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.
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.
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."
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.
Benjamin Ilnicki, a Bluffton University senior from Indianapolis, Ind., has been named Bluffton's 2010 recipient of the Financial Executives International (FEI) award, as voted by business faculty members.
Presented to an outstanding senior majoring in finance or accounting, the award recognizes a student "who has demonstrated a high level of academic achievement and intellectual honesty, and who possesses high promise for a successful career in business."
Bluffton University's music department has announced the soloists for its 115th performance of Handel's "Messiah," at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 12, in Founders Hall. Soloists are Kristin Sims, soprano; Mary Stucky, alto; Hal Hess, tenor; and Tom Sherwood, bass.
