The Bluffton University volleyball team returned to Heartland Conference action against Manchester University and came out on top with a three-set victory (25-14, 25-20, 25-19) on Wednesday night in Founders Hall. With the win, the Beavers evened their record at 9-9 on the season and 1-1 in HCAC play. Manchester slipped to 9-8 overall and 0-1 in the conference.
The Bluffton University women's soccer team snapped a string of six straight setbacks with a 2-1 victory at Oberlin College on Tuesday, Sept. 25, under the lights. Aimee Whitmer's (Grand Rapids/Otsego) first score of the season came just four minutes after Oberlin knotted the contest early in period two and the Beaver defense made it hold up as Bluffton moved to 2-6. The home team stayed winless at 0-8-1.
How social media can affect every aspect of a person’s life will be Tiffany Sellers’ topic for a Bluffton University Forum at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2, in Bluffton’s Founders Hall.
Her presentation, “How Technology Impacts the Pieces of Me,” is free and open to the public.
“Art and Soul: A Collaboration of Spirits,” a collection of drawings by 1989 Bluffton alumna Joanne Von Sossan, will be on display beginning Monday, Oct. 1, in the Grace Albrecht Gallery of the university’s Sauder Visual Arts Center.
The exhibit is free and open to the public through Oct. 26. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 1-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. A reception with the artist will be held from 9:30-11 a.m. Homecoming Saturday, Oct. 13.
Tickets are still available for the next performance in the 2012-13 Bluffton University Artist Series, by the Eisenhower Dance Ensemble at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, in Yoder Recital Hall.
Rehearsals for Bluffton University’s 117th performance of Handel’s “Messiah” will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesdays, beginning Oct. 2, in the Gilliom Room of Mosiman Hall. Anyone interested in singing, from high school students to adults, is welcome to join the rehearsals, which will lead to the traditional Advent-season performance at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9, in Founders Hall.
