[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17277]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


           RECOGNIZING VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY'S HONORS COLLEGE

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                        HON. PETER J. VISCLOSKY

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 3, 2015

  Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the 50th 
anniversary of the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC). For the 
past 50 years, the NCHC has been committed to excellence in honors 
education.
  In particular, I rise to honor Valparaiso University's honors 
college, Christ College, an NCHC member located in Indiana's First 
Congressional District, for its commitment to teaching America's finest 
students. Dedicated to the cultivation of intellectual, moral, and 
spiritual virtues, Christ College seeks to emphasize history, 
literature, art, philosophy, and religious studies. Small discussion-
centered classes offer stimulating interdisciplinary study with master 
teacher-scholars appointed full-time to the honors college. The 
students enrolled in the honors program not only take rigorous honors 
coursework, but are concurrently enrolled in one of Valparaiso 
University's other excellent colleges from which they earn their 
degrees.
  Prominent Christ College alumni include federal district court judge 
Rebecca R. Pallmeyer, class of 1976, and the Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of State for the Bureau of Energy Resources, Mary Burce 
Warlick. These outstanding examples, and the many other successful 
alumni of the honors program, are a testament to the dedication that 
Valparaiso University's Christ College has towards its students.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask you and my other distinguished colleagues to join 
me in congratulating the National Collegiate Honors Council on its 50th 
anniversary and in recognizing the exemplary commitment to education at 
Christ College. For its passionate dedication to the institute of 
education, the NCHC and Christ College are worthy of the highest 
praise. Founded in 1859, Valparaiso University has been a true asset to 
Northwest Indiana since its inception, and its faculty, staff, and 
students are a source of pride for the First Congressional District.

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