Tickets are still available for the opening performance in the 2013-14 Bluffton University Artist Series, by The Golden Dragon Acrobats at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19, in Founders Hall.
Dr. James M. Harder, president of Bluffton University, will present the annual President’s Forum at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10, in Founders Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
Harder will offer perspectives on the start of a new academic year—Bluffton’s 114th—and describe several institutional initiatives for the year. This is also the 100th year since Bluffton adopted its longstanding motto, “The Truth Makes Free,” and the president will reflect on what that means in the context of a Bluffton education.
The Bluffton University women’s soccer team rebounded from its Saturday overtime loss in a big way as they defeated the Andrews University Cardinals 8-0 in front of a solid Labor Day crowd at Bluffton High School’s Steinmetz Field on Monday, Sept. 2.
Fifteen staff members—including seven graduate assistant coaches in athletics—are starting their first full academic year at Bluffton University.
· Phillip Birkey is a new admissions counselor whose responsibilities include recruitment of Mennonite students. A 2008 Bluffton graduate in economics, he previously worked for Mennonite Central Committee in Bangladesh for more than four years.
When TOMS Shoes emailed her about a contest last winter, Stephanie Jankov didn’t know if she should enter.
She had been introduced to the company by Jill Schlabach, her former Bluffton University roommate, and liked its practice of providing one free pair of shoes to a needy child for every pair purchased. She later incorporated that commitment to making a difference into her teaching of freshman English students at Shelby (Ohio) High School, even offering—and buying—TOMS shoes as an incentive for class projects.
