Bluffton University

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Bluffton University will host a College Fair from 6-7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 8, in Sommer Center. Representatives from more than 30 colleges and universities from Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky will be on campus.

View the current list of schools attending on the registration page. Registration is appreciated but not required and walk-ins are welcome.

Tours of Bluffton’s campus will be offered to families who are interested. 

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Bluffton University is joining a grant-funded initiative to streamline the transfer process so community college students are better able to earn bachelor’s degrees in English, psychology or biology.

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New York Times Bestselling author and World Fantasy Award winner Tobias Buckell is joining the Bluffton University English department this fall. Buckell will serve as an instructor of English.

A 2000 Bluffton graduate, Buckell's 13 novels and more than 80 stories have been translated into 20 different languages. His work has been nominated for several awards including the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy and the Astounding Award for Best New Science Fiction Author.

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Bluffton University has announced the dean’s list for undergraduate students for the Spring 2021 term.

Students with a GPA of 3.6 or higher are eligible for the dean’s list.

Bluffton University students from your area named to the dean’s list are:  

Gabe Denecker, Bluffton, Ohio
Hachemy Gabriel, Bluffton, Ohio
Nathan Heinze, Bluffton, Ohio
Jessica Pratt, Bluffton, Ohio
Sydney Staton, Bluffton, Ohio
Jeff Strayer, Bluffton, Ohio
Leah Tabler, Bluffton, Ohio

Bluffton University trustees meet; fall groundbreaking for science center discussed

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The Bluffton University Board of Trustees reappointed Dr. Jane Wood as president of the university for a five-year term during its spring board meeting held earlier this month.

She became president of the university in the summer of 2018 and is the university's 10th president.

Also reviewed were plans for the Austin E. Knowlton Science Center and President Wood discussed a fall groundbreaking.

The new building will be home to the teaching labs for nutrition and dietetics, chemistry and biology. It’s expected to be open in time for the 2023 academic year.  

D3football.com inaugural first team honorees

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The awards are still rolling in for a pair of Bluffton University football players who became the inaugural First Team All-America honorees in Bluffton football history when D3football.com announced its award winners on June 21.

Racking up the highest honors possible following a unique season that saw the Beavers play seven of their eight games during the spring, senior Darian Greeley (Belleville, Mich./Chippewa Valley) and freshman Montez Archer Jr. (Detroit, Mich./Martin Luther King) were two of three Heartland Conference football players to earn First Team All-America honors.

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