The Bluffton University women’s basketball season came to an end after a hard fought battle with regular season HCAC champion Transylvania University.
The Beavers lost 76-67 and missed out on the conference tournament by one game. Bluffton ended the season 12-13 and 7-11 in HCAC. Transylvania stands 20-5 and 16-2 in HCAC heading into next weekend's tournament in Lexington.
Dr. John Roth of Goshen College will address “‘Bearing Witness’ as Peacemaking: A New ‘Martyrs Mirror’ for the 21st Century?” in the 2013 C. Henry Smith Peace Lecture at Bluffton University.
Free and open to the public, his presentation will begin at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, in Founders Hall.
The lecture will introduce a project aimed at gathering stories of Christian faithfulness in the face of adversity and suffering.
A rarely heard “Requiem” and high school seniors vying for music scholarships will be featured at Bluffton University’s Masterworks Concert on Sunday, Feb. 24, in Yoder Recital Hall. Admission is free to the 2:30 p.m. concert (the former Bach Festival Concert); a free-will offering will be taken for scholarships.
Dr. Mark J. Suderman, a professor of music, will conduct the University Chorale, the Bluffton Choral Society and a community chamber orchestra—along with two solo quartets comprised of Bluffton alumni—in their performance of Florian Leopold Gassmann’s “Requiem.”
Dr. Perry Bush, a Bluffton University professor of history, will discuss his semester as a Fulbright scholar in Ukraine during a Bluffton colloquium at 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, in Centennial Hall’s Stutzman Lecture Hall. His presentation, “Lecturing down the Dnipro: A Semester in Ukraine” is free and open to the public.
The Bluffton University men’s basketball team fell short of the conference tournament after a tough loss at Transylvania University on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013.
The Beavers finished the season 11-14 and 7-11 in Heartland Conference. Transylvania improved to 19-6 and 14-4 in HCAC. The Pioneers will play Mount St. Joseph in the first round of the HCAC tournament next Friday, Feb. 22.
Paul Baransy will conduct Bluffton University’s Jazz Ensemble and Concert Band in the annual winter instrumental concert, at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, in Yoder Recital Hall.
The concert is free and open to the public; a free-will offering will be taken during intermission for music scholarships.
