Bluffton University

Tim Bender and Leslie Beasley are the royal couple

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Seniors Tim Bender of Wellman, Iowa, and Leslie Beasley of Columbus, Ohio, were crowned Bluffton University’s Homecoming king and queen at halftime of the annual Homecoming football game on Oct. 12.

Other seniors on the Homecoming court were Andrew Sluss of Houston, Ohio; Von Thomas of Dayton, Ohio; Megan Hill of Arcadia, Ohio; and Alexis Cash of Gaines, Mich.

Junior attendants were Jules Frazier of Nova, Ohio, and Caleb Nesbit of Deatsville, Ala.,

Sophomore attendants were Evan Burden of Sidney, Ohio, and Veronika Stafa of Lezha, Albania.

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Bluffton University will host an instrumental concert at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20, in Yoder Recital Hall. The performance is free and open to the public.

Dr. Roy Couch, associate professor of music, will conduct the program with a piece by Barry Milner called “An October Sky” and “Gales of November” by James Hosay. The varied choices will reference the fall season. 

Well, he's in the "Arsenic and Old Lace" cast at Bluffton University

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• BHS grad Caleb Mikesell is on the cast
Bluffton University will present “Arsenic and Old Lace” by Joseph Kesselring for the fall play from Oct. 31-Nov. 3. 

In “Arsenic and Old Lace,” theater critic Mortimer Brewster’s charming and charitable aunts have an usual ministry helping lonely boarders to their heavenly rest by serving poisoned elderberry wine.

The famous 1941 dark comedy features a nephew who thinks he’s Teddy Roosevelt, a gangster on the run and unsuspecting police officers dropping in on the mayhem.

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Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology was crowned the 2019 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) Women’s Golf Champions on Sunday. The meet took place at the Bluffton Golf Club.

This is the first time the Fightin’ Engineers have won the championship, punching their ticket to the 2020 NCAA Division III Women’s Golf Championship. 

Rose-Hulman was dominant in claiming the title in the two-day championship, turning in a team score of 660, 39 strokes ahead of the nearest competition.

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Here’s the Bluffton University sports round up for this past weekend.

Men’s soccer
The Bluffton University men's soccer team traveled to Franklin College on Saturday, Oct. 12, for an evening Heartland Conference matchup under the lights. The Beavers dropped a 3-0 decision to the Grizzlies. Bluffton fell to 5-8 (0-3 HCAC) while Franklin improved to 4-10 (1-2 HCAC).

Keynote speaker of high school business competition

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High school students are invited to compete for $6,000 in scholarships and prizes during the Bluffton University Business Competition on Tuesday, Oct. 22.

During the 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. event, students will interact with business majors and professors, explore future career paths in business and hear from Ohio Auditor of State Keith Faber, who is serving as the keynote speaker. During the competition portion of the day, students will respond to a business case that will encourage them to think of the many aspects of contemporary business issues.

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