On Valentine’s Day, spend an elegant evening in the company of loved ones and friends during “Love is in the Air” at Bluffton University.
This “Thursdays at Yoder” event will take place on Feb. 14, in the beautiful lobby of Yoder Recital Hall and will feature music and food celebrating our global culture. Live music will be performed by Bluffton’s talented faculty and students, and a five-course tasting menu will be prepared and served by the Bluffton University Nutrition Association (BUNA). Complimentary childcare will be provided upon request.
High school students are invited to learn more about Bluffton University’s Educator Preparation Program, the demands and rewards of teaching, and career routes for education majors during a special event for high school juniors and seniors hosted by the Bluffton Education Organization (BEO).
Dr. Martina Cucchiara, associate professor of history at Bluffton University, will present the Colloquium, "We Want to Become Saviors and Helpers of our Fatherland: Catholic Girls in Nazi Germany,” at 4 p.m. on Feb. 8 in Stutzman Lecture Hall.
Bluffton University men's and women's basketball teams lost to Hanover on Saturday. The men's story is below the women's story.
Women's game
The Bluffton University women's basketball team lost a high-scoring affair (89-80) on Saturday, Jan. 26, to a talented Hanover team. The loss dropped the Beavers to 6-13 on the season (4-8 HCAC). Hanover improved to 13-6 and 9-3 in the Heartland Conference.
Jordan Stutzman, a senior from Millersburg, Ohio, is Bluffton University’s seventh recipient of a full scholarship to Bowling Green State University’s Master of Accountancy program.
Stutzman has earned the Beaver-Falcon MAcc Scholarship, a Bluffton-Bowling Green partnership that includes a full-tuition award plus a paid graduate assistantship for a Bluffton accounting graduate.
Justis Dowdy has a long history with Bluffton University. His parents are graduates, so is his sister and brother-in-law and soon he will join their ranks.
“I’m ready to start looking for jobs,” said Dowdy, a senior sports management major and member of the men’s basketball team. “I feel prepared and I owe a lot of that to Coach Neal. He’s helped make me a better man.”
