Valparaiso University, a small Lutheran university, 鈥渋s a serious academic community with strong, but not forceful, religious background鈥 that 鈥減repares, motivates, and challenges tomorrow鈥檚 leaders, engineers, nurses, and teachers while giving the opportunity for religious growth.鈥 Business, education, and engineering are the most popular general areas of study, and are among Valpo鈥檚 most celebrated departments. Other standout disciplines include nursing, music, theater (鈥渢he department involves touring professional directors a couple times a year, which speaks for itself鈥 and 鈥減uts on great plays鈥), and one of the nation鈥檚 largest meteorology programs (which 鈥渏ust erected a stateof-the-art Doppler radar, putting Valpo at the forefront for undergrad meteorology鈥). Undergrads here appreciate the breadth of excellent offerings as well as 鈥渢he school鈥檚 ability to integrate the liberal arts with a variety of majors...As a student, I have been able to study engineering as well as hermeneutics, child development, and read classic texts ranging from Aristotle and Plato to Chuang Tzu and Derrida.鈥 Valpo operates under an honor code students say, 鈥渃reates an environment of trust and high moral responsibility.鈥 鈥淧eople follow the honor code, especially because the punishments are strict, such as failing the class for a first offense,鈥 one student tells us. A few dissenters feel 鈥渢he honor code may reduce some cheating, but I don鈥檛 think it comes near to eliminating it.鈥 Outstanding students may enroll in Christ College, an honors college, which they describe as 鈥渧ery intense but very rewarding.鈥