http://devwww.bluffton.edu/news/acad-events.html News of academic events at Bluffton University en-us Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:43:32 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss OmniUpdate (OU Publish) http://www.bluffton.edu/news/2012-13/041513acadawards.html The university will host its annual Academic Awards Forum on Tuesday, April 23, in Yoder Recital Hall. Scott Borgelt <borgelts@bluffton.edu> Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:43:32 -0400 http://www.bluffton.edu/news/2012-13/041513templabor.html Dr. Jason Swartzlander, an assistant professor of accounting, will discuss "Temporary Labor and Financial Performance: Parallels between Manufacturing and Higher Education" in an April 19 colloquium. Scott Borgelt <borgelts@bluffton.edu> Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:09:40 -0400 http://www.bluffton.edu/news/2012-13/040913athletics.html The university will recognize its top student-athletes at the annual Athletics Awards Forum, at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 16, in Yoder Recital Hall. Scott Borgelt <borgelts@bluffton.edu> Tue, 09 Apr 2013 10:12:48 -0400 http://www.bluffton.edu/news/2012-13/040913oratory.html Three seniors will compete in the university's annual C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, in Yoder Recital Hall. Scott Borgelt <borgelts@bluffton.edu> Tue, 09 Apr 2013 09:22:40 -0400 http://www.bluffton.edu/news/032813forum.html "Curating Identity" will be the topic of Dr. Trevor Bechtel and Carrie Phillips for the annual Civic Engagement Forum on Tuesday, April 9. Scott Borgelt <borgelts@bluffton.edu> Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:26:38 -0400 http://www.bluffton.edu/news/2012-13/032813cucchiara.html Dr. Martina Cucchiara, an assistant professor of history, will pose the question "Imprisoned Maidens or Audacious Feminists? Reconsidering Nuns in 19th-century Germany" in an April 5 campus colloquium. Scott Borgelt <borgelts@bluffton.edu> Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:00:32 -0400 http://www.bluffton.edu/news/2012-13/032513womensforum.html Independent documentary filmmaker Julia Reichert, a three-time Academy Award nominee, will screen portions of "Films from the early Women's Liberation Movement" in a Forum on Tuesday, April 2. Sara Kisseberth <kissebes@bluffton.edu> Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:29:53 -0400 http://www.bluffton.edu/news/2012-13/031813eng-fest.html Rebecca McClanahan, guest author for the annual English Festival, will offer "Some Thoughts on the Writing and Reading Life" at Forum on March 26. Sara Kisseberth <kissebes@bluffton.edu> Mon, 18 Mar 2013 09:06:28 -0400 http://www.bluffton.edu/news/2012-13/031113colloquium.html Art professor Gregg Luginbuhl committed to creating one new ceramic cup design each day for 100 days in early 2012. His creations will be on hand to view and to use, on Friday, March 15, when Luginbuhl discusses "One Hundred Cups: Sips of Art and Life." Sara Kisseberth <kissebes@bluffton.edu> Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:49:22 -0400 http://www.bluffton.edu/news/2012-13/031113ilr.html Bluffton University's Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR), an educational program for retirees, is offering nine courses on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays this spring, beginning March 25. Sara Kisseberth <kissebes@bluffton.edu> Mon, 11 Mar 2013 08:45:36 -0400 http://www.bluffton.edu/news/2012-13/031113pm-forum.html "Weaving Life," a documentary about the life of Dan Terry who spent more than 30 years devoted to the people of Afghanistan before he and nine other humanitarian aid workers were assassinated, will be shown March 14. Sara Kisseberth <kissebes@bluffton.edu> Mon, 11 Mar 2013 08:01:21 -0400 http://www.bluffton.edu/news/2012-13/031113slw-forum.html Cyneatha Millsaps, lead pastor of Community Mennonite Church in Markham, Ill., will relate the story of her son's experience in prison and how it has affected her family in "Prisons: Not Just for the Criminal" during Forum on Tuesday, March 19. Sara Kisseberth <kissebes@bluffton.edu> Mon, 11 Mar 2013 07:52:51 -0400 http://www.bluffton.edu/news/2012-13/030513forumpreview.html Phil Snider, a pastor, writer and teacher from Missouri, will visit Bluffton for a March 12 Forum on the rapidly changing nature of social media and its implications for making a difference in the world. Sara Kisseberth <kissebes@bluffton.edu> Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:41:02 -0500 http://www.bluffton.edu/news/2012-13/022013soulfood.html The multicultural affairs office will host a soul food dinner at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, in The Commons in Marbeck Center. Sara Kisseberth <kissebes@bluffton.edu> Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:29:40 -0500 http://www.bluffton.edu/news/2012-13/021513chslecture.html Dr. John Roth of Goshen College will address "'Bearing Witness' as Peacemaking: A New 'Martyrs Mirror' for the 21st Century?" in the 2013 C. Henry Smith Peace Lecture on Tuesday, Feb. 26. Sara Kisseberth <kissebes@bluffton.edu> Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:12:01 -0500 http://www.bluffton.edu/news/2012-13/021513bush.html Dr. Perry Bush, a Bluffton University professor of history, will discuss his semester as a Fulbright scholar in Ukraine during a Bluffton colloquium at 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22. Sara Kisseberth <kissebes@bluffton.edu> Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:57:22 -0500 http://www.bluffton.edu/news/2012-13/020813globalweekend.html Film, food and entertainment are planned for Global Weekend at Bluffton University on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 15 and 16. Sara Kisseberth <kissebes@bluffton.edu> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 08:07:50 -0500 http://www.bluffton.edu/news/2012-13/021213integrity.html Danielle Smith, executive director of the Ohio Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), will discuss opportunities to use social media positively--and pitfalls to avoid--in the annual Smucker Lecture at Bluffton University. "Ethics and Integrity in the Age of Social Media" is the title of Smith's talk, set for 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, in Founders Hall. The forum is free and open to the public. Wed, 06 Feb 2013 19:10:21 -0500 http://www.bluffton.edu/news/2012-13/012913forum.html Murli Buluswar, chief science officer for Chartis Insurance in New York City, will return to his alma mater Tuesday, Feb. 5, to deliver Bluffton's annual Presidential Leadership Lecture. Sara Kisseberth <kissebes@bluffton.edu> Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:59:28 -0500