Bluffton University has announced the dean’s list for undergraduate students for the spring 2020 term. Students with a GPA of 3.6 or higher are eligible for the dean’s list. Area students follow:
Devon Bilimek, Bluffton
Gabe Denecker, Bluffton
Brianna Keeler, Bluffton
Therisanyo Phetlhu, Bluffton
Levi Smith, Bluffton
Leah Tabler, Bluffton
Students with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.75 based on 20 semester hours received dean’s list with distinction for continued high achievement follow:
Leslie Diaz Valdiviezo, Bluffton
Originally planning to pursue a career as a sign language interpreter, Alexis Montemarano ’20 was intrigued by Bluffton University’s newly developed speech-language pathology and audiology program as a first-year student.
Now, Montemarano is a member of Bluffton’s first class of SLPA graduates.
This fall, she will pursue a Master of Science in Speech Language Pathology at Baldwin Wallace University, serve as a graduate assistant and work on research and funding for special education programs.
Bluffton University’s 23rd annual Alumni and Friends Golf Scramble will be held on Saturday, July 25, at Bluffton Golf Club.
Registration for the event is $90 per golfer or $360 for a complete team of four at www.bluffton.edu/golf by July 18. This year’s event will include on-course games and challenges to enhance team position and a silent auction.
In the late 1920s, long-time coach and athletic director A.C. Burcky suggested the beaver as Bluffton’s mascot.
His rationale, according to “Dancing with the Kobzar: Bluffton College and Mennonite Higher Education,” was beavers are resourceful, don’t tire easily, accomplish more with less and work hard to make the world a better place.
One hundred years later, that’s exactly what today’s Bluffton Beavers did despite their seasons ending early, classes moving online and the difficulties of being separated from their friends and teammates due to the coronavirus.
Since March, teams of Bluffton University faculty and staff have been actively planning to welcome students back to campus for the fall 2020 semester while keeping the campus community as healthy as possible.
The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) has announced the spring honorees for Tom Bohlsen Academic All-HCAC. Bluffton student-athletes are listed at the bottom of this story.
Academic All-Conference selections have at least a cumulative 3.5 GPA and are varsity athletes.
