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Art gallery season to open

“You Have Not Seen: Roots and Wings,” an installation of art by Christa Reuel, will open the 2013-14 schedule in Bluffton University’s Grace Albrecht Gallery, located in the Sauder Visual Arts Center.

Opening Aug. 26, the exhibit is free and open to the public through Sept. 22, when a reception will be held for Reuel from 2-4 p.m. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 1-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.

Author, educator to help welcome Bluffton University class of 2017

Lorene Cary, whose memoir, “Black Ice,” is this year’s summer reading for first-year Bluffton University students, will be the featured speaker Tuesday, Aug. 27, as Bluffton welcomes the class of 2017 at its annual opening convocation.

With faculty in regalia looking on, about 290 new first-year and transfer students will be introduced during the ceremony, which begins at 10:45 a.m. in Founders Hall.

Summer visitors to Bluffton: Chinese teens learn in, outside classroom

Two dozen Chinese teenagers likely gained more from a two-week visit to Bluffton University than just increased knowledge of English, according to their language teachers.

The students, ages 14-16, were in Bluffton July 23-Aug. 6 as part of a Summer English Camp sponsored by Mennonite Partners in China. They were from the city of Nanchong, China, which has partnered with Bluffton for a series of educational and cultural exchanges.

Single-event tickets now on sale for University Artist Series

Single-event tickets are now on sale for the 2013-14 Bluffton University Artist Series, featuring the Golden Dragon Acrobats, pianist Hyperion Knight, the Lima Symphony Orchestra, the band Lone Raven and ventriloquist Lynn Trefzger.

Bluffton University students gain real-life experience at Phoenix convention

Chay Reigle may speak for three fellow Bluffton University students when he sums up how he spent part of his summer vacation, in Phoenix, Ariz.

“In just a week,” notes the public relations major, “I beefed up my resume; got real-world experience in journalism; worked alongside professors; attended a convention filled with passionate, socially responsible people; and even got to experience the infamous dry heat.”

24 Chinese teens, ages 14-16, will study here this summer

Bluffton University, which sends students worldwide for cross-cultural experiences each year, is in the unusual position of being a cross-cultural destination this summer.

From July 23-Aug. 6, the university will welcome 24 Chinese students ages 14-16 as they experience the United States through a Summer English Program sponsored by Mennonite Partners in China (MPC).

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