BLUFFTON — Bluffton University held its 116th annual comencement ceremony on May 8.

Local students receiving degrees were:

• Cynthia Frantz of Sidney, Ohio, earned a bachelor’s degree in organizational management.

• Justin Yingst of Houston, Ohio, earned bachelor’s degrees in business administration and accounting

• Mason Yingst of Houston, Ohio, earned bachelor’s degrees in business administration and accounting.

• Matthew Beaver of Houston, Ohio, earned a master’s degree in business administration.

Bluffton University is a liberal arts, residential campus with more than 80 undergraduate majors, minors and programs; a bachelor’s degree evening program in social work for working adults; and an adult degree-completion program in organizational management.