2007 Bluffton graduate Jenna Liechty Martin will share “Why Living My Best Life Depends on You: Camp as a Place of Interconnection and Joy,” at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 19, in Yoder Recital Hall.
Martin is the executive director of Camp Friedenswald in Cassopolis, Mich. During Forum, Martin will discuss how serving at Camp Friedenswald has created an experience for her to form genuine community and connection, which is vital to living her best life.
Dr. Cynthia Bandish will present the Colloquium “Finding the Empire at Yale” at 4 p.m., Nov. 22 in Centennial Hall’s Stutzman Lecture Hall,
Bandish, professor of English, will share about her weeklong experience at the Yale Center for British Art where she participated in a seminar titled, “Art and Society in Britain, Hogarth to Turner (1730– 1851).”
Bandish was among a select group of faculty members nationwide chosen by the Council of Independent Colleges to participate in the seminar, which was supported by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.
The Bluffton University football team traveled to Defiance on Nov. 16, to take on arch rival Defiance College in the final game of the season for both teams.
Unfortunately for the Beavers, they could not get any offense going which led to a 10-7 loss to the Yellow Jackets. Bluffton fell to 2-8 overall and 2-5 in the Heartland Conference, while Defiance improved to 1-9 overall and 1-6 in the HCAC. The Beavers still lead the all-time series 47-46-2.
The Bluffton University men's basketbal team headed east to Westminster College for the Buzz Ridl Classic over the weekend. A three-pointer at the buzzer gave Westminster a 71-69 victory in Bluffton's season opener from New Wilmington, Penn.
Season-end honors were earned by several Bluffton University fall sport athletes. Here’s a summary.
Men’s soccer
The Bluffton University men's soccer program saw two individuals recognized when the Heartland Conference handed out its 2019 post-season hardware. Sophomore Dalton Taynor (Troy/Miami East) was named Second Team All-HCAC, the highest Heartland Conference honor for a men's soccer player since 2014.
Freshman keeper Tanner Newport (Hamilton, Va./Loudoun Valley) notched honorable mention recognition for his work in goal.
Alaina Shearer, a seasoned speaker and professional change maker, will share her personal and professional journey toward positive social change at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19, in Yoder Recital Hall.
In Shearer’s professional journey, she quickly realized after graduation that extreme sexism and gender discrimination were rampant in her chosen industry - broadcast journalism and then, again, in her second career path: advertising. In 2016, Shearer realized this wasn’t sustainable and founded her own company – Women in Digital (now Together Digital).
