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Bluffton men open Sommer Center with 89-41 victory over OSU-Lima

The Bluffton University men’s basketball team was victorious in its first game in the Sommer Center, routing OSU-Lima 89-41 after leading just 43-30 at the break. The Beavers held the Barons to 31.6 percent from the field while shooting 52.1 percent for the game. Bluffton improved to 1-2, while OSU-Lima slipped to 1-8 overall.

The Beavers jumped out to a quick 8-0 lead, forcing the Barons to call their first timeout. The stoppage did not slow the Bluffton offensive attack as the home team opened up a 20-6 lead with 11:20 left in the first half.

Forum to trace Bluffton student life history

Bluffton University will present a history of student life on campus through words and pictures at a campus forum on Tuesday, Nov. 27.

Employing a talk-show format, “Late Night with Student Life: Live from Founders Hall” is free and open to the public beginning at 11 a.m.

Dr. Julie DeGraw, vice president for student life and dean of students, will lead the look back and end with her office’s current mission and how it hopes to serve students.

Bluffton to present Christmas concert Dec. 2

Bluffton University’s Camerata Singers, University Chorale and Saxophone Trio will headline “A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols,” the university’s annual Christmas choral concert, at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2, in Yoder Recital Hall.

The program is designed around a historical structure of Scripture readings and Christmas carols. The readings, taken from prophetic writings about the Messiah’s coming and from the Christmas story, are interspersed with various Christmas pieces.

Bluffton business professor to remember Raid in Nov.30 lecture

 

Dr. George Lehman, chair of Bluffton University’s Business Studies Division, will discuss a longtime Bluffton business faculty member during a campus colloquium on Friday, Nov. 30.

Lehman’s presentation, “Surveys, Slaw Cutters and Internships: Howard Raid and the Bluffton Business Community,” will begin at 4 p.m. in Stutzman Lecture Hall in Bluffton’s Centennial Hall. It is free and open to the public.

University trustees hear about Sommer Center opening; approve budgets, sabbaticals

Bluffton University’s new Sommer Center for Health and Fitness Education was a popular place on Nov. 5, the day it opened to the campus community. At their meeting Nov. 9 and 10, the Bluffton Board of Trustees learned just how popular.

Bluffton women open Sommer Center with 54-46 win over Aurora

By Jordan Marbaugh, sports information assistant

Stats http://www.bluffton.edu/sports/womensbasketball/2013/11-16-wb.htm

The Bluffton University women’s basketball team opened the new Sommer Center and and its 2012-13 season with a hard-fought win over Aurora University on Friday, Nov. 16, 2012.

The Beavers (1-0) will play in the Tip-Off Tournament finals at 3 p.m. on Saturday against Hiram College, while Aurora matches up with Pitt-Greensburg at 1 p.m.

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