BSU launches $35 million campaign

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Imagine Tomorrow 4-7 Cover story – Years in the making, the Imagine Tomorrow campaign is off to a strong President Richard Hanson start toward an ambitious goal. message 8-9 Scholarship giving – Robin Kelleher believes education is the best investment, and she From the wants to open doors for students. 11-12 Academic excellence – Irvin Departments PRESIDENT President R. Hanson Engebretson has made a planned gift to support business and accounting, a way of giving back. Honors Gala This is a special issue of Bemidji State University Magazine for a very special 26-28 moment: the launch of our Imagine Tomorrow comprehensive fundraising Annual support – Dr. Stephen Vogt’s 15-16 29 Homecoming campaign. Achieving BSU’s $35 million goal to fund scholarships, academic journey to a career in investments has convinced initiatives and learning resources won’t be easy, but we will get there together. him to give to BSU’s Lakeside Fund. Robin Kelleher 30 Campus Happenings In my three years as president of this great university, I have had the privilege of 31-33 BSU News meeting hundreds of our outstanding alumni here in Bemidji and around the 18-19 Athletic scholarship – Giving is one of many ways Dr. Bruce and Mary Jo Falk have world. Without fail, you tell me what a strong foundation Bemidji State gave you 34-36 Beaver Athletics for pursuit of meaningful lives. Mostly from humble roots, you recall the support, stayed connected to BSU Athletics. the learning, the inspiration and the sense of unlimited possibility you acquired. 37-38 Alumni News Several of our many alumni are featured in these pages: individuals who gained so 22-25 Volunteer leadership – Campaign much more than a degree from BSU and who are now giving back – financially, to Steering Committee Chair Dave Sorensen, 39-45 Class Notes be sure, but also with their time and committed leadership. No doubt you will National Campaign Chair Mike Roberge 46-50 BSU Foundation recognize yourself in their stories. and dozens of committee members are providing Report of Gifts The students of today are no different. Many come from the same small towns guidance and expertise. and rural backgrounds as you did. Many are the first in their families to attend 51 Calendar college. They are seeking their education in an era of declining state support and rising tuition, going on to establish successful careers in a rapidly changing Mike Roberge and intensely competitive global economy. I am very proud of them, and I know you are, too. These students and those who will follow them are the “tomorrow” in Imagine Tomorrow. They are filled with hope for their futures and for a world to which they will greatly contribute. They graduate as strong people, confident and capable, thanks to the learning and personal growth they experience at Bemidji State. BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY Magazine Volume 29, No. 2 Your involvement in the historic Imagine Tomorrow campaign will ensure that is produced by the Office of Communications and Fall 2013 our university remains a place where students become their best selves and Marketing and the BSU Alumni & Foundation. It is published twice per year and distributed free EDITOR: Scott Faust discover all they can accomplish. Thank you for investing in the kind of tomorrow to BSU alumni and friends. Direct comments to we all want for them. [email protected] or 1-888-234-7794. UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Rob Bollinger

Chief Development Officer: Marla Patrias Best wishes, A member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system, Bemidji State University is an affirmative action, equal ART DIRECTOR, DESIGNER: Kathy Berglund opportunity educator and employer. 14-036 PHOTOGRAPHY DIRECTOR: John Swartz

WRITERS: Andy Bartlett, Maryhelen Chadwick, Scott Faust, Richard Hanson Brad Folkestad, Al Nohner, Sarah Asp Olson and Cindy Serratore.

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change lives The university’s annual Honors Gala on Sept. Campaign priorities to 27 was the occasion for revealing Imagine Tomorrow’s progress to date, which totals Key areas for investment of contributions: $25.4 million in gifts and commitments to Scholarships – $20 million open doors for students, further academic • Access and Opportunity – Endowed and annually excellence and strengthen all aspects of BSU’s funded scholarships for financially challenged and educational mission. first-generation students increase access and help Campaign Chair Dave Sorensen ’72 had the ensure success. honor of announcing the figure to a crowd of • STEM Fields – Support for students in STEM (science, 450 in the ballroom of Bemidji’s Sanford technology, engineering and math) fields can help Center. He joined with Bollinger and President BSU attract students in these fields. Richard Hanson in recognizing lead donors MnSCU Chancellor Steven Rosenstone speaks at • Investing in Potential – Increasing the number of who have brought the campaign so far, so fast. the Sept. 27 Honors Gala. four-year, merit-based scholarships would allow Then he led a champagne toast to the BSU to attract more high-achieving students. continued success of Imagine Tomorrow over divided into three major categories of intended • Athletics – Support for endowed scholarships can the next three years. investment: $20 million for scholarships, raise BSU’s level of competition and build its athletic reputation and legacy. “We’re here to share and celebrate with all $8 million to foster academic excellence, and • American Indian Success – Tuition assistance, of you – our closest friends, our supporters, $7 million for annual university support. So far, academic preparedness and degree completion are our alumni – that we have embarked on a $11.5 million has been given or pledged for crucial to the success of American Indian students. comprehensive campaign to support this great scholarships; $2.8 million has been designated gem of a university here in northern Minne- specifically for academics, $5.7 million is Academic Excellence – $8 million directed toward annual support, and another sota,” Sorensen said. • American Indian Studies – BSU will attract more $5.4 million has yet to be designated. faculty, grow as a cultural center and further establish A call for ‘resilience’ Taken as a whole, Hanson said, the campaign itself as a leader in American Indian Studies. Dr. Steven Rosenstone, who leads the is about giving Bemidji State what he called the • Signature programs – Accounting, graduate education Minnesota State Colleges and Universities resilience to meet many complex challenges in business (MBA), entrepreneurship and analytics are system as chancellor, used his gala address to facing public higher education, such as vastly among the fields BSU seeks to offer. bemidji state’s first vigorously stress how important the campaign diminished state funding, rising tuition, • Visiting Faculty – Endowed funds can help bring some is, not only for BSU but also for the entire state. advancing technology and a turbulent economy. of the brightest minds to Bemidji to benefit students and the community. “I’ve been involved in lots of fundraising “We have to be resilient as an institution comprehensive campaign • International Experiences & Academic Programming activities over the years,” Rosenstone said. because higher education is changing,” he said. Gifts will support exemplary academic programming By Scott Faust “But I’ve got to tell you: I have never, ever “It’s changing right before our eyes. We have to and international opportunities. seen a more inspiring, more powerful, more be resilient because learners are changing, right • Departmental Endowments – Gifts designated for visionary statement about what we need to before our eyes. We have to be resilient Much as the mighty Mississippi spills gently Just as the river’s narrow stream curls north departmental endowments will provide permanent accomplish for this university than I’ve seen in because the learning environment is changing, from Lake Itasca, the campaign known as before turning toward the Gulf of Mexico, funding for specific enhancements to academic this fundraising drive. right before our eyes. The campaign is giving us Imagine Tomorrow began with a belief – that interest in a major campaign ran through BSU programs. that resilience.” Bemidji State University should soon Foundation planning in 2008 and quickened “It’s not just visionary. It’s not just powerful • Nursing – BSU continues to develop one of the premier undertake its first broad-based fundraising with a feasibility study commissioned in 2010. in the lives that it’s going to affect,” he said. Woven through the campaign’s priority areas nursing programs in the northern United States. Gifts campaign. “It’s aligned with the most important core are such goals as fostering greater access for will build visibility and resources for the program. Finally, in August 2011, the foundation Board values of what this university is all about. The year was 1995, when leaders started to of Directors voted unanimously to go forward, { continued on page 6 } • Leadership Academy – BSU’s proposed leadership seriously consider such an undertaking. They committing to secure the future for Bemidji “Future graduates of Bemidji State academy would teach an interdisciplinary approach to leadership, including significant real-world concluded the timing wasn’t right, but a vision State and its students. will lead in every dimension of experiences. had taken hold. human endeavor. They will After a full 18 years of deliberation, ground- strengthen Minnesota’s economy work, strategy and launch, Imagine Tomorrow Annual Support – $7 million and our global competitiveness, “We are fully committed to … sharpening our educational focus, is two-thirds of the way toward its goal of • Lakeside Scholarship Program – An annual gift of and they will contribute to the $35 million – and still intensifying, as new $1,000 establishes a Lakeside Scholarship named for quality of life that keeps Minnesota sharpening our support for the students, and being highly innovative in donors get involved. the donor, helping attract talented students to BSU. and this nation strong.” • BSU Lakeside Fund – Undesignated gifts to the “I think it’s human nature for people to want to the ways we continuously improve our university and our society.” Spanning five years that began on Lakeside Fund provide powerful flexibility to support be part of something successful and impact- July 1, 2011, Imagine Tomorrow is students, primarily through scholarships. – DR. RICHARD HANSON ful,” said Rob Bollinger, executive director of • Beaver Athletics – Gifts give coaches tools they need President, Bemidji State University university advancement, who has served in to recruit, provide skill and strength training and that role since 2006. bolster the university’s athletic reputation. Trudy Rautio ‘75, a member of the National Campaign Committee, speaks of fond BSU memories and her satisfaction with Imagine Tomorrow’s early success in a campaign video. 4 | Bemidji State University www.BemidjiState.edu | 5 Foundation and alumni leaders

