Hal Shrader, lead pastor of Trinity Mennonite Church in Glendale, Ariz., will be the speaker at Bluffton University’s Spiritual Life Week Forum, at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, in Founders Hall.
Shrader’s presentation, “Between the Mountains and the Trees: A Biblical Geography of Hope,” is free and open to the public.
He will also speak at other events during the week, whose theme is “Esperanza: Trusting in God in an Easy-Mac World.” Bluffton sets aside one week each semester as Spiritual Life Week.
The new Bluffton University Chorale will make its debut at a fall choral and instrumental concert at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14, in Yoder Recital Hall.
Also featuring Bluffton’s Camerata Singers and Concert Band, the concert is free and open to the public. A free-will offering will be taken for music scholarships.
The Bluffton University volleyball team came away with a set from the Student Princes for the first time since 2004, but couldn’t quite pull it off on Wednesday, Oct. 3, as they fell to regional powerhouse Heidelberg (25-13, 17- 25, 25-19, 25-14).
Playing on a field that more resembled a swamp following a day of rain, the Bluffton University men's soccer team fell to Spalding University, 3-1, on Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012. The Beavers slipped to 2-6, while Spalding upped its season mark to 3-6.
Dr. Donald Hooley, professor of mathematics at Bluffton University, will discuss his fall 2011 sabbatical in India during a campus colloquium on Friday, Oct. 5. Beginning at 4 p.m. in Stutzman Lecture Hall in Centennial Hall, the presentation is free and open to the public.
