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21 wrz 2022 · Learn how Valparaiso University students, faculty, and staff created Beacon, a golden retriever, and Blaze, a chocolate labrador, as the new mascots for the Beacons. Discover their personalities, traits, and how they represent the University and its community.
10 sie 2021 · Valparaiso University has announced a new mascot, months after retiring the decades-old "Crusader" mascot. "We are Beacons," the university shared in a Twitter video on Tuesday. The new mascot...
10 sie 2021 · Valpo announced that it has adopted Beacons as its new nickname and mascot, replacing Crusaders. Beacons honors the University's history, character and light, and reflects its values and mission.
Mascot. After years of going without one, Valparaiso University pursued a mascot in 1931. The Uhlan was chosen over the Dunesmen and the Vandals. [11] . After debate in 1941 over choosing a mascot less proximate to the Nazi cause, the Crusader was chosen as the new mascot in 1942.
23 wrz 2024 · A little over two years ago on Aug. 15, 2022, Valparaiso University announced that a golden retriever named Beacon and a chocolate labrador named Blaze would be the two new mascots to accompany the nickname change from ‘Crusaders’ to the now ‘Beacons.’.
15 sie 2022 · More than one year after retiring the Crusader, Valparaiso University has revealed a new, rather two new, mascots to represent the brown and gold. Themes well-known among the Valpo community are apparent in Beacon the Golden Retriever and Blaze the Chocolate Lab.
23 wrz 2021 · In 1931 the university’s first mascot became the Uhlan, a cavalry unit “named after Austrian and German heritage” related to the school’s Lutheran background. The ReVU Review discusses an announcement which revealed the choice of the Uhlan through approximately 125 votes and write-ins.
