Bluffton University News

Fellow board members and administrators bid farewell to long-time Ottoville School Board member Mary Jo Horstman and 4-year veteran Mark Honigford at Monday's meeting.

A motor-coach safety bill prompted by the fatal 2007 crash of a bus carrying the Bluffton University baseball team was approved yesterday by a Senate committee.

In March 2007, a bus carrying the Bluffton University baseball team from Ohio crashed in Atlanta.

The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee unanimously passed a bill opposed by the United Motorcoach Association and the American Bus Association that the groups say fails to use science to improve motorcoach safety.

Thom McDonald, pastor of the Great Peace Native Fellowship in Findlay, will speak on "The Great Peace" as part of Bluffton University's Forum series at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Founders Hall.

Owens Community College's student choir will present a holiday concert on Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Mainstage Theater in the school's Center for Fine and Performing Arts.

Published: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 Bluffton University junior Kim Miller was named Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference womena s basketball Player of the Week for the week ending Sunday.

Professor of music and music department chair, Dr. Lucia Unrau at Bluffton University in Bluffton, Ohio was awarded the Ohio Music Teachers Association Collegiate Teacher of the Year award during the annual state conference in early November in Van Wert.

It was the height of the Vietnam War and the U.S. military draft; Woodstock was taking place in New York; and it was also a turning point for the Mennonite peace witness.

It was a little like preaching to the choir for Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan's town-hall meeting last night at Bluffton University, but not completely.

The 3rd District Court of Appeals in Allen County on Monday, Nov. 9, ruled that a charter bus company and driver in the March 2007 fatal crash involving the Bluffton University baseball team were not covered under two policies with the university that provided a combined $20 million liability limit.

Anna Pawsey, daughter of John and Sandra Pawsey of Clyde, was a senior attendant on the 2009 Bluffton University homecoming court selected by the student body.

Though born in the West, Philip Sugden has found much of his inspiration in the East.

Ready to make a difference? Make a Difference Day is Oct. 24. The day was created by USA Weekend as a time for individuals to help others in their communities.

Football : The Lions defeated Bluffton University 38-18 at home Saturday and continue to hold down the top spot in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference.

Road signs at an Atlanta interstate highway exit ramp that officials say contributed to a deadly bus accident have been replaced by signs giving drivers an earlier warning.

Road signs at an Atlanta interstate highway exit ramp that officials say contributed to a bus accident that killed seven people have been replaced by signs that give drivers an earlier warning.

An eastern diversion channel, coupled with a series of walls and earthen levees winding through Findlay along the Blanchard River and outside the city limits, could alleviate the city's flood problems, according to officials from the city, county and Army Corps of Engineers.

Bluffton University's Institute for Learning in Retirement, an educational program designed specifically for retired individuals, will be offering 16 classes when it begins on Monday.

Funding cuts in the state's new biennial budget have forced Hancock County Job and Family Services to lay off three workers, agency Director Judy Wauford said.