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MDS director of communications: Call to help answered with leading of 5-year-old

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 15, 2010 - 4:34pm

Five years ago, a biblical prophecy became particularly pertinent to Scott Sundberg and his family. The little child who led them was Sundberg's older son Leif, then 5, whose "prophetic voice" seemed intended to change his father's behavior-and destined to change his life.

About a year later, Sundberg, his wife Wendy and their two sons left Southern California for what he calls a "cross-cultural experience" in Lancaster, Pa., where he became communications director for Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS).

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Howe, Stokes, Stapleton, softball team of '92 join university sports hall

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 11, 2010 - 11:04am

An almost 50-year span of Bluffton athletics is represented in the university's Athletics Hall of Fame class of 2010-11, which will be inducted during a Jan. 29 dinner and ceremony in Marbeck Center.

Inductees are J. Roger Howe '49, Charles Stapleton '78, Louis Stokes '73 and the 1992 softball team.

Roger Howe

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Bluffton University stages student-directed one acts Dec. 1-2

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 11, 2010 - 11:00am

Bluffton University students will direct a series of one-act plays in Ramseyer Auditorium on Dec. 1 and 2, starting at 7:30 p.m. each night. General admission is $1; all tickets can be purchased at the door.

The plays are completely student-run shows staged by students in Dr. Melissa Friesen's Play Direction class, which is required for all theatre minors. The students had to read through published collections of 10-minute plays, then choose a compelling play with two or three actors that they would enjoy directing.

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Global sustainability topic of Bluffton Forum

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 9, 2010 - 3:28pm

Dr. Jim Zaffiro, professor of political science and coordinator of global sustainability education at Central College in Pella, Iowa, will discuss the building of global sustainability movements in communities at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 23, in Bluffton University's Yoder Recital Hall. The forum is free and open to the public.

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George Lehman discusses economic changes in China

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 9, 2010 - 3:27pm

Dr. George Lehman, Howard Raid professor of business at Bluffton University, will discuss economic changes in China over the last 20 years at 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 19, in Stutzman Lecture Hall in Centennial Hall. The colloquium is free and open to the public.

Last June, Lehman was part of an eight-member Bluffton delegation that visited China for two weeks. "For a business professor, China is the place that has the most action right now," he said. "Our students had a great trip to China two years earlier, and I wanted to see it for myself."

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Jerry Lewis to give university leadership lecture

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 9, 2010 - 3:26pm

Jerry Lewis, owner of 17 McDonald's restaurants in west central Ohio and recipient of the corporation's 2010 Golden Arch Award, will give Bluffton University's Presidential Leadership Lecture at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 16, in Yoder Recital Hall.

"A Labor of Love: Balancing God, Family, Friends and Work" is the title of Lewis' talk, which is free and open to the public. He will share his story-including his start at McDonald's as a crew person/manager and why he chose to stay with the company-as well as advice based on his 30 years of leadership.

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