campu: more central locations, such as the Inter tional Studies Center, which now reside Mueller Hall. Although the changes have been ml with optimistic views, the real test is come in the fall, when returning stude hopefully will find the changes more 0 venient. Now a student will be able to admitted, discuss financial aid, register,; pay the school bill all in one building. ---Stephanie Scha