Blanchard Valley Health System Leader Recognized by Becker’s Hospital Review
Blanchard Valley Health System (BVHS) is proud to announce that Gulshan Mehta, chief digital and information officer, has been named to the 2026 list of “Hospital and health system chief digital officers to know” by Becker's Hospital Review.
VAN WERT__The visiting Bluffton High School boys tennis team soundly defeated Van Wert 4-1 on Thursday evening, April 9.
The Pirates improved to 4-1 with the win, while VW dropped to 0-2 after the defeat. Bluffton won its four matches by a 48-2 count in games, and 8-0 in sets.
Bluffton junior Braydon McClure lost 7-5, 6-3 at first singles.
Senior Hudson Phillips cruised to a 6-1, 6-0 victory at second singles.
Sophomore Toby Yarnell won decisively at third singles by a 6-1, 6-0 count.
April 19 program will be open to the public and livestreamed
MEDIA RELEASE__Join The Swiss Community Historical Society for a sneak peek at the updated P.B. Amstutz book Historical Events of the Mennonite Settlement in Allen and Putnam Counties, Ohio, written in 1925.
Bluffton historian Fred Steiner will give an update on an expanded version, Our Swiss Story, to be published in late spring 2026.
Steiner has been researching the non-Mennonite families of The Settlement known as the Swiss Reformed. Several families will be featured, plus more stories from the period.
MEDIA RELEASE__Bluffton University has been awarded a $60,000 grant from the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) through the Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE) to support programming that prepares students for leadership in communities of faith.
The two-year grant, titled Fostering Leadership for Communities of Faith, will be used from May 1, 2026, through April 30, 2028, to develop and strengthen initiatives that help students explore and pursue leadership roles in faith-based settings.
By Anika Berrios, Student Pharmacist and Karen Kier, Pharmacist
On behalf of the ONU HealthWise team
Simon & Garfunkel released their single Homeward Bound on January 19, 1966 and it peaked at number 5 on the U.S. charts in March. The song was written by Paul Simon while he was touring in the United Kingdom. He was waiting for a train at the Widnes railway station when he was working on the song. The railway station has a plaque commemorating this accomplishment. Simon & Garfunkel were inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.
