A book release celebration for “Education with the Grain of the Universe: A Peaceable Vision for the Future of Mennonite Schools, Colleges, and Universities” will take place at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 2, in the Musselman Library Reading Room.
Edited by Dr. J. Denny Weaver, professor emeritus of religion at Bluffton, the book features how 18 contributors shape philosophies of Mennonite higher education as they explore intersections of educational theories and practices with Anabaptism, Mennonite thought and peacemaking.
Blanchard Valley Hospital was recently honored with an “A” grade in the Fall 2017 Hospital Safety Score, which rates how well hospitals protect patients from errors, accidents, injuries and infections.
The Hospital Safety Score uses 30 measures of publicly available hospital safety data to produce a single “A,” “B,” “C,” “D” or “F” score representing a hospital’s overall capacity to keep patients safe from preventable harm. More than 2,600 U.S. hospitals were assigned scores in Fall 2017.
BLUFFTON, Ohio - Junior Erin Weisgarber (Bolivar/Tuscarawas Valley) has been named the Heartland Conference Player of the Week after leading the Beavers to a 3-0 mark, including a pair of HCAC victories.
The dynamic signal caller had 19 kills against just 1 error for a .486 hitting percentage while doling out 107 assists (10.7 APG). Weisgarber also tallied 38 digs and five total blocks for the week.
Weisgarber is up to #3 all-time with 3,313 career assists, trailing just Shauna Rowland (3,695) and Jayne Miller (4,275).
