MEDIA RELEASE__Bluffton University and collaborative partners received $8,000 through the Ben Stinner Endowment Fund, established by Ohio State University’s Agroecosystem Management Program (AMP) to support Farm, Environment and Agriculture School Trips (FEAST), a Bluffton-led initiative connecting young people with local agriculture, environmental stewardship and food systems through hands-on educational experiences.
MEDIA RELEASE__Asia Johnson, director of storytelling and media productions at Zealous, will present “Beyond: A Film Screening Taking Us Beyond and Building Better” at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, in Yoder Recital Hall.
The presentation will preview Beyond, a documentary that challenges viewers to consider a future beyond incarceration while listening to people closest to the realities of mass incarceration.
Johnson will encourage viewers to consider how communities can work toward healthier and safer environments both inside and outside of prison.
Exhibit through December 11 at Grace Albrecht Art Gallery
FROM FACEBOOK__The new art installation at Bluffton University's Sauder Visual Arts Center (S. Spring St.) is "On Soft Ground" by artist and metalsmith Rachel Suzanne Smith.
MEDIA RELEASE__Bluffton University will welcome students, families, alumni and community members to campus Saturday, Nov. 7, for Fall Community Day, a day of food, activities, athletics and opportunities to connect with the Bluffton community.
MEDIA RELEASE__A mowed turfgrass lawn is being converted into a native prairie on the floodplain of the Little Riley Creek. Help throw down handfuls of seed to plant the prairie as a community, then watch it grow over the coming years.
From 10 a.m. to noon, on Saturday, Oct. 24, join Dr. Jacob Buchanan, assistant professor of environmental science, M'della Moon Endowed Chair in Botany and Environmental Science at Bluffton University, and the Blanchard River Watershed Partnership to learn about the campus prairie project.
