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Opening university convocation: Pay attention to what’s important

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 2, 2015 - 5:44pm

The advice that college freshmen receive is always obvious or bogus, and given by people relating what they should have done when they were 18 or 19.

That’s what first-year Bluffton University students heard Sept. 1 from poet and novelist Marge Piercy—who went on to offer a few suggestions anyway at the university’s annual opening convocation.

“Keep your eyes on what’s happening because it can land on your head,” Piercy recommended, urging her largely student audience to pay attention to politics because of its pervasiveness in life.

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Kindergarten - all day

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 2, 2015 - 5:39pm

Meet members of the Bluffton High School class of 2027-28. The first day of Kindergarten was Sept. 2. This year marks a major change in Kindergarten at Bluffton. This is the first class to participate in all-day Kindergarten. This photo is from Amy Butte's class, as she reads students a story.

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ILR offers trail biking course

Posted by Mary Pannabecke... on September 2, 2015 - 5:06pm

Bluffton University’s Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR) is offering a trail biking class this fall for both interested retirees and the semi-retired.

Local bicyclists Paul and Mary Fleck will lead the class, whose first meeting and ride will begin at 2 p.m. Sept. 16 in the Sommer Center parking lot on campus. Cost is $50.

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Chamber ensemble opens Artist Series

Posted by Mary Pannabecke... on September 2, 2015 - 5:05pm

Tickets are still available for the opening performance in the 2015-16 Bluffton University Artist Series, by the baroque chamber ensemble Apollo’s Fire, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, in Yoder Recital Hall.

Founded in 1992, Apollo’s Fire is dedicated to reviving the true spirit of baroque performances, with the emotional impact the music was intended to convey. The group is based in Cleveland and plays to sold-out houses around the world.

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Flipped math course topic of talk

Posted by Mary Pannabecke... on September 2, 2015 - 5:04pm

Dr. Donald Hooley, a professor of mathematics at Bluffton University, will discuss "An Achievement Evaluation of a Flipped Calculus Course” at 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11, in Stutzman Lecture Hall in Bluffton’s Centennial Hall.

The first campus colloquium of the academic year, the presentation is free and open to the public.

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President's Forum to focus on unique qualities of Bluffton

Posted by Mary Pannabecke... on September 2, 2015 - 5:04pm

Dr. James M. Harder, president of Bluffton University, will present the annual President’s Forum at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, in Founders Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

Harder will offer perspectives on the start of a new academic year—Bluffton’s 116th—and describe several institutional initiatives for the coming year. The special theme of this year’s address will be the unique qualities that define the Bluffton educational experience.

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