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Village populations spikes this weekend - Bluffton University students returning

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 23, 2012 - 4:59pm

The Village of Bluffton will see its annual population spike this weekend, beginning Friday, Aug. 24, with about 280 new first-year and transfer students moving onto the Bluffton University campus.

New student move-in, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, will open a weekend on which other Bluffton undergraduates will return to campus for the start of classes Monday, Aug. 27.
Capping the weekend, from 7-9 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 26, both new and returning students will continue a fall semester-eve tradition with an ice cream social on Bluffton's Main Street.

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"Life at the Speed of Change" theme of Tobias Buckell's opening university convocation address

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 21, 2012 - 9:00pm
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Tobias Buckell, a New York Times best-selling science fiction author and Bluffton University graduate, will be the featured speaker Tuesday, Aug. 28, as Bluffton welcomes the class of 2016 to campus at its annual opening convocation.
With faculty in regalia looking on, about 280 new first-year and transfer students will be introduced during the ceremony, which begins at 10:45 a.m. in Founders Hall.

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Postcard art to open Bluffton gallery season

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 20, 2012 - 9:14am

Bluffton University's Sauder Visual Arts Center will host "4by6 and 6by4," an exhibition of postcard-sized art, to lead off the 2012-13 schedule in the Grace Albrecht Gallery.
Opening Aug. 25, the exhibit is free and open to the public through Sept. 23. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 1-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. A reception will be held with participating artists from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16.

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Tobias Buckell, author, alumnus to help welcome Bluffton class of 2016

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 20, 2012 - 9:12am

Tobias Buckell, a New York Times best-selling science fiction author and Bluffton University graduate, will be the featured speaker Tuesday, Aug. 28, as Bluffton welcomes the class of 2016 to campus at its annual opening convocation.
With faculty in regalia looking on, about 280 new first-year and transfer students will be introduced during the ceremony, which begins at 10:45 a.m. in Founders Hall.

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Game Day @ Bluffton Sept. 1

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 20, 2012 - 9:11am

Sept. 1 is Game Day @ Bluffton
Bluffton University will host Game Day @ Bluffton on Saturday, Sept. 1, when the Beavers meet Kenyon College in their football season opener at 1:30 p.m. at Salzman Stadium. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for children; children under 5 are admitted free.
Before the game, a picnic-style lunch will be available in a tent at the stadium from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Cost is $6.

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Cross Country: Beavers expect continued improvement in 2012

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 13, 2012 - 8:59pm

Bluffton University Head Cross Country Coach Karen Brandt has high expectations for 2012 after a season in which 11 dedicated student-athletes set the tone one year ago in her first year at the helm.

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