students regardless of their socioeconomic time, but also their ideas and personal “I honestly believe our background, increasing opportunities for connections.” alumni, parents and friends Native American students, providing a Bollinger said the rapid buy-in of prospective transformative experience in and out of the have been waiting for an donors who were invited to join Imagine classroom, maintaining athletic competitive- Tomorrow from the beginning has been opportunity to ‘pay forward’ ness, and ensuring that Bemidji State has the instrumental in building confidence that the and invest in the future of technology, talent and resources to deliver $35 million goal will be reached and possibly Rob Bollinger distinctive, world-class education. our institution and its students. Combine that exceeded. continued from page 5 }

{ with a committed volunteer BSU Foundation Early success builds confidence “Before long, we were already at $10 million,” “We have a great start, but we’re not celebrating yet. The last three Board and campaign committee, plus forward- Hanson said the university’s enrollment and he said. “There was kind of a wow factor: finances are stable. Its campus continues to ‘Maybe we can make this happen!’” years (of the campaign) are going to involve a lot more work – traveling thinking administration, faculty and staff, and evolve, including the prospect of Minnesota As the campaign enters its public phase, you have a powerful formula for success!” bond funding money to complete a renova- and meeting with volunteers – than the first two.” volunteer and university leaders and – Jeff Kemink, president, tion of 73-year-old Memorial Hall as a fund-raising staff will reach out to prospective – ROB BOLLINGER BSU Foundation Board of Directors cutting-edge home for the business and donors across BSU’s 40,000 living alumni, as BSU Executive Director for University Advancement accounting programs. BSU also has a clear well as to BSU employees, students, retirees path to an outstanding future, he said, thanks Dave Sorensen and people throughout northern Minnesota “BSU has an opportunity in large part to Imagine Tomorrow. who recognize what a difference the “The reason that I wanted to give back to substance abuse disorders: “Bemidji State is to become a premier university makes. Bemidji was the education I got here,” he said. the story I tell about how I got to where I am.” “I’ve had to work alongside graduates from university that is responsive In his closing remarks at the gala, Hanson “We’re here to share and celebrate with all of you – our closest friends, our “We have a great start, but we’re not Harvard, Princeton, MIT, Yale, Oxford, Cam- to the needs of students in cited the university’s “proud heritage” of celebrating yet,” Bollinger said. “The next bridge – all the best universities in the world producing successful graduates who cherish the 21st century. As alums, supporters, our alumni – that we have embarked on a comprehensive campaign three years are going to involve a lot more – and I’ve always been able to compete. I never lifelong memories of their years in Bemidji. to support this great gem of a university here in northern Minnesota.” work – traveling and meeting with volunteers felt like I couldn’t measure up to people coming we understand firsthand what a difference a – than the first two.” from these backgrounds.” “This campaign will provide the resources quality university education can make. We can necessary to take us to the next step in – DAVE Sorensen ’72 Those who have already made the decision to Others on the national committee echoed help the university continue to shape lives well Chair, Campaign Steering Committee invest in the campaign are setting an example fulfilling the dreams of those students who Roberge’s perspective. into the future.” for others, whether they are able to give $500 come here and say, ‘Can you help me?’ “ he or $5 million, he said: “The feeling is just as Jon McTaggart ’83, CEO of Minnesota Public said. “It’s a transformational outcome, and – Mike Spry ‘83, president, “We are fully committed to preserving the good for both.” Radio and American Public Media, recounted we’re ready to make that step. We just need a BSU Alumni Board of Directors capacity to create these transformational how he and his wife, Deb ’83, a music therapist, little help from you.” One of those pacesetters is Mike Roberge ’90, learning environments by sharpening our were the first in their families to president and global investment officer for educational focus, sharpening our support for graduate from college. MFS Investment Management in Boston, the students, and being highly innovative in which administers assets worth more than “BSU really made that possible,” the way we continuously improve our $400 billion. McTaggart said, “both with financial university and our society,” Hanson said. aid and scholarships. We are here is to “There can be no higher good than that.” Roberge and his wife, Tracy, last year made a do whatever we can to make sure that $1 million gift to Imagine Tomorrow, and he is During the campaign’s so-called “quiet phase” kids who need scholarships to attend also serving as chair of the National Campaign over the past two years, Hanson and Bollinger, can have that help.” Committee, a 20-member group of influential along with gift officers from the BSU Added Pamela Rodriquez ’78, president Breakdown of Giving alumni and friends from across the country. Foundation, have reached out to individual of TASC, Inc., a Chicago-based case Designations by category for donors across Minnesota, in all parts of the During the committee’s opening meeting on $25.4 million received or pledged management agency that serves adults United States and around the world to seek the afternoon before the gala, and again that and youth with mental health and to the Imagine Tomorrow campaign major commitments for all funding areas. evening, he recounted how his own experi- as of Sept. 16, 2013: ences as a Bemidji State student inspired him Said Sorensen, a retired General Mills to get involved at a high level. Gifts awaiting designation – 21% executive from Minneapolis who leads a To get involved 15-member volunteer Campaign Steering The fourth of six children, Roberge said his Lakeside Fund and all other – 23% To learn more about the Imagine Tomorrow Committee, “So many people – in the parents didn’t have enough money left to pay Academic support – 11% campaign and how you can help as a donor, a community, at the university and within our his way to college, but scholarships and other volunteer or both, contact Rob Bollinger, exec- Scholarships – 45% existing alumni base – have been so support- financial aid from BSU made it possible for him utive director for university advancement, at ive, providing not only their resources and to get an education – and an outstanding one. (218) 755-4147 or [email protected].

