Bluffton University will offer six summer mathematics workshops for middle and high school teachers beginning June 12.
The 24th annual workshops, hosted by adjunct faculty member Duane Bollenbacher, are all three-day sessions, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day. Each workshop may be taken for 22.5 contact hours of Local Professional Development Committee credit, at a cost of $125, or, on a pass/fail basis, for one semester hour of graduate workshop credit, for $275. Lunches are included; other meals and housing are available.
Students who have completed grade seven or eight and an accelerated pre-algebra course are invited to attend the fourth annual Bluffton University Junior High Mathematics Enrichment Camp Monday-Friday, June 11-15.
Led by Dr. Donald Hooley, professor of mathematics, participants will explore topics such as graph theory, knot theory, topological surfaces and non-Euclidean geometry using pencil and paper, pebbles, string and rope, paper strips and computer software in group settings.
In the mid-1980s, Dr. Elizabeth "Libby" Hostetler had a dream but no money to make it a reality.
A Bluffton faculty member in education, she wanted to create a resource for children to gain necessary skills for developing a vision of peace. While supportive of the idea, the then-college was unable to commit funding, leading Hostetler to the only other possible source she could think of, Lima businessman and Bluffton alumnus Herman Parent.
"Herman was the person I knew who was so generous with his time and service to others," she explained.
Bluffton University sophomore Matt Weisenborn (Otsego) capped his first season of collegiate tennis by being named honorable mention All-Heartland Conference. The Beavers returned to the hard courts following a two-year hiatus for both the men and women.
Weisenborn opened the season at #3 singles and moved up to #2 before assuming the #1 slot when an injury to A.J. Haley (Wilmington) slowed Bluffton's top singles player.
Bluffton University graduates were urged at their May 6 commencement to give of themselves as others-from family to Bluffton faculty-have given to them.
The gift of self is the greatest gift, said Karel Oxley, superintendent of Lima City Schools, in her commencement address. The 310 graduates were the second most among the 112 graduating classes in Bluffton history. The 209 undergraduate students who received diplomas represented the largest such number ever at Bluffton.
