Three companies have signed on as sponsors of Bluffton’s first Be A Beaver Triathlon, to be held Saturday, May 31.
Sponsoring the event are CenturyLink, a Fortune 500 telecommunications firm; Shirley’s Gourmet Popcorn Co. of Bluffton; and Muddy River Bicycle Co. of Findlay, Ohio. Community partners are the village of Bluffton and the Bluffton Community Swimming Pool.
Beginning at 8 a.m. on May 31 at the pool, the event will include a 400-meter swim, a 20K bike ride on nearby country roads and a 5K run through village streets and the Bluffton University Nature Preserve.
It will be a busy week in Bluffton: the opening of the farmers' market, Bluffton Sportsmen's Club trout derby and...Bluffton University May Day and commencement.
Here's the schedule for Bluffton University events:
Bluffton University will mark its annual May Day weekend May 1-4 with traditional alumni reunions, student activities and graduation events, as well as a “faculty showcase” in Musselman Library.
Several Bluffton University faculty members were recognized at the annual Dean’s Reception on April 22 for grants, sabbaticals and other development opportunities that they have been awarded.
Bluffton University announces May Day and commencement activities May 1 to May 4. Events are free and open to the public unless noted otherwise. The events follow:
May 1
May Day Musical: “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” 7:30 p.m., Founders Hall. Tickets, $13 for reserved seats and $5 for general-admission bleacher seats, are available online at http://tickets.bluffton.edu or in person from 2-4 p.m. weekdays at the Sommer Center box office.
Campus pastors at Mennonite colleges and universities met at Bluffton University April 8-10 to share ideas about ministry on their respective campuses and to support each other in prayer.
They represented several North American Mennonite institutions, including Eastern Mennonite University, Bethel College, Goshen College, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary and Conrad Grebel University College in Waterloo, Ontario.
Bluffton University presented its top athletics awards April 15 to all-conference performers in football and soccer.
Shawn Frost of Edison, Ohio, received the A.C. Burcky Award as senior male athlete of the year, while Aimee Whitmer of Grand Rapids, Ohio, won the Kathryn E. Little Award as outstanding senior female athlete. Both student-athletes have multiple majors—Frost in sport management, exercise science, and strength and conditioning, and Whitmer in psychology and social work.
