Bluffton University’s Homecoming weekend, Oct. 12-14, will feature the dedication of the newest campus building, the Sommer Center for Health and Fitness Education.
The 60,000-square-foot Sommer Center, which will offer enhanced facilities for all students when it opens later this fall, will be dedicated during a short ceremony beginning at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 13.
The Bluffton University men’s soccer team was defeated 3-0 by Earlham College on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012. The Beavers fell to 2-8 overall and 0-2 in the HCAC while Earlham improved to 3-7-2 overall and 1-0-2 in the HCAC.
Senior Ben Kaufman (Ottawa-Glandorf) was recently named Heartland Conference Player of the Week for his work at Rose-Hulman on Saturday. Kaufman is the third Bluffton player to be honored this season and the second on the defensive side of the ball. Fellow linebacker Joe Maldonado took home Player of the Week honors following Bluffton's 20-0 shutout of Kenyon in week one.
Hal Shrader, lead pastor of Trinity Mennonite Church in Glendale, Ariz., will be the speaker at Bluffton University’s Spiritual Life Week Forum, at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, in Founders Hall.
Shrader’s presentation, “Between the Mountains and the Trees: A Biblical Geography of Hope,” is free and open to the public.
He will also speak at other events during the week, whose theme is “Esperanza: Trusting in God in an Easy-Mac World.” Bluffton sets aside one week each semester as Spiritual Life Week.
The new Bluffton University Chorale will make its debut at a fall choral and instrumental concert at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14, in Yoder Recital Hall.
Also featuring Bluffton’s Camerata Singers and Concert Band, the concert is free and open to the public. A free-will offering will be taken for music scholarships.