President Richard Hanson is joined by individuals who have given or pledged at least $1 million to the Imagine Tomorrow campaign: (from left) Joe Lueken, Mary Jo Falk, Bruce Falk ‘71, Robin Kelleher ‘72, Tracy Roberge and Mike Roberge ‘90.

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avid supporter of Susan G. Komen for the Cure; and world traveler who counts Vietnam, Scholarship giving Cuba and China among her favorite With a goal of $20 million, the Imagine destinations. Tomorrow campaign will triple the number Education The list goes on, but the sum is a woman who of endowed scholarships awarded to BSU has embraced life, taken risks and achieved students, providing access to high-quality far more than her timid, freshman self could education and assisting in recruitment of the ReplaceS have imagined. highest-achieving students. “I always felt there’s this big world out there, Fear with and there are so many things we have the the Edina law firm Seaton, Peters and opportunity to try,” Kelleher said. “My Revnew, where she still works today. experiences at BSU provided the foundation “Because of the support and encourage- confidence for my life and my career and taught me that ment I received from faculty and others at I really didn’t have to be afraid of everything, BSU, I was able to set aside fears, gain that I could accomplish what I wanted to confidence and take on risks and challenges By Sarah Asp Olson accomplish. But for Bemidji, I probably would I otherwise would not have been able not have gone to college, gone out in the to—including attending law school and If you met Robin Kelleher as a Bemidji world, and had many different careers.” pursuing a legal career,” she said. State freshman in the late ’60s, you might She chose BSU on the recommendation of her have described her as a quiet, small town girl. A strong proponent of education, Kelleher high school band instructor, Betty Masoner. The Gully, Minn., native arrived on campus, has made it a point to give generously of On campus, she found a supportive and clarinet in hand, ready to study music – but not her time and resources to her alma mater in thriving community – especially among the quite sure whether she could thrive in a order to give future generations of students faculty – that gave her exactly what she university setting. the opportunities she took advantage of. needed at the time. “I was very apprehensive about whether I In addition to serving on BSU’s Foundation “They helped me realize I could do well in could succeed in college or not,” said Kelleher Board from 2004 to 2010 – two of those college and succeed in doing whatever I ‘72. “I remember sitting in the orientation years as president – she now serves on the chose to do in life,” Kelleher said. “At that meeting scared to death, thinking, ‘I don’t Nominations Committee and is a member point in my life I needed some nurturing know if I can do this.’” of the Real Estate, Strategic Planning and because I was from a very small town, I was Imagine Tomorrow Campaign steering A quick glance at her resume today will tell timid, and I needed a little extra support. committees. Kelleher has also designated a you Kelleher not only could succeed, she has. I felt they gave that to me.” generous planned gift to the university and Her impressive list of titles, past and present, That support launched her into a successful funds two scholarship endowments, one of include: music educator; real estate developer; and rewarding series of careers. Kelleher which is earmarked for graduates of her past president of the BSU Foundation Board; graduated with a degree in instrumental former high school, Clearbrook/Gonvick. champion for conservative candidates and Robin Kelleher ‘72 music and taught elementary school music for causes in Minnesota; employment law “There are many students in that area that six years in Langdon, N.D. attorney; former deputy commissioner of have great potential who want to go to Residence: Burnsville labor and industry; breast cancer survivor and “I enjoyed that immensely, but then I felt like college but maybe feel they can’t,” she said. “My scholarships don’t pay [in full] for a I wanted to learn something new,” she said. Occupation: Labor Employment Law college education, but might be the impetus After she left teaching, Kelleher moved into for a student deciding to give it a try.” Attorney at Seaton, Peters and Revnew “I believe education is the most important the field of real estate. She worked for several investment that one can ever make with their years as a realtor with Coldwell Banker and Who knows where that initial bump of BSU connection: Graduated in 1972 with a later founded Credit River Developers with her support will lead? As Kelleher herself found, degree in instrumental music. Served on then husband, Tom. Together they developed education is the ticket to unlimited the Foundation Board both as a member money. Our orchestra conductor said possibilities. a 123-lot residential project in Savage, Minn., and as president. Currently serves on Real with great success. that to our class 40 years ago. I internalized “I believe education is the most important Estate, Nominating, Strategic Planning “When that development was over, I thought, investment that one can ever make with and Imagine Tomorrow Campaign their money,” she said. “That’s not an it, and to this day I believe that is true. ‘I want to do something I’ve always dreamed steering committees. about doing but really never thought I could original statement from me. Our orchestra That’s why I choose to give back.” before.’ So I went to law school in 1992.” conductor said that to our class 40 years BSU support: Created two separate ago. I internalized it, and to this day I believe scholarship endowments, one of which is – Robin Kelleher ‘72 Kelleher graduated from William Mitchell that is true. That’s why I choose renewable for four years. 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profile Andria Raynbird stands in front of the profile BSU Alumni Arch with her children, Jaden, Victoria and Samara.

