DEFIANCE, Ohio - The Bluffton University men's basketball team battled for 40 minutes, but fell to their fifth straight defeat at the hands of the Defiance College Yellow Jackets, 76-68, on Wednesday, Jan. 20. The loss knocks the Beavers back to the .500 mark at 8-8 and to 3-6 in HCAC play. The win keeps Defiance in a tie for second at 7-2 in the conference standings and the Jackets sit at 9-7 overall.
For decades, organizations have used intelligence quotient or IQ to measure and predict future success. However, in the 1990s, a new concept emerged as an alternative.
That measurement is known as Emotional Intelligence or EI. Dr. George Lehman, Howard Raid Endowed Chair and professor of business, explored the practical uses of both concepts and shared his findings during a colloquium presentation called, A Primer on Emotional Intelligence.
Bluffton University’s Musselman Library will host its third annual Celebrate the Library Week, Feb. 1-5. The week is a time for discovery and community for students, faculty, staff and emerti.
The goal of this week is clearly stated in its tag line: “Celebrating Student Research and Creativity.” The week includes a variety of activities such as the five minutes of fame event, First Tuesday Forum, a health and wellness expo and a research fair.
Bluffton University mascots J. Denny Beaver and Jenny Beaver had a special appreciation for kids this year as all four performers were education majors.
The students’ identities were revealed at halftime of the men’s basketball game on Jan. 16, during a ceremony that traditionally marks the only time that college mascots remove their costume heads in public.
Adrienne Leban’s exhibit titled “BioGeo, Rhythms in Form” will open on Feb. 2 and continue through Feb. 19. The exhibit will be on display in the Grace Albrecht Gallery of Bluffton University’s Sauder Visual Arts Center.
The public is invited free of charge. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 1-5 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.
Stories about gender specific stereotypes, MC USA convention to be told
February kicks off Bluffton’s spring semester “First Tuesday” Forum events. The first Tuesday of every month, between Feb. and April, two Forum lectures will be offered from 11 a.m. to noon.
On Feb. 2, Kathy DeBoer, Executive Director of the American Volleyball Coaches Association, will present her speech titled “Gender and Competition: Discussing and Dealing with Difference” at 11 a.m. in Yoder Recital Hall.
