Bluffton University graduate Todd Crail will present a Bluffton Forum, "From Nowhere to Naturalist: An Interpretive History of Mr. Todd Crail," at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 2, in Founders Hall.
Amanda Sensenig, assistant professor of psychology at Bluffton University, will discuss her dissertation research on multiple-choice testing at 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 5, in Stutzman Lecture Hall in Centennial Hall. The colloquium is free and open to the public.
The presentation will focus on test taking and whether it can help improve memory for the specific areas of information being tested. Sensenig will outline research she did at Colorado State University, as well as some related general findings that others have published.
Scott Sundberg, director of communications at Mennonite Disaster Service, will speak Tuesday, Nov. 9, at a Bluffton University Forum titled "Disasters Are Like the Poor: A Look at the Response, Responsibility, Resources and Respect from a MDS and Anabaptist Perspective." Beginning at 11 a.m. in Founders Hall, the event is free and open to the public.
Bluffton University's Concert Band and Jazz Ensemble will take center stage Saturday, Oct. 30, at the university's annual fall instrumental concert, at 7:30 p.m. in Yoder Recital Hall. The concert is free and open to the public.
Dr. Jeffrey Boehm, professor of music, conducts the Concert Band, which will perform five numbers by Russian composers. Rimsky-Korsakov and Shostakovich will be represented, and Brandon Fullenkamp, a Bluffton senior from Wapakoneta, will conduct "Pictures at an Exhibition," one of two pieces by Modest Mussorgsky on the program.
Leroy Barber, president of Mission Year, an urban initiative that seeks to place 18-29-year-olds in a mission and communal living situation for a year, will speak at Bluffton University's Spiritual Life Week Forum at 11 a.m.,Tuesday, Oct. 26, in Founders Hall. His presentation is free and open to the public.
Barber has spent more than 20 years confronting poverty, homelessness and racism in the United States. In 1990, he served homeless families and children who were living on the streets of Philadelphia and founded Restoration Ministries to carry on his work there.
