Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs, partnering with Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce and The Centre, will hold a "Bluffton Oscars Mix & Mingle" night from 5 to 7 p.m., Thursday, March 24, at The Centre at Bluffton, 601 N. Main St.
The event, free and open to the public, invites businesses in Allen, Putnam, Hardin and Hancock to have a table to display their products and services. It also enables business owners to network with other business owners in a business expo format.
The Rockford University Board of Trustees announced that Eric Fulcomer, Ph.D., has been appointed as the 18th president of Rockford University, Rockford, Ill., and to succeed Robert L. Head, Ph.D., who is retiring June 30, 2016.
Dr. Fulcomer is the current vice rresident for enrollment management at Rockford University and has more than two decades of leadership experience in higher education.
Bluffton High School boys' basketball team enter Division III tournament play this week. The Pirates face Carey at 8 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 24 at the Elida Fieldhouse. That winner faces Coldwater Friday night at 8 p.m. at Elida. Bluffton girls bowed out of the sectional losing to Coldwater 58-39.