Dr. Todd Allen, vice-president for diversity affairs at Messiah University in Pennsylvania, appeared in Bluffton University’s Forum series on September 27 with a program titled “On the Road to Freedom: Moving the Race Conversation Forward.”
Allen was there, in part, to pitch a May 2023 travel opportunity for Bluffton students that includes a three-week, charter-bus tour of key civil rights destinations such as the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, the Whitney Plantation near New Orleans and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson.
Before the presentation, Allen told the Icon that he would explore how civil rights tourism can be “a vehicle for advancing conversations about race and justice and reconciliation.” Through The Common Ground Project he has led such tours for 21 years. “It’s a chance to engage this living history in a way that often isn’t done in our classrooms. It has great relevance for what we’re experiencing as a nation today.”
This show features renowned contemporary ensemble CORDIS, in partnership with National Geographic Society, performing on the world's most creative collection of traditional and water-based instruments.
Free for Bluffton University students with the passcode.
Monday, October 31, 2022 at 7:30 p.m.
$0.00 - $10.00
Yoder Recital Hall, Bluffton University
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Bluffton University has announced the establishment of the M’Della Moon Endowed Chair in Botany and Environmental Science thanks to generous funding from anonymous donors. The $1.5 million dollar gift will fund a faculty chair who will divide their time equally between managing the Bluffton University Nature Preserve and teaching university classes.
Bluffton University will offer a Master of Social Work (MSW) graduate degree with a mental health specialization starting in the 2023-24 academic year. The program will be conducted in partnership with Goshen College and is pending Higher Learning Commission approval.
Rehearsals for Bluffton University’s 128th performance of Handel’s “Messiah” will be held from 7-8:30 p.m. on Tuesdays each week starting Sept. 20 in the Gilliom Room of Mosiman Hall on campus. There are a total of 11 rehearsals, one Saturday dress rehearsal and one concert.
Anyone interested in singing, from high school students to adults, is invited to join the chorus, which includes Bluffton students, faculty, staff and community members. There is no cost to participate.
