Buena Vista University

Four Buena Vista University students from the natural science and computer science departments won a $1,000 award from BVU's Stine Endowment on March 11 for a mobile app they developed and presented during an on-campus competition.

Colin Hansen, a junior business and computer science major from Winside, Neb., has been awarded a fellowship with the National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program at the City University of New York's (CUNY) College of Staten Island.

Austin Delp, a senior theatre major from Alta, was accepted to Arizona State University in the Master of Fine Arts program in music theatre.

Patrice Crall, a senior psychology major from Panama, co-authored the paper, "Lavish Life and Disturbed Disposition: Personality Analysis of Charlie Harper on Two and a Half Men," that has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Psychological Inquiry. She has also been accepted into the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Master's program at the University of Nebraska Omaha.

Sarah Mackey, a junior mathematics and computer science major from Center Point, was awarded an internship position with the United States Department of Defense in their prestigious Cryptanalysis and Exploitation Services Summer Program (CES SP).

Buena Vista University (BVU) Theatre has announced the cast of its spring production of "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, which will take place April 27-30 at 7:30 p.m. in Anderson Auditorium on the BVU campus.

Paije Wee, a senior English major from Spirit Lake, has been accepted into the Master's degree program for Library and Information Science at the University of Iowa.

Two students were selected for the BVU School of Science Summer Research Program, supervised by Dr. Brian Lenzmeier, professor of biology.

Michael Adams, a senior exercise science major from Storm Lake, was accepted to the Master's program in kinesiology with a coaching emphasis at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Ga.

Bailey Hansen, a senior psychology major from Redwood Falls, Minn., was accepted to graduate school at Minnesota State University Moorhead.

BVU ROTC Cadet Brandy Fowler was selected to attend the 2016 George C. Marshall Awards and Leadership Conference in Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., Feb. 22-24, and is the first cadet from the BVU Army ROTC program to be chosen to attend this elite conference.

Buena Vista University media students and organization were recognized at the College Media Association (CMA) Organizational Pinnacle Awards presented at the CMA Fall National College Media Convention which took place in Austin, Texas.

Sarah Schlichte, a junior biology major from Templeton, was awarded a 10-week summer undergraduate research fellowship at the University of Iowa, along with a $3,750 stipend and housing provided in the University of Iowa dormitories.

Austin Adamson, a junior computer science major from Indianola, secured an internship with DuPont Pioneer in Johnston for the summer of 2016.

Kiley Wellendorf, a junior digital media major from Carroll, won second place in the General Features category in the Iowa Associated Press Managing Editors 2015 News Writing Contest for her feature article, "Making Memories with Myles."

Veronica King, a senior history major from Manning, was accepted into the history graduate program at the University of York in York, England.

Blake Laursen, a senior biology major from Storm Lake, was accepted into the chiropractic program at Cleveland University in Overland Park, Kan., and received a $10,000 D.C. Recruitment Scholarship Award.

Kacee Baker, a senior English major, from Storm Lake had her short story "The Red Hat" chosen for publication by the online literary journal Mad River Review.

Nine Buena Vista University business majors have been selected for the Clifford A. Rae Academic Achievement Award for the 2015 calendar year.

Buena Vista University's student media organizations took home 33 awards and other honors at the 2016 Iowa College Media Association (ICMA) conference held during February in Des Moines.

Nine Buena Vista University science majors have been selected for the Clifford A. Rae Academic Achievement Award for the 2015 calendar year.

Derek Simonsen is one of only 30 U.S. students to be awarded fellowship, which provides financial support for undergraduate study and an EPA facility internship, and plans to research emerging contaminants.

The following students graduated from Buena Vista University in December 2015.

The following students recently graduated from Buena Vista University.

The following students have been named to the Dean's List at Buena Vista University Graduate & Professional Studies for terms one and two:

The following students have been named to the Dean's List for the Fall 2015 semester at Buena Vista University:

The Undergraduate Rural Medicine Education and Development (URMED) program selected a BVU student for its January 2016 scholars program, which included a three-week internship and a $3,000 stipend to help cover costs of applying to medical school.

The Buena Vista University (BVU) theatre department is presenting the New Visions Series production of the musical play "Iowa" by Jenny Schwartz and Todd Almond. The following students are involved in the production:

The Buena Vista University (BVU) theatre department is presenting a radio play of "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, adapted for radio by Dr. Bethany Larson. The following students are involved in the production:

The following students graduated from Buena Vista University in Summer 2015.