Faculty, staff, students and community members gathered at Bluffton University’s Campus Welcome Center for “Christmas at the Houshower House.”
The Sunday, Dec. 2 event included carols led by Dr. Crystal Sellers Battle, lighting ceremony with President Jane Wood and prayer by Hannah Stephens ’19, pastoral assistant.
The new campus tradition highlighted the history of the Houshower House which was built by H.W. Berky and his family in the 1940s and later donated to the university by his son-in-law and daughter Mark and Margaret Houshower.
The Bluffton University women's basketball team lost a hard-fought game to John Carroll University by the score of 86-70 in overtime on Wednesday, Nov. 28. The final tally was misleading as it was a heavyweight battle through the first four rounds. The loss dropped the Beavers to 1-4, while John Carroll improved to 3-2.
With the end of the semester coming to a close, a realization is coming to many seniors at Bluffton University—graduation is approaching.
Bluffton alumna Kerry Pinion, a manager for recruiting services for Fortune 500 Company Automatic Data Processing in Findlay, Ohio, returned to Bluffton to share some advice for the next step in life— joining the full-time workforce.
Paige Lawhorn has a mission in life: to help people. So when choosing a major, nursing was an easy pick.
“I want to make a difference and do something different every single day,” explained Lawhorn of Continental. “With nursing you get that.”
The Bluffton University sophomore is already putting that mission into practice. Lawhorn is an STNA and works at Willow Ridge, a nursing home just down the street from Bluffton’s campus.
“I absolutely love it there. We do all sorts of care, and we have a variety of ages,” said Lawhorn. “I love the people.”
The Bluffton University men's basketball team knocked off Kalamazoo, 95-92, at the Sommer Center with four Beavers notching double digits on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018. Although Bluffton trailed by six at the half, the Beavers stormed back in the second stanza with a 54-45 advantage for Bluffton fourth straight victory (4-1). Kalamazoo slipped to 2-4 on the season.
Dr. Bo Young Kang, director of choral activities, will make her debut conducting the oratorio at Bluffton. Soloists along with the Bluffton Choral Society including students, faculty, staff and community members will be accompanied by an orchestra.
