Nick White, assistant professor of English at The Ohio State University, will present a reading of “Sweet and Low” during Bluffton University’s annual English Festival Forum at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 13, in Yoder Recital Hall.
The Forum is part of Bluffton’s 35th annual English Festival where high school students are invited to spend the day at Bluffton to interact with speakers and Bluffton English faculty.
Bluffton University will host a concert featuring its Jazz Ensemble and Gospel Choir at 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, in Yoder Recital Hall. The performance is free and open to the public; a free-will offering will be taken during intermission for music scholarships.
The Bluffton University Board of Trustees approved the next step in project development for a new science building, granted emeritus status to a retired professor and accepted four new endowed scholarships during their October 2018 board meeting.
The Bluffton University volleyball team snapped a string of three straight setbacks when it dispatched Hanover College in three sets (26-24, 25-17, 25-21) on Wednesday, Oct. 31.
With the victory over the Panthers, Bluffton is back in familiar territory as the Beavers return to the Heartland Conference semi-final round for the sixth straight season.
Senior Doniven Clark (Toledo Bowsher) has been named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Football Player of the Week on defense after leading Bluffton to a 13-0 shutout at Anderson.
He is the second Beaver to earn HCAC Player of the Week honors following Adam Duncan who was the Special Teams Player of the Week following his 13 points scored at Trine.
The Bluffton University football team traveled to Anderson, Ind. on Saturday, Oct. 27 after a bye last weekend. The Beavers pitched a shutout, coming out on top 13-0. Bluffton improved to 2-6 overall and 2-4 in Heartland Conference play while Anderson fell to 2-6 overall and 2-4 in the HCAC. It marked Bluffton first blanking since a 44-0 thrashing of these same Ravens in 2015.
