Gary Klein, new vice president for university and alumni engagement, will begin at BVU at end of August. The Granville native will return to northwest Iowa, and is thrilled about joining BVU, whose people act on bold, visionary ideas.
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If you’re planning on visiting the Iowa State Fair, be sure to check out the new Buena Vista University booth! Snap a photo and enter to win some awesome BVU prizes.
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Nathan Arndt, the assistant director and chief curator at the Rod Library, helped write a grant to fund restoration on a large mastodon tusk. Funds for the project came from the The Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust.
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After traveling to six foreign countries, a BVU history major is digging into an archiving internship. Andrew Hoffman is spending his summer reorganizing veterans' collections for the Carver County Historical Society.
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Led by President Joshua Merchant, a group of enthusiastic Beavers represented Buena Vista University in the annual Star Spangled Spectacular on Independence Day.
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Bjorkgren is an assistant coach for the NBA champion Toronto Raptors, working under rookie head coach Nick Nurse. The Storm Lake native made basketball his career as he entered the coaching ranks not long after helping BVU secure a conference men’s basketball title.
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Beginning this fall, BVU will match scholarship aid for the children of Tyson Foods employees in Storm Lake, as well as scholarships awarded through the Tyson Family Foundations.
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Buena Vista University's Education for Service Scholars broke new ground in the recently completed academic year. The students, all freshmen from Buena Vista County, represent the first member of their immediate families to attend college.
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Brad Kerkhoff and April Brand, brother and sister, both graduated from Buena Vista University in May. Brad took classes and wrestled for the Beavers in Storm Lake, while April took a mix of in-person and online classes through BVU’s Denison site.
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The students helped facilitate an interview with Storm Lake Times Editor Art Cullen. The live remote was conducted from the television studio in Lage Communications Center.
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Tonia Henning is spending her summer as an intern at the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, conducting research into the habitat and diet of sea cucumbers. She will present her findings at a symposium in August.
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Laura Lynn Stangl didn't allow blindness to deter her from raising a family or earning a bachelor’s degree. Diploma in hand, a career in teaching awaits.
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Vietnam native Be Dao's graduation from Buena Vista University culminated a journey tens of thousands of miles and decades in the making.
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Buena Vista University baseball players Guy Tannenbaum and Nick Henrichs also announce and produce sports and news stories and programs as digital media majors.
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The event is a Drum Corps International Tour event in which Open Class drum corps perform and vie for top honors. The competition serves as great introduction for BVU's new marching band, the BVU Marching Blue.
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