more to attend college but couldn’t get the student loans she needed. Then in 2009, a door opened for her at Bemidji State University. Her mother, Dr. Carla Norris-Raynbird, completed her doctorate. and joined the Bemidji State faculty, which allowed Raynbird a tuition waiver. Still, committing to school wasn’t easy. Raynbird, now the mother of three, used her savings and a small inheritance to move her younger two children with her to Bemidji. Her oldest daughter wanted to finish high school in Winnipeg, where she graduated this spring. Then in 2011, Raynbird won the Amelia Dalzotto Memorial Scholarship, which helped pay for textbooks. An on-campus tutoring job and support from her mother also helped. Previously denied a formal education, Raynbird embraced academic life. In May, she graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in nursing and a minor in psychology. Her youngest children, Samara, 10, and Jaden, 9, cheered her on through late-night study sessions and weekends of paper writing. “My youngest daughter is 10 going on 30, and she Irvin Engebretson on a balcony at his home in Chippewa Falls, Wis. would always say, ‘We know it’s going to pay off,’” Raynbird said. Pursuing a Dr. Jeanine Gangeness, dean of the Bemidji School of Nursing, described Raynbird as an lifelong vision exemplary student who has pursued diverse liberal studies. Nursing is a highly intense experience, and she Persistence By Sarah Asp Olson success breaks down obstacles excelled,” Gangeness said. While at BSU, Raynbird studied Spanish for a month in Argentina and spent two weeks this o By Cindy Serratore At age 10, Irvin E. Engebretson ’61 set a goal Engebretson worked two jobs to put himself spring in a nursing outreach program in poor for himself: He wanted to be a millionaire. through college – one at a clothing store and a rural villages of Belize. There, she witnessed “I learned that working full-time A complicated life hasn’t stopped Andria It was a lofty ambition, especially for a young second at a restaurant/pool hall. He commuted an effort to incorporate modern medical f from Fosston, often hitching rides. All the while, Raynbird from pursuing her dream of getting a boy growing up poor in Fosston. Engebretson’s knowledge into a culture of strong traditional as a single mother and trying to go college education. She just had to wait for the mother washed clothes, scrubbed floors and he kept his eye on his ultimate goal and put his medicine. Her experience spurred her interest right opportunity. babysat to bring in an income. By the hard-learned work ethic to use. to school wasn’t going to work. in plants and their medicinal properties. Raynbird, who grew up in Winnipeg, Man., “I would like to give some form of time he was 10, he had a job of his own. “Because I was commuting, I didn’t get too She also enjoys mental health nursing and dropped out of high school for a full-time job “I used to deliver papers in the snow involved in any activities in Bemidji,” Engebret- Not if I wanted to do well.” completed her capstone experience in a following her parents’ divorce when she was 16. credit to the people and part of my life in northern Minnesota; did that for son said. “I would get back early in the afternoon behavioral health hospital. – andria Raynbird She completed her GED in 1996 at the age of 21 10 years,” he said. “I learned that you’ve and I’d work in one place, then at night I worked and enrolled in a Winnipeg university while In October, Raynbird launched her career as a that helped me to get to where I am.” got to work hard at all times, and you in another place, then I would go to bed and get caring for her infant daughter. nurse at Sanford Medical Center in Bemidji, – Irvin E. Engebretson ‘61 have to work harder to get where up at 6 o’clock and drive to Bemidji. “I learned that working full-time as a single proving her daughter right – the hard work did you want to go.” Any spare time I had, I studied at various hours mother and trying to go to school wasn’t going pay off. Eventually, she plans to pursue a When it came time to choose a college, Bemidji between classes. That’s what I did for four years.” to work,” she said, “not if I wanted to do well.” master’s degree to become a nurse practitioner. State was a natural fit. By the end of his time at Bemidji State, Instead, Raynbird earned a laboratory assistant “In nursing, there is always more to learn,” “My brother is three years older than I am, so I Engebretson earned a bachelor’s degree in certificate and joined the staff of a private clinic, said Raynbird, who is grateful for the open door followed his footsteps like I had for 18 years,” business administration with a minor in where she worked for 10 years. Her experience she found at Bemidji State. Engebretson said. “Anything he did, I did.” { continued on page 12 } inspired her interest in nursing, so she tried once ACADEMICEXCELLENCE. 10 | Bemidji State University www.BemidjiState.edu | 11 Faculty profile

lifelong vision { continued from page 11 }

The film stars Jane Kaczmarek and Oscar winner Academic Excellence Octavia Spencer, along with Chippewa Falls High With a goal of $8 million to promote academic School graduate Michelle Lang, who also excellence, the Imagine Tomorrow campaign happened to be the daughter of Engebretson’s will help attract outstanding faculty, strengthen friend and successor at CRAY. The project is signature programs and expand international awaiting distribution. experiences, among other priorities. Even before his entrée into the film industry, Engebretson rose from humble beginnings to become a successful businessman, and he is economics – a deliberate departure from his happy to be able to give back. brother’s path. “Working hard and working more than anybody “My brother went into teaching,” he said. else gets you places,” he said. “I knew I had to “I didn’t want to be a teacher because I knew go to college because I made a goal when I was what they were making, and I said, ‘I think I 10 years old I wanted to be a millionaire. can do more in accounting.’” “I never thought I’d get there, but I did. Engebretson’s first job out of college was as a The business department at BSU gave me buyer in the catalogue division at Montgomery exactly what I needed to get me started.” Ward in Minneapolis. He went on to work for Cargill, Inc., and eventually moved to Chippewa Falls, Wis., where he spent the bulk of his Irvin E. Engebretson ‘61 career at a computer company, CRAY Research. He rose through the ranks in the financial Residence: Chippewa Falls, Wis. department at CRAY, and in 1982 he achieved his goal when his stock exceeded $1 million. Background: Retired Senior Director Engebretson retired in 1994 at age 55. Five and of Finance, CRAY Research a half decades after that 10-year-old from BSU connection: Graduated in 1961 with Fosston promised himself he’d make a million, a degree in business administration. he had risen to senior director of finance at reaching out, CRAY and reached his goal many times over. Legacy Society member since 2011. Now 75, the avid golfer who enjoys poker and BSU support: Planned gift to BSU business shooting trap is able to use his hard-earned wealth to help others. and accounting departments for technology needs. As part of his estate plan, Engebretson has GivingBack earmarked money for the cities of Fosston and By Cindy Serratore Chippewa Falls – and for his alma mater. “I would like to give some form of credit to the Dr. Leah Carpenter ‘85 is an advocate for She is an enrolled member of the Minnesota people and part of my life that helped me to education, especially for students living on Chippewa Tribe, White Earth Band. She grew up get to where I am,” said Engebretson, who has American Indian reservations who sometimes in Bemidji and lived in a three-room shack – no set aside a large sum to benefit Bemidji State’s feel a college education is beyond their reach. running water, no plumbing – with her mother, business and accounting department, mainly “On a personal level, education has been my grandmother and four older sisters. for technology upgrades. ticket out of poverty, and I will promote Her mother died when Carpenter was 13, “I’ve worked 35 years in the computer education wherever and whenever I can,” said leaving her sisters to raise her. Then, as a high business, that’s why I’d like to see the business Carpenter, 3M endowed chair of accounting school senior, she received A Better Chance department have access to good computer for Bemidji State University. scholarship aimed at bridging the academic gap equipment. I want them to buy computers or based on race. The scholarship allowed her to upgrades to help the accounting students learn “I decided if I was going to give back to the attend a prestigious boarding school in western the most current way of doing things.” Massachusetts. In addition to investing in the people and community, I could make a greater contribution “It was quite a cultural shock for me at so many places that helped him along the way, he has different levels,” Carpenter said. “But the found new ways to give young people a leg up by becoming an educator. That’s some biggest shock was the class difference. My in their chosen fields. This year, he signed on as Irvin Engebretson roommate would go skiing on the weekends executive producer of the independent movie enjoys having a of the work that I’m most proud of.” with the Kennedys. The whole New England “Lost on Purpose.” collection { continued on next page } of memorabilia – Dr. Leah Carpenter in his den. ACADEMICEXCELLENCE. 12 | Bemidji State University www.BemidjiState.edu | 13 Donor profile

