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Heritage Center foundations on view at Fall Festival

Posted by Paula Scott on September 20, 2023 - 6:51am

Crews are busy at the Schumacher Homestead, 8350 Bixel Rd., pouring concrete, moving stone and preparing the beams of a timber frame barn to be repurposed as the Swiss Community Historical Society's new Heritage Center. Progress can be viewed Saturday, September 23, when the homestead is one of several locations participating in the 2023 Bluffton Fall Festival.

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State issues 2022-2023 report cards for schools

Posted by Paula Scott on September 20, 2023 - 6:00am

On September 15, the Ohio Department of Education released detailed 2022-2023 school report cards for individual schools and for school districts, which can be accessed HERE. New in 2023, Ohio schools will receive overall ratings of 1-5 stars in half-star increments. The report cards include five rated components as well as other data.

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Bluffton University moves up in ‘Best Colleges’ rankings  

Posted by Staff on September 20, 2023 - 6:00am

Bluffton University has again been named to the top tier of Midwest Regional Colleges in the “U.S. News & World Report” rankings. Results were recently released for the 2024 “Best Colleges” guidebook.

The publication ranks Bluffton 22 among comparable institutions in the Midwest region improving 14 spots from 2023. Now featured in the “U.S. News” rankings for 26 consecutive years, Bluffton has consistently ranked in the top tier of Midwest colleges.

The report overview reads, "Bluffton University is a private institution that was founded in 1899. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 664 (fall 2022), and the campus size is 235 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar.... Its tuition and fees are $36,298." The university's acceptance rate is listed as 96%.

Bluffton is also recognized with a ranking of nine in Best Value Schools for Midwest Regional Colleges and seven for Top Performers for Social Mobility in Midwest Regional Colleges.

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Bluffton University
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Bluffton Schools host community open house on Sept. 25

Posted by Staff on September 20, 2023 - 6:00am

The Bluffton Schools will hold a district-wide open house on Monday evening, September 25 with the following staggered schedule;

  • Elementary school - 5:00-6:00 p.m.
  • Middle school - 5:30-6:30 p.m.
  • High school - 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Several community organizations will have booths set up in the elementary gymnasium and information will be available on ways to provide support to the schools and community.

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Regional news
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Mullins and Stone discuss phonics improvement collaboration

Posted by Paula Scott on September 20, 2023 - 6:00am

Dr. Amy Mullins, associate professor of education and director of graduate programs in education, and Katrina Stone ’25, Bluffton University information technology major, will present the Colloquium, “Phonics Innovations: Technology and Education Departments Collaborating to Provide Literacy Tools” at 4 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 22 in Centennial Hall’s Stutzman Lecture Hall.

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Bluffton University
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Kay Clauss Gebhardt was a registered nurse

Posted by Staff on September 19, 2023 - 4:19pm

In Loving Memory of Kay Clauss Gebhardt

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved Mother, Kay Clauss Gebhardt, who departed this world on Tuesday, September 5th at the age of 84. She passed away peacefully at Lake Granbury Hospital Emergency Room, surrounded by her children, Ted and Heidi.

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