Kyle Auffert

Major: Accounting & Business Management
Hometown: Clarinda, Iowa
Activities: Varsity golf, Student Senate, Alumni Association Student Board, Dean's Fellows, Accounting Club, Academic Assistant
What do you love about BVU? I love having one on one interactions with professors that actually want to help you in any way they can. I also enjoy the small classes and all the incredible friends I've made at BV.

Hannah Anderson

Major: Theatre Management
Hometown: Boone, Iowa
Activities: theatre, choir, Esprit de Corps, secretary of Alpha Psi Omega
What do you love about BVU? I love all of the connections and friendships I have made while here with other students and professors.

Natalie Bellairs

Major: Biology
Hometown: Osage, Iowa
Activities: cheerleading, AMSA, Deans Fellows, and Global Fellows
What do you love about BVU? I love the small class sizes, and the opportunity to build relationships with professors. I also love beautiful campus and friendly atmosphere that BV provides.

Beatrice Biedenfeld

Major: Business Management
Hometown: Colfax, Iowa
Activities: Student Activities Board (SAB), Alternative Week of Offsite Learning (AWOL), Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) BVU Chapter, Business Club, phonathon supervisor
What do you love about BVU? The small campus that allows students to be as involved as they please and the small class sizes that allow for one on one attention from professors.

Makensie Brown, web/public relations

Major: Graphic Design and Spanish
Hometown: Huxley, Iowa
Activities: Academic Assistant, AASB member, Dean's Fellow, Global Fellow, Photo Editor of The Tack, Swope Hall Council Secretary, Tele Team member, The Bridge volunteer - ESL teacher
What do you love about BVU? I love the phenomenal people that are found on campus and associated with the University. I enjoy being provided with unique and challenging opportunities that I am able to experience with and because of remarkable groups of people.

Kaitlyn Christensen

Major: English/Political Science
Hometown: Irwin, Iowa
Activities: Dean's Fellowship, Student Senate, Esprit de Corps, Buenafication Day, softball
What do you love about BVU? I love how easy it is to approach your professors. They are always positive and help you through a lot. I also love how friendly everyone is on campus and how many activities you can get involved in.

Manda Clark

Major: Biology and Secondary Education
Hometown: Urbandale, Iowa
Activities: Cheerleading, Esprit De Corps, Dean's Fellows, BV Buddies, AASB
What do you love about BVU? I love the small close-knit community, and the small class sizes and relationships built with professors and peers. I love all of the opportunities that BVU has to offer as well.

Alex Davis

Major: Biology
Hometown: Webster City, Iowa
Activities: AASB, Baseball
What do you love about BVU? I love the many opportunities offered by the University, and the family atmosphere on campus.

Emily Dewall

Major: Biochemistry
Hometown: Madrid, Iowa
Activities: Honors Program, Dean's Fellows, Science Club, Impact, AASB, Academic Assistant/CAE tutor
What do you love about BVU? I love all the great opportunities at BVU - the small classes, the great faculty and staff, and all the friends I have made.

Brianna Funte

Major: Digital Media and Communications
Hometown: Osage, Iowa
Activities: football cheerleading, basketball cheerleading, University Cable Network (promotions manager), coaching soccer
What do you love about BVU? I absolutely love our small, beautiful campus. Everywhere I look, I see a familiar face. It’s like a home away from home!

Grady Gallagher

Major: Business Education
Hometown: Moville, Iowa
Activities: basketball, Honors Program, Dean's Fellows
What do you love about BVU? I love the beautiful campus and the long list of fun things to do no matter the time of year.

Erika Garcia

Major: Psychology
Activities: BV Buddies, Psychology Club, AASB
What do you love about BVU? What I most like about BVU is the opportunities it has to offer to students whether it is through the classes, programs and internships. BVU has great programs for all majors and small enough classes to really get to know your professors as well as the students in your classrooms.

Chelsey Goetz

Major: Digital Media
Hometown: Lakota, Iowa
Activities: UCN, I have a radio show, writer for the Tack
What do you love about BVU? I love working with and getting to know the professors at BVU.

