Dr. Melissa Friesen returned from a two-week trip to Italy last July with more than the usual souvenirs.
The professor of theatre and communication at Bluffton University also brought back ideas for her classes, including Theatre for Social Change, a class she has developed and is currently teaching for the second time.
Dr. Susan Schultz Huxman, president of Conrad Grebel University College in Waterloo, Ontario, will consider the future of Christian liberal arts education during a Bluffton University forum on Tuesday, Jan. 13.
Her presentation, “Planting Seeds of Faithfulness: Why Christian Liberal Arts Education (Still) Matters,’’ is free and open to the public beginning at 11 a.m. in Bluffton’s Founders Hall.
Tickets are available for the next performance in the 2014-15 Bluffton University Artist Series, by the vocal ensemble Cantus at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 29, in Yoder Recital Hall.
