Beuna Vista University

October 10, 2022 Buena Vista University has announced the additions of Ravi Kumar ’10 and Heath Bartness ’02 to the Board of Trustees. Kumar, a native of Janakpur, Nepal, has worked with the World Bank for the past decade, meeting his goals of serving an institution that is mission driven while helping some of the most marginalized communities in the world.

February 3, 2022 Art Cullen, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, will serve as keynote speaker for Buena Vista University’s 2022 Commencement exercises in Storm Lake on Saturday, May 7. Cullen, who serves as Editor/Publisher of The Storm Lake Times, won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Writing. He and his family were featured in the documentary “Storm Lake,” which was released in 2021 and garnered critical acclaim across the nation. The production aired nationally on PBS in November.

December 13, 2021 Emily Block’s experience as an intern in Buena Vista University’s Undergraduate Rural Medicine Education and Development (URMED), a landmark medical internship program created to help serve rural areas underserved by medical providers, led her to a profession as a physician assistant. Where her career started might surprise you.