Justus McDermott Harris

Major: Business economics and political science double major
Hometown: Boone, Iowa
Activities: Track & Field and Student Senate
What do you love about BVU? I love the beautiful campus and the long list of fun things to do no matter the time of year.

Stephanie Hayden

Major: Accounting & Sports Management
Hometown: Prairie City, Iowa
Activities: Softball, Buena Vista Marketing Association (BVMA) – VP of Promotions, AASB, Alpha Chi, Deans Fellow
What do you love about BVU? I love BVU because of the outstanding relationships built due to the small size of campus. There are plenty of opportunities on campus to get involved, meet new people, and build these life-long relationships with friends, faculty, and staff.

Jordan Henningsen

Major: Corporate Communications
Hometown: Alta, Iowa
Activities: basketball, volleyball, deans fellow
What do you love about BVU? Because I am able to get involved with many different things here on campus because of the small size. You also get individual attention from your professors that will set you up for your future career. The relationships you gain here at BVU are lifelong.

Taylor Kavaya

Major: Pre-med/Chemistry Minors: Biology and Psychology
Hometown: Urbandale, Iowa
Activities: Cheerleading, BV Buddies, Student Senate, Honors Program, Deans Fellow
What do you love about BVU? I love the friendliness of the professors and staff at Buena Vista, and how they strive for our success.

Molly Konrad

Major: Accounting and management double major
Hometown: Carroll, Iowa
Activities: Buena Vista Marketing Association
What do you love about BVU? I love BVU because of the small class sizes and the close-knit community feeling. The professors care about you and your grades. There are so many opportunities for students at BVU, whether it be internships, traveling, or new experiences.

Allie Mason

Major: Business Management with a Human Resources Track
Hometown: Altoona, Iowa
Activities: SAB, cheer, Student Senate
What do you love about BVU? I absolutely love all the people here. Everyone is so nice and it's a great place to be. Everyone really wants to help you here, and they want to see you succeed.

Seth Lindokken, treasurer

Major: Corporate Math/Accounting
Hometown: Sibley, Iowa
Activities: Golf, Business Club, AASB, Accounting Club
What do you love about BVU? I love the sense of community, the great campus, and the friendliness of the professors.

Jacqueline Pacquette

Major: Accounting and Management
Activities: VP of Marketing (SAB), Business Club, and an Academic Assistant
What do you love about BVU? I love that BV feels like home. Everyone is so warm and inviting.

Mariana Ramirez

Major: History and Spanish
Hometown: Schaller, Iowa
Activities: Career Services Student Advisory Board, Intercultural Programs staff, International Club
What do you love about BVU? I love the quality education that I have received at BVU from professors who seek to prepare me the best they can so that I may reach my full potential.

Krystal Schulte

Major: Graphic Design and Art with a Digital Media minor
Hometown: Carroll, Iowa
Activities: cheerleading, Untitled 11, Graphic Design club, VP of design for SAB.
What do you love about BVU? I love how easy it is to interact with other students and professors, I also love all the activities that go on and how BV makes you feel like you have a second family.

Courtney Van Haaften

Major: Graphic design
Hometown: Alta, Iowa
Activities: volleyball, Dean's Fellows
What do you love about BVU? I love the many different opportunities the university offers and how easy it is to meet different people and feel like a part of this community.

Kirsten Van Zuiden

Major: Marketing and HR Management Major
Hometown: Carroll, Iowa
Activities: Student Senate, Volleyball team, Marketing Club, Admissions and Retention Committee
What do you love about BVU? I love the pride we have at sporting events!!

Gwendolyn Walton

Major: Psychology with a Biology minor
Activities: Cheerleading, Danse Du Coer, Deans Fellowship program, Student M.O.V.E.
What do you love about BVU? I love that I can be involved in all the different aspects of the campus. I also really enjoy the relationships I have developed with my peers, the staff, and the faculty in the short time that I have been a part of the BVU community.

Chase Werden

Major: Political Science
Hometown: Carroll, Iowa
Activities: Student Senate, AASB, Marketing Club, Esprit de Corps
What do you love about BVU? Small campus size, know a lot of people-feels like a family.