Current Strategic Partners
Your future starts here. Discover how a Strategic Partnership with Buena Vista University can benefit you. As an employee of a Strategic Partner, you and your family members are eligible for discounted tuition at BVU.
Employee & Family Benefits
Receive up to 30 percent off tuition in our online undergraduate programs and our organizational leadership graduate program and up to $2,000 annually off our Storm Lake campus undergraduate programs.
Whether you're learning on campus or online, all students receive support from an academic advisor and financial specialist, as well as tutoring support, tech support, and access to our virtual library services.
Find Your Employer for Application Steps
- Casey's General Stores
- Apply to Buena Vista University and fill out our BVU partner/employer section on the application.
- Complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). This is required for undergraduate students, and preferred, but not required for graduate students.
- If you are a new student, BVU will verify your employment with Casey’s. If you are a current BVU student, please contact your advisor to inform them of your employment. BVU will verify your employment with Casey’s to process your eligibility for partner grant funding.
- Fareway
- Apply to Buena Vista University and fill out our BVU partner/employer section on the application.
- Complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). This is required for undergraduate students, and preferred, but not required for graduate students.
- If you are a current BVU student, please contact your human resources department to inform them of your student status.
- UnityPoint Health
- Apply to Buena Vista University and fill out our BVU partner/employer section on the application.
- Complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). This is required for undergraduate students, and preferred, but not required for graduate students.
- If you are a new applicant or a current BVU student, request your human resources department to submit your official verification of employment. UPH employees can contact AskHR by submitting a case within Lawson - Subject: BVU Partnership Employment Verification. AskHR will then send employment verification on behalf of the employee.
- All Other Partners
- Apply to Buena Vista University and select “your employer name” as your partner employer on the application.
- Complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). This is required for undergraduate students, and preferred, but not required for graduate students.
- Request your human resources department submit your employment verification electronically to strategicpartnerships@bvu.edu confirming employment.
- Once employee verification is received, the Director of Strategic Partnerships will process the students eligibility for partner grant funding with our Financial Aid office. Students will be notified when their award is ready to view.
Current BVU students are also eligible for grant funding. Current students will skip steps 1 & 2 and begin request for employment verification.
Our Partners
- See our portfolio of Strategic Partners
- Ag Processing Inc
- Ag State
- AHSTW Community School District
- Albert City-Truesdale Community School District
- Alta-Aurelia Community School District
- AmeriServe International
- Ameristar Casino Hotel
- Availa Bank
- Avalon Center
- Bank Midwest
- Biodyne USA
- Bishop Heelan Catholic Schools
- Boyer Valley Community School District
- Buchanan County Health Center
- Buena Vista County
- Buena Vista Regional Medical Center
- BW Fusion
- Cardinal Community School District
- CARE
- Carroll Community School District
- Casey's General Stores
- Central Bank
- Century 21 The Professional Group
- Chamber and Development Council of Crawford County
- Charles City Community School District
- Cherokee Community School District
- Cherokee Regional Medical Center
- City of Marshalltown
- Clay Central Everly Community School District
- Community 1st Credit Union
- Community & Family Resources
- Community State Bank
- Corteva Agriscience
- Council Bluffs Community School District
- Crawford County Memorial Hospital
- D.K. Arndt, P.C.
- Denison Community School District
- Des Moines Area Community College: Carroll / Newton
- Eagle Grove Community School District
- East Union Community School District
- Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Community School District
- Ellsworth Community College
- Emmetsburg Community School District
- Fairfield Community School District
- Family Access Center
- Fareway Stores, Inc.
- Farm Credit Services of America
- Farmers Savings Bank
- Fort Dodge Community School District
- Foundation Analytical Lab
- Glenwood Community School District
- Grain Millers
- GrapeTree Medical Staffing
- Greater Ottumwa Partners in Progress
- Greater Regional Health
- Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Community School District
- Hope Haven
- Hunzelman, Putizer & Co., PLC
- IKM-Manning Community School District
- Indian Hills Community College
- Innovative Industries
- Iowa Central Community College
- Iowa Lakes Community College: Estherville / Emmetsburg / Spencer
- Iowa Lakes Electric Cooperative
- Iowa Western Community College
- K&W Electric, Inc.
- Kingsley-Pierson Community School District
- Kirkwood Community College
- Kuemper Catholic School System
- Lakes Regional Healthcare
- Lakeshore Center at Okoboji
- Lawton-Bronson Community School District
- Marshalltown Community College
- Marshalltown Community School District
- Mary J. Treglia Community House
- Merrill Manufacturing
- Mid-Iowa Community Action
- Midwest Christian Services
- Midwest Industries Inc.
- Missouri Valley Community School District
- Murray Community School District
- New Hope
- New Opportunities, Inc.
- Newell-Fonda Schools
- Newton Community School District
- North Iowa Area Community College
- North Star Community Services
- North Union Community School District
- Norwalk Community School District
- OABCIG Community School District
- Okoboji Community School District
- Omni Dental Centre
- Opportunity Living
- Ottumwa Community School District
- Pharmacists Mutual Insurance Group
- Pocahontas Area Community School
- Pollard Games
- Positech Corporation
- Prelude Behavioral Services
- Pro Cooperative
- Professional Computer Solutions, LLC
- Ranco Fertiservice, Inc.
- Rembrandt Enterprises Inc.
- Ridge View Schools
- Rosenboom Machine & Tool
- Saint Malachy Catholic School
- SAMBAZON
- Sibley-Ocheyedan Community School District
- Sieda Community Action
- Sioux Central Community School District
- Siouxland Human Investment Partnership
- Siouxland Mental Health Center
- South Central Calhoun Community School District
- South O’Brien Community School District
- Southeastern Community College
- Southern Iowa Resources for Families
- Southwestern Community College
- Spencer Community School District
- Spencer Hospital
- St. Anthony Regional Hospital
- St. Edmond Catholic School
- St. Rose of Lima Catholic School
- Stewart Memorial Community Hospital
- Storm Lake Community School District
- Storm Lake St. Mary's School
- Story County Medical Center
- Support Services of South Central Iowa
- Tecton Industries
- The Arnold Group of Companies
- Treynor Community School District
- United Community Health Center
- UnityPoint Health
- Upper Des Moines Opportunity, Inc.
- Van Meter Community School District
- VT Industries
- Webster City Community School District
- Wellman
- Wells Ag Supply
- West Central Community Action
- Western Iowa Tech Community College: Denison / Sioux City
- Wild Rose Casino & Hotel
- Windstar Lines, Inc.
- Zupp and Zupp Law Firm, P.C.
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