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Bluffton alumni share ideas on how to change the world through performance

Shared by Sarah Diller and Brandon Fullenkamp
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 18, 2016 - 4:03pm

The show tunes and dance sequences of musical theatre are great forms of escape and entertainment, but those songs and movements are also filled with meaning. 

2011 graduates and musicians, Sarah Diller and Brandon Fullenkamp, explained this when they returned to campus to present, “Changing the World through Artful Performance,” on Nov. 15 during Bluffton University’s weekly Forum.

They used examples from four musicals to explain how musical theater can be an agent for social change and conflict mediation

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Men's Basketball opens with 79-53 win over OSU-Lima

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 17, 2016 - 10:19pm

November 17, 2016

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BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Bluffton University men's basketball team brought the unseasonably warm weather inside as the Beavers were a red-hot 10-of-14 from distance in the first half en route to a 79-53 victory over OSU-Lima on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016. Bluffton opens the season 1-0 after a dominating performance that saw 14 Beavers crack the scorebook.

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121st performance of Handel’s “Messiah” Dec. 4

In Founders Hall by 65-membere Bluffton Choral Society
Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on November 17, 2016 - 6:00am

Bluffton University will present its 121st performance of Handel’s “Messiah” at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, in Founders Hall. The event is free and open to the public; a free-will offering will be taken.

Jonathan Wey, visiting conductor, makes his debut conducting the oratorio at Bluffton. The 20-member orchestra includes professional players from the area and some Bluffton faculty and staff. Students join faculty, staff and community members in the 65-voice Bluffton Choral Society.

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Zickafoose named HCAC Most Valuable Player

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 16, 2016 - 3:57pm

November 16, 2016

All-HCAC release

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Poet Julia Spicher Kasdorf featured speaker at university

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on November 16, 2016 - 6:00am

Julia Spicher Kasdorf, professor of English and women’s studies at Pennsylvania State University, will present “News from Poems: History and Practice of Documentary Poetry” at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 29, in Founders Hall.  

The award-winning poet and essayist will introduce documentary poetry, a vital stream of American letters since the 1930s. 

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Weisgarber named Honorable Mention All-America

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 15, 2016 - 6:19pm

November 15, 2016

AVCA All-American Release

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