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Pair of university softball players HCAC Players of the Week

Posted by Paula Scott on March 11, 2014 - 8:12am

A pair of Bluffton University softball players were honored for their work on the diamond in Florida over the past week. Juniors Jess Kuzara (Flat Rock, Mich./Huron) and Chloe Shell (Covington) led the Beavers to an 8-2 mark at the Gene Cusic Classic and were named HCAC Hitter of the Week and Pitcher of the Week, respectively.

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Oregon pastor is Spiritual Life Week speaker

Posted by Paula Scott on March 8, 2014 - 11:58am

Meghan Good, pastor of Albany (Ore.) Mennonite Church, will address the biblical “Runaway Bride” in Bluffton University’s Spiritual Life Week forum on Tuesday, March 18. Beginning at 11 a.m. in Founders Hall, her presentation is free and open to the public.

The week’s activities will focus on three Ds—dwell, desire and delight—from Psalm 37. Discussing desire in the forum, Good will draw from the book of Hosea and the story, she notes, of “a runaway bride pursued by a relentlessly passionate Groom.”

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Camerata Singers ‘Home’ concert March 16

Posted by Paula Scott on March 8, 2014 - 11:56am

Bluffton University’s Camerata Singers, back from a spring-break tour in Maryland, Pennsylvania and Ohio, will reprise the tour program, “Peace, Justice & Love,” in the annual Camerata Home Concert on Sunday, March 16. The concert, beginning at 2:30 p.m. in Yoder Recital Hall, is free and open to the public.

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Talk to have phonics focus in Stutzman Lecture Hall

Posted by Paula Scott on March 8, 2014 - 11:52am

Dr. Amy Mullins, an assistant professor of education at Bluffton University, will focus on phonics in a Bluffton University colloquium at 4 p.m. on Friday, March 14, in Centennial Hall’s Stutzman Lecture Hall. Her talk is free and open to the public.

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Brooke Ruffer on first team All-Heartland Conference

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 7, 2014 - 1:46pm

 

All-HCAC release http://www.bluffton.edu/athletics/womensbasketball/2014/allhcac.pdf

 Bluffton University sophomore Brooke Ruffer (Stryker) was recently named First Team All-Heartland Conference for the 2013-14 women's basketball season. The HCAC women's basketball coaches selected six players for the first team and six players for the second team. Rachel Beining (Ottoville) was one of five ladies selected to the All-Freshman Team.

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‘Seasons of life’ focus of women’s conference

Posted by Paula Scott on March 6, 2014 - 9:30am

Women may better recognize and appreciate the “seasons of life” when Bluffton University’s Women’s Council hosts its annual conference on Saturday, April 5.
Dr. Lee Snyder, president emeritus of the university, and Bluffton alumnae will be among the presenters during the conference, titled “Women Enriching Women: Celebrating the Seasons of Life.” Hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Centennial Hall—where the morning sessions will be held—and The Commons in Marbeck Center, the site for lunch and the afternoon session.

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Baseball: Beavers stun nationally-ranked Moravian in Florida

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 5, 2014 - 6:59pm

Stats http://www.bluffton.edu/athletics/baseball/2014/03-04-bb.htm

Runs went on the board with reckless abandon in the first four innings, but it was a pair of Bluffton scores in the eighth that proved to be the difference as the Beavers stunned Moravian College, 9-7, on Tuesday, March 4, 2014. The Greyhounds were coming off wins over nationally ranked #25 Adrian College and #17 Keystone as well as a sweep of Heidelberg. Bluffton improved to 2-1 on the season, while Moravian dropped to 5-2.

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Softball: Beavers 4-2 so far in Florida

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 5, 2014 - 6:57pm

Alverno stats http://www.bluffton.edu/athletics/softball/2014/03-05-s1.htm  
Northland stats http://www.bluffton.edu/athletics/softball/2014/03-05-s2.htm

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Bluffton University speaker: Minimum wage hike helps everyone

Posted by Paula Scott on March 4, 2014 - 6:38am

Opposition to an increase in the federal minimum wage “smacks of slavery,” Bluffton University’s Smucker Lecturer in social work said Feb. 25.

Arvis Averette, social work coordinator at the Chicago Center for Urban Life and Culture, recalled the 1963 March on Washington, saying “the most controversial issue we had” was a call for a minimum wage of $2 per hour.

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Bluffton University opens national search for head football coach; Veidt going to Toledo

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 3, 2014 - 5:46pm

A national search is underway for the next head football coach at Bluffton University. Tyson Veidt, the head coach since 2008, has accepted the position of linebackers coach and recruiting coordinator at the University of Toledo.

“Coach Veidt built a strong foundation for our football program and has made a difference in the lives of many of our student-athletes,” said Phill Talavinia, athletics director. “We wish him all the best on his move to a Division I program.”

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