University stores seven copies of 1748 edition in Musselman Library
Posted by Fred Steiner on May 3, 2018 - 3:17pm
“Five tons of linen rags would have been needed to make the required 500,000 sheets of paper, which, if stacked, would be taller than the U.S. Capitol building,” said Phillips.
At Bluffton University’s Musselman Library, archivist Carrie Phillips stores seven copies of the 1748 edition of the Ephrata “Martyrs Mirror” in boxes specially designed to keep them preserved.
Bluffton University is searching for a new head coach for its men’s soccer program following the resignation of James Kusak. He has accepted an assistant coach position at the University of Louisville in Kentucky.
“We will begin a search for a new coach in the coming weeks,” said Phill Talavinia, Bluffton’s athletics director. “I wish Coach Kusak all the best.”
Reunions, musical, run/walk, choir sing, May Day, retirement reception, commencement
Posted by Fred Steiner on May 2, 2018 - 3:59pm
Bluffton University will celebrate its annual May Day weekend of festivities May 4-6.
The traditional end-of-the-academic-year celebration intertwines the past by hosting alumni reunions, the present by honoring this year's graduates and the future with first-year students performing the traditional Maypole dance. Classes ending in an eight or three and the class of 2017 will celebrate reunions.
Friday
The events begin on Friday, May 4, with the Juried Student Art Exhibition in Sauder Visual Arts Center. It will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - Day 2 of the HCAC Conference Championship was contested in warm, sunny conditions and was a day for the women's distance contingent to show its mettle on Saturday, April 28.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - The Bluffton University men's and women's track and field teams traveled to Terre Haute, Indiana to the HCAC Conference Championship hosted by Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology on Friday, April 27. Day 1 of the meet was a resounding success for the Beavers.