Dozens of scholarships will be awarded to incoming Bluffton University students who participate in the Presidential Scholarship Competition at 8:45 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 28.
Two students who participate will receive a full-tuition scholarship, valued at more than $121,000 over four years. The recipients are chosen based on an essay written during the competition, overall grade point average and standardized test score.
All competition participants will receive a $1,000 annual scholarship for attending this prestigious event.
Bluffton University’s Musselman Library will host its fourth annual Celebrate the Library Week, Feb. 6-10. The week is a time for discovery and community for students, faculty, staff and emeriti. The goal of this week is clearly stated in its tag line: “Celebrating Student Research and Creativity.” The week includes a variety of activities such as the First Tuesday Forum, a health and wellness expo and a research fair.
Julie Friesen, director of programs, Community Justice Initiatives in Waterloo, Ontario, will present her speech titled “The Elmira Case Film” at 11 a.m., Feb. 7 in Yoder Recital Hall.
She will reflect on a documentary film about how a drunken rampage in 1974 in Elmira, Ontario, Canada, helped to launch the worldwide restorative justice movement and also began her agencies’ innovative work in restorative justice.
An Animal Tracks and Signs nature program takes place Saturday, Feb. 4, at 10 a.m. at Oakwoods Nature Preserve’s Discovery Center, Findlay. You’ll learn how to look for and identify tracks and signs, take a hike to see what animals have been on the trails, and make your own track to take home.
All ages are welcome. Register with $2 per person by 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 2. There is a minimum six and a maximum of 30 participants. Oakwoods Nature Preserve’s Richard S. “Doc” Phillips Discovery Center is located at 1400 Oakwoods Lane, off County Road 144, west of Findlay.
Doris D. Conrad, 91 died Jan. 26, 2017, at Richland Manor Nursing Home, Bluffton. Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.
