Bluffton University students, alumni and friends recently gathered for the institution's annual May Day and commencement festivities, May 8 and 9. The institution's 110th commencement ceremony, held on May 9, recognized 270 graduates. This year's commencement speaker was Elaine Moyer, a Bluffton alumna and associate director of the Mennonite Education Agency. She presented "Engage Complexity - Live Simply."
Graduates from the local area include:
Earning master's degrees in education: Kelly Ren'e Prichard, Bluffton, Ohio; Jami L. Slager, Bluffton, Ohio.
What year did you graduate from Bluffton High School?
I graduated in 1996.
Tell use about the first business you launched:
When I graduated from Bluffton University, I along with Jacob Hudson had already started Bluffton Online. My goal in life has always been to being an entrepreneur "a business owner" a server to the community. After I sold Bluffton Online, I decided I first needed to have an experience in the corporate world to get a better understanding of how big business works.
Joseph Sehlhorst Bluffton, has joined Primerica as a representative of the company's products.
Primerica's focus is to help families better understand their personal finances by offering them a Financial Needs Analysis (FNA). According to Sehlhorst, the analysis provides a detailed overview of a family's current financial situation. It suggests a personalized strategy for financial security.
The analysis is complimentary, confidential and customized for every family that Primerica serves, he added.
Trevor Meyer, Bluffton, a junior in the Manufacturing Engineering Tech program at Apollo Career Center, will travel to Kansas City, Mo., in June to compete in the National SkillsUSA Competition.
Meyer is one of a three-member team who achieved best in the state status in the Automated Manufacturing Category. The team used software programs Inventor and MasterCam to draw parts, and then produced the parts working from two blueprints on a CNC machine.
Cory Huber, 18, and a senior at Bluffton High School, was named the Bluffton High School student of the month for April. He is the son of Wayne and Jana Huber, 328 Cherry St. Cory is a member of the BHS yearbook staff, Writing Club, Teen Advisory Board at the Bluffton Public Library, member of Chess Club and the BHS Academic Team. He participated in tennis and wrestling during his sophomore and junior years. He plans to attend Bowling Green State University and pursue a degree in nursing.
