Bluffton University has named Logan Wells as head cross country coach and assistant track and field coach. Wells comes to Bluffton with two years of collegiate coaching experience at Hanover College and Otterbein University. He also served as a volunteer assistant coach at Federal Hocking High School in Stewart, Ohio.
The Bluffton University track and field team kicked off the 2018-19 season with several great performances at the Tiffin Alumni Open on Saturday, Dec. 1.
Starting on the ladies side, junior Tori Bowen (Wapakoneta/Elida) began her conference title defense in the pole vault with a second-place finish at the season-opener, clearing 3.42 meters.
Author, CEO and former practicing psychologist, Dr. Nate Regier brought a message of compassionate accountability to Bluffton University students during the Nov. 27 Forum “Conflict Without Casualties.”
Regier’s advice for avoiding the hook of drama without avoiding conflict: respond calmly, empathize, help (not dramatize) and recognize the other person’s willingness to be open. “Compassion is about struggling with people in the spirit of dignity so that we can use conflict to create something amazing. It’s the alternative to drama,” explained Regier.
Bluffton University’s music department has announced the soloists for its 123rd performance of Handel’s “Messiah,” at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9, in Yoder Recital Hall.
Faculty, staff, students and community members gathered at Bluffton University’s Campus Welcome Center for “Christmas at the Houshower House.”
The Sunday, Dec. 2 event included carols led by Dr. Crystal Sellers Battle, lighting ceremony with President Jane Wood and prayer by Hannah Stephens ’19, pastoral assistant.
The new campus tradition highlighted the history of the Houshower House which was built by H.W. Berky and his family in the 1940s and later donated to the university by his son-in-law and daughter Mark and Margaret Houshower.
The Bluffton University women's basketball team lost a hard-fought game to John Carroll University by the score of 86-70 in overtime on Wednesday, Nov. 28. The final tally was misleading as it was a heavyweight battle through the first four rounds. The loss dropped the Beavers to 1-4, while John Carroll improved to 3-2.
