Welcome Center

[LaPorteAveApostle]

Mosaic, eh?  Speaking of broken things, from the article:

The mosaic, titled "Lightfall," was inspired by Psalm 36:9 and Valparaiso's motto: "In luce tua, videmus lucer," "In your light, we see light."

[sound of classics major sighing]

[agibson]

Heh - nice catch.  I'm no Latinist, but it looks like, even in Latin, that's a straight typo?  Maybe with some risk of greater similarity to the verb forms rather than the noun, but likely to be clear from context?  I was sort of a rooting for an accidental double entendre.

And nice to hear about the mosaic - I look forward to seeing it, and hope I can find the history again once it gets installed.  (At least this site googles well!)

[LaPorteAveApostle]

Interestingly, my (nominally Methodist) alma mater had almost the same motto (in lumine tuo videbimus lucem), but importantly to note uses the future tense, "we WILL see".  Always found it fascinating, if counterintuitive, that a Lutheran school had a more humanist view of the power of reason, at least as reflected in their respective mottoes.

[okinawatyphoon]

There are some fantastic photos on the Valpo Flickr site. Check it out to see the Welcome Center, Chapel, Christopher Center, and others.  http://www.flickr.com/photos/valparaiso_university/

[okinawatyphoon]

Great photo of the Welcome Center in the snow, courtesy of the Valparaiso University Undergraduate Admission Facebook page.