Bluffton University

Photo Exhibit to Explore ‘Gray Space’
 
Black and white photography by American and international artists will be showcased in “Gray Space: Windows from the Ordinary into the Extraordinary,” an exhibition opening Sunday, Feb. 5, in the Grace Albrecht Gallery of Bluffton University’s Sauder Visual Arts Center.
 
Continuing through March 2, the exhibit is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 1-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.
 
Among the photographers whose work will be featured is visiting artist Craig Line, a Findlay, Ohio, native who lives in Vermont and has worked for The Associated Press and Vermont Magazine. He will give a talk, also free and open to the public, at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14, in the arts center’s Hester Lecture Hall.
 

Bluffton University honored 34 faculty and staff members for their years of service at the university’s annual recognition dinner on Jan. 22. The honorees have been at Bluffton for five, 10, 15, 20 and 25 years.

Bluffton Students to Recount Semester in N. Ireland

Bluffton University students who participated in the peace and conflict resolution program in Northern Ireland during fall semester 2011 will share their experiences at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, in Bluffton’s Founders Hall. The forum is free and open to the public. 

Scheduled to speak are Seth Burch (Tallmadge, Ohio), Tasha Eickholt (Cloverdale, Ohio), Megan Hilkey (North Canton, Ohio), Samantha Mack (Rockford, Mich.), Kara Marang (Norton, Ohio), Curt Metzger (Delphos, Ohio), Scott Misamore (Findlay, Ohio), Katie Pash (Kenton, Ohio), Lauren Paul (Bluffton, Ohio), Samantha Ritter (Tiffin, Ohio) and Ezekiel Tracy (Continental, Ohio). 

   Dr. George Lehman, the Howard Raid professor of business at Bluffton University, will address “How understanding the brain can change management practice” at 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13, in Stutzman Lecture Hall in Bluffton’s Centennial Hall. The colloquium is free and open to the public.

   During a fall-semester sabbatical, Lehman spent time at Case Western Reserve University studying advances in brain activity research. With research emerging that links brain activity with leadership skills, he will share insights on how common management practices can change with a better understanding of how the brain functions.