The Bluffton University football hosted Earlham College on Saturday, October 1 in its 2011 Homecoming contest. Bluffton started out strong, putting up 10 points in the first quarter to take an early 10-0 lead. The Beavers led 13-3 going into the final 15 minutes of the game.
Bluffton University's effort to expand an academic option for high school students-at Mennonite as well as public schools-is paying off.
This fall, 89 students are participating in the university's dual-enrollment program, which allows them to earn Bluffton credit by completing Bluffton courses while still at their high schools. That's 70 more students than a year ago, with nearly 70 percent of the total from three predominantly Mennonite schools.
Bluffton University will host the Damascus Road Anti-Racism Analysis, a three-day training session, from Friday-Sunday, Nov. 4-6. Hours are 5-9 p.m. Nov. 4 and 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Nov. 5 and 6, all in the Kreider Room in Marbeck Center.
Damascus Road is an Anabaptist anti-racism training and skill development program. The name refers to the transformation process that Saul experienced on the road to Damascus in the New Testament book of Acts.
Bernard Bushardt, a licensed independent chemical dependency counselor, will discuss "Substance Abuse and Dependency: Causes, Detection, Cost and Treatment" at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, at Bluffton University. Free and open to the public, the forum will be held in Stutzman Lecture Hall in Centennial Hall.
Bushardt is an alcohol and drug counselor at Clearview Services in Findlay, Ohio. He holds a bachelor's degree in sociology from the State University of New York at Buffalo and a master's degree in counselor education from Canisius College in Buffalo.
