The BVU professor of digital media will receive the Louis E. Inglehart First Amendment Award on behalf of College Media Association. The award honors professional journalists, institutions or advisors who have made an extraordinary contribution in support of the First Amendment.

Shimon Peres, Israeli statesman and Nobel Peace Prize winner, has died at the age of 93. Peres visited BVU on Oct. 9, 1998 as the ninth speaker in the William W. Siebens American Heritage Lecture Series.

View all the tweets in the real-time Twitter reenactment of the burning of Old Main, BVU's first campus building, sixty years ago.

Buena Vista University has started the fall semester with a total of 2,115 full-time students enrolled at the Storm Lake campus and its online, site and graduate programs, including 16 locations throughout Iowa.

What's it like being a transfer student at Buena Vista University? What does BVU do to help provide a smooth transition and a continued path to success? Elisabeth Niebuhr describes her transfer experience.

Frederick V. Moore, president of Buena Vista University since 1995, will resign effective June 30, 2017. During his tenure, BVU has achieved several important milestones that have firmly established it as an innovative institution for a growing number of undergraduate students and adult learners.

Bill Kauffman SL'91 traveled with the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team as they competed in the Summer Olympics. Bill is the Senior Manager of Communications for the team.

Buena Vista University has announced that Kent Smith and Josh Osborn will be the co-chairs for its 2016-2017 Community Campaign. Contributions to the campaign help provide resources for scholarships and development of innovative academic programs at BVU.

Buena Vista University will hold its 39th annual Founders' Day memorial service on Saturday, Sept. 10 to honor five deceased individuals who have served the institution as staff, trustees, alumni, friends and benefactors.

Buena Vista University head men's basketball coach Brian Van Haaften served as head coach for the USA Division III All-Star team on its Brazil Tour in July. He had few familiar faces on his roster - BVU senior Kennedy Drey and recent Beaver grad Nick Clark.

If you attend the 2016 Iowa State Fair (Aug. 11-21) be sure to check out Buena Vista University's concrete statue. The creation is BVU's entry in a contest to help promote the Fair's theme, "Nothing Compares."

The American Association of University Women hosted a week-long Tech Trek camp at BVU for 22 rising eighth-grade girls. Tech Trek is uniquely designed to show girls the excitement and potential of careers in the science, technology, engineering and math fields.

On July 1, BVU welcomed three new members to the National Alumni Association Board of Directors. They are Adrienne Haynes SL'10, John Jennett SL'88, Lindsay (Zieg) Knoop SL'06, and Gentry (Gillespie) Smith SL'99.

Beaver alumni reunited in Albert Lea, Minn. to celebrate the wedding of Kayla Hartmann SL'14 and Chad Sibigtroth SL'14.

BVU's Athletic Training faculty and trainers hosted a reception during the NATA Clinical Symposia. Alumni, instructors and current students met at Tin Roof on June 23.