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Peabody winner to share creative insights with Bluffton’s class of 2020

Julie Burstein, a Peabody Award-winning radio producer, best-selling author and TED speaker will be the featured speaker at 10:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 30, in the Sommer Center for Health and Fitness Education, as Bluffton welcomes the class of 2020 at its annual Opening Convocation.

60 in 6 initiative aims to aid new-student transition at university

In its second year, the 60 in 6 initiative, coordinated by the office of student involvement, seeks to provide at least 60 campus events in the first six weeks of the academic year.

Bluffton University receives $25,000 grant to support vocational exploration

Bluffton University’s mission is to “prepare students of all backgrounds for life as well as vocation.”

During the 2016-17 academic year, the university will boost its efforts toward vocational exploration through The Venture Project, a program made possible through the generous support of the Council of Independent Colleges and the Lilly Foundation Inc. The Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVue) grant is worth $25,000.

Several Beavers named to NABC honors court

The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) recently announced the 2015-16 NABC Honors Court, recognizing those men’s collegiate basketball student-athletes who excelled in academics during the past season.

The NABC Honors Court recognizes the talents and gifts that these men possess off the court and the hard work they exhibit in the classroom. 2015-16 seniors Mitchel Huffman (Accounting) and Billy Taflinger (Mathematics) along with juniors Adam Hopkins (Criminal Justice) and Trey Elchert (Education) were all selected according to the criteria that is listed below.

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