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Evan Skilliter among Bluffton University's May Day dancers

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 2, 2011 - 12:20pm

Sixteen first-year students at Bluffton University have been chosen to perform a century-old tradition-the Maypole dance-during Bluffton's annual May Day ceremony on Saturday, May 7.

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Beavers secure berth in HCAC tourney with sweep of Franklin (softball)

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 30, 2011 - 3:59pm

By Mallory Kemper, sports information assistant

The Bluffton University softball team hosted Franklin College on Saturday, April 30, in a doubleheader for their last regular season games of 2011.

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Beavers set school record with 7th straight win (baseball)

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 30, 2011 - 6:58am

The Bluffton University baseball team etched itself into the record books with its school-record seventh straight victory. The Beavers opened their three-game series at Hanover with a 12-8 victory over the Panthers on Friday, April 29, 2011. Bluffton evened its record at 17-17 overall and 9-10 in the Heartland Conference, while Hanover slipped to 13-19 and 8-10 in the HCAC.

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Donors can text to give to new Bluffton building

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 28, 2011 - 4:05pm
Judson Laipply, a 1998 Bluffton University graduate best known for his online ^aEURoeEvolution of Dance^aEUR

With your help, it's going to happen very, very soon.

Judson Laipply '98-of online "Evolution of Dance" fame-and fellow alumni Ginny Buckingham '10, Tyson Goings '01, Daryl Dowdy '90 and Lou Stokes '73 recently descended upon Bluffton University's Founders Hall for a video shoot promoting the final push for funds for the new Health and Fitness Education Center on campus.

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Freshman Tyler Wright earns HCAC Hitter of the Week award

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 28, 2011 - 3:16pm

Freshman Tyler Wright (Troy) capped off a superb week for the Beavers with a walk-off home run in the 10th inning of Bluffton's 12-11 victory over Anderson University on Saturday, April 23, 2011.

Wright went 7-of-14 with eight RBI and three runs scored as the Beavers were 3-0 on the week. He hit his first two collegiate homers, including the 10th inning game-winner in Bluffton's 12-11 victory over Anderson on Saturday.

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Virginia Fisher White, Bluffton alumna, leaves university $600,000 estate gift

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 28, 2011 - 7:36am

Virginia Fisher was a 1941 graduate of Bluffton College, where she earned a bachelor's degree in foreign language with a major in Latin and a minor in art.

She went on to teach art for 34 years in Lima and Elida schools and, in 1997, to marry Walter White, a Lima attorney and public servant who died in 2007.

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