FROM ONU FACEBOOK - In three years of engineering courses at Ohio Northern University, Anne Major’s professors continually stressed the importance of seeing things firsthand.
And then, one pleasant fall evening her senior year, sitting on a lawn chair in the middle of a rural Bluffton farm field watching chickens enter a coop at sunset, Major got it. Because, quite frankly, the chickens weren’t behaving at all how she’d expected.
Major was observing chicken behavior for her senior engineering capstone project.
Kids are having way too much fun at Bluffton Family Recreation's summer kids' adventure camp. The Icon stopped in during an indoor game that feels like tag but has several differnt rules. You'll have to ask one of the 40 participants. Registration remains open for next week's camp. Click here for details.
The Beaverdam Church of Christ will hold a chicken and rib barbecue from 4 to 7 p.m., Saturday, June 19, at the church. The flyer attached has all the details.
Bluffton University’s recent enrollment success was featured in “Inside Higher Edu,” a major international higher education publication.
The story titled “For small private colleges, a mixed year in admissions,” focused a major portion of the article on Bluffton.
Robin Bowlus, vice president of advancement and enrollment management, attributed some of the college's success to its being open for the entire year that just completed. "Students and parents had expectations," she said.