Bluffton University’s Alumni Field project includes replacing Salzman Stadium’s current grass field with FieldTurf lined for football and soccer; track and field event-area upgrades; and work on adjacent parking, sidewalks and a donor recognition area. See the story below for more details.
Bluffton University’s Alumni Field project, to install artificial turf and resurface and upgrade the running track and field event areas at Salzman Stadium, is now scheduled for completion in time for the fall 2015 sports seasons.
Bluffton alumni and friends have contributed more than $750,000 for the improvements, whose expected completion date is Aug. 1, also in time for fall preseason practice. A leadership team of 13 alumni athletes, friends and university trustees contributed gifts of $10,000 or greater, totaling $410,000.
The 9th Annual County Line Car Show will be held Saturday, July 11, from noon-3 p.m. at County Line Church of the Brethren, 4227 N. Hardin Road, Harrod. Registration is from 11 a.m.-noon. Entry fee is $10.
Car owners will be eligible for awards and door prizes. There will also be a chicken barbecue from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Cost is $8. For tickets, call 419-649-5364.
Children's activities will include a bound house and face painting.
All profits will help pay for the new activity center.
Vocalist Ashley Musgrave will present her Bluffton University senior recital at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 26, in Yoder Recital Hall. The recital is free and open to the public; a reception will follow in the lobby.
Musgrave is a mezzo-soprano from Ada, Ohio. Her program includes her own composition, “A Journey to the Unknown,” accompanied by a brass quartet of Bluffton students. Pianist Ana Yoder Coulter will also provide accompaniment during the recital.
BLUFFTON, Ohio - Bluffton University presented its top athletics awards April 14 to all-conference performers in football and softball.
Ryan Leopold of Ottawa, Ohio, accepted the A.C. Burcky Award as senior male athlete of the year, while Jessica Kuzara of Flat Rock, Mich., won the Kathryn E. Little Award as outstanding senior female athlete. Both student-athletes have double majors—Leopold in strength and conditioning and exercise science, and Kuzara in elementary education and special education.
