The Bluffton University men's soccer team fell to Franklin College 3-2 on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012. The Beavers dipped to 2-12 overall and 0-6 in the Heartland Conference, while Franklin improved to 6-7-2 overall and 4-2-1 in the HCAC.
Floyd Dickman, a children’s literature specialist, will present “Outstanding Picture Books of 2012” on Thursday, Nov. 1, in the Kreider Room of Bluffton University’s Marbeck Center. Free and open to the public, identical hour-long sessions will begin at 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Bluffton’s Lion and Lamb Peace Arts Center sponsors the annual program. Dickman was a founding board member of the center when it opened in 1987, and his collection of outstanding books for 2012 will be available for browsing there after the presentations.
Murli Buluswar, chief science officer for Chartis Insurance, will return to his alma mater Tuesday, Oct. 30, to deliver Bluffton University’s annual Presidential Leadership Lecture in Founders Hall. The 11 a.m. presentation, titled “Perspective on the path to clarity,” is free and open to the public.
Theatre was not the career path Jared Hudson expected to follow when he arrived at Bluffton University as a biology major.
But as Cincinnati’s Anderson High School had nurtured his interest in science, it had also provided ample opportunities for him in theatre. And now, with three years of stage experience at Bluffton added, the bachelor’s degree in biology he plans to receive next May will be more of a “fallback,” he says, as he pursues a career in performance, possibly as a voice actor.
Bluffton University will host the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Cross Country Championships on Saturday, Oct. 27, at the university’s nature preserve.
