Bluffton University's next five-year strategic plan was a primary topic at the spring meeting of the university Board of Trustees April 8 and 9.
"In today's rapidly changing higher education environment, timely strategic planning is more crucial than ever," Bluffton President Dr. James M. Harder observed.
"Bluffton needs to anticipate future opportunities for growth that align with our institutional mission. At the same time, we must ensure that a Bluffton education continues to meet the changing needs and expectations of our students and of society."
How a society can escape poverty begins with having more, or better versions, of four things, a Bluffton University economist says.
Leading the list are more, and better, ideas, Dr. Jonathan Andreas, an assistant professor of economics at Bluffton, told a campus audience April 5. Outlining global poverty history at the university's annual Civic Engagement Forum, Andreas credited improved technology, "more than anything else," with helping alleviate poverty in the last 200 years.
Louise Matthews (back left, with guitar), director of Bluffton University's Lion and Lamb Peace Arts Center, and several education students in the university's Developmental Curriculum class lead Bluffton second graders in song during a workshop in Burcky Gym on April 6-Civic Engagement Day on campus.
The day capped yearlong exploration of the university's 2010-11 civic engagement theme, "Living with Enough: Responding to Global Poverty."
The Bluffton University baseball team fell to Heartland Conference rival Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 4-1, on Saturday, April 9. With the loss, the Beavers dropped to 9-14 overall with a 1-7 mark in the HCAC. The Engineers improved to 15-8 with a 5-3 conference record.
In the top of the first, the Engineers took advantage of an early error to generate two runs when Derek Dauenbaugh doubled home Bobby Newman and Donald Stopka for a 2-0 lead.
Bluffton University students make "homes" from cardboard boxes in which to spend the night at a Poverty Awareness Sleep Out on April 6.
Nine students slept on the Shoker Science Center lawn during the event, which was hosted by the campus chapter of Habitat for Humanity as part of Civic Engagement Day at Bluffton. The day capped yearlong exploration of the university's 2010-11 civic engagement theme, "Living with Enough: Responding to Global Poverty."
The Bluffton University softball team received a pair of outstanding performances in the circle as the Beavers split a couple one-run decisions on Thursday, April 7, 2011. Bluffton moved to 13-12 on the season while Ohio Wesleyan now stands 11-7 overall.