Dr. Leah Carpenter assists students in her accounting course, “Financial Info for Life.” Taking early lessons

outreach to the Native American community. Drawing on her own experiences, she seeks toheart opportunities to engage her students in the By Sarah Asp Olson community and with Indian professionals, including plans this fall to form a BSU Chapter of American Indian Business Leaders. The son of a general contractor in Truman, Dr. Stephen Vogt ’85 arrived at Bemidji State Outside of BSU, she has helped launch a with a clear goal in mind. non-profit organization to build a Bemidji Area Indian Center, a gathering place for Indian “My job was to learn some business and people. accounting and take over the family Overall, Bemidji State enrolls about 150 Native business,” he said. “Bemidji had a good American students. The university’s goal is to accounting program. I liked the school, I liked more than double that enrollment and the location and I could play a little increase scholarship funding. The BSU basketball.” Foundation now offers 12 scholarships All was going according to plan until Vogt specifically for native students. enrolled in Buzz Johnson’s intro to macroeco- environment was different, but the academics “Never in my life did I think I’d go to college,” Carpenter serves on the BSU Tribal Advisory nomics course during his sophomore year. were phenomenal.” Sather said. Council, working with leaders from three local tribes to identify educational needs and “He was a very demanding professor. The In 1985, she graduated from Bemidji State A single parent of three boys, he enrolled at opportunities. Through the Tribal College story on the street was to avoid him,” said with degrees in political science, American the Red Lake College at age 33 and then Consortium, administrators and deans from Vogt, who opted to take his chances with the Indian studies and business administration. transferred to BSU. Sather excelled, BSU collaborate with local tribal colleges to tough professor. “I just fell in love with Four years later, she earned a law degree graduating with honors. He and a classmate create a more seamless transition for transfer economics. I discovered my passion and I from the University of Wisconsin School of were named BSU American Indian Students students. went with it.” Law , followed by a doctorate in American of the Year. “I thought I was too poor to go to continued from page 13 }

{ Indian Studies from the University of school, growing up on the rez,” Sather said. “Even for those students who transfer from a In addition to exposing him to the philosophi- Arizona in 2008. “Now, I’ve been able to succeed beyond my tribal college, it’s still a big leap,” Carpenter cal and practical side of economics, professors said. “Bemidji State may seem like a small like Johnson and Bob Ley fueled Vogt’s She practiced law for nine years with Indian expectations. For Leah to do what she has place (enrollment about 5,000), but Leech passion and encouraged his natural inclination Legal Services, and then, when working on done has given me courage to continue.” Lake Tribal College has about 200 students, so toward hard work. her dissertation, joined the Leech Lake Tribal Sather, a re-entry program coordinator and when they come here it’s a big adjustment.” College, where she spent seven years, five of job counselor, is working on his master’s { continued on page 16 } them as president. degree in tribal administration and govern- When asked to serve on the steering committee for BSU’s Imagine Tomorrow “I decided if I was going to give back to the ment at the University of Minnesota-Duluth fundraising campaign, Carpenter didn’t community, I could make a greater contribu- and then plans to pursue a doctorate. His “At Bemidji, the excellence you hesitate. She also made a gift of her own. tion by becoming an educator,” said dream job: to teach American Indian history. Carpenter, who guided the tribal college This fall, Sather was back on campus to share “My contribution is the largest contribution obtained was excellence you worked for. through an accreditation process and the his story as part of a panel of American Indian that I’ve ever made anywhere,” she said. “I’m construction of a new college campus. “That’s alumni coordinated by Carpenter. He and committed to this university because it really When I taught at DePaul, that’s some of the work that I’m most proud of.” Carpenter also belong to the BSU American did transform my life and the lives of a lot of my students.” exactly what I tried to convey to kids. Her success inspires students like Donavan Indian Alumni chapter. The group raises funds Sather, an enrolled member of the Red Lake for scholarships and to purchase stoles Now a grandmother of five, Carpenter has You’re going to achieve by the amount Band of Chippewa Indians, who graduated embroidered with an Ojibwe floral design plenty of reasons to be proud. But she’s joyous from Bemidji State in 2012 with a degree in that American Indian students wear at when her students go back to their communi- of work you put in and become excellent Indian Studies and a minor in Ojibwe. commencement. ties and inspire “aunties and cousins” and Carpenter is one of his role models. Partially funded by the 3M Corporation, others to pursue education. by how hard you go after things.” Carpenter’s position at Bemidji State combines teaching responsibilities with – Dr. Stephen Vogt ‘85

Dr. Stephen Vogt in the lobby of the Mesirow Financial Conference Center in downtown Chicago. Annual support. 14 | Bemidji State University www.BemidjiState.edu | 15 Student profile

Todd Jones finds time for music and accounting.

