MEDIA RELEASE__Bluffton University welcomes a new class of students to campus this fall, with incoming students bringing a range of academic interests, athletic talents and connections to Bluffton.
Bluffton’s incoming class includes 62 first-generation college students, continued growth in first-time freshman enrollment and the University’s highest transfer enrollment in six years. Eleven students also have a family connection to Bluffton, with a parent, sibling or grandparent who is a Bluffton alumni.
FROM BLUFFTON LIONS NEWSLETTER__The Bluffton Lions hosted two speakers in September 2026, Bluffton EMS Chief Noah Babcock and Dr. William Kose, vice-president of Special Projects at Blanchard Valley Health System.
Perfect attendance pins for 2025-2026 were awarded to Lions Jackie Bourassa, Mark Bourassa, Jan
Emmert, Gene Long, Dennis Morrison, Barbara Plaugher and Brigette Hoff.
BLUFFTON__The Bluffton High School boys soccer team swamped visiting WBL foe Kenton 5-1 in a non-league match Thursday, Sept. 17 on a wet Steinmetz Field.
The Pirates improved to 5-3-2 with the home victory. The Wildcats fell to 2-6-1 after the defeat.
Chase Kelly led the offense with two goals to pace the victors.
Micah Lemley found the back of the net with an assist from Kyson Kleman. Pirates Jeht Kruse and Weston Johnstone tallied one goal apiece.
MEDIA RELEASE__A question posed nearly a century ago to Bluffton University alumni Rick Ramseyer’s grandmother continues to raise important questions about citizenship, conscience and what it means to serve one’s country.
Ramseyer ’83, a journalist and author, shared the story of his maternal grandmother, Martha Graber, a Mennonite registered nurse and conscientious objector who was twice denied U.S. citizenship after refusing to say she would take up arms to defend the United States.
