Bluffton University will host a Reader’s Theatre, “I Have Not Forsaken the Word of God,” at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 13, in College Hall’s Ramseyer Auditorium.
The production is directed by Dr. Melissa Friesen, Mary Nord Ignat and Joseph Ignat professor of theatre and communication at Bluffton University, and is based on testimony of Jacques d’Auchy from “Martyrs Mirror.”
Rev. Dr. Maxwell Kennel, director of Pandora Press and editor of the Anabaptist and Mennonite Studies Series, came to Bluffton University the week of March 24, 2025, for spring semester’s Spiritual Life Week. Kennel provided the Forum and Chapel messages and worked with students as they explored Deuteronomy 6:4-9 and the theme “Faith and Memory.”
“Memory is not merely an individual act,” said Kennel. “But a collective process, shaped by our social and political context.”
Bishop T. Florence ‘25, a math major, will present the First Tuesday in the Library Forum, “Basketball by the Numbers: Understanding the Impact of Stats,” at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, April 1, in Musselman Library Reading Room.
During the presentation, Florence will explain the importance of advanced stats/analytics for sports as investigated on during his independent study project.
Marathana Prothro, director of general education, will provide the Forum “Gaslit Generation: The Myth of ‘For You’” at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 1, in Yoder Recital Hall.
The presentation will show how social media companies work against their users by nurturing a culture of self-forgetting.
DATE CORRECTED Dr. Steve Harnish, professor of mathematics at Bluffton University, will present the Colloquium, “The Mennonite and the Quantum Physicist: An Early Slice of Bluffton College History” at 4 p.m. on Friday, March 28, in Centennial Hall’s Stutzman Lecture Hall.
During Bluffton University’s Forum on Tuesday, March 18, Dr. John D. Roth, emeritus professor of history at Goshen College and project director of MennoMedia’s Anabaptism at 500 initiative reflected on what tradition teaches us about life's most challenging question: What is the Good Life?
As part of the university's yearlong commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Anabaptist movement, Roth explored the core principles that have shaped the Anabaptist faith and how these values remain relevant in today’s world.
