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August 4, 2022

BVU Athletics has added STUNT as a women's sport.

BVU Adds STUNT to Athletics Program

University is the first institution in Iowa to add STUNT on campus

July 28, 2022

The Buena Vista Beavers celebrate Homecoming 2022 with a Hall of Fame induction among many activities.

BVU Athletics Announces Class of 2022 Hall of Fame Selections

Banquet planned for Siebens Forum on Sept. 30, one night before Homecoming football game

July 27, 2022

Buena Vista University has named Dr. Heidi Manning as its new Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs.

BVU Names Provost, Vice President for Academic Affairs

Minnesota native returns to Midwest, excited to learn more about Storm Lake’s diversity

July 21, 2022

Buena Vista University has announced the addition of archery and trap shooting as club sports. Both teams will begin practice this fall.

Coaches Announced for BVU Trap, Archery

Buena Vista University welcomes the addition of trap shooting and archery to its collection of club sports

July 15, 2022

Magician/illusionist David Laflin, a 2000 graduate of Buena Vista University, returned to campus this spring to mesmerize and wow dozens of students and many incoming first-year students in a performance that coincided with an overnight stay for the freshmen to-be.

BVU Graduate Wows Incoming Freshmen, Students, and Classes

Admissions leader praises David Laflin for his efforts in illustrating BVU success

July 14, 2022

BVU Announces Women's Wrestling

Buena Vista University becomes the 12th Division III school across the Midwest, and the third in the American Rivers Conference, to sponsor one of the fastest-growing sports at the scholastic and collegiate levels.

July 12, 2022

Buena Vista University 2022 graduate Clayton Van Horn, a digital media major, shot and produced “Unsanctioned,” a six-part documentary that details the final season of Iowa High School girls’ wrestling before it became a sanctioned sport. Part I of “Unsanctioned” premieres on July 14 at rofkin.com, a site for wrestling enthusiasts across the country.

BVU Student’s Documentary on Girls’ Wrestling Premieres July 14

‘Unsanctioned’ examines growth, challenges of a sport once reserved for boys

July 5, 2022

Desmond Owusu, a 2010 Buena Vista University graduate, studied biology at BVU. He’s now a clothing designer and retailer in Chicago.

Chicago Foot Locker Features Clothing Line from BVU Graduate

Biology major traces origin of his design career to Estelle Siebens Science Center

June 30, 2022

Buena Vista University senior Emily Newton, who plays basketball for the Beavers, enjoys her time as a summer school instructor for children of the Storm Lake Community School District. Newton will student-teach in the winter and spring of 2023.

Collaboration Between BVU, Storm Lake Schools Focuses on Educational Fun

Future teachers gain valuable experience through work with students. BVU's value-added funding allows students to reside on campus during summer school.

June 23, 2022

Buena Vista University student Mitchell Countryman spent time in June at the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) trade show in Anaheim, Calif., thanks to funding he earned through BVU’s Mack Family Honors Innovation Fellowship. Countryman, who is from Moville, is a business major who also plays basketball for the Beavers and serves as President of BVU’s Accounting and Business Association.

Mack Family Honors Innovation Fellowship Strikes a Chord with BVU Junior

Mitchell Countryman spends a week at a California guitar conference, learning more about corporate social responsibility

June 17, 2022

Lake Mills High School Golf Coach Travis Laudner, a 2001 Buena Vista University graduate, displays the Class 1A state championship trophy the boys’ golf team at Lake Mills earned this spring.

BVU Graduate Guides Lake Mills to State Title

Interim trip to examine marketing opportunities in Phoenix led to this Beaver’s career in hockey, then golf

June 16, 2022

Buena Vista University student Kimber Sprout listens to a heartbeat while being advised by Dr. Lisa Shepherd at Buena Vista Regional Medical Center in Storm Lake. Sprout was one of the students participating in the University’s Undergraduate Rural Medicine Education and Development (URMED) program in May. Shepherd, like many local physicians playing a role in the URMED program, is a BVU graduate.

BVU Joins Local Hospitals for 14th URMED Effort

Observing surgery, charting, communicating with patients motivates BVU students while preparing them for a career in serving others

June 15, 2022

The sun casts its glow on the water east of the No. 18 green at Buena Vista University Golf Course at Lake Creek, a championship course and residential community celebrating its golden anniversary this week.

Lake Creek Celebrates a Golden Anniversary

BVU Lake Creek turns back the clock, offering green fees at 1972 prices on Friday to start a 50-year celebration, the culmination of a golf course and residential community dream.

June 10, 2022

Katrina Todd, a Buena Vista University sophomore agriculture education major from Holstein, assisted members of the BVU livestock show team in directing competitors at the Third Annual BVU Livestock Show Classic on June 4-5.

BVU Livestock Show Team Hosts Open Show at BV County Fairgrounds

Buena Vista University livestock show team members host competitors from three states who prepare for county fair circuit through the Third Annual BVU Livestock Show Classic

June 9, 2022

Buena Vista University employees, from left, Brandy Ripke, Ashley Hunter, and Emily Heitman celebrate earning their master’s degree in organizational leadership just prior to the BVU Commencement ceremony in May. All three earned a tuition grant toward their master’s degree, a benefit offered to full-time employees.

BVU Employees Reflect on Benefits of BVU Master’s Degree

Tuition grant pairs well with instruction that leads employees as they strive to serve a stronger University and community.

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