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“When they pushed you so hard, it was from “I really like numbers, and everybody needs a viewpoint that excellence is not entitled, it’s Annual Support accountants, so it was a good fit,” Jones said. something you achieve through hard work,” With a goal of $7 million for annual support, “Once I started taking classes, I realized how he said. the Imagine Tomorrow campaign will provide much I really like the business and computer part of it, too.” That message played itself out over and over scholarships through the Lakeside Scholarship program and provide flexibility to meet a variety in Vogt’s life as he built a successful career Four years ago Jones was ready to attend a of needs through the Lakeside Fund. in the field of economics, starting with larger university, but then his parents’ tax earning a doctorate from Washington accountant suggested BSU. It turned out to be a University in St. Louis. good tip. the way we were able to get through it all “Twenty-five started in the program; five of us and come out the back side intact.” “Coming from Monticello, which is about a finished,” he said. “By the way, the smartest Bemidji-sized town, this campus just felt But even successfully weathering the five weren’t the five that finished. I would say better,” he said. economic recession doesn’t top Vogt’s list of the most doggedly persistent ones were the finding his proudest accomplishments. Last spring, Jones received the Ben Miller ones that got through it.” Scholarship for accounting based on his GPA “This is going to sound cliché, but the biggest Vogt went on to teach in the economics and involvement on campus. The scholarship thing is I’ve got a lovely wife who is department at Chicago’s DePaul University, was funded by Ben Miller, a retired principal committed and four God-fearing children at where over a decade-long career he earned in of the Miller McDonald Inc. accounting firm home who seem to be healthy and happy,” tenure, taught, published and actively Value in Bemidji. he said. “That’s been the best thing.” consulted for the private sector. He also put This is his second year as a peer academic into practice much of what he’d learned from Vogt looks back on the experiences and Balance adviser, a residential position to help freshmen his professors at Bemidji State. mentors that shaped his four years at Bemidji By Cindy Serratore transition to college academics. Last year, he State with gratitude. In addition to engaged “The thing that was constantly reinforced to mentored foreign exchange students from faculty, Vogt, an avid outdoorsman, also me over the years was that there are good Germany, Uzbekistan, Canada and South Korea. believes the “university in the pines” played a For Todd Jones, a senior studying accounting at students everywhere,” he said. “At Bemidji, He has also been the treasurer for the Varsity role in his academic success. Bemidji State University, a rigorous major keeps the excellence you obtained was excellence his mind sharp, singing keeps his heart happy, Singers and the BSU Accounting Club. you worked for. When I taught at DePaul, that’s “I worked really hard in school, but it was a and a scholarship motivates him to succeed. “What’s impressive about Todd is how he exactly what I tried to convey to kids. You’re place where you could work your tail off, but manages to do well in school and still be very going to achieve by the amount of work you sit at the third floor of the library and look out Raised in Monticello, Jones joined his first choir Dr. Stephen Vogt, Ph.D. ‘85 involved,” said Dave Massaglia, assistant put in and become excellent by how hard you over Lake Bemidji while you’re working on in fourth grade and has been singing ever since. professor of accounting, noting that accounting Residence: go after things.” your differential equations class,” he said. “I Green Oaks, Ill. “Music is a big part of my life – it’s my release,” is a very tough major. “He really does have a can’t emphasize enough the interaction In 1999, Vogt left DePaul when Mesirow said Jones who, for different reasons, also great attitude, very pleasant, and he doesn’t Occupation: Chief investment officer at between intellectual curiosity, the intellectual Advanced Strategies, Inc., a subsidiary of enjoys accounting. seem to be bothered by too much of anything.” Mesirow Advanced Strategies, Inc., development of a young person, and a Mesirow Financial Holdings, Inc., invited him a subsidiary of Mesirow Financial setting where it’s just very conducive to “I like the feeling of going through a long Jones used his $400 award to pay for books. He to come aboard full time as its chief invest- Holdings, Inc. expanding your mind.” problem – long and tedious, and you’re not puts himself through school with his academic ment officer. having a good time, but then you get it done adviser position, student loans and two BSU connection: Graduated in 1985 with a As a matter of personal discipline, and to “I probably had done as much in academia as I and you know it’s right,” he said. “That feeling part-time summer jobs. He appreciates the double major in economics and math. express his gratitude, Vogt has made it a point could expect to do, so the next 10 years would of satisfaction is amazing.” scholarship. to give back to BSU since graduating. Now, he Serves on the Investment Committee have been like the first 10 years,” Vogt said of and his wife, Lauren, give in a variety of ways, Jones is pursuing an emphasis in accounting “To me, it means that someone who hasn’t for the BSU Foundation and the National his decision to leave academia. “I told my wife, including donating to the Lakeside Fund. information systems and a minor in business actually met me thinks that I will be able to Campaign Committee. if this doesn’t work out I might end up back in administration. To keep life balanced, he sings succeed and cares enough to help me on my Truman, Minn., pounding nails with my dad.” “I’m also on the Investment Committee for BSU support: Annual gifts and support for with the community-based Bemidji Chorale and way,” said Jones, who plans to pay it forward by the BSU Foundation, and the president asked It did work out. In fact, in the nearly 15 years also sang three years with the BSU Varsity continuing to do well in school. the Lakeside Fund. me to be on the National Campaign Commit- since Vogt arrived at Mesirow, his group has Singers. In the summers, he sings with the Great tee as well,” he said. “I really believe each When he graduates, he hopes to launch his gone from managing less than $1 billion in Northern Union Chorus, an auditioned, men’s person is responsible for their own direction career in the Twin Cities area so he can continue assets to more than $14 billion, even amid the a cappella chorus based in the Twin Cities. in life, but you can always say thank you. to sing with the Great Northern Union Chorus. recent economic recession. For me, it’s as simple as that. It’s what I’m While music is his passion, accounting is his For Jones, a balanced life is a good life. “It’s not me but the whole group,” he said. “It supposed to do, and it’s a very easy way to vocation. was a very challenging time. … I was proud of say thank you.” Annual support. 16 | Bemidji State University www.BemidjiState.edu | 17 Donor profile

“I think I’ll always go back to Coach Peters,” he Falk lives a full life with many cherished said. “Those first years, he could easily have cut said. “Even to this day, we go back to reunions for memories, but looking back it’s the BSU years me. He didn’t. He gave me that chance, and the whole school, and there are groups from all that stand out as some of his most memorable. hopefully over those years I did prove that I was eras who are all together. I think it’s something “I’ve gone to grade school, high school, college, worth saving. I’d just like to see it continue, Coach Peters has been very influential in dental school – I guess I feel much more maybe give someone else the chance I had.” – making sure you grow to be teammates.” connected to my Bemidji years,” he said. “Many In addition to the team titles, Falk was named of those people are still my best friends, more so Dr. Bruce Falk, D.D.S. ‘71 Most Valuable Player of the NAIA National than any other era of my life.” Tournament and All-American in ’71. After Falk, who was inducted into the BSU Athletic Hall Residence: Salol graduation, he went on to play in the 1972 of Fame in 1998, still gets together with his International University Sports Federation games former teammates and remains an active Occupation: Dentist for the United States. supporter of the BSU hockey program. A former BSU Connection: Graduated in ‘71 with Falk said Peters’ drive and encouragement alumni board member and current member of a degree in biology, played wing for also gave him a foundation for his career once the Foundation Board, he donates annually to the four-time NAIA champion hockey program. he left BSU. hockey program and has designated a substan- Inducted into the BSU Athletic Hall of Fame. tial planned gift to set up endowed scholarships “He was very disciplined,” he said. “Maybe Former Alumni Board member, current for the very program that was such an integral I had some of that drive before, but I think he Foundation Board member. reinforced it to work hard and make sacrifices. That part of his college experience. carried over in my personal life, going on to dental “I’ve always said Coach Peters has been a very BSU support: Established an endowment, with school. You had to stay disciplined and work hard big influence in my life, giving me the opportu- a current gift to fund scholarships for men’s and be focused and have that end goal.” nity and chance to let me play and develop,” Falk hockey players and freshmen from Roseau. After attending dental school in Minneapolis and Dr. Bruce Falk and his wife, Mary Jo, stand on a deck overlooking their backyard in Salol. completing a one-year internship, Falk returned to his hometown and back to the farm where he grew up. For several years, he farmed in the Never letting go summer and practiced dentistry in International Falls, about an hour from Salol, in the winter. When the commute became too much, he opted By Sarah Asp Olson to set up a practice in his home. “I was still farming too; I had two full-time jobs,” Dr. Bruce Falk ’71 and his wife, Mary Jo, are he said. “We sold the dairy cattle in 2002 but school as common a sight in the stands of Bemidji’s continued to do grain farming until two or three Sanford Center on men’s hockey game nights as years ago. Now we rent out just about o Beaver green and white. The couple travels the everything.” two hours from their farm in Salol for nearly Falk still practices dentistry four days a week, every home series. They even have a condo in spirit with Mary Jo working as his receptionist. The Bemidji where they stay after games. f couple has two daughters who both live in Falk, a dentist who operates his office out of Minneapolis. He also continues to play hockey. his home, played four years as a wing for the “There’s a group of us up here that play a couple “I’ve gone to grade school, high school, college, dental Beavers. He looks back on his time with nights a week,” he said. “We go to Florida every fondness. school – I guess I feel much more connected to my spring and play in a U.S. national tournament “A lot of what reconnected me [to BSU] even down in Tampa Bay. We’ve won that the last Bemidji years. Many of those people are still my best now is the hockey program,” he said. “We still five years.” have some great friendships from those years friends, more so than any other era of my life.” just because of all the time we shared together.” Falk and his teammates earned four successive Beaver Athletics – Dr. Bruce Falk ’71 NAIA national titles between 1968 and 1971, Within the $7 million goal for annual support, a feat that would surely bring any team together. the Imagine Tomorrow campaign will help fund But it was the discipline and tough love of athletic scholarships and provide resources to coach R. H. “Bob” Peters that Falk credits with strengthen the competitiveness of BSU Athletics his team’s success on the scoreboard and and elevate the student-athlete experience. long-lasting camaraderie.

