Craig Cheek, an assistant director of strength and conditioning at the University of Notre Dame, will return to his alma mater, Bluffton University, on Tuesday, Oct. 21, to discuss “How Athletics Prepared Me for a Life of Service.”

Beginning at 11 a.m. in Founders Hall, the Bluffton Forum presentation is free and open to the public.

Cheek, a native of Clyde, Ohio, participated in football and track at Bluffton, where he graduated in 1997 with a bachelor’s degree in health, physical education and recreation. He went on to earn a master’s degree in developmental kinesiology from Bowling Green State University and is in his eighth year at Notre Dame, where he currently works with members of the women’s basketball, baseball and track and field teams.