BLUFFTON, Ohio - Senior Jordan Watkins (Reynoldsburg) has been named the Heartland Conference Special Teams Player of the Week following Bluffton's first victory of the season.
Watkins led the Beavers to a 32-31 victory over Mount St. Joseph on Saturday, Sept. 16. The senior hit four field goals, including a 37 yarder with less than 30 seconds remaining to seal the win over the Lions!
Bluffton welcomes the HCAC-favorite Franklin College Grizzlies to Alumni Field on Saturday at 1:30 p.m.
BLUFFTON, Ohio - Junior Bethany Martini (Pickerington, Ohio/North) has been named the Heartland Conference Player of the Week after leading the Beavers to a 3-1 mark. It marks the second time in three weeks that Martini has been the Offensive Player of the Week in the HCAC!
The powerful outside pounded 62 kills (4.77 KPS) for a .260 hitting percentage. She was named the Bluffton Fall Classic MVP after a career-high 22 kills in a four-set victory over Allegheny.
Bluffton University students who participated in a cross-cultural experience last spring will speak during campus Forums at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 26, in Yoder Recital Hall. The presentations are free and open to the public.
Students who traveled to Bolivia, Chicago and Botswana will recount their experiences in the morning while students who traveled to China, Trinidad and Kentucky will share their experiences in the evening.
From Oct. 1 through Nov. 5, Bluffton University will host the traveling exhibit “Mirror of the Martyrs” in the Albrecht Gallery of Sauder Visual Arts Center. This dramatic and colorful exhibit tells the story of religious conflict and violence in the Reformation era from the perspective of Anabaptist martyrs and offers one way to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the beginning of the Protestant Reformation.
Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Saturday, 1-5 p.m. and Sunday, 1-6 p.m.
TIFFIN, Ohio -The Bluffton University men’s and women’s cross country teams trekked to Clinton Heights Golf Course for the “Tiffelberg Open” cross country invitational. The meet, a preview competition for the upcoming OAC championship in late October, brought together a high quality field of NCAA Division III regionally ranked teams as well as local Division II programs.