Men's and women's tennis are returning to the Bluffton University athletics program in 2011-12, with an alumnus and member of the Ohio Tennis Coaches Hall of Fame at the helm.
"During the last year, we have heard from more and more current and prospective students about their increased interest in competing in tennis at Bluffton," said Phill Talavinia, athletics director. Bluffton took a break from offering the tennis program in May 2008.
The Bluffton University men's basketball team held off a valiant Kalamazoo College charge to open its 2010-11 campaign with a 4-0 mark, the best start by a Bluffton men's team since the 1965-66 squad opened up 6-0 which was the only other time Bluffton was won more than three games to start a season. The Beavers kept Kalamazoo winless at 0-4 with a 65-62 win over the Hornets.
The Bluffton University men's basketball team used a dominating performance in the first half to upend Hiram College on Wednesday, November 24, 2010. The Beavers' 3-0 start marks the first time Bluffton has opened a season with three straight wins since 1997-98. The Terriers slipped to 2-2 on the season.
The Bluffton University women's basketball team hit 14-of-27 shots in the second half en route to a convincing 68-51 win at Oberlin College on Tuesday, Nov. 23. Oberlin fell to 1-2 on the season, while the Beavers won their second straight in improving to 2-1.
Two centuries ago, China and India combined to produce 50 percent of the world's gross domestic product. After 200 years of political and economic turbulence-including ongoing, rapid economic development since the 1980s-China has returned to prominence, with the second-ranked GDP globally and a 9 percent share of the worldwide total.
The Chinese are well aware of their standing, too, says Dr. George Lehman, the Howard Raid professor of business at Bluffton University, who saw change in China firsthand for two weeks in June.
"Looking back, looking forward" was the focus of the Nov. 11-13 fall meeting of the Bluffton University Board of Trustees, which accepted the final report of the university's 2006-10 strategic plan and began discussion of the next generation of the university's strategic plan and long-term vision during a daylong planning workshop that preceded the regular meetings.
"The board's focused review and planning activities provided an opportunity to gain some larger perspectives on the university," Bluffton president Dr. James M. Harder observed.
