Through artwork, letters and scrapbooks, Bluffton University archivist and 1999 graduate Carrie Phillips is sharing the unique history of Bluffton during and after World War I.
Phillips developed the exhibit “Of Bronze and Bravery” as a complement to “Voices of Conscience,” the traveling Kauffman Museum exhibit on display at Bluffton’s Musselman Library.
The two exhibits highlight the differing experiences of Mennonites during the Great War Era.
PLANT CITY, Fla. - The Bluffton University softball squad picked up on Wednesday where they left off Monday as they added another win to their record in a dominating 10-2 victory over Simmons in six innings. In game two, they revisited Saint Joseph's (Me.) and nearly exacted some revenge, but came up just short as the Beavers lost a hard fought game by the score of 7-6. Bluffton now stands 2-4 overall with two more days of action from Florida.
Here are recent results from Bluffton University baseball and softball teams in Florida this week.
Baseball
FORT MYERS, Fla. - After kicking off the season with two wins, the Beavers dropped a pair on Monday, March 4, to Moravian (11-8) and Ohio-rival Otterbein University (8-3). Bluffton fell to 2-2 on the year with seven games left in the Sunshine State.
University junior Parker Reynolds (Avon) earnd the first Heartland Conference Hitter of the Week award for the 2019 baseball season. It marks his first Hitter of the Week award as a Beaver.
Dr. Crystal Sellers Battle, associate professor of music at Bluffton University, will present the Forum “Songs for Resistance and Revolution” at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, March 12, in the Yoder Recital Hall.
Her presentation will examine the music of social movements—both sacred and secular—establishing the broader cultural context for songs of resistance from the Great War era.
Hanif Abdurraqib, a poet, essayist and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio, will give a public reading at 4 p.m., Tuesday, March 12 in Centennial Hall’s Stutzman Lecture Hall at Bluffton University. Abdurraqib is the author of a biography on A Tribe Called Quest called “Go Ahead in the Rain,” a Hurston-Wright Legacy Award nominee for “The Crown Ain’t Worth Much” and “They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us,” named a best book of 2017 by NPR, Pitchfork, Oprah Magazine, The Chicago Tribune, Slate, Esquire, GQ and Publisher’s Weekly.
Senior artists and graphic designers from Bluffton University will showcase their most prominent work in their combined exhibit titled “6:1 Six Artists, One Show.”
Rebecca Baden, Bowling Green, Ohio; Becky Boban, Madison, Ohio; Brista Drake, Richwood, Ohio; Cara Echols, New Bremen, Ohio; Emily Griffioen, Belmond, Iowa; and Elizabeth Luersman, Fort Jennings, Ohio; will have work on display. The exhibit opens March 11 and runs through March 24 in the Grace Albrecht Gallery of Bluffton University’s Sauder Visual Arts Center.
