Louise Matthews (back left, with guitar), director of Bluffton University's Lion and Lamb Peace Arts Center, and several education students in the university's Developmental Curriculum class lead Bluffton second graders in song during a workshop in Burcky Gym on April 6-Civic Engagement Day on campus.
The day capped yearlong exploration of the university's 2010-11 civic engagement theme, "Living with Enough: Responding to Global Poverty."
The Bluffton University baseball team fell to Heartland Conference rival Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 4-1, on Saturday, April 9. With the loss, the Beavers dropped to 9-14 overall with a 1-7 mark in the HCAC. The Engineers improved to 15-8 with a 5-3 conference record.
In the top of the first, the Engineers took advantage of an early error to generate two runs when Derek Dauenbaugh doubled home Bobby Newman and Donald Stopka for a 2-0 lead.
Bluffton University students make "homes" from cardboard boxes in which to spend the night at a Poverty Awareness Sleep Out on April 6. Click for details.
Bluffton University students make "homes" from cardboard boxes in which to spend the night at a Poverty Awareness Sleep Out on April 6.
Nine students slept on the Shoker Science Center lawn during the event, which was hosted by the campus chapter of Habitat for Humanity as part of Civic Engagement Day at Bluffton. The day capped yearlong exploration of the university's 2010-11 civic engagement theme, "Living with Enough: Responding to Global Poverty."
The Bluffton EMS will hold a chicken barbecue from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sunday, April 10. Serving is at the EMS building, behind the fire station on Main Street.Tickets are available for $6 each. Tickets are available from Jan Basinger at 419-236-1965, or by contacting any EMS member.
The meal includes one-half chicken, baked potato, green beans and a roll. Proceeds benefit the Bluffton EMS.Desserts are available for additional cost provided by and to benefit Bluffton First United Methodist youth group.
