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Drs. Lucia Unrau and Peter Terry, members of the Bluffton University music faculty, will discuss their summer work at the Interlochen (Mich.) Center for the Arts in a campus colloquium at 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 5, in Centennial Hall’s Stutzman Lecture Hall.
Titled “If You Listen, You Can Hear Them Coming: Making Art at Interlochen,” their talk is free and open to the public.
 

Dr. James M. Harder, president of Bluffton University, will present the annual President’s Forum at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 9, in Founders Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

A Northwestern University undergraduate first got Dr. Ken Bain’s attention because he hadn’t read a book assigned by Bain for a history course.

But given a second chance by the instructor, the student went well beyond simply finishing an assignment. He “developed a deep commitment, and out of that commitment came his devotion to deep learning,” said Bain, who cited the story in his 2012 book, “What the Best College Students Do.”

The Bluffton High School volleyball team is still looking for its first win of the season. Bluffton lost to Arlington 3-0 on Sept. 2. Game stats follow:

Arlington won 3-0
Game 1    25-16
Game 2    25-12
Game 3    25-11

The Bluffton High School girls' soccer team was shut out by Lincolnview 2-0 in an NWC contest on Sept. 2 on the road.

Game stats follow:

Halftime: LJ, 2-0 Goals: None. Assists: NA.
Shots on Goal: B, 25-6. Corner Kicks: B, 7-NA,Saves: B,Bahrhorst (6); LJ,NA

 Bluffton 2-3-0, NA

Bluffton
Bahrhorst, Jadyn, Sophomore
Theisen, Sarah, #11, Sophomore, Fwrd

Fall classes are forming now for “Music Together, The Joy of Family Music,” a program of music and movement classes for infants, toddlers, preschoolers and kindergartners, according to Laura Hartzler.

Fall classes include 10 weeks of classes that take place at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesdays from Sept. 30 through Dec. 2. Classes are held in the basement of First Mennonite Church, 101 S. Jackson St., Bluffton.

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