Dr. George Metz, education department chair and faculty athletics representative at Bluffton University, has been elected vice president of NCAA Division III faculty athletics representatives.
The professor of education, who also chairs Bluffton's Division of Education and Sport Science, was voted into the national office at the NCAA Faculty Athletics Representatives Association (FARA) Symposium, held Nov. 9-12 in San Diego.
Russell Krouse, a senior offensive tackle on the Bluffton University football team, was among 127 candidates this fall for the National Football Foundation (NFF) National Scholar-Athlete Awards.
Krouse, a marketing major from Huntsville, Ohio, was one of only 30 candidates from NCAA Division III teams and the only one from the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference.
Mollie Landry and Kati Skon will showcase their artwork in their Bluffton University Senior Exhibition, opening Tuesday, Nov. 29, in the Grace Albrecht Gallery of Sauder Visual Arts Center. The exhibit, which continues through Dec. 13, is free and open to the public, as is a gallery reception for the artists from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4.
Three Bluffton University choirs will headline "A Festival of Lessons and Carols," the university's annual Christmas choral concert, at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, 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.
The Bluffton University women's basketball team started the 2011-12 campaign with a dominating win over Ohio State-Lima on Friday, Nov. 18, in the first round of the fourth annual Bluffton Tip-Off Tournament.
Bluffton's community Thanksgiving service, planned by the Bluffton Area Ministerial Association, will be at 7 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 20, at St. Mary's Catholic Church.
The Rev. Dr. Matthew Zuehlke, pastor of Bluffton Presbyterian Church, is the preacher.
An offering taken will assist the Bluffton Community Assistance Program's food pantry. In addition, non-perishable food items will be accepted.
