The Bluffton University football team capped off its 2017 season with nine Beavers earning All-Heartland Conference honors following voting by the head coaches.
Bluffton saw three individuals selected to the first team, three to the second team and three were named honorable mention. Consecutive HCAC victories to end the season have the Beavers excited to start preparing for the 2018 campaign
Join Bluffton University on Giving Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017, for Bluffton Day of Giving and help our students reach their fullest potential.
For the fourth year, Bluffton University will participate in Giving Tuesday—a global initiative which encourages charitable giving amid holiday consumerism.
During Bluffton Day of Giving, all gifts in any amount will help Bluffton reach its goal of 250 donors in 24 hours. As a bonus, alumnus Marlin Gerber ’60 will add $10 to every gift made, up to an additional $2,500.
Bluffton University has named Amanda DeMoine as its head softball coach.
DeMoine has seven years of experience coaching in the NCAA, plus an additional four years of playing experience at Salisbury University, a top DIII program. During spring 2017, she served as an assistant coach at Coppin State University (Baltimore, Md.). Prior to that, she was an assistant coach at Susquehanna University (Selinsgrove, Pa.) for the 2015-16 season and an assistant coach at Stevenson University (Owings Mills, Md.) from 2011-2015. She will join Bluffton’s coaching staff in December.
Kevin Williams, director of residence life at Bluffton University, speaks during an author program at Musselman Library on Nov. 9.
Williams shared his experience of coming together with a diverse group of individuals within higher education to author chapters in the book “Diversity Matters: Race, Ethnicity and the Future of Christian Higher Education.”
Williams wrote the chapter, “Potholes on the Professional Journey of a Developing Leader.” (Photo by Jena O’Brien )
Dr. Sanjay Khare, professor of physics at the University of Toledo, presented the Forum, “Building a Sustainable Energy Future," on Nov. 7 in Bluffton University’s Yoder Recital Hall. Khare discussed how human civilization will need to adapt to the decline of natural resources such as fossil fuels and uranium in order to have a sustainable energy future.
Erica Littlewolf, coordinator of the Indigenous Visioning Center for Mennonite Central Committee (Central States) will bring two programs to Bluffton University on Nov. 28.
Littlewolf will present, “Doctrine of Discovery: A Living History,” during Forum at 11 a.m. in Yoder Recital Hall. During the presentation, Littlewolf, who is Northern Cheyenne, will explain how the 15th century Christian doctrine continues to shape United States policies toward Native Americans.
