While the 2011 version of Bluffton University men's soccer will be young and inexperienced, the Beavers sport a roster that is much deeper than it was a season ago. "How quickly the freshmen get acclimated to the speed and physicality of the collegiate game will determine how we fare as a team," quipped Head Coach Rick Nussbaum.
Graduate assistant Brandon Ponchak is a new face that will be on the sidelines for Bluffton this fall. "He brings valuable experience from his years of coaching at Dakota Wesleyan.
With no losses due to graduation and an experienced core of returners on the pitch, the 2011 Bluffton University women's soccer team expects to pick up where it left off last season when the Beavers lost just one of their last seven contests, a 1-0 setback to Hanover in the season finale.
Coming off its best season since 2004, the Bluffton University football team has a vast array of experience and depth as Coach Tyson Veidt embarks on his fourth season leading the Beavers. 24 seniors who took a chance on Bluffton three years ago have put in the work that has the 2011 squad poised to compete with the top teams in the Heartland Conference. With a squad size that has doubled since Coach Veidt took over, Bluffton has the depth needed to take the next step.
An exhibition by husband and wife artists Darvin and Martha Yoder of Parnell, Iowa, opens Aug. 26 in the Grace Albrecht Gallery of Bluffton University's Sauder Visual Arts Center.
Darvin Yoder, an art teacher at Iowa Mennonite School in Kalona for 32 years, is presenting "Art You Can Touch," an interactive collection of pedestal- and wall-mounted sculpture.
Deogratias "Deo" Niyizonkiza, who escaped genocide in Burundi and later returned to found a health care organization there, will be the featured speaker Tuesday, Aug. 30, as Bluffton University welcomes the class of 2015 to campus at its annual opening convocation.
With faculty in regalia looking on, about 280 new first-year and transfer students will be introduced during the ceremony, which begins at 10:45 a.m. in Founders Hall.
Stacy Taylor is a believer in what she calls "karma credits," and based on her career odyssey of late, with seemingly good reason.
The 2004 Bluffton University graduate is convinced that helping others, whether receiving something in return immediately or not, will be rewarded eventually.
