BLUFFTON, Ohio—Bluffton University students, alumni and friends gathered for the university’s annual May Day and commencement festivities, May 3 and 4. The institution’s 114th commencement ceremony, held on May 4, recognized 260 graduates. Presenting “Valuing Education” was this year’s commencement speaker, David J. Berger, mayor of Lima, Ohio.
Ashley Jones, of Fayette, earned a bachelor’s degree in middle childhood education, while Vincent Trausch, of Blakeslee, earned a bachelor’s in sport management.
Bluffton University is a liberal arts, residential campus with more than 80 undergraduate majors, minors and programs; a bachelor’s degree evening program in social work for working adults; and an adult degree-completion program in organizational management. Bluffton also offers master’s degree programs in organizational management and business administration, as well as MBA programs with concentrations in leadership, health care management, accounting and financial management, leading nonprofits, conflict transformation, sustainability, productions and operations management, sport management and intercultural leadership, plus a self-designed concentration.
