Dr. Gerald Mast, a professor of communication at Bluffton University, will discuss “Joyful Submission and Network Separation in Old Order Mennonite Computing” in a campus colloquium on Friday, Nov. 20.
Free and open to the public, his talk will begin at 4 p.m. in Stutzman Lecture Hall in Centennial Hall.
Bluffton University’s music department will host a holiday instrumental concert featuring the Bluffton Concert Band and chamber ensembles at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22, in Yoder Recital Hall.
Including a variety of holiday music, including carols, the concert is free and open to the public.
Dr. Roy Couch, assistant professor of music, conducts the Concert Band. He will also lead three performing ensembles (two brass and one woodwind), while Dr. Adam Schattschneider, professor of music, will lead two (flute and saxophone).
Edward C. Murphy Jr., 79, died Nov. 12, 2015 at 3:30 p.m. at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton.
Ed was born Nov. 11, 1936, in Lima to Edward and Philomena (Sheridan) Murphy who preceded him in death. On Sept. 2, 1961 he married Margaret "Peg" (Immele) Murphy and she survives.
Bluffton author, Joanne Niswander, will hold a book signing for her recently released book “Reflections from Maple Crest Pond,” on Saturday.
The book signing is from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 14, at Book ReViews, 123 S. Main St., Bluffton, according to Dr. Christina Walton, store manager.
Niswander shares personal reflections and insights in her newest book, in which she challenged herself “to write one purposely-concise thought piece daily” for an entire year.
Bluffton University is launching a four-year academic program in nursing that will enable students to earn an associate degree and become registered nurses, then seamlessly complete a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree.
To lead the program—on which Bluffton is collaborating with Northwest State Community College in Archbold, Ohio—the university has hired Sherri Winegardner, a Bluffton alumna, as director of nursing and associate professor of nursing. She will begin her work in January.
