By Meghan Mohr, sports information assistant
HCAC pre-season Coaches Poll http://www.bluffton.edu/sports/volleyball/2012/hcacpoll.pdf
The Bluffton University volleyball team opens its 2012 season Friday, August 31, at the Marietta College Tournament against the Waynesburg Yellow Jackets.
The Village of Bluffton will see its annual population spike this weekend, beginning Friday, Aug. 24, with about 280 new first-year and transfer students moving onto the Bluffton University campus.
New student move-in, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, will open a weekend on which other Bluffton undergraduates will return to campus for the start of classes Monday, Aug. 27.
Capping the weekend, from 7-9 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 26, both new and returning students will continue a fall semester-eve tradition with an ice cream social on Bluffton's Main Street.
Tobias Buckell, a New York Times best-selling science fiction author and Bluffton University graduate, will be the featured speaker Tuesday, Aug. 28, as Bluffton welcomes the class of 2016 to campus at its annual opening convocation.
With faculty in regalia looking on, about 280 new first-year and transfer students will be introduced during the ceremony, which begins at 10:45 a.m. in Founders Hall.
Bluffton University's Sauder Visual Arts Center will host "4by6 and 6by4," an exhibition of postcard-sized art, to lead off the 2012-13 schedule in the Grace Albrecht Gallery.
Opening Aug. 25, the exhibit is free and open to the public through Sept. 23. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 1-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. A reception will be held with participating artists from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16.
Tobias Buckell, a New York Times best-selling science fiction author and Bluffton University graduate, will be the featured speaker Tuesday, Aug. 28, as Bluffton welcomes the class of 2016 to campus at its annual opening convocation.
With faculty in regalia looking on, about 280 new first-year and transfer students will be introduced during the ceremony, which begins at 10:45 a.m. in Founders Hall.
Sept. 1 is Game Day @ Bluffton
Bluffton University will host Game Day @ Bluffton on Saturday, Sept. 1, when the Beavers meet Kenyon College in their football season opener at 1:30 p.m. at Salzman Stadium. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for children; children under 5 are admitted free.
Before the game, a picnic-style lunch will be available in a tent at the stadium from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Cost is $6.
