Bluffton University

Ben Rath was previous Great Midwest Athletic Conference Male Athlete of the Year

Bluffton University has selected Ben Rath as its head men’s and women’s swimming and diving coach, an intercollegiate program to start in the 2021-22 academic year. 

Rath graduated from the University of Findlay in December 2018 with a bachelor’s in Sports Business Analysis. He also served as the team captain on Findlay’s men’s swimming and diving team for two years and was named the 2018 Great Midwest Athletic Conference Male Athlete of the Year and the 2018 GMAC/MEC Male Swimmer of the Meet.

Senior artists and graphic designers from Bluffton University will showcase their most prominent work in a combined exhibit called “Uncovered Perspectives.”

Berlin Fuqua, Ada, Ohio; Autumn Graves, Mount Blanchard, Ohio; and Sarah Heydinger, Tiro, Ohio; will have work on display. The exhibit opens March 15 and runs through April 10 in the Grace Albrecht Gallery of Bluffton University’s Sauder Visual Arts Center for faculty, staff and students to view.

Here's Beaver weekend sports update

Here's a recap of this past weekend's Bluffton University athletic competition.

Montez Archer Jr. (Detroit, Mich.) Bluffton cornerback, first-year -
For the second straight game, Archer Jr. equaled the school record with three interceptions. He also led the Beaver defense with nine solo tackles. His six pickoffs through three games are just two away from the school single-season record of eight.

University's corporate partnership program first session March 18

As part of Bluffton University’s Corporate Partner Program, Dr. George Lehman, professor emeritus of business, will begin providing training sessions on emotional intelligence (EQ) in the workplace.

Lehman’s first presentation will be for the Lima-Allen County Chamber of Commerce’s Chamber University. The Thursday, March 18, online training is free and open to the community by registering at Chamber University Online Training - Mar 18, 2021 - chamber – Lima Chamber

The Bluffton University men's soccer team went at it with Mount St. Joseph for 110 minutes, notching the first tie during Head Coach Robert Richardson's tenure at the helm. Host MSJ and Bluffton finished 2-2 under the lights in Cincinnati.

Bluffton stands 0-2-1 overall and in the conference, while the Mount is now 1-1-1 in the Heartland Conference.

 Bluffton University freshman Montez Archer Jr. (Detroit, Mich./Martin Luther King) followed up his Heartland Conference Player of the Week by being named to the D3football.com Team of the Week.

Archer had a career day in just his second collegiate football game on Saturday. The starting cornerback was one of six players from the Heartland Conference to be honored nationally this week. He helped lead the Beavers to a 49-14 road thumping of Manchester University on Saturday, March 6, 2021.

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