Education in New Zealand will be the topic of a Bluffton University colloquium at 4 p.m. Friday, March 30, in Stutzman Lecture Hall in Centennial Hall.
Dr. George Metz, chair of Bluffton's education department and its Division of Education and Sport Science, will discuss "Transforming Teacher Education through Global Connections: The Kiwi Experience." His presentation is free and open to the public.
Jane Kurtz, an author of children's books, will be the speaker at Bluffton University's weekly forum on Tuesday, April 3, as part of her visit to Bluffton that week.
The forum, recognizing The Lion and Lamb Peace Arts Center's 25th anniversary on campus, is free and open to the public at 11 a.m. in Yoder Recital Hall. During "A Visit with Jane Kurtz," the author will outline her evolution as a writer stemming from her youth in Ethiopia as a daughter of missionaries.
Ah, nothing quite like a warm spring day in...March. Here's a view from the front door of Marbeck Center looking toward Centennial Hall on the Bluffton University campus. Can you smell the flowering buds?
A business plan competition awarding $6,000 in cash prizes will be
conducted by the Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs, according to
Denise Durenberger, executive director of the business incubator.
First place will earn $5000 in startup costs. Second place will
receive $1000. Client memberships from the BCE will be awarded to the top three contestants. The financial awards are being underwritten by Reichenbach & Steiner CPAs and Sielschott, Walsh, Keifer & Regula CPAs.
Hey, Ed, can you get us some tickets to the Ohio State-Miami game?
Remember Bluffton alumnus Ed Stults? He's now a new coach at Miami (Ohio). Guess where they play their first game this year? (Answer below)
Joining the RedHawk staff are former Miami star Ron Carpenter and veteran coach Stults. Carpenter will coach MU's defensive backs and Stults will work with the RedHawk offensive line.
Andy Althaus of Bluffton this week was named as senior vice president/accounting manager at Citizens National Bank. In this position, Althaus will supervise the bank's accounting department, providing risk management, performance measurement and financial reporting for the institution.
Althaus is a graduate of Bluffton College, where he received a B.A. in accounting and economics. He began working at Citizens National Bank in 1989 and transitioned into the accounting department in 1991.
