Homecoming and Alumni Weekend
Friday, Oct. 4 - Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024
Everyone is invited back for Homecoming and Alumni Weekend. Save the date to enjoy campus tours, Beaver Tail-Gating, inflatables, athletic events and friends!
Unlike recent years, there is no need to purchase a Homecoming ticket online for the game and lunch. Lunch may be purchased at the alumni tent or from the food trucks. Game tickets are available online.
CLASS OF 2024: REUNION ZERO - RSVP
CLASSES FROM THE 80S: THE BLUFFTON BEAVERS BASH - RSVP
2024 Schedule of events
Friday, Oct. 4
| 4-5 p.m. | Perry Bush Colloquium, “Is the Kobzar still dancing?” Centennial Hall, Stutzman Lecture Hall Bluffton professor emeritus of history expands on his book Dancing with the Kobzar, which was published in 1999 to commemorate Bluffton’s 100th anniversary. |
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| 6-9 p.m. | 1980s Bluffton Beavers Bash Bob’s Place 40th Class Reunion for 1984 but all 80s alumni are invited to boogie down in the old Barn. Refreshments, 80s music and slideshow provided. No cost but please RSVP. |
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| 6 p.m. | Beavers Swim Meet Lima YMCA, 345 S. Elizabeth St., Lima, Ohio |
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| 8-10 p.m. | Reunion Zero Members of the Class of 2024 are invited to reconnect during Reunion Zero. Enjoy bowling, an outside patio with sand volleyball courts and the chance to see your classmates! Food and drinks of your choice are available for purchase. Register today! Southgate Lanes |
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Saturday, Oct. 5
| 8:30 a.m. - Noon | Bluffton Farmers Market Farmers Markets is located in Citizens National Bank parking lot downtown Bluffton. While you are downtown, be sure to explore some of your favorite Bluffton village spots such as Kira’s Flipside Grill, Twisted Whisk, Roots, Ten Thousand Villages, Shirley’s Popcorn and Et Cetera Shop. |
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| 10 a.m. - noon | Alumni Baseball Banana Ball Bluffton University Memorial Field Come watch Beavers Baseball and alumni play “Banana Ball” as inspired by the Savannah Bananas. |
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| 10 a.m. | Beaver Fall Classic Bluffton Golf Club, · |
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| 10 a.m. - Noon | Elegies of Unrest Artist’s Reception Grace Albrecht Gallery, Sauder Visual Arts Center View the exhibition and visit with artist Justin Johnson. |
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| 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. | Bookstore open Marbeck Center Update your wardrobe with the latest in Bluffton University gear. |
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| 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Great Things: 125 years of Bluffton Milestones, Meaning and Memory Exhibit at Musselman Library Travel back in time 125 years while looking through memories from the Library Archives. |
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| 11 a.m. - noon | “Bluffton College/University, 1899-2025: Reflections by a Historian.” by Dr. Perry
Bush Musselman Library Bluffton emeritus professor of history will be presenting on Bluffton’s historic 125 years. |
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| 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Beaver Tail-Gating Join President Wood, alumni, students and guests for Beaver Tail-Gating. We will have activities such as cornhole, inflatables and pictures with J. Denny and Jenny Beaver outside the stadium! Emory Sears parking lot |
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| 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. | Food Trucks A variety of food trucks will be available. Pay at the trucks. |
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| noon - 1:30 p.m. | “A Taste of Bluffton” Alumni reunion lunch Bentley Road near Salzman Stadium $10 per person ages 13 and over. Various village restaurants will be represented in a buffet of sandwiches, salads and sweets under a big tent on the road between Hirschy and Salzman Stadium. All alumni are welcome with special encouragement for 10, 20, 30, 40, 55+ year reunion classes. |
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| 1:30 p.m. | Football game vs. Anderson - GO BEAVERS! Admission is $8 adults/$5 for children/senior citizens |
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| 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. | Nature Preserve Hike with Dr. Jacob Buchanan Moyer Nature Center Learn about ongoing projects at this 160-acre preserve and our new Environmental Science major. Take a walk with Dr. Buchanan, M’Della Moon endowed chair in botany and environmental science, to learn more about the preserve. You might even be able to take home a pawpaw fruit! |
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| 3-4 p.m. | Guided Campus Walking Tour Leaves from Salzman Stadium main gate President’s Ambassadors will lead a campus tour beginning promptly at 3 p.m. |
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| 3:30-4 p.m. | Post-game Sideline Meet and Greet with Beavers Football team Meet the Beaver football team after the game! Players will be available to take pictures, sign autographs, or just chat about the game. |
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| 5 p.m. | Dedication of John Mishler sculpture Knowlton Science Center Meet renowned visual artist John Mishler as we dedicate a wall sculpture commissioned by the Dick and Corrinne Boehr family in honor of Elizabeth Boehr’s contribution to Bluffton nutrition and dietetics legacy program. |
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| 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. | President’s Society Banquet Marbeck Center This invitation-only event will celebrate alumni generosity and milestones in giving. Awards will be presented to: - Tsedey Biru-Williams ’11, Outstanding Young Alumni award - George Lehman ’69, Faculty/Staff Service award - Janelle Stanek Wyant ’97 and Bruce Wasem ’68, Bluffton Athletics Hall of Fame. |
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| 8 - 10 p.m. | Beaver Block Party Vine Street Edition - for students and alumni Vine Street Alumni, students and friends are invited to take over Vine Street outside Greenhorn and enjoy music, lawn games and more. Light refreshments will be provided. Food and drinks of your choice are available for purchase from Greenhorn. |
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Sunday, Oct. 6
| 10 a.m. | Beaver Fall Classic Bluffton Golf Course |
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For more information contact:
alumni@bluffton.edu