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The Ohio State University at Lima has announced the fall 2021 Dean’s List, which includes students who have achieved top grades for their work.

Criteria for the dean’s list varies by college. It is usually based on the GPA for that specific term and the number of credit hours taken. Many colleges require a minimum of 12 graded credit hours with a 3.5 GPA or higher.

The following students are listed from the Bluffton Icon reading area. Students may choose not to have their name released.

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Seth Andreas of Bluffton earned Fall 2021 Dean's List honors from Eastern Mennonite University.

The Dean's List, compiled at the end of each semester, includes degree-seeking students who achieve a semester GPA of at least 3.75 with no W, I, or F grades for 12 semester hours of standard grades.

Thaddeus Mittendorf, a Bradley student majoring in Accounting from Bluffton, OH, has been named to the Fall 2021 Dean's List. To be eligible for the Dean's List, a student must achieve a minimum 3.5 grade point average for the semester on a 4.0 scale.

Bradley University is a private university in Peoria, Illinois, with some 6,000 undergraduate and graduate students.

Girl Scouts in Bluffton are ready for annual cookie sales, which fund local scouting activities throughout the year. On January 7, Bluffton scouts from 5 local troops (kindergarten to 8th grade) met at the Bluffton United Methodist Church for activities to prepare them for cookie sales.

The Ohio State University at Lima has named its scholarship winners for the 2021-2022 academic year. Scholarship winners are attending Ohio State Lima and meet the criteria for each scholarship.

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  • Blankemeyer, Meghan: Choose Lima First
  • Langhals, Aneesa Joann: Choose Lima First
  • Watt, Emily Ann: Ohio State Lima Spring for Scholarships Fund

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The Bluffton Senior Citizens Center board of directors has chosen Jerry Augustine and his wife Ruth, who passed away in November, to be honored as the 2021 Volunteers of the Year. Augustine accepted the honor at the center’s December dinner meeting.

The couple have been bringing donated bread to the senior center for years. It is free for anyone to pick up.

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