BVU Young Alum of the Month

From recent graduates to rising professionals, this series highlights young alumni whose Beaver experiences helped shape their achievements and continue to guide their careers and communities.

May 2026: Bailie Meissner

  Hometown: Manchester, Iowa

  Major(s) and Graduation Date: Human Performance - May 2020

  Favorite BVU Class: Motor Learning with Dr. Lauren Cavanaugh

  Job Title & Company: Human Resource Manager at DP Management, LLC.

 


April 2026: Joshua Bohner

  Hometown: Morristown, Minn. 

  Major(s) and Graduation Date: Computer Science - May 2023 

  Favorite BVU Class: Programming Languages and Compilers 

  Job Title & Company: Cloud Support Engineer I - Amazon Web Services 

 


March 2026: Tanner Hoops

  Hometown: Storm Lake, Iowa 

  Major(s) and Graduation Date: Digital Media - May 2018 

  Favorite BVU Class: Media Project, my senior year capstone class with Dr. Frantz 

  Job Title & Company: Play-By-Play Broadcaster; Gopher Radio Network and

   Sioux Falls Canaries 


February 2026: Sydney (McLaren) Buresh

  Hometown: Council Bluffs, Iowa

  Major(s) and Graduation Date: Rehabilitation Health Science - May 2022 

  Favorite BVU Class: Exercise Physiology  

  Job Title & Company: Physical Therapist at Bellevue Physical Therapy in Bellevue, NE 

 


January 2026: Greg & Beth Sibenaller

  Major(s) and Graduation Date: Greg - Biology Major - May 2015

    Beth - Criminal Justice and Spanish - May 2019

  Favorite BVU Class: Greg - Genetics with Dr Hampton 

    Beth - Classes were with Professor Riner and Professor Mills

  Job Title & Company: Greg - Internal Medicine Physician at St Anthony Hospital in Carroll

      Beth - Special Agent with Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation 


December 2025: Noah Becker

  Hometown: Fairmont, Minn. 

  Major(s) and Graduation Date: Social Work Major and Psychology Minor - May 2022

  Favorite BVU Class: Psychology of Cults with Dr. Goodfriend, and Forgiveness 

   with Ken Meisner

  Job Title & Company: Outpatient Therapist at Seasons Center for Behavioral Health 


November 2025: Austin Dean

  Hometown: Dubuque, Iowa

  Major(s) and Graduation Date: Animation with minors in Graphic Design

   and Theatre - May 2019

  Favorite BVU Class: Motion Graphics with Miranda Pollock

  Job Title & Company: Junior Animator and Designer at Maestro Filmworks


October 2025: Tyler Brunner

   Hometown: Arcadia, Iowa

  Major(s) and Graduation Date: Digital Media - December 2019

  Favorite BVU Class: Digital Media Capstone

  Job Title & Company: Video Specialist at Donovan Group 

 


September 2025: Christina Schauer J.D.

  Hometown: Middleton, Wis.

  Major(s) and Graduation Date: Business and Political Science - 

   Legal Studies Track - May 2021

  Favorite BVU Class: Internship with Professor Allen at the

   Buena Vista County Attorney's Office

  Job Title & Company: Associate Claims Counsel, Assistant Vice President at Fidelity National Financial 


August 2025: Charlie Flickinger

  Hometown: Hampton, Iowa

  Major(s) and Graduation Date: Biology Major - May 2019

  Favorite BVU Class: Microbiology with Dr. Lenzmeier

  Job Title & Company: UnityPoint Family Medicine in Storm Lake as a Nurse Practitioner

 


July 2025: Cara Kempadoo

  Hometown: Johnston, Iowa

  Major(s) and Graduation Date: Management, Marketing, and Sports Business Major,

   Accounting Minor - May 2023

  Favorite BVU Class: Selling

  Job Title & Company: Sales Consultant at Johnson Brothers of Iowa 


June 2025: Hailey Hartman

  Hometown: Storm Lake, Iowa

  Major(s) and Graduation Date: Bachelors of Arts in Elementary Education - 2022

   Masters of Education - 2025

  Favorite BVU Class: Any class with Brittany Garling 

  Job Title & Company: 4th Grade Teacher at Storm Lake Elementary 


May 2025: Annie Brennan

  Hometown: Emmetsburg, Iowa

  Major(s) and Graduation Date: Business Management and Educational Studies

   - May 2024

  Favorite BVU Class: Organizational Theory

  Job Title & Company: Inventory Analyst - Target Corporation - Minneapolis, Minn.


April 2025: Max Powers

  Hometown: Clarion, Iowa

  Major(s) and Graduation Date: Rehabilitation Health Sciences - May 2022

  Favorite BVU Class: Measurement and Evaluation in Kinesiology 

  Job Title & Company: XC/Track & Field Athletic Trainer at

   University of Michigan 


March 2025: Jamie (Navinskey) Tennyson

  Hometown: Atchison, Kan.

  Major(s) and Graduation Date: Athletic Training and Exercise Science - May 2018

  Favorite BVU Class: Human Anatomy (with the cadaver lab) with Dr. McClellan

  Job Title & Company: Forensic Pathologists’ Assistant, Iowa Office of

  the State Medical Examiner


February 2025: Armani Johnson

  Hometown: Little Elm, Texas

  Major(s) and Graduation Date: Communication Studies - May 2022

  Favorite BVU Class: Any Professor Pattie class 

  Job Title & Company: Recruiting Manager - Unity Search LLC 

 


January 2025: Joshua Feltner

  Hometown: Storm Lake, Iowa

  Major(s) and Graduation Date: Accounting & Finance - May 2022

  Favorite BVU Class: Tax with Beth Blankers 

  Job Title & Company: Financial Reporting Supervisor, Enterprise Resource

  Planning (ERP), Hy-Vee, Inc. 


December 2024: Lauryn Kalkowski

  Hometown: Louisville, Neb.

  Major(s) and Graduation Date: Sport Business, Management, and Marketing

   - May 2023

  Favorite BVU Class: Sport Marketing 

  Job Title & Company: Group Events Specialist for The Indiana Fever 


November 2024: Joshua Tigges

 Hometown: Carroll, Iowa

  Major(s) and Graduation Date: Digital Media with Minors in Psychology and

   Strategic Public Relations - May 2024

  Favorite BVU Class: Advanced Photography

  Job Title & Company: Video Production Specialist, Nebraska Public Media/University of Nebraska 


Past Young Alums:

July 2024: Dalton Glenn

June 2024: Vanessa Hamlett

May 2024: Tyler Stoltze

February 2024: Jeremy Knutson

November 2023: Khamedriah "Kham" Grimes

October 2023: Joe Lind

September 2023: Hannah Wuebker