Fourteen Bluffton University students will report on their 2017 cross-cultural experiences during two Forums on Tuesday, Feb. 6, in Yoder Recital Hall.
At 11 a.m., eight students who lived in Guatemala and studied at CASAS (Central American Study and Service), a program affiliated with the Guatemalan Mennonite Church, will present. During this experience, students took classes and lived with a host family in Guatemala City for the first half of the semester and finished the experience completing a five week volunteer field experience in various locations across the country.
Dr. Martina Cucchiara, associate professor of history at Bluffton University, will present the Colloquium, "Saving the Nation: War, Sex and Pious Women in Catholic Magazines for Girls and Women in Germany from 1885 to 1920,” at 4 p.m. on Feb. 2 in Stutzman Lecture Hall.
According to Cucchiara, during World War I, women’s increased mobility, employment and autonomy in the absence of men gave rise to widespread anxieties about the supposed sexual and moral transgressions of German girls and women.
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Here's the Bluffton council, following the swearing in of all new members. Bottom from left, David Steiner, Phill Talavania, Jerry Cupples, Joe Sehlhorst, Mitch Kingsley and newest member Ben Stahl, with Richard Johnson, mayor, on top. The next photo shows council in session.
The most labor-intensive time spent by Bluffton village employees during 2017 involved street work, according to an hours worked by department summary provided to Bluffton council on Monday.
The chart (attached at the bottom of this story) reveals actually hours spent in hours and percentage of total workload.
Major areas:
1 – Streets – 1,997 hours (32%)
2 – Water – 1,698 hours (27%)
3 – Sewer – 1,016 hours (16%)
4 – Parks – 524 hours (8%)
