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24 04, 2026

BLC Studios Attends NAB Show in Las Vegas

April 24th, 2026|Alumni, Industry Connections, Students, Studio, Technology, Travel|

BLC Studios students and alumni pose for a group picture in front of the NAB Show sign in Las Vegas, NV. More than 30 students and alumni from Bethany Lutheran College’s BLC Studios traveled to Las Vegas to attend the NAB Show.

11 04, 2026

Bethany Students Earn Seven Student Production Awards

April 11th, 2026|Animation, Graphic Design, Live Broadcasts, Motion Graphics, Student Awards, Student Projects, Students, Studio|

We are incredibly proud to announce that Bethany Lutheran College students have earned seven Student Production Awards from the Upper Midwest Emmy® Foundation. This marks another outstanding year for BLC Studios and the Media Arts program, with student work recognized across a wide range of categories including fiction, sports storytelling, promotional video, commercial production, animation, public service, and directing. Here are this year’s award winners: College Fiction Long FormBeside Still Waters - Watch here. Coleton Pringle – Director College Sports StoryA Partnership of Progress - Watch here. Emily Doyle – Editor College Promotional Video2025 Minnesota State Men's Hockey Hype Video [...]

23 09, 2024

Graphic Design 336 students design logos for semester-long project

September 23rd, 2024|Graphic Design, Student Projects, Students|

Over the course of the semester, students in Graphic Design 336: Design for Multimedia are creating a brand, package, and advertising campaign for a company/product that they have developed based on a random draw of blank products. From logo to experimental media, students work on tailoring the visual appearance and content of their brand to appeal to the “ideal customer” that they have defined. Their first project was to create a logo and visual identity system for their brand.   Alex Almeda - yellow sky (lemonade)   Andy Muske - Creative Cooking (kids cooking subscription box)   Brayden Lenzmeier - [...]

18 12, 2023

Student animation published in Ion Concert Media’s content library

December 18th, 2023|Industry Connections, Motion Graphics, Student Projects|

We are excited to announce that Bethany’s fourth animation of visual music has been accepted into the content library of Ion Concert Media! […]

7 12, 2023

Fall 2023 Media Arts Capstone Showcase

December 7th, 2023|Industry Connections, Student Projects, Students|

We gathered in the YFAC theatre last Tuesday for an amazing capstone showcase featuring the work of media arts seniors Ben Stelter and Colin Neville. It was thrilling to see their work displayed on the big screen, […]

22 11, 2023

Students travel to see Team Deakins

November 22nd, 2023|Industry Connections, Students, Travel|

This past week, a large group of students traveled with Prof. Ben Lundsten to Kansas City, MO, for an event with Team Deakins, featuring Academy Award winning cinematographer Sir Roger Deakins […]

5 10, 2023

Red Eye 2023 Recap

October 5th, 2023|Alumni, Film Festival, Student Awards, Students, Studio|

We had another great turn out for Red Eye 2023! Over 300 people came to watch nine short films made by our students in just one week. […]

30 09, 2023

Student film screenings and awards

September 30th, 2023|Film Festival, Student Awards, Student Projects|

We haven’t posted in a while…but that doesn’t mean things aren’t happening! Here are a few recent wins from our student filmmakers: […]

25 06, 2023

Students exhibit at national meeting of the WELS Luther Women’s Missionary Society

June 25th, 2023|Alumni, Faculty and Staff, Industry Connections, Student Projects|

In case you missed it, a group of Bethany illustrators (current and former students) have been doing some amazing work illustrating Bible stories for WELS Multi-Language Productions (MLP). […]

30 04, 2023

The best student films in Minnesota

April 30th, 2023|Animation, Film Festival, Industry Connections, Student Awards|

Bethany students stood out yet again at last week’s annual Intercollegiate Film Festival, hosted by the Twin Cities Film Festival. […]