Bluffton University will celebrate its annual May Day weekend of festivities May 5-8.
The traditional end-of-the-academic-year celebration intertwines the past by hosting alumni reunions, the present by honoring this year's graduates and the future with first-year students performing the traditional Maypole dance. Classes ending in a 6 or 1, and the class of 2015, will celebrate reunions.
BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Defiance College Yellow Jackets came to town to take on Bluffton University in an HCAC contest on Tuesday, April 19. The Beavers were able to complete the comeback in a 10-7 victory, marking the second time this year Bluffton was able to get the better of Defiance. The victory boosts the Beavers to 10-19 with a 5-11 record in the HCAC. With the loss, Defiance fell to 15-13 and a 8-8 in conference.
BLUFFTON, Ohio - Bluffton's Terrill Webb (Kenton) shattered her own school record by a foot in the pole vault at the All-Ohio Championships Saturday and has been named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Women’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week. It marks the second straight week that a Beaver has captured the women's HCAC Field Athlete of the Week honor following D'Nae Reese (Columbus, Ohio/Upper Arlington) who broke school records in the shot and discus at the Marv Frye Invitational.
The Christian Values in the Global Community class taught by Dr. Perry Bush, professor of history, will host a panel discussion on urban sprawl in Allen County from 6:30-7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 20. The event is free and open to the public. It will take place in Yoder Hall.
The panel will include Allen County Commissioner Cory Noonan, Allen County Engineer Brion Rhodes and President/CEO of Allen Economic Development Group Jeff Sprague.
BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Rose-Hulman Insititute of Technology stayed atop the Heartland Conference standings by finishing a sweep of the Bluffton University Beavers, 10-5, on Sunday, April 17. The victory improves the Engineers to 19-7 overall and 11-3 in conference play, while the Beavers dropped to 9-19 overall and 4-11 in HCAC action.
