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Bluffton University welcome for class of 2028 includes "Becoming Rooted" speaker

Posted by Staff on August 16, 2024 - 6:00am

New students to be welcomed into the academic community at Bluffton University

Dr. Sarah Fedirka, associate professor of English and chair of English, philosophy and religious studies at University of Findlay, will be the featured speaker at 10:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 20, in Yoder Recital Hall as Bluffton University welcomes the class of 2028 during its Opening Convocation.

Fedirka will share “Becoming Rooted” and consider how we become rooted in community, history and ourselves. Fedirka will explore the mystery by which in letting go, we become more grounded.   

Fedirka received her graduate degrees from Arizona State University where she studied Anglo-American literary modernism. Fedirka has been at UF for 13 years and teaches a variety of courses, some of her favorites being American literature survey courses. Believing in the interconnectedness of all things, Fedirka deeply appreciates how words make meaning.  

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Bluffton University
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Maxine Hicks was a homemaker

Posted by Staff on August 15, 2024 - 2:03pm

Maxine Hicks, age 94, passed away on Wednesday, August 14, 2024 at Bridge Hospice Care Center at Blanchard Valley Hospital, Findlay. 

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Obituaries
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Glory Days: Protein and aging

Posted by Staff on August 15, 2024 - 7:35am

By Ava Ehlinger, Student Pharmacist and Karen Kier, Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team

Sometimes as we age, we look back at our younger years. In 1985, Bruce Springsteen released his song Glory Days, which talked about looking back. He recorded 21 studio albums and is affectionately known as “the Boss.” Springsteen was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999.  

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Health Services
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International Overdose Awareness Day event, Aug. 29 in Lima

Posted by Staff on August 15, 2024 - 7:30am

Free public event in Lima’s Town Square from 4:00-7:00 p.m.

LIMA __ International Overdose  Awareness Day will be recognized on Thursday, August 29 in Downtown Lima’s Town Square by the Mental Health & Recovery Services Board (MHRSB) of Allen, Auglaize, and Hardin Counties, along with its community partners.

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Regional news
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Bassitt finishes 8th in men’s 400m hurdles at 2024 Olympics, sets sights on the future

Posted by Staff on August 15, 2024 - 6:00am

By Paula Pyzik Scott

2024 Paris Olympics fever in Bluffton hit its peak on Wednesday, August 7, when fans of Bluffton native and men’s 400m hurdles competitor Trevor Bassitt filled the Bluffton High School gym for a semi-finals watch party. 

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Sports
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Pirate bucket hats support Eli Jones Memorial Fund

Posted by Staff on August 15, 2024 - 6:00am

By Paula Pyzik Scott

Bluffton High School and Bluffton Middle School students will soon be sporting reversible bucket hats courtesy of eighteen Bluffton business sponsors.

The reversible hats--one side is red, the other side is white--were created by PromoHits. They feature a Bluffton Pirate print and sponsor names on the brims. 

All high school and middle school students and all teachers and staff will receive a free bucket hat when they get their photos taken at school on August 16 and 19. Make sure your students pick one up!

Additional hats will be available for purchase on August 24 beginning at 9 a.m. until sold out. Sales will be located in the Presbyterian Church lawn. Hats will be $12 each, cash only, limit 2 per person. One size, fits adults.

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Living in Bluffton
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