{"id":143616,"date":"2025-03-19T11:49:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T11:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/american-history\/the-latest-from-bluffton-university\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T11:49:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T11:49:45","slug":"the-latest-from-bluffton-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=143616","title":{"rendered":"The latest from Bluffton University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"756\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/currentpub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Bluffton-756x420.jpg\" class=\"singular-image entry-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/currentpub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Bluffton-756x420.jpg 756w, https:\/\/currentpub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Bluffton-630x350.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/currentpub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Bluffton.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-176696 lazyload\" style=\"width:1100px;height:auto\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"756\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/currentpub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Bluffton.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-176696 lazyload\" style=\"width:1100px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/currentpub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Bluffton.jpg 756w, https:\/\/currentpub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Bluffton-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Last month we reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluffton.edu\/\">Bluffton University<\/a>, a Mennonite college in Bluffton, Ohio, would not be merging with the University of Findlay. Get up to speed <a href=\"https:\/\/currentpub.com\/2025\/02\/27\/the-bluffton-university-merger-with-the-university-of-findlay-will-not-proceed\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last week at LimaOhio.com, Mackenzi Lemann <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limaohio.com\/top-stories\/2025\/03\/15\/not-a-do-or-die-moment-despite-failed-merger-bluffton-university-remains-financially-stable\/\">wrote<\/a> that the failed merger is \u201cnot a do or die moment\u201d for the Christian school.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a taste of her piece:<\/p>\n<p><em>Administrators say Bluffton University was financially stable when it pursued the merger with the University of Findlay.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Still, the school\u2019s cash flow in recent years made it difficult for the college to hire for vacant jobs, offer raises or fund faculty research, then-President Jane Wood said on a podcast recorded in January.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe just didn\u2019t see that margin doing anything but continuing to get smaller and smaller\u201d over the next decade, Wood said on the podcast.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The private Christian colleges, located a mere 20 miles apart, would remain separate campuses but would share resources under the proposed merger, which presidents of both institutions initially expected to be complete by the fall.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Unexpected delays in the federal regulatory approval process proved too costly for the University of Findlay trustees, who voted to discontinue the application process on Feb. 27.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>University of Findlay President Katherine Fell hinted at those frustrations when she and Wood recorded a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.futureupodcast.com\/episodes\/a-midwest-merger-how-two-ohio-colleges-are-coming-together\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">podcast<\/a>\u00a0with Wood about college mergers and aquisitions weeks earlier.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>We believe in this merger,\u201d Fell said at the time, though she lamented that the approval process could take 18 months to three years to advance to the second phase, and that the schools would be \u201cvery limited in the early stages of this process.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Wood\u2019s sudden resignation on Feb. 26 surprised her colleague J. Alexander Sider, the university\u2019s vice president of academic affairs and academic dean, who became acting president upon Wood\u2019s departure.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The University of Findlay trustees voted to terminate its memorandum of understanding with Bluffton the following day. Then Bluffton trustees voted for Sider to become interim president as they begin the presidential search.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Sider said university officials always knew the merger may not be successful.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThis was not a do or die moment for Bluffton,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ll continue to remain open. We\u2019ll continue to remain responsible to our community\u2019s and students\u2019 needs.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Bluffton University remains financially stable and will continue seeking strategic partnerships, Sider said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read the entire piece <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limaohio.com\/top-stories\/2025\/03\/15\/not-a-do-or-die-moment-despite-failed-merger-bluffton-university-remains-financially-stable\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month we reported that Bluffton University, a Mennonite college in Bluffton, Ohio, would not be merging with the University of Findlay. Get up to speed here. Last week at LimaOhio.com, Mackenzi Lemann wrote that the failed merger is \u201cnot a do or die moment\u201d for the Christian school. 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