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Wait Erik Hromadka, CEO of GWTR, actually won an Alumni Award?  I had never heard of previous recipients but Erik... I've bought stock in his company... small world...

$436 million!!!
http://www.gwtr.com/news_10-09-2019.php

We need a few more signatures please!

https://www.change.org/p/phoenix-suns-get-alec-peters-nicknamed-global-water

The other problem with the freshman class numbers is that there are more commuter students.

Paul

Well, where would they reside now that both Theta Chis and Sig Taus are shuttered?

Looks like the VU award is getting E some sweet interviews:

Erik Romadca - CEO of Global Water Technologies at GE discusses water usage policy video

Interesting.  The dude needs a tailor!

Don't ask me (I certainly don't qualify!), but it seems that the most successful CEOs of PTCs don't let themselves become slaves of fashion - Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, T. Boone Pickens, Kirk Kerkorian, Erik Hromadka, Bob Stupak (RIP), etc.

http://vimeo.com/68504889

[People + Pipes + Policy]

GWTR presentation - WaterVent in Dubai - November 2013 on Vimeo

Forget FOS, here's Erik!

People + Pipes + Policy

moodboom:

Heck yeah!  This is huge.  The guy had a dream to fix the problem of drinking water delivery throughout the globe back when he was at VU, and now less than thirty years later ...!

By the way, are you a friend of Doug Rich?  I am pretty sure I have heard him mention you.

[I]

Ah, yes, the back rubs.  Always, the back rubs.  I haven't forgotten.

Did she tell you there would be "a high pressure situation to the north, with a 30% chance of deep friction"?

No, but Doug Rich did

Do you ever read Business Week?

http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=52086305&ticker=GWTR

Do you ever shop at Amazon?

http://www.amazon.com/Erik-Hromadka/e/B00JCOG55Y

And that is just the As and Bs!

Great choice by the VU Alumni Association.

Congrats to Erik Hromadka (1988) who is receiving the 2014 Alumni Achievement Award on October 12th at the Chapel of the Resurrection!

http://alumni.valpo.edu/s/1347/index.aspx?sid=1347&gid=1&pgid=953

Much was written about him by gracious alumni on the old Valpo Fan Forum (the predecessor of this fine site).

I would like to surprise him with this thread at Homecoming.  So please list you favorite Erik story.  (If you do not know him or of his legendary time at Valpo and Sigma Tau Gamma, please check out the Valpo Fan Forum or www.gwtr.com.)

Thank you

[Erik Hromadka '88]

Congratulations to our 2014 Alumni Award Recipients!

Each fall during Homecoming and Reunion Weekend, the Valparaiso University Alumni Association recognizes alumni who have made notable contributions to society and the University. Alumni enrolled at or employed by the University and voting members of the University's Board of Directors and the Association's Board of Directors are not eligible.

Alumni Achievement Award

Erik Hromadka '88
Janet Mielke '74 Schwartz


http://alumni.valpo.edu/s/1347/index.aspx?sid=1347&gid=1&pgid=953

Does anyone know when the VUAA will be announcing the winners of the 2013 Alumni Achievement Awards?

Thanks for any info.

I still like the Valparaiso Global Water idea.

If Alabama can have the Crimson Tide and Tulane can have the Green Wave, we can have the Global Water!

somewhere I have pictures of the house being built. maybe even some pics of the original one after the fire

They never found out who started that fire.  Please put those photos up here and perhaps, just perhaps. you, me, johnny_f and StlVUFan can figure out the culprit by looking at those 40-year old photos.

Heck, it worked for Daniel Craig's character in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, and he was fictional!.

https://plus.google.com/photos/109752226254218974576/albums/5813065928294276113?authkey=CO-NvdmXyLukyQE

VU's Sigma Tau Gamma house, 1985-87

Stl, he did the same with anyone who tried to question his reasoning for either his posts or his politics. It didn't matter who you were, if you didn't see his side of things and immediately stand with him, he labelled you and lumped you in with the rest of the "Liberals".

