The Bluffton University volleyball team welcomed Mount St. Joseph to Copeland Court on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. The Beavers were able to hold off the Lions for a four-set (30-28, 25-23, 21-25, 25-14) victory. Bluffton improved to 5-18 (1-3 HCAC) on the season while Mount St. Joseph fell to 12-9 (1-3 HCAC).
The Bluffton University women's soccer team welcomed Earlham College to the Sears Athletic Complex on a cold and windy Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. The Beavers secured a tight 2-1 victory over the Quakers. Bluffton improved to 5-8 (2-2 HCAC) on the season, while Earlham dropped to 7-6 (0-4 HCAC).
Naturalist Amy Norris will update the community about the Moyer Nature Center’s new designation as a monarch waystation at 1 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 19, at the Bluffton University Nature Preserve.
Norris will also discuss creating habitats to help native insect pollinators. The introduction will be followed by a walk to view the habitats as well as the preserve’s native wildflowers, shrubs and fall foliage. All ages are welcome at this event.
Entrance to the Moyer Nature Center at the Bluffton University Nature Preserve is 10625 Augsburger Road.
A screening of the documentary “All The Queen’s Horses” will begin at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 22, in Bluffton University’s Yoder Recital Hall.
The documentary focuses on the largest case of municipal fraud in American history and poses the question, “How could one woman steal $53 million without anyone noticing?”
The crime, which fed a quarter horse breeding empire, forced years of staff cuts, budget slashing in the police department and neglect of public infrastructure in Dixon, Ill.
Bluffton University’s mathematics department will host its annual math competition for high school students on Saturday, Nov. 9, in Centennial Hall’s Stutzman Lecture Hall.
The test consists of short-answer questions covering high school math topics through pre-calculus. Fifteen cash prizes will be awarded, and test scores of seniors considering attending Bluffton may be used to award renewable scholarships of up to $1,000 per year. Scholarship awards will be offered by January 2020.
Bluffton senior Obi Martin, an English major from Gordonville, Pa., will present, “When Spells Weren’t Cast But Written”, on Tuesday, Oct. 22, at 11 a.m. in Musselman Library’s Reading Room.
Martin, who serves as assistant editor for “Bridge: The Bluffton University Literary Journal” will present on writing and performative arts, as well as his work with “The Curator” and “Leaf Magazine,” online and print literary journals based out of Hagerstown, Md.