Dr. Bruce Falk practices dentistry in an Athletic Scholarship office he added onto his home.

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b-club challenge Alumni athlete fundraising Sustaining a seeks to raise PassionFor bar for BSU Bemidji State University’s B-Club for alumni Volleyball athletes is ramping up fundraising for Imagine By Cindy Serratore Tomorrow with an opportunity intended to boost annual support for all sports. Rachel Craig, co-captain of the Bemidji State University the Beavers, so the threesome continues to play Called the B-Club Challenge, the program will volleyball team, had her heart set on BSU even before together. A 4.0 high school student, Craig received an begin by raising funds for the 2014-15 aca- she was offered a partial athletic scholarship and a athletic scholarship plus three BSU academic scholar- demic year and will be launched during the chance to compete in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate ships. “Those funds have helped out a lot because I’m not BSU Athletic Hall of Fame weekend, Feb. 14-15. Conference. super pressured to get a job during the season,” said “Our alumni athlete leaders want to start chal- “I always wanted to go to college close to home because Craig, who also works a summer job and gets help from lenging others to give,” said Rob Bollinger, I’m kind of a homebody,” said the junior from Wadena, her parents. executive director for university advancement. “so Bemidji was always at the top of my list. For me, She plans to graduate in 2015 with a degree in business Bethany Thompson and Lance Rongstad show off their 2013 Student Athlete of the Year “The goal is to continually improve the student- awards at the Beaver Nation Celebration on May 2. volleyball was always a bonus.” administration. So far, she has enjoyed her liberal arts athlete experience at BSU.” Even so, volleyball has been a defining experience for electives as well, including a course in fiction writing and Several former athletes have stepped forward with a “It’s about securing the BSU student-athlete experience,” Craig, a six-foot-tall middle blocker. a dance class she took with teammates. This year, she looks forward to a two-week environmental studies leadership gift that will match the first year of contribu- Dill said. “In addition to increasing scholarship funds, the On June 17, 2010, she was in the middle of a preseason program in Hawaii and, of course, the chance to improve tors’ own-five year gifts or any new pledge for someone experience of being a BSU student-athlete needs to be high school game in Bemidji when the Wadena fans her skills on the court. already contributing money to athletics. first class. We are thankful to a group of lead donors who started getting calls that a tornado had struck their town. This will allow former athletes to spur a greater increase have graciously stepped forward to make the B-Club It leveled 20 city blocks, damaging the high school “She’s just one of the hardest workers on our team,” said in funding for their team of preference while helping to Challenge a possibility.” beyond repair, and destroying the home of the Wadena Wayne Chadwick, BSU head volleyball coach. “The NSIC create more stable and consistent support across the The B-Club organizes fund-raising events and presents volleyball coach, who had two daughters on the team. is the best conference in the country for volleyball, and she’s proved that she’s more than capable of playing at university’s 15 intercollegiate teams. seniors with a “B” letter on a plaque at the annual Beaver As the community rallied to rebuild, the volleyball team this level.” The money can be used for scholarships and to meet Nation Celebration for student-athletes, signifying their rallied, too, thrilling fans with an undefeated season other team-by-team priorities, such as recruiting, travel new status as alumni athletes. and a Class AA State Championship. Chadwick said he hopes to increase scholarship funding for volleyball so he can recruit more players like Craig and and equipment. Or, rather than designating to a particular “These are the people who wore the green and white,” “Everybody came to watch our games,” said Craig, who elevate the team’s competitiveness. BSU carries nearly sport, donors can permit their dollars to go wherever Bollinger said. “They went into the arena for BSU.” led the team with 213 blocks. “We had to play in the six volleyball scholarships, while the NSIC limit is eight. they’re most needed within BSU Athletics, Bollinger said. elementary school and people sat in folding chairs. Competition among intercollegiate athletic programs for It was amazing, and that was when I really started Craig finished her sophomore year with a 4.0 GPA and scholarship support, facilities and equipment needs has To get involved loving volleyball.” was named the BSU Female Athlete of the Year. raised the stakes for Bemidji State, said Tracy Dill, BSU Contact Dan Bennett, advancement officer for the “I’m really happy I’m here,” she said. That spring, Craig and two of her Wadena teammates director of intercollegiate athletics. BSU Foundation, (218) 755-2827, or email to – Kelsi Crawford and Courtney Volkmann – signed with [email protected].

