February 2017

Over the Feb. 28 Marbeck lunch hour

The Bluffton University baseball team will once again brave the razor during the  2017 Vs. Cancer fundraiser in which several members of the team, along with supporters, shave their heads.
 
The event will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 28, in the Commons at Marbeck Center. This is the sixth year the baseball team has raised money for the charity, and it is the team’s largest community service project.
 

Presented by University of Pittsburgh professor Feb. 28

Lynn Coghill, graduate professor and director of the master of social work program at the University of Pittsburgh, will present “Playing with Stress,” on Tuesday, Feb. 28, at 11 a.m. in Yoder Recital Hall.
 
Coghill will engage the audience with practices that play with rather than fight stress. She is a certified cognitive therapist who specializes in the treatment of anxiety disorders and complicated bereavement.

University Chorale and Bluffton Choral Society performance

Bluffton University’s Masterworks performance is to be held at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 26, in Yoder Recital Hall.

The concert will feature “Gloria” by Antonio Vivaldi. A free-will offering will be taken to help cover expenses.

The chorus is comprised of members from the Bluffton University Chorale and the Bluffton Choral Society. They will be joined by an orchestra made up of university students and community members.

The soloists are Bluffton University students: Anna Cammarn, Constance Moushon, Meghan Gibson, Mary Bender and Kimberly Meyer.

No change in ownership, management or daily operations

Bluffton's DTR Industries has a new name.

As of March 1 it will be SumiRiko Ohio, Inc., according to Takahisa Kato, president and COO.

DTR manufactures anti-vibration products for the automotive industry. It was established in Bluffton in 1988 and employs 600 associates.

The name change announcement, made today also stated that there is no change to DTR Industries’ ownership, management or daily operations.

Works of three artists on exhibit now in Albrecht Gallery on campus

Half of a century after the Cuban revolution, diplomatic relations have been restored between The United States and Cuba; commercial airlines are once again operating on the tiny island and tourists are flocking to the country just 100 miles south of Key West.

February 13, 2017

BLUFFTON, Ohio - Bluffton University's KAYCEE ROWE (Harrod/Allen East) bucketed 22 points and six rebounds per game as the Beavers improved to 19-4 following road wins at Defiance and Anderson last week. She earned her second straight Heartland Conference Player of the Week honor and is the second Bluffton women's basketball player to be recognized this year following Rachel Beining (Ottoville) who took home the same award four weeks ago.  

February 13, 2017

BLUFFTON, Ohio - Bluffton University’s D'Nae Reese (Columbus, Ohio/Upper Arlington) has been named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Women’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Week following her performance at the All-Ohio Championships on Saturday, Feb. 11.

Several superiors and excellent ratings on Saturday

Bluffton High School musicians achieved several superiors and excellent ratings at the OMEA solo and ensemble contest Feb. 11 at Lima Senior High.

BHS music teacher are Rachael Lewis, strings, David Sycks, band, and Kara Zink, vocal.

Those students follow:

STRINGS

Dr. Oliver Lugibihl was last year's honoree

Who will it be?

The Bluffton Lions Club seeks nominees for the 2016 citizen of the year.

The award was established in 1981. It honors a person, couple or someone representing a group who has selflessly given time, effort and talent for the benefit of those in the Bluffton area and whose dedication and achievements have profoundly improved the quality of life of the people of the area.

The nominee may be living or deceased (within the last year). The winner will be honored at a banquet later this spring

The duo The Rough & Tumble from Nashville, will perform twice in Bluffton during February, according to Wendy Chappell-Dick,

They will perform at 7 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 25, in the Bluffton town hall during a Town Hall Concert Series performance.

They will also perform during brunch at The Mustard Seed, Sunday, Feb. 26. Both performances are free and open to the public.

The Rough & Tumble has been on the road since April 2015. Musicians Mallory Graham and Scott Tyler share their 16-foot camper with dogs Butter and Pud as they tour nationwide. 

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