Dr. Amy Mullins, associate professor and director of graduate programs in education, will present the Colloquium "Crack the Code: Phonics Resources for Mature Students," at 4 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 25 in Centennial Hall’s Stutzman Lecture Hall.
During the presentation, Dr. Mullins will provide a brief review of the history of phonics instruction and discuss the need for phonics resources that are appealing to more mature students. Dr. Mullins will also explore an innovative phonics resource, Crack the Code, which she has created to assist more mature students in becoming readers.
Bluffton University’s Grace Albrecht Gallery will host the art exhibit “Anthrotopographies” by John Sabraw.
In “Anthrotopographies,” Sabraw unearths the topographies created from the extraction of natural resources to examine their paradox as being wondrous feats of human ingenuity and engineering, yet also emblematic of our consumption and hubris.
Opening Oct. 28, the exhibit is free and open to the public through Dec. 12. Gallery hours in the Sauder Visual Arts Center are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 1-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.
An author program and reception for Jeff Gundy, professor of English, will be held at 4 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 24, in the Reading Room of Musselman Library.
Gundy will read from his latest book, “Without a Plea: Poems” and play a few songs on his guitar. Students from Gundy’s poetry class will also take part in the presentation.
Several collections of poems by Gundy have been published in recent years, including “Abandoned Homeland,” “Somewhere Near Defiance,” “Songs from an Empty Cage” and “Spoken Among the Trees.”
Bluffton University will host a fall choral concert featuring University Chorale and Camerata Singers at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 27, in Yoder Recital Hall.
You will have an enjoyable afternoon listening to our University Chorale and Camerata Singers under the leadership of director of choral activities, Dr. Bo young Kang.
This event is free and open to the public. A free-will offering will be taken for music scholarships.
Bluffton University’s music department will host a reception for the opening of its Digital Music Lab at 4 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 28.
The lab features Mac mini computers with various programs to create anything from written scores to EDM (electronic dance music). These programs include Logic Pro, Sibelius, Finale, GarageBand and Ableton Live, just to name a few.
