Bluffton University

Tobias Buckell, instructor of English, will share, “Can Artificial Intelligence Write Decent Creative Fiction?” during Bluffton University’s spring 2024 Colloquium series. 

The presentation is free and open to the public at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 2, in Centennial Hall’s Stutzman Lecture Hall. 

Bluffton University provides many artistic and cultural events to supplement learning in the classroom. The following February 2024 are open to the public and are free unless otherwise noted. See the university calendar for a full semester listing. 

Dr. Martina Cucchiara, professor of history at Bluffton University, will present the Forum “100 Years: Illuminating Key Moments in the Conflict Between Israel and Palestine,” at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 30 in Yoder Recital Hall.

The Bluffton University art department presents the 56th Juried Student Exhibition through February 9 in the Grace Albrecht Gallery of Sauder Visual Arts Center. The exhibition is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. during the week and 1-5 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.

The exhibition will showcase work created this academic year by students in university art classes or supervised independent studies. Bluffton University students were able to enter up to three works in each of the following media: ceramics, glass, two-dimensional design, three-dimensional design, drawing, painting, photography, printmaking and sculpture. Up to five works could be submitted for computer generated artwork. 

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Pastor Steve Terry, New Life Church of God, Fort Wayne, Ind., will present, “The Impact of a Positive Attitude,” at 11 a.m. on Jan. 16 in Yoder Recital Hall.

During the presentation, Terry will draw from Philippians 2:5 and 4:8 to show how a positive attitude like that of Jesus Christ makes a lasting impact in life.

The annual Martin Luther King Jr. Forum at Bluffton University is free and open to the public.

The following five events at Bluffton University are free and open to the public:

Jan. 16 Forum: “The Impact of a Positive Attitude,” Martin Luther King Forum presentation by Pastor Steve Terry, New Life Church of God, Fort Wayne, Ind., 11 a.m., Yoder Recital Hall

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