Bluffton University students Sarah Diller (Bluffton), soprano, and Brandon Fullenkamp (Wapakoneta), piano, will perform a junior recital at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 4, in Yoder Recital Hall. The performance is free and open to the public. A reception will follow in the lobby.

Writer and poetess Julia Levine who lives and works in Davis, Calif., will read her poems in the Bluffton University Musselman Library Reading Room Tuesday, March 16, at 4 p.m. The reading is free and open to the public.

Levine's poetry collections include Dutch-tender, Ask which received the Tampa Review Prize and Practicing for Heaven which was recognized with a 1998 Anhinga Prize for Poetry. Levine has also received numerous awards including the Pablo Neruda Prize in poetry and five Pushcart Prize nominations.

Joel Wildermuth , a junior from Sidney, and Caleb Elsea, a junior from Findlay, will participate in the Bluffton University Student Senate President Debate during Forum at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 2. The debate will be moderated by Dr. Troy Osborne, assistant professor of history. Forum is free and open to the public.

The Bluffton University Concert Band, Bluffton Chamber Winds, and Jazz Ensemble will perform their annual Winter Instrumental Concert at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21, in Yoder Recital Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

The Concert Band, under the direction of Dr. Jeffrey D. Boehm, professor of music, will perform several selections. Some selections include: "Circus Days March" by Karl L. King, two movements from "Merry Mount Suite for Band" by Howard Hanson and all movements of W. Francis McBeth's "Of Sailor's and Whales: Five Scenes from Melville."

Bluffton University will present Assistant Professor of Communications Zachary Walton's colloquium "Enlarging the Vision: The Constitutive Rhetoric of Guy F. Hershberger" at 4 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 26 in Stutzman Lecture Hall in Centennial Hall.

Walton's colloquium presentation will be a chapter of his dissertation. Walton is researching the rhetoric of Mennonite history and how the Mennonite community uses stories from their history to reinforce the values and notions of the present day Mennonite community.

The Bluffton University Pathways to Mission and Vocation project will host a conference on immigration, Beyond Borders: The Role of Immigration in a Global Community, March 19-21, on the Bluffton campus,

Those interested in attending should register soon by contacting Susan Collier at 419-358-3435 or [email protected] for registration information or visit www.bluffton.edu/beyondborders. The registration deadline has been extended to March 10.

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