Bluffton University's Board of Trustees has taken formal action to recognize a longtime Bluffton family that provided the naming gift for the health and fitness education center project that is the centerpiece of Extending Our Reach-The Campaign for Bluffton.
Upon completion next fall, the Sommer Center for Health and Fitness Education will recognize the service and significant campaign gifts of Ted '41 and Jo (Conrad '44) Sommer and their sons, Steve '73 and Jim '68, along with Jim's wife Susan (Lehman '68) Sommer, all from central Illinois.
For the first time since 1986, Bluffton University on April 17 recognized co-recipients of its award for outstanding senior male athlete.
Sharing the A.C. Burcky Award were cross country and track athlete Andrew Chaffee of Clarkston, Mich., and football player Todd Trotter of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Also honored at Bluffton's annual Athletics Awards Forum was volleyball player Jenna Eshleman of Landisville, Pa., who won the Kathryn E. Little Award as outstanding senior female athlete.
Pianist Timothy Yoder will perform his Bluffton University senior recital at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 20, in Yoder Recital Hall.
The recital is free and open to the public; a reception will follow in the lobby.
Yoder, from Dalton, will present numbers by Haydn, George Gershwin, Bach and Schumann. He is a student of Dr. Lucia Unrau, professor and chair of music at Bluffton.
Stephanie Patterson and James Brake will present their senior recitals on Sunday, April 22, in Yoder Recital Hall.
