BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Bluffton University baseball team opened its three-game series on Saturday afternoon with a 5-1 loss to Manchester University. Bluffton fell to 9-6 overall and 2-3 in the Heartland Conference, while the Spartans upped their mark to 6-11 and 3-3 in the HCAC.
How do you encapsulate an idea as abstract as beauty? According to Dr. Jeff Gundy, professor of English at Bluffton University, beauty “does not respond well to mere reason.”
Author and professor Dr. James Logan will present “The Art of Hip Hop, Religion and Culture in Civil Society” during Forum at 11 a.m. on April 11 in Yoder Recital Hall.
This is the 2017 Keeney Peace Lecture at Bluffton University. The event is free and open to the public.
Logan is a professor of religion and professor and director of African and African American Studies at Earlham (Richmond, Ind.) College. His teaching and research cover many areas including relationships between religion, ethics and politics in civil and public life.
The Bluffton University art department will present the 50th Juried Student Exhibition from April 3-28 in the Grace Albrecht Gallery in Sauder Visual Arts Center. The exhibition, which is free and open to the public, will showcase work created this academic year by students in university art classes or supervised independent studies.
Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 1-5 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.
Bluffton University’s upcoming Spiritual Life Week will feature Ted & Company’s performance of “Laughter is Sacred Space” at 8 p.m., Tuesday, April 4, in Founders Hall. The event is free and open to the public. A freewill offering will be taken.
Led by veteran actor Ted Swartz, Ted & Company TheaterWorks uses humor and professional storytelling to talk about issues of faith and social justice through live shows and other forms of media.
Bluffton University’s Gospel Choir will present a concert at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 1, in Yoder Recital Hall. The performance is free and open to the public.
The concert will feature personal favorites of conductor, Dr. Crystal Sellers Battle, associate professor of music. Soloists will include community members who are in the choir, Kathy Grady of Findlay, and Marta Michalska-Uras, originally from the Czech Republic. Michalska-Uras was previously a member of the Maranatha Gospel Choir in Prague.
