The Lion and Lamb Peace Arts Center at Bluffton University recently celebrated its 35th anniversary with an open house. Also this fall, center director Louise Matthews resigned after working there for 26 years.
A committee of faculty and staff is evaluating the direction of the Lion and Lamb Peace Arts Center, as part of “We Flourish,” the university’s 5-year strategic planning project.
Bluffton University will host a Jazz Ensemble concert from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 21, in Yoder Recital Hall.
Under the direction of Dr. Bo Young Kang, the first half of the concert will feature vocalists performing a variety of jazz, movie and musical pieces composed by Cole Porter, David Foster, Irving Kahal and more.
Conducted by Dr. Andrew Lieberman, the Jazz Ensemble will perform two classic Count Basie tunes written by Sammy Nestico as well as two modern jazz selections written by Michael Kocour and Maria Schneider.
Dr. Jonathan Andreas, professor of economics at Bluffton University, will present the Colloquium, “Management and the Meaning of Life,” at 4 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 5 in Centennial Hall’s Stutzman Lecture Hall.
On Thursday, November 4, Bluffton University will host the DECA District 3 fall conference. Over 200 high school students from more than 10 area high schools will be participating in the event.
With the possibility to advance to state and national competition, on November 4 students will sharpen their analytical and presentation skills in areas including public relations, branding, job interviewing, and case analysis.
To help these students, we are looking for judges in the following areas:
Team Case Study (judges are needed from 9:30 a.m. to approximately 1 p.m.).
Bluffton University will host a fall choral concert featuring University Chorale and Camerata Singers at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 31 in Yoder Recital Hall.
An entertaining afternoon will be provided with selections ranging from baroque to contemporary choral music. Composers include Tomas Luis de Victoria, Benjamin Britten, Morten Lauridsen and Stephen Paulus among others. Dr. Bo Young Kang, director of choral activities at Bluffton University, will conduct.
The concert is free and open to the public. A free-will offering will be taken for music scholarships.
Bluffton University’s Grace Albrecht Gallery will host the art exhibit “Otherworldland” by Justin Henry Miller beginning Oct. 25.
The show features work created by Miller over the past five years in a diverse range of mediums including drawing, painting, printmaking, mixed media and small sculpture. Aesthetically, Miller’s artwork can best be described as surreal as it references, but bends, reality. Conceptually, the work delves into his interest in the closing gap between science fiction and science fact.