What is wrong with that?!  Being called a Liberal is akin to being called a God.

nerd, they will be done printing the paper copy, and going all digital on January 1, 2013. It was getting too expensive to print so many paper copies that go unsold of a weekly magazine that more people were reading online anyway. Anyone in the journalism realm, do you guys see this sooner, but the 'old hat' didn't believe the internet would have the future we're living now?

In recent years Newsweek has adopted a far left political bend, which has alienated most moderates and nearly all conservatives.  According to Gallup only 21% of Americans are self-described liberals.    A smaller target market combined with the challenges that all print media face and Newsweek's business model no longer works - plain and simple. By the way in case someone is hoping for a Newsweek web-based rebirth, financial analysts are all saying they are basically done.  End of an era.

Oh boy, another "Blame the Liberals!!!!" post. 

To be fair, the story was a features story, not a sports story, so odds are they didn't know about Butler leaving. That also means the person editing it isn't a sports guy, and unlike the past couple of years, neither of the top editors are big sports guys. And about the whole plagiarism thing, I think the most disappointing thing is that the guy wasn't caught sooner.

I asked a very successful VU journalism alum (Class of 1988) about the story and here is his interesting take:

"It's sad to see what has happened to journalism since we were there. One of the reasons I chose Valpo was I envisioned a career writing for Newsweek and Jack Anderson advised me to attend a school with an old-school journalism degree program... VU had one, but it ended my freshman year in favor of a more general 'communications' program with PR and instruction in 'floppy disc' technology that Doug will remember.

The basic tenets of the profession have been in decline over the last 25 years and next month Newsweek will print its final issue. I've had the opportunity to write for some 50+ publications over the years and participate in the exciting advent of Internet communications, which came a long way since hacking around on Miller's Atari modem... but the industry has been brutalized and missed a huge opportunity to adopt and evolve with the new tools. That makes it very tough for this generation of students and it's too bad so many of them are going $50,000 into debt without getting the skills they need for the future."

Never mind.  It was a photo (of the Shack dilapidated) from last year!

I spoke to a buddy in Indianapolis and he said some bad weather is on the horizon due to the storms hitting the east coast.

Can someone in Valpo (I'm in the western U.S.) step outside and write a reply to this post, explaining what is going on weather-wise?  It would be especially appreciated if you could run down to Mound Street and report from there.

Thanks and god bless!

Quite interesting.  The new map looks like the Sigma Tau Gamma frat house @ 801 Union Street will kind of be the Gateway for all this.  Probably make that land worth 3x its current value!

VU grad Erik Hromadka ('88) spoke today. How did it go?

Wed, Oct 10th - 1:45pm - 3pm Workshop IV-A: Addressing the Challenges & Providing Solutions to Water Infrastructure Problems

Pfister Grand Ballroom

In the U.S. and throughout the developed world, demand for water is outstripping the ability of aging infrastructure to supply it safely, efficiently, and economically. The challenge is too great to solve by brute force. Instead, we need to develop and deploy innovative solutions that drive greater efficiency, reduce energy costs, and maintain the quality and safety we have come to expect. The panel will discuss the key challenges and a range of solutions including smart water networks that use some of the same principles as the smart energy grid to manage water effectively, detect leaks and deteriorating infrastructure, and ensure water quality.

http://www.thewatercouncil.com/watersummit/?post_type=session

http://www.thewatercouncil.com/watersummit/?participant=erik-hromadka

Harry Hinrichs (son of Sig Tau Paul) is playing at the Cornucopia in downtown Valpo tonight (7-9 pm), and tomorrow he is opening for Planetary Blues at 3 pm.  Check him out.  He is awesome.

One of VU's most important buildings needs your help:

http://gogetfunding.com/project/save-801-union-st./

No need to be a Sig Tau to give.  Please give!

Thanks.