NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind. - The Bluffton men’s soccer team battled through 110 minutes to tie the Manchester University Spartans by a 2-2 score on Tuesday, Oct. 13. The tie gets the Beavers to 0-11-1, while Manchester is now 4-6-3.
Seniors Michael Liska of Bluffton and Meg Short of Archbold, Ohio, were crowned Bluffton University’s Homecoming king and queen at halftime of the annual Homecoming football game on Oct. 10.
Other seniors in the Homecoming court were Donny Beachy of Sugarcreek, Ohio, and Jacey Dehogues of Kalona, Iowa. Junior attendants were Chad Gundy of Flanagan, Illinois, and Mackenzie Butler of Norwich, Ohio, while sophomore attendants were Wyatt Jarrell of Racine, Ohio, and Lauren Dickerson of Goshen, Indiana.
BLUFFTON, Ohio - Bluffton University’s Kendra Parmenter (Grove City) led the Beavers to convincing wins over Defiance and Transylvania during the week and has been named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Volleyball Player of the Week on offense. It marks the fourth straight week that a Beaver has been honored. Sophomore Sydney Mohler (Lima/Central Catholic) took home Defensive Player of the Week last week following back-to-back weeks of Jenny Brown (St. Marys/Memorial) claiming Offensive Player of the Week recognition!
Bluffton University’s mathematics department will host its 14th annual math competition for high school students on Saturday, Nov. 7, in Stutzman Lecture Hall in Centennial Hall. All of the day’s activities are free.
Dr. April Lindner, a professor and poet who has also updated the Brontë sisters in two novels for young adults, is the guest speaker for Bluffton University’s 32nd annual English Festival on Oct. 20.
In the English Festival Forum, at 11 a.m. that Tuesday in Founders Hall, Lindner will address why so many readers enjoy new versions of old myths and stories. Her talk, titled “Re-Imaginings: Messing with the Classics,” is free and open to the public.
