Did you know that there is an opening link on the VU website saying: St. Joseph's Students Click Here? It's the very first thing you see.
it takes you to this page: http://www.valpo.edu/admission/saint-josephs-college/
That's been up for a while. As unfortunate as it is for St. Joe and their students and alumni, it could be a big plus for Valpo. It is also a very solid example of why the endowment is such a big deal. St. Joe has an endowment of about $50 million and it wasn't enough. I addition they had for many years relied on nuns and priest doing work and teaching for basicly nothing. As their numbers declined the costs went up.
As I see it, not only could we garner students, but also faculty. I'm sure there are many phd's working there who may not want to relocate. With Valpo being only a 40 mile drive I would think we could have our pick of both students and faculty.
Quote from: vu72 on March 30, 2017, 11:16:54 AM
That's been up for a while. As unfortunate as it is for St. Joe and their students and alumni, it could be a big plus for Valpo. It is also a very solid example of why the endowment is such a big deal. St. Joe has an endowment of about $50 million and it wasn't enough. I addition they had for many years relied on nuns and priest doing work and teaching for basicly nothing. As their numbers declined the costs went up.
As I see it, not only could we garner students, but also faculty. I'm sure there are many phd's working there who may not want to relocate. With Valpo being only a 40 mile drive I would think we could have our pick of both students and faculty.
If SJC does ultimately close, could we somehow acquire or use their fieldhouse for our athletes? Serious.
Is it the same gym they have had for about a century with the netting bahind the baskets and the old school Pepsi cap scoreboards?
Yeah, I think that's their fieldhouse. I was thinking more of the Hanson Rec Center. Nice little indoor facility.
Quote from: usc4valpo on March 30, 2017, 12:22:39 PM
Is it the same gym they have had for about a century with the netting bahind the baskets and the old school Pepsi cap scoreboards?
No, they expanded and took down the netting. I've walked through their gym.
http://athletics.saintjoe.edu/sports/2011/6/22/GEN_0622113400.aspx
Scroll down to the basketball facility known as Scharf Fieldhouse
I went to a game there and was shocked at that time that there was a worse place to play than the hilltop. I wish I could get one of the scoreboard as it would look cool in the mancave
Their baseball stadium was better than ours. I always liked playing at St. Joe's.
Quote from: valpotx on March 31, 2017, 07:44:29 PM
Their baseball stadium was better than ours. I always liked playing at St. Joe's.
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Does that include the present Em Bauer field?
Related: Which brings up an interesting topic. Most stadiuns seldom reach attendance capacity. Are stadiums/arenas actually being set up more for recruiting/publicity/bragging than acual attendance capacity?
Yes, their field and stands are/were better than Em G Bauer Field.