Engaging students in better understanding of community needs in Lima
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 7, 2017 - 11:16am
Dr. J. Walter Paquin, associate professor of social work, will present the Colloquium "Classrooms, Community and Coffee” on March 17.
His presentation is free and open to the public beginning at 4 p.m. in Centennial Hall’s Stutzman Lecture Hall.
The presentation will focus on finding ways to engage students in better understanding community needs in Lima, Ohio. Paquin will highlight a new approach he took this fall to keep social work students in Allen County for their community practice.
Dr. Christina Sherry ’04, medical science liaison at Abbott Nutrition, Columbus, Ohio, will present, “The Art of Practicing Science: How a Liberal Arts Education Improves a STEM Career,” on Tuesday, March 21, at 11 a.m. in Centennial Hall’s Stutzman Lecture Hall. This event is free and open to the public.
She will explain how communication and creativity are vital for success in the science field. Sherry is a medical science professional and expert in adult therapeutic nutrition.
All Bluffton MAEd classes are offered online or through Zoom video-conferencing technology
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 6, 2017 - 3:59pm
Bluffton University is now offering a faith-based concentration of study for educator’s seeking a master’s degree.The faith-based concentration is in addition to Bluffton’s intervention specialist licensure, reading endorsement and leadership concentrations. The concentration is an outgrowth of the Mennonite Education Agency’s Anabaptist Learning Institute program which features 10 credit hours of Christ-centered graduate-level coursework.