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What Some Small Businesses Are Doing to Thrive in a Pandemic Economy
COVID-19 has upended the economy, and those hit particularly hard have been small businesses throughout the country. According to a May...
Olivia Wieseler
May 19, 20204 min read
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James Reston, Jr.: Capturing Tensions Around a Memorial to America’s Most Divisive War
Wilson Center Global Fellow James Reston, Jr. recently published a new edition of his book entitled A Rift in the Earth: Art, Memory, and...
Olivia Wieseler
Apr 14, 20202 min read
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Former Fellow Jeffrey Stewart Wins 2019 Pulitzer Prize with Wilson Center Research
A 1992-93 Wilson Center alum, Dr. Jeffrey Stewart wins the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in Biography for his latest book, "The New Negro: The Life...
Olivia Wieseler
Mar 26, 20202 min read
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COVID-19’s Effect on a D.C. Intern
Wednesday, Jan. 22: I boarded my 11 a.m. flight to Washington, D.C., with a one-way ticket from Omaha. I was nervous to head to the big...
Olivia Wieseler
Mar 24, 20205 min read
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What's an Informational Interview and How Do I Ace It?
Informational interviews are conversations with a professional to get more information about their career field. Use these tips...
Olivia Wieseler
Mar 23, 20203 min read
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Fields of Corn to Fields of History: What I Learned Moving from the Midwest to Washington, D.C.
As a Midwesterner, I was in for some culture shock moving to D.C. However, I quickly learned there is something for everyone in D.C.,...
Olivia Wieseler
Mar 3, 20203 min read
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Dr. Piotr H. Kosicki: 1989 Revolutions and the Fall of Communism
Wilson Center Alum of the Global Europe Program Dr. Piotr H. Kosicki recently published a new book entitled "The Long 1989: Decades of...
Olivia Wieseler
Feb 27, 20202 min read
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Electronic sports are making a run at BVU
Buena Vista University alum Max Lee of Denison has always been the one to beat at BVU’s Anime and Gaming Society’s (AGS) Super Smash...
Olivia Wieseler
Dec 4, 20192 min read
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BVU aims for more Latinos, federal designation
Planning for 25% Hispanic enrollment Buena Vista University President Josh Merchant has formed a new initiative for BVU to be designated...
Olivia Wieseler
Nov 27, 20192 min read
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Pierce-White Potty Scandal: Who's Pissed and Who's Pissing
Pierce-White dormitories have seen an uptake in vandalism in recent months, resulting in a building-wide meeting on Monday, Nov. 11, to...
Olivia Wieseler
Nov 18, 20194 min read
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Rural enrollment declines spur schools to shed buildings
200 facilities are closed in 20 years Rural depopulation has been the chief cause of the closure of over 200 school buildings statewide...
Olivia Wieseler
Nov 15, 20193 min read
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Give Snow Some Credit
Grumbling and groaning floated through the air on Wednesday afternoon as the first snowfall, though it was more of...
Olivia Wieseler
Nov 9, 20193 min read
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Iowa producers do all they can to protect herds from African swine fever
No sign yet in North America A mass outbreak of African Swine Fever in China, home to half the world’s hog population, over the past year...
Olivia Wieseler
Nov 8, 20192 min read
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New Buena Vista chaplain: Exploring faith became a passion for someone who didn't like school much
An office stacked full of research journals doesn’t seem like the type of place for someone who never enjoyed school. Yet that is how...
Olivia Wieseler
Oct 25, 20193 min read
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Meeting 'The Woz'
BVU speaker's brain is in 'constant overdrive' When someone walks into a room wearing sneakers with a suit and tie, it can really make a...
Olivia Wieseler
Oct 11, 20193 min read
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Real toy become real life in this 8-year brother collaboration
All eyes were glued to the big screen in Anderson Auditorium at Buena Vista University as the long-anticipated film from digital media...
Olivia Wieseler
Oct 2, 20195 min read
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Traces of tiny plastic found in Storm Lake
Thought to have come from pavement markings | Promise Shown for Bioplastics Water samples of Storm Lake show evidence of trace amounts of...
Olivia Wieseler
Sep 20, 20193 min read
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$2.9 Million Gift Paves Way for Innovative Rural Entrepreneurship Program
BVU President Josh Merchant was discussing the strategic plan with former BVU Board of Trustees member and founder/CEO of ...
Olivia Wieseler
Sep 20, 20192 min read
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Weeds in lake a sign of health
Improvement chairman notes it is something we're not used to Vegetative growth in Storm Lake is raising concern for some lake-goers as...
Olivia Wieseler
Sep 18, 20192 min read
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How 30,000 Feet Changed My Perspective
I came to Buena Vista University as a shy, introverted freshman, from a high school class of ten. I didn’t plan to leave my dorm room...
Olivia Wieseler
Aug 9, 20195 min read
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