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Social worker, comedian, author and alumna to speak on "Brave Conversations"

Posted by Staff on November 22, 2023 - 6:00am

Andrea Flack-Wetherald ’10, social worker, comedian and author, will speak during a Bluffton University Forum program. The title of her presentation is “Brave Conversations as Tool for Wellness.” 

EVENT 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 28
Yoder Recital Hall - Bluffton University Campus

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Author event showcases Buckell’s A Stranger in the Citadel

Posted by Staff on November 21, 2023 - 7:51am

An author event celebrating the release of Tobias S. Buckell’s novel, “A Stranger in the Citadel,” will be held at 4:00 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 30 in the reading room of Bluffton University’s Musselman Library.

Buckell’s thirteen novels and numerous short stories have been translated into 20 different languages. He is a New York Times bestselling writer and World Fantasy Award winner who has also been nominated for the Hugo and Nebula awards. During the event, Buckell will read from, “A Stranger in the Citadel.”

In addition to teaching, Buckell serves as the faculty advisor for “Bridge: The Bluffton University Literary Journal.” He is a 2000 Bluffton graduate.

This event is free and open to the public.

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Sunday concert to feature Brass Quartet

Posted by Paula Scott on November 18, 2023 - 6:00am

Bluffton University’s Fall Chamber Ensemble Concert will be presented at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 19 in Yoder Recital Hall.

Under the direction of Dr. Roy Couch, the Bluffton University Brass Quartet will perform a varied program including music by Gustav Holst, George M. Cohan, J.S. Bach and Zequinha Abreu as well as traditional folk songs.

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Bluffton University awarded Great Minds Fellowship Grant

Posted by Staff on November 17, 2023 - 6:49am

The Ohio Department of Higher Education has awarded Bluffton University $130,000 in Great Minds Fellowship Grant funding as part of a statewide effort to encourage more students to pursue behavioral health-related professions.

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Spiritual Life Week speaker challenged community to ‘love your neighbor’

Posted by Staff on November 3, 2023 - 6:00am

By Tricia Bell
Photo by Alison King

2007 Bluffton University alumnus David Glick returned to campus the week of Oct. 22, 2023, for fall Spiritual Life Week. Now pastor of student ministries at Ebenezer Mennonite Church in Bluffton, Glick provided the Forum and Chapel messages and worked with students as they explored John 15:5 and the theme “Be Rooted.”

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Bluffton University to host ‘Tempest: Music and Poetry for a Regenerative Earth’

Posted by Staff on November 1, 2023 - 6:00am

Two events connecting the art, music and politics of the Renaissance era with the ecological and social crises of our own time will take place on Tuesday, November 14 at Bluffton University. Both events are free and open to the public.

At 11:00 a.m. in Yoder Recital Hall, Bluffton will host a preview for “Tempest: Music and Poetry for a Regenerative Earth.” During the morning event, James Bates, director of music group Early Interval, will engage in a lively conversation with Ellen Arnold, a renowned scholar of ecological history, and poets Jeff Gundy and Terry Hermsen.

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