The Bluffton University football team will collect new Lego bricks and sets during its Saturday, Sept. 29, home game against Mount St. Joseph. The game begins at 1:30 p.m. in Salzman Stadium. Collection boxes will be located at the stadium’s front entrance.
The collection will honor the legacy of Cainan Craun, the 7-year-old son of Patrick ’05 and Gina (Berelsman ’06) Craun, who died in January from a brain tumor. The Craun’s, along with their 6-year-old son Gideon, will serve as honorary team captains during the game.
The Bluffton University men's soccer team fell to Adrian College by a 3-0 count on a hot Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018. The Bulldogs evened their mark at 3-3, while Bluffton fell to 1-6 on the season.
The Beavers trailed just 1-0 at the break, but Adrian tacked on two goals in the second stanza for a 3-0 shutout at the Sears Complex.
The Bluffton University volleyball team rolled through Wilmington in three sets (25-18, 25-17, 25-8) on Wednesday, Sept. 19. Wilmington fell to 1-12, while the Beavers upped their season tally to 6-7 following their fourth straight victory.
Senior Jessie Gibson (Warsaw/River View) was on fire from the start, hammering home 11 kills against three errors for a .348 hitting percentage. Table setter Erin Weisgarber (Bolivar/Tuscarawas) hit at a ridiculous .600 clip thanks to seven kills and one error on just 10 swings.
Becky Boban, a Bluffton University senior, will present “Beyond the Words” during an 11 a.m. Forum on Tuesday, Oct. 2, in the Reading Room of Musselman Library.
Boban, a senior from Madison, Ohio, is an art and writing major who spent the summer of 2018 pursuing her passion for writing. Through grants from Bluffton University, she attended two writers’ workshops and honed her craft.
Boban has been published in “The Merrimack Review,” “Asterism,” “Periphery” and “Bridge: The Bluffton University Literary Journal.”
Exceptional Bluffton University alumni will be honored this year during two events on Homecoming, Oct. 13. Alumni who have reached milestones of professional achievement and lifetime service are recognized at the evening President’s Banquet while inductees to Bluffton’s Athletics Hall of Fame will be celebrated during a brunch event.
This year, the Outstanding Young Alumni Award will be presented to 2008 graduate Michael Stulman, a native of Findlay, Ohio, in absentia. Richard (Dick) Ramseyer ’57, of Bluffton, Ohio, will receive the Lifetime Service Award.
