Dr. Melissa Friesen, art, communication and theatre department chair, and Dr. Walt Paquin, director of social work program, will share “Arts-based Civic Practice and Learning in Community,” during a Colloquium presentation at 4 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 7 in Centennial Hall’s Stutzman Lecture Hall.
The Bluffton University women's basketball team welcomed Franklin College to town on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020, for Alumni Day. The Beavers were able to hold off a tough Grizzly team, 66-56. Bluffton improved to 10-9 (4-8 HCAC) while Franklin slipped to 11-7 (7-5 HCAC).
The Bluffton University Track and Field team traveled to Ohio Northern University for the 2nd week in a row on Saturday, Feb. 1.
Saturday was another good meet for the Beavers. Bluffton's school record for the long jump was broken for the 2nd straight week in a row. Freshman Caitlyn Renner (Cairo/Bath) eclipsed her own school record by .01 meters, giving her a distance of 5.08 meters. This keeps her at the top of the conference competition in the long jump. Senior Ciana Hostetler (Sugarcreek/Garaway) also competed in the long jump and produced a personal best.
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 3, 2020 - 4:46pm
Bluffton’s first-ever downtown chocolate walk takes place from 5 to 8 p.m., Thursday, sponsored by the Bluffton downtown merchants.
The event is limited to 200 tickets. Tickets are $10 each. Each ticket holder will be eligible for a free chocolate treat at each participating merchants.
Just when you thought there were no more Icon contests, the Icon Oscar’s Contest is here.
The contest includes multi-choice questions, so you can enter even if you don’t have a clue about this year’s movies.
The Oscars ceremony is held on Sunday evening, Feb. 9. The deadline to enter the contest is 6 p.m. on Sunday. The winner receives 6 passes to the Shannon Theatre, Bluffton
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 3, 2020 - 3:11pm
Members of the 1999-2000 BHS girls' basketball team were recognized on Saturday during halftime of the BHS – P-G boys' game. Members of the team, front from left, John Hick, trainer, Caity Matter Henniger and Tara Buroker McCullough. Standing from left, Dennis Lee, coach, Pat Pritchard, JV coach, Rachel Holt Terlecky, Cindy Lee, assistant coach, Abbey Schaaf, Abbie Fett Myers, Kelly Ann Worthington, Lauren Potts, Jim Raabe, athletic director. More photos are part of this series. (Jamie Nygaard photos)