Four Bluffton University art students will display “The Art in Us”—their senior exhibition—from March 23-April 2 in the Grace Albrecht Gallery in Sauder Visual Arts Center.
Showing their best work from four years of study and studio time on campus are Kerry Bush, from Bluffton; Julie Foster, from Lima; Amanda Hunsberger, from Shipshewana, Ind.; and Courtney Partee, from Napoleon. Media include photography, graphic design, painting, sculpture and other three-dimensional art.
Bluffton University’s Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR) is offering a trail biking class this spring for both interested retirees and the semi-retired.
Local bicyclists Paul and Mary Fleck will lead the class, whose first meeting will be at 1:30 p.m. March 26 in the ILR classroom, located in Shultz Hall of Riley Court on campus. Cost is $50; the registration deadline is March 20.
In a race on the national stage, Bluffton High School track standout Hannah Chappell-Dick, running for Eastern Mennonite University, had a strong finish to grab the silver medal in the mile at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field National Championships.
Chappell-Dick completes an incredible indoor season with the race, earning All-American honors for the first time in her career.
WESTFIELD, Ind. - The Bluffton University baseball team continued its winning ways with a pair of victories over rival Mennonite institution Goshen College on Sunday, March 15, 2015. The Beavers improved to 7-4 on the season following the wins at Greenfield, Ind., while Goshen fell to 2-10.
"Living and Learning in the Contact Zone” will be Kate Spike’s topic for Bluffton University’s Civic Engagement Forum on Tuesday, March 24, in Founders Hall. Her 11 a.m. presentation is free and open to the public.
Students in Bluffton University’s dietetics internship program will host a Wellness Fair from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, March 19, in the Sommer Center on campus.
The event is open to the public, with several optional health screenings—provided by Blanchard Valley Health System—and a number of informational sessions available. The only costs are $12 for a lipid profile and $8 for a cholesterol screening; both require an eight-hour fast beforehand, as does a free glucose screening. A bone density test is also free.
Bluffton school board will act on three spring supports supplemental coaching contracts on Monday.
Those contracts are for Clay Atkins, assistant baseball; Adam Burris, assistant softball and Deron Geiser, volunteer boys’ tennis.
Also on the agenda is the approval of six substitute teachers at $80 per day. They are Jennifer Mann, Carolyn Hensley, Mark Anderson, Julie Klingler, Michael Liles and Megan Byrne.
