The Revs. Chris Webb and Mickey Cox of Renovar'e, a Denver-based Christian spiritual formation organization, will discuss "The Place of Intentional Christian Formation in the Discipleship Process" as the Spiritual Life Week Forum speakers at Bluffton University. Ryan Price, a student at the University of Colorado-Denver and a Renovar'e volunteer, will join Webb and Cox for the forum, which is free and open to the public at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8, in Yoder Recital Hall.

Bluffton University students who participated in the Washington, D.C., Community Scholars' Center and semester-abroad programs during fall semester 2010 will share their experiences at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 7, in Stutzman Lecture Hall in Centennial Hall. The forum is free and open to the public.

Brandon Fullenkamp, a pianist and conductor from Wapakoneta, will present his Bluffton University senior recital at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 6, in Yoder Recital Hall on the Bluffton campus. The recital is free and open to the public.

"At Work," an art department faculty exhibition at Bluffton University, opens Sunday, Feb. 6, in the Sauder Visual Arts Center's Grace Albrecht Gallery. A reception, free and open to the public, is scheduled with the artists from 3-5 p.m.

Film, food and entertainment are planned for Global Weekend at Bluffton University on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 4 and 5.

The weekend will begin Friday with a 7:30 p.m. screening of the 1997 Italian film "La vita `e bella (Life is Beautiful)" in Centennial Hall's Stutzman Lecture Hall. Academy Awards went to the film as Best Foreign Language Film and to its star, director and co-writer Roberto Benigni as Best Actor.

By Brandy Bidlack, sports information assistant

The Bluffton University women's basketball fell to Franklin College, 67-62, in Founders Hall on Saturday, January 29. Bluffton dropped to 8-11 overall and 5-7 in the HCAC with the Hall of Fame Day loss to the Grizzlies. Franklin improved to 9-3 in the conference and 15-4 on the season.

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