The event proved to be a great experience for both the students and Dr. Melinda Coogan, who served as this year's IAS president.

Over 80 BVU students, faculty and staff pledged to go shoeless to raise awareness about the millions of children around the world who go without shoes on a daily basis.

Seventy-five BVU departments, student organizations, athletic teams and other groups volunteered at 50 locations throughout the Storm Lake and Alta communities.

A BVU team of computer science students took home second place in the fifth annual Capture the Flag contest.

This year's event featured 63 presentations from 120 students, exploring topics from across academic disciplines.

The student cast performed Agatha Christie's The Hollow, the story of a weekend getaway to the countryside that quickly spirals into a murder mystery.

Walk into Smith 305 and you'll find a group of future teachers recording one another with an iPad on a Swivl stand, trailing them around the room as each practices delivering a robotics lesson.

The cast will perform Agatha Christie's The Hollow, which begins as a weekend getaway to the countryside before quickly spiraling into a murder mystery.

The Buena Vista alumna received a big box of birthday wishes from BVU and many other friends across the country.

BVU junior Cristena Heschke is one of 273 students across the nation to be named a Newman Fellow for volunteer service.

Members of the National Alumni Association Board of Directors thanked President Fred Moore for years of service with a framed resolution and a wooden trophy.

Over forty undergraduates from BVU and other regional universities delivered research and other original works in a variety of different languages at this year's Spanish Undergraduate Conference.

Buena Vista University students and faculty invited The Today Show to Storm Lake to set a lawn golf record during the program's "Rokerthon 3 event." BVU was the only college in Iowa featured in the segment.

BVU participants worked with the Center for Ethical Living and Social Justice Renewal and spent the week working with a variety of causes and organizations.

BVU students worked with the Panorama Service Expedition and immersed themselves in the area's culture and worked on a farm alongside locals helping prepare grounds for planting coffee trees.