Bluffton University

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.

By Mallory Kemper, sports information intern

The Bluffton University baseball team swept its third Heartland Conference rival of the season with a convincing 19-5 drubbing of Defiance College on a surprisingly warm, Tuesday, April 26, 2011.

Bluffton University recognized many of its top students for their academic achievements at the annual Academic Awards and Honors Forum on April 26.

Introduced as distinguished scholars in their respective academic areas were 33 seniors. Sarah Diller of Bluffton was honored as the outstanding performer in both theatre and music, and Janice Graham of Gomer, Ohio, accepted the Distinguished Scholar in Sport Management award for her son Jacob, who died in an auto accident in March.

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Gathered around Sarah Diller (center, as Rona Lisa Perretti) from Bluffton University's production of "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" are (clockwise from lower left) Meghan Sager (Logainne), Zeke Tracy (Leaf), Brian Timpe (Mitch), Kim Rupert (Marcy), Jonathan Luginbill (Chip), Aaron Yost (Vice Principal Panch), Joni Martin (Olive) and Chris Welch (William).

The play will be staged at 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, May 5-7, in Founders Hall as part of the university's annual May Day celebration.

Two Bluffton University students from Findlay, will present their junior recitals jointly at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, May 1, in Yoder Recital Hall. Kitanya Murray will perform on alto saxophone and soprano saxophone, while Stephanie Patterson will give a piano and voice recital. The event is free and open to the public; a reception will follow in the lobby.

Murray, a student of Dr. Adam Schattschneider, professor of music, will present numbers by Alexander Glazounov, Benedetto Marcello, Domenico Cimarosa and Jascha Gurewich.

By Mallory Kemper, sports information intern

The Bluffton University baseball team ran its winning streak to five consecutive games with a pair of wins over HCAC-power Anderson University on Saturday, April 23, 2011.

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