Dr. Jonathan Andreas, an assistant professor of economics at Bluffton University, will discuss the ethical reasoning of economics in a Bluffton Colloquium presentation at 4 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2, in Stutzman Lecture Hall in Centennial Hall.
Andreas' talk, titled "The Ordinalist Manifesto: A Revolution in Applied Welfare Economics," is free and open to the public.
Eleven Bluffton University students heard the call for a Christian business response to global poverty at the annual Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) conference this month in Lancaster, Pa.
Technology, including social media, was also among the topics that resonated with the Bluffton students, who were among roughly 600 attendees, including about 50 students from Mennonite campuses and many owners of small and medium-sized businesses.
Sophomore Dustin Kinn (Alvada/New Riegel) was named the Heartland Conference men's basketball player of the week after he led the Beavers to a 2-0 start to the season at Webster University in St. Louis.
The sophomore post poured in a then career-high 21 points to go along with seven rebounds in Bluffton's 79-76 overtime win against host Webster on Saturday evening. Kinn followed that performance with another career-high scoring effort, bucketing 25 points in the Beavers' first-ever triple overtime contest, a 97-94 victory over Rust College on Sunday.
Bluffton University's music department has announced the soloists for its 116th performance of Handel's "Messiah," at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, in Founders Hall. Soloists are Dr. Crystal Sellers, soprano; Cynthia Lincoln MacDonald, alto; Christopher Scholl, tenor; and Dr. Sean Cooper, bass.
Crystal Sellers, soprano
Sellers is an assistant professor of music at Bluffton, where she teaches voice and vocal pedagogy and conducts the university and community gospel choir.
One night after Bluffton took down tournament host Webster in overtime for Coach Neal's 250th career victory, the Beavers made sure everyone got their money's worth when they downed Rust College 97-94 in three overtimes.
