In 1961, humanity was consuming 74 percent of earth’s biocapacity. By 2012, the number had risen to 156 percent. During the annual Keeney Peace Lecture at Bluffton University, Sarah Augustine discussed how overconsumption has brought us to the brink of global disaster while inviting a consideration of indigenous wisdom as the path toward faithful ecological solutions instead of the dominant economic and cultural systems responsible for the current crisis.
The Kim Fischer Press Box at the Bluffton University Softball Field will be dedicated on Saturday, April 6. Community members are invited to a ribbon cutting and ceremonial pitch starting at 12:30 p.m. The dedication will be followed by a Beavers Softball doubleheader against the Defiance College Yellow Jackets starting at 1:00 p.m.
Dr. Cherie Hocanson and Jordan Hamilton, assistant professors of education at Bluffton University, will present the Colloquium, “BUILD (Bluffton University Improving Literacy Development) and the Science of Reading: An Overview of the Five Components of Effective Literacy,” at 4 p.m. on Friday, April 5 in Centennial Hall’s Stutzman Lecture Hall.
Three senior artists from Bluffton University are showcasing their most prominent work in the Grace Albrecht Gallery of Sauder Visual Art Center. Titled, “POTS and PCs,” the exhibit opens April 2 and runs through May 4.
