From poverty and immigration to service and language, cross-cultural experiences from last spring left Bluffton University students with eye-opening memories.
Recounting some of them at two campus forums on Sept. 27 were nearly 20 of the 146 Bluffton students whose experiences took them in May and June either to Bolivia, Botswana, Chicago, China, France, Paraguay, San Antonio or Trinidad.
The group that went to San Antonio, and south to the Mexican border, had a "life-changing" experience, said Chalsi Eastman, a senior from Norwalk, Ohio.
Dr. Earl Lehman's recent death drew our attention to this photo. It is an early 1950s-era Bluffton High School operetta. Lehman, in the front center, was the director.
We see many familar faces here. For example: Dick Boehr on drums, Ada May Oyer on bass, Wilma Jean Jorg on piano, and, yes, Sam Diller on the stage.
This is a Leland Gerber photo, taken obviously on a ladder, in the old BHS gym.
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If we didn't know Donald Rock already had a vanity plate, we might think this is his. It's not. We welcome Icon views thoughts on this owner of this plate.
October is a busy month for the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center. Here are some of the activities planned. The monthly dinner meeting is at 6 p.m., Monday, Oct. 10, catered by the Mt. Cory United Methodist Church.
For a printer-friendly copy of the October newsletter open the attachment at the bottom of this story.
