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Here's the May Day weekend calendar

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 23, 2013 - 12:46pm

Here's tthe Bluffton University arts and events calendar for May. Events are free and open to the public unless noted otherwise.

May 2     May Day Musical: “Songs for a New World,” 7:30 p.m., Yoder Recital Hall. Tickets, $13 for adults and $5 for all students, are available online at http://tickets.bluffton.edu or from 4-7 p.m. weekdays at the box office in the Sommer Center for Health and Fitness Education.

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First-year university student named archival intern

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 23, 2013 - 12:37pm

 

Amanda Bartel, a first-year Bluffton University student from Iowa City, Iowa, is this year's recipient of the Mennonite Brethren Historical Commission archival internship.

"We are very pleased to award Amanda the archival internship," said commission chair Don Isaac. "We hope this will be a rich experience for her, and provide insights for the commission as we document and communicate the story of God's work in our lives."

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They'll perform the May Pole dance for the 100th time; here's the complete May Day schedule

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 22, 2013 - 10:01pm

Bluffton University will mark its annual May Day weekend May 2-5 with traditional alumni reunions, student activities and graduation events, including the 100th edition of the Maypole dance with which alumni are familiar.

The dance features 16 first-year students who wear colorful costumes and dance in pairs around the Maypole, weaving streamers together. This year’s performance, part of the 11 a.m. May Day ceremony Saturday, May 4, on the Centennial Hall lawn, adds a ninth couple of “legacy” students, who have longstanding family ties to Bluffton.

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Kyle Niermann scorches Pioneers with 6-of-7 day at the plate

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 22, 2013 - 3:55pm

By Kyle Stover

The Bluffton University baseball team split a crucial conference doubleheader with Transylvania on Saturday, April 20. Errors were the story in game one when the Beavers fell 5-1, but they rebounded with some clutch hitting in game two to win 6-4 while staying in the race for the HCAC tournament.

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Bluffton offense recovers for 10-2 mercy-rule win in game two

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 22, 2013 - 3:53pm

 

The Bluffton University softball team discovered that it had in fact packed bats for the trip to Hanover when the Beavers came out and scored eight times during the first two innings of game two on Saturday, April 20, 2013.

After an 8-0 six-inning shellacking at the hands of the Panthers in game one, Bluffton recovered from its two-hit, five-error performance with a 10-2 victory for a crucial series split. Bluffton's win assured the Beavers of their seventh straight Heartland Conference tournament appearance under Coach Bruder.

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ILR tea, wedding dress style show planned May 22

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 22, 2013 - 3:16pm

 

Bluffton University’s Institute for Learning in Retirement, an educational program for retirees, will host a tea, lunch and a wedding-dress style show on Wednesday, May 22, in The Commons in Marbeck Center.

The buffet-style lunch will begin at 11:30 a.m., followed by the style show of wedding dresses from 1939-2012. Cost to attend is $12; for more information, contact JP Schumacher, ILR director, at 419-358-3346 or [email protected].

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