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Mission statement
Bluffton University is a liberal
arts university in northwestern Ohio founded in 1899 and
affiliated with Mennonite Church USA. Shaped by that historic
peace church tradition and nourished by a desire for
excellence in all phases of its programs,
Bluffton University seeks to prepare students of all
backgrounds for life as well as vocation, for responsible
citizenship, for service to all peoples and ultimately for the
purposes of God’s universal kingdom.
Bluffton's pursuit of excellence, informed by its
Christian commitments as understood through
Anabaptist/Mennonite faith values, expresses itself in the
following Bluffton University purposes:
- to provide a superior baccalaureate program in the
liberal arts emphasizing individual inquiry, critical
thinking and lifelong learning;
- to provide superior preparation in a select number of
professional areas as an integral part of the liberal arts
program;
- to provide select master’s degree programs in areas
of Bluffton University strengths and expertise which address
contemporary needs;
- to integrate the Christian expression of outreach,
service and peacemaking into not only the curricular and
co-curricular programs, but the daily life of
the campus community;
- to contribute to the intellectual, cultural and
spiritual welfare of the local, national and global
communities.
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