Success stories

Many Bluffton alumni in the education profession discover that their passion for teaching and learning must include wrestling with challenging issues that extend from classrooms to living rooms and to the halls of government.  

Alumni profiles

 
Marietta (Landis '65) Sawatzky
Marietta (Landis '65) Sawatzky
Elementary education
2011 Lifetime Service Award
An opportunity to teach elementary-age missionary children in Taiwan became a life-long calling.
Matt Ferguson '10

Matt Ferguson '10
History major, integrated social studies education licensure
During what he terms a “confusing” senior year, Ferguson was working toward teaching but still feeling a strong urge to stay in politics. more...

 


Renea Reichenbach
Social studies

Renea is a 2010 Iowa Preserve America History Teacher of the Year Finalist and she teaches at WACO Community School District in Pearl Wayland, Iowa. She has taught for 12 years.

Lois Rice
Lois Rice '59
"I was very appreciative of the preparation I had" at Bluffton, she says, citing small classes and individual attention from professors. "They instilled a dedication to teaching and the responsibility that teaching holds." read more...
  Cindy (Lehman '72) Byler
Education major

These days, Byler and her husband are living in Amman, Jordan, and serving as MCC representatives to Jordan, Iraq, Iran and Israel/Palestine.  read more...
Karen (Miller '73) Mareco

Karen (Miller '73) Mareco:
English education major
When Karen was a student, there was no concept of an applications specialist, her current position with a company that provides higher education portals, allowing faculty and students to communicate via the Internet.   read more...

Lee Owens '77 Lee Owens '77:
Education/history
Coaching was something he had never considered before, but once he started, he knew it was what he wanted to do...  read more...
  Lott Carter '00
Middle childhood education

When Lott took a teaching position with Scottwood Elementary  in Columbus City Schools, he had a mission. He wanted to make a difference with children who needed a strong male role model.  read more...