Bluffton University's annual Bach Festival will include Bach's Lunch on Friday, March 16, and the Bach Festival Concert on Sunday, March 18. Both events are free and open to the public; a free-will offering will be taken during the concert's intermission to help defray expenses.
The concert will open at 2:30 p.m. in Yoder Recital Hall with the third annual Mosiman Young Artist Competition.
Bluffton University freshmen Megan Patton (Waynesfield/Perry) and Lindsay Robertson (Cincinnati/Northwest) were both named Players of the Week by the Heartland Conference for the week ending March 11, 2012.
Patton finished the week 2-1 on the mound for the Beavers and has been named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Softball Pitcher of the Week. The freshman posted a sparkling 1.26 earned run average in seven appearances at the Rebel Spring Games in Florida, fanning 28 batters in 33.1 innings of work.
Bluffton University hurler Miles Richardson (Granville/Newark Catholic) was recently named HCAC Pitcher of the Week for games on March 5-11, 2012.
The junior tossed a nine-inning complete game three-hitter in Bluffton's 5-1 win over Muskingum. Richardson allowed three hits and just one unearned run in the win, holding his opponents to a .107 average with five strikeouts.
Richardson also paced the Beavers at the plate, going 13-of-28 for a .464 batting average in six games last week. He drove in five runs with one homer, two doubles and a .643 slugging percentage.
The practice of mindfulness will be the topic of a Bluffton University colloquium presentation by Dr. Will Slater, a Bluffton professor of psychology, at 4 p.m. Friday, March 16, in Stutzman Lecture Hall in Centennial Hall.
Mindfulness is defined as paying attention on purpose and in the present, non-judgmentally. "A sabbatical quest to better cultivate and better understand mindfulness and its implications for health, quality of life and education" is the title of Slater's talk, which is free and open to the public.
Dr. Elaine Ragsdale Schott, a professor and former director of the School of Social Work at Grand Valley State University, will discuss aging and wellness during a Bluffton University Forum at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 20, in Yoder Recital Hall.
"Vintage Status: Shock, Awe and Awesome!" is the title of Schott's presentation, which is free and open to the public.
Schott, who earned a bachelor's degree in social work from Bluffton in 1966, is currently serving as interim director of the social work school at Grand Valley State, located in Grand Rapids, Mich.
