Hayley Burke, an incoming student at Bluffton University, has been awarded the university’s Austin E. Knowlton Memorial Scholarship, valued at more than $16,000 over four years.
Burke, of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, is the daughter of Jon and Kelly Burke and will graduate from Mount Vernon High School this year. She volunteers and is active in 4H, the National Honors Society, the Mount Vernon High School women’s varsity basketball team and at her church The Church at Chapel Hill.
MAY 12 MEDIA RELEASE__The Bluffton University Board of Trustees met in May for their annual spring meeting. The board discussed a variety of topics including federal and state changes in higher ed, reflections from the halted merger process, enrollment review and other institutional needs. Trustees also took several actions including promoting faculty and approving a one-year strategic plan.
May 6 MEDIA RELEASE__Bluffton University graduated its 125th class during the Saturday, May 3, Commencement ceremony. The 125th graduating class consisted of 189 bachelor’s and master’s degrees.
Bluffton University will host a choral concert “Five Centuries of Anabaptist Singing- a Musical Odyssey,” directed by Camille Lively, at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 27, in Yoder Recital Hall.
This event is part of Anabaptism at 500, a series commemorating the beginning of the Anabaptist faith denomination. A full list of Anabaptism at 500 events can be found at www.bluffton.edu/anabaptism500 All Anabaptism at 500 events are free and open to public. These events made possible with the generous support of Lowell and Marty Hostetler.
Bluffton University will host a Reader’s Theatre, “I Have Not Forsaken the Word of God,” at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 13, in College Hall’s Ramseyer Auditorium.
The production is directed by Dr. Melissa Friesen, Mary Nord Ignat and Joseph Ignat professor of theatre and communication at Bluffton University, and is based on testimony of Jacques d’Auchy from “Martyrs Mirror.”
