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Beavers' Mychal Hill second team all HCAC

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 1, 2011 - 9:31am

Junior Mychal Hill (London/Jonathan Alder) was selected second team men's basketball All-Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference for the 2010-11 season. It marks Hill's second straight All-HCAC honor. He was a first team selection as a sophomore in 2009-10. Taking home his first All-HCAC award was sophomore Josh Fisher (Rockford/Parkway) who was named honorable mention.

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Play ball - Beavers launch 2011 baseball season

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 26, 2011 - 5:03pm

The Bluffton University baseball team opened its 2011 campaign with an 8-4 victory over Case Reserve at the Chillicothe VA Memorial Field on a cool Saturday, February 26, 2011.

The Beavers used a six-run sixth to punish the Spartans in the opener. Wabash College took advantage of timely hitting and outstanding pitching to shut out Bluffton in the Beavers' second game of the season.

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Last Supper should be first on food consumers' minds

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 24, 2011 - 4:25pm

The Last Supper should be the focus of every meal we prepare and consume, according to the keynote speaker at a Bluffton University-hosted conference on ethical food production.

"Our meals should be framed around the supper of the lamb," said Ragan Sutterfield, speaking Feb. 19 at the Intercollegiate Peace Fellowship conference. His session on "The Supper of the Lamb: Learning to Eat at God's Table" was the last of three he addressed during the weekend event.

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Kansas pastor returns to Bluffton University

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 24, 2011 - 3:53pm

Katherine Goerzen has always loved youth and serving. In fact, her call to ministry came when she was still in high school.

"I was really active in youth group when my youth pastor asked me to lead worship," Goerzen said. "I found out later on he saw a drive for ministry in me."

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Botswanans, Bluffton University celebrate cross-cultural ties

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 23, 2011 - 6:00pm
Kgosi Mafoko, chief of the village of Pitseng, Botswana, talks with Louise Matthews, director of Bluffton University^aEURTMs Lion and Lamb Peace Arts Center, during a tour of the center. Mafoko traveled to Bluffton with Nthati Phetlhu, a language and culture instructor who worked with Bluffton students who visited Pitseng for cross-cultural experiences in 2007 and 2009. Another group of 10 Bluffton students is going there this May.

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Bluffton University sends students abroad every year to learn about diverse cultures. But the university rarely gets to thank the hosts for those cross-cultural experiences in person.

The opportunity arose this week, though, when two visitors from Botswana came to Bluffton to see for the first time the campus and community that sent groups of students to the African nation in 2007 and 2009, and will do so again this May.

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NCAA Division III All-academic status to university women's cross country team

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 22, 2011 - 6:04am

Bluffton University's women's cross country team has earned NCAA Division III All-Academic status for 2010.

With a cumulative team grade point average of 3.29, Bluffton is among 167 Division III women's cross country teams nationwide to be so honored by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. To qualify, teams needed to compile a cumulative GPA of at least 3.10 and to post a score-meaning at least five runners finished-at their respective NCAA regional meets last fall.

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