Dr. Jane Wood, president of Bluffton University, and Dr. Katherine Fell, president of University of Findlay, will present the State of the University Forum on Tuesday, Sept. 24.
During the presentation, Dr. Wood and Dr. Fell will address the state of the university in the context of the proposed merger of Bluffton University and University of Findlay.
Dr. Robert Postic, professor of political science at University of Findlay, will present the Forum “The Enduring Legacy of the U.S. Constitution,” on September 17.
During this Forum, Postic will describe the persistent resilience of the U.S. Constitution despite past and present challenges to the democratic polity it preserves.
Free and open to the public, this presentation also serves as Bluffton’s Constitution Day Forum.
Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted
Sept. 3 Forum
Introduction to Gaden Shartse Monks and Performance of Healing Chants
11:00 a.m., Yoder Recital Hall
Sept. 6 Colloquium
Late Style, New Starts and Malamud’s ‘God’s Grace’
Dr. Lamar Nisly, Professor of English
4:00 p.m., Stutzman Lecture Hall, Centennial Hall
Chalsi Campbell ’12, campus pastor; Carrie Mast ’95, associate pastor of First Mennonite Church; and Matthew Nardo, head football coach, will share “Faith and Memory in Challenging Times” during Bluffton University’s Forum at 11:00 a.m. on Sept. 10 in Yoder Recital Hall.
The discussion will introduce Bluffton’s 2024-25 Civic Engagement theme.
New students to be welcomed into the academic community at Bluffton University
Dr. Sarah Fedirka, associate professor of English and chair of English, philosophy and religious studies at University of Findlay, will be the featured speaker at 10:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 20, in Yoder Recital Hall as Bluffton University welcomes the class of 2028 during its Opening Convocation.
Fedirka will share “Becoming Rooted” and consider how we become rooted in community, history and ourselves. Fedirka will explore the mystery by which in letting go, we become more grounded.
Fedirka received her graduate degrees from Arizona State University where she studied Anglo-American literary modernism. Fedirka has been at UF for 13 years and teaches a variety of courses, some of her favorites being American literature survey courses. Believing in the interconnectedness of all things, Fedirka deeply appreciates how words make meaning.
Bluffton University will host a fun and free event with nighttime education for the community. Dr. Jacob Buchanan, M’Della Moon endowed chair in Botany and Environmental Science, and Tim Kleman, program specialist with the Hancock Park District, will educate the community on moths.
