“Curating Identity” will be the topic of Dr. Trevor Bechtel and Carrie Phillips for Bluffton University’s Civic Engagement Forum at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 9, in Founders Hall.
Vocalists Neil Macke and Aaron Luke, along with percussionist Robert Young, will present their Bluffton University junior recital at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 7, in Yoder Recital Hall. The event is free and open to the public; a reception will follow in the lobby.
Macke, from Ottawa, Ohio, and Luke, from Delphos, Ohio, are tenors and voice students of Dr. Mark J. Suderman, a professor of music. Young, from New Bremen, Ohio, is a student of Dennis Crites, an adjunct percussion instructor.
Dr. Martina Cucchiara, an assistant professor of history at Bluffton University, will pose the question “Imprisoned Maidens or Audacious Feminists? Reconsidering Nuns in 19th-century Germany” in an April 5 campus colloquium. Free and open to the public, her presentation will begin at 4 p.m. in Stutzman Lecture Hall in Centennial Hall.
The Bluffton University track and field program traveled south to Lexington, Va., to partake in the Washington and Lee Track and Field Carnival. The two-day meet attracted premier programs from all across the east coast with large fields of athletes from Division I to Division III. The Beavers left their imprint on the meet with several top finishers, school records, HCAC conference and All-Ohio qualifiers as well.
The Bluffton University baseball team split a Saturday doubleheader with Anderson, dropping their first HCAC series of the season. The Beavers built and held onto a lead in game one, winning 5-2, before failing to get their offense going in a 7-1 game two setback.
