Kathryn (Lehman) Harsha and Kirsten Halker-Kratz are giving back to the Bluffton University music department that helped mold them 20 years ago.
Harsha and Halker-Kratz, who graduated from Bluffton in 1995 and ’96, respectively, are returning to campus Saturday, May 2, for a piano and organ recital that will also serve as a fundraiser for the music department. The May Day event will begin at 4:30 p.m. in Yoder Recital Hall.
Bluffton artist Gregg Luginbuhl will receive two significant awards at The Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, on Sunday, May 3.
The first is a juror’s award in The Best of 2015, the annual exhibition of fine craft organized by Ohio Designer Craftsmen. He will receive the award for Excellence in Functional Ceramics for Rustic Decanter XXX and 6 Cups. This is the most recent piece in his Rustic Decanter Series, which began about 12 years ago.
This year’s juror, Beth Ann Gerstein, is Executive Director of The American Museum of Ceramic Art in Pamona, California.
Jidder (played by community member Dan Stanowick) shows Big Willy (Aaron Johnson) and June (Ashley Smith) the lease that he expects June to honor in “Corn,” one of five vignettes that comprise Bluffton University’s May Day musical, “The Musical of Musicals: The Musical!” The celebratory parody of musical theatre greats will be staged at 7:30 p.m. April 30-May 2 in Founders Hall.
Bluffton University recognized many of its top students for their academic achievements at the annual Academic Awards and Honors Forum on April 21.
Honored as distinguished scholars in their respective academic areas were 36 seniors. Drew Luginbuhl of Bluffton was named distinguished scholar in two programs—information technology and mathematics.
