Bluffton University has announced the dean’s list for the undergraduate students for the spring term. Students with a GPA of 3.6 or higher are eligible for the dean’s list. Area students are:
Dakota Fredette, Arlington
Melissa Graham, Bluffton
Bryce Jordan, Arlington
Megan Moore, Bluffton
Bailey Prichard, Bluffton
Caroline Schutz, Rawson
Emily Tabler, Columbus Grove
Alex Weaver, Pandora
Ben Weaver, Pandora
Elizabeth Weaver, Pandora
Brianna Wicker, Columbus Grove
Bluffton University has named Kaylea Jachno as head track and field coach and coordinator of cross country and track and field programs.
Jachno comes to Bluffton after serving for the prior two years as assistant track and field and cross country coach at Manchester University in North Manchester, Ind. In 2016, she served as an interim assistant coach at Indiana Tech University in Fort Wayne, Ind.
With six years of coaching experience, she has significant understanding of recruiting, athletics operations, and player training and development. She will start July 9.
Dr. Jane Wood has accepted the call to serve as Bluffton’s 10th president, beginning July 1, 2018.
“Dr. Wood has demonstrated success in achieving enrollment growth at several institutions by leading academic program innovation, strategic planning, alignment and visioning processes that moved those institutions forward, along with proven success in building relationships for public and private partnerships to broaden the school’s reach,” said Kent Yoder, chairperson of the Bluffton University Board of Trustees.
Bluffton University named Sean Elvert as its next head men’s soccer coach.
Elvert returns to Bluffton after serving as an assistant men’s soccer coach at Ohio Northern University for the past year. The two years prior, he was the assistant men’s soccer coach at Bluffton and briefly led the team as the interim head coach. In both assistant roles, he gained significant experience in recruiting, day-to-day operations and player training.
It will will enhance the usability of the Nature Preserve for field study in sciences, programming for recreational leadership, and environmental and sustainability education for the public
Bluffton University officials, trustees and alumna Harriett (Burkhart x52) Moyer recently celebrated the construction of the Moyer Nature Center, an 1,800-square-foot building at the Bluffton University Nature Preserve.
Located near the main entrance of the 160-acre nature preserve, the facility features program space for midsize groups supported by municipal water and fully-accessible restroom facilities.
The facility will enhance the usability of the Bluffton University Nature