20 | Bemidji State University www.BemidjiState.edu | 21 Chair Chair profile profile Giving both leadership for the TalentAnd Treasure long Haul

“We’ve got a wonderful institution By Sarah Asp Olson

in a supportive community that many Mike Roberge, president of MFS Investment Management in Boston, brings of us have benefitted greatly from.” significant experience and know-how to his role as chair of the Imagine Tomorrow – Dave Sorensen ‘72 National Campaign Committee. He also brings passion. “A couple of years ago, as they were thinking about the campaign, [BSU] did some focus groups, and I was included,” What motivates alums, Sorensen said, is said Roberge, who has been an avid a desire to pass down the Bemidji State supporter of Bemidji State since graduat- experience to future generations of ing in 1990. students. “I contacted Rob Bollinger and told him “Most of us who went to Bemidji really that I wanted to be part of the campaign resonate with the concept that this is a even before they went live. It was pretty remarkable university,” he said. “If it something that I felt was great for the had not been for the educational and life university and just wanted to be part of growth experience, I don’t think many of us the early inception of it to ensure it got off would have achieved the level of success the ground the right way.” we achieved. We have an obligation to His enthusiasm for the undertaking stems return that gift.” some leadership to the campaign,” Mike Roberge ‘90 from the great experiences he had on Roberge said. campus, and the opportunities his college By Sarah Asp Olson His business acumen will serve the Residence: Wayland, Mass. David Sorensen ‘72 education has afforded him – opportunities committee well as he leads the National he hopes to create for other students by ou’d be hard pressed to find a more avid members and friends around the mission Campaign Committee, runs meetings and Career summary: President of MFS Invest- Y Residence: Minneapolis funding scholarships for needs-based supporter of Bemidji State University’s and vision of the school. keeps committee members communi- ment Management, Boston students. mission and vision than Dave Sorensen. Career summary: Retired, former vice presi- cating and focused. “We really began looking at [a campaign] Volunteer service: Serves as president dent of worldwide sourcing at General Mills; “As someone that was needs-based that The retired vice president of worldwide earnestly in 2008,” Sorensen said. “We’ve With a breadth of experience serving on got the help and support from Bemidji, of Boston Security Analysts Society sourcing at General Mills has given got a wonderful institution in a supportive current president of David L. Sorensen, LLC. other non-profit boards and volunteering and for someone that has fortunately and sits on the board of Horizons for Home- generously to Bemidji State and served on community that many of us have benefitted for a variety of causes, Roberge will also Volunteer service: Has served on and been successful from a business perspec- less Children. He also participates the BSU Foundation board since 2004, from greatly. offer support and leadership while chaired a number of boards, including CAPS tive,” Roberge said, “it was important to in Boston-based non-profits City Year including two years as president. helping connect Imagine Tomorrow with “How do we try and gain momentum to Research, Wayzata Youth Hockey Associa- me personally to provide that same interested donors. and Jumpstart. Now Sorensen is serving as steering really move this forward in such a way that tion, Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom opportunity to people who, if not given committee chair for BSU’s first-ever compre- we continue to transform lives, much in the the opportunity, may not have access to “Our job is to make connections, open BSU connection: 1990 graduate. He and and the Minnesota State Fair. hensive campaign, Imagine Tomorrow. same way our lives were transformed?” what I have access to.” up doors and allow the people at the his, wife, Tracy, fund need-based BSU connection: 1972 graduate; Inter-Resident university who are good at [fundraising] It’s a post that has been more than five As the campaign advances, he is encour- Now, as chair, he also is prepared to give scholarships for BSU students. Hall president and Student Senate president. to go in and execute on those connec- years in the making. aged by the response and is confident that more of his time. many more alumni and friends will join in Served on the BSU Foundation board since tions,” he said. “What I can do, given my In addition to advising foundation staff, he “I’ll be back on campus once a year, so it support of the institution that has meant so 2004, two years as president. He and his experience, is help people get comfort- has been spreading his enthusiasm for was a way to broaden my involvement much to them. able with doing that.” BSU and rallying alumni, community wife, Kathy, have funded annual scholarships with the university, to donate some time, and an endowment to provide leadership and hopefully some good ideas and scholarships to BSU students. steering committee national committee

22 | Bemidji State University www.BemidjiState.edu | 23 National Campaign committee Campaign steering committee

Mike Roberge ’90, President Beth Baalke ’89 Trent Baalke ’87 Cynthia Cashman ’85 Dean Crotty Dave Sorensen, ‘72 Chair Rita Albrecht ‘01 John Baer Dr. Leah Carpenter ‘85 Paul Hanson Wayland, Mass. Loveland, Colo./San Jose, Calif. Loveland, Colo./San Jose, Calif. Brooklyn Park Bemidji Retired VP – General Mills, Inc. Mayor of Bemidji President – Security Bank USA 3M Endowed chair of accounting – BSU CEO – Sanford Health President & CIO – MFS Investment Physical education teacher General manager – San Francisco 49ers Chief development officer – University of CEO – North Country Business Products Former BSU Foundation board member Planner/developer – Leech Lake BSU Foundation board member Management Minnesota, College of Food, Agriculture and Band of Objibwe Natural Resource Sciences BSU Alumni board member

Doug Fredrickson ’10 Paul Godlewski ’70 Linda S. Hanson Tom Heaviland ’80 Paul Hedtke ’81 Dr. Richard Hanson Dr. Michael Herbert ‘79 Robin Kelleher ‘72 Joe Lueken Dave Odegaard ‘66 St. Cloud Minneapolis Brainerd Carlsbad, Calif. San Diego, Calif. BSU president BSU professor, criminal justice Seaton Law Office Joseph & Janice Lueken Family Foundation Retired partner – Deloitte Touche LLP VP for operations – Blattner Energy Partner – Schwebel, Goetz & Sieben Senior vice president, investments – President – Heaviland Enterprises, Inc. Senior director, business development – Former BSU Foundation board member Honorary Lifetime/BSU Foundation Former BSU Foundation board member Corporation Stifel Nicolaus & Co. Inc. Qualcomm board member Former BSU Foundation board member Native American initiatives Steering Committee

Xihao Hu ’97 Keith Johanneson (1966-69) Jeff Lueken Debbie McTaggart ’82 Jon McTaggart ’83 R.H. “Bob” Peters Tom Welle Toronto, Ont. Bemidji Chino Hills, Calif. Maplewood Maplewood Retired BSU hockey coach President – First National Bank Sr. VP and chief accountant – Toronto CEO / president – Johanneson’s Inc. Owner – Lueken Innovations Music therapist CEO – Minnesota Public Radio & Former BSU Foundation board member Dominion Bank American Public Media Group Former BSU Alumni & Foundation board member Campaign Ambassadors.

Dr. Lee Norman ’74, MD, MHS, MBA Kim Ramsey ’77 Dave Ramsey ’78 Trudy Rautio ’75 Pamela Rodriquez ’78, M.A. Dr. Jim Bensen ‘59 Dr. Jon Quistgaard Kansas City, Mo. Owatonna Owatonna, Minnesota Minneapolis Elk Grove Village, Ill. BSU president emeritus BSU president emeritus Sr. VP and chief medical officer – Substitute teacher First vice president, director agency President, CEO and director – Carlson President – TASC, Inc. University of Kansas Hospital operations – Federated Insurance BSU Foundation board member From left: Dr. Anton Treuer, director of BSU’s American Indian Resource Center. Holly Cook Macarro Former BSU Alumni board member of Temecula, Calif., Dr. Richard Hanson, and Lee Cook of Cass Lake. Not pictured: John Lee of Fridley Honorary chairs and Gerald Hill of Oneida, Wis.

About the committees These three committees, formed for the Imagine Tomorrow campaign, are made up of alumni and supporters from across North America. They are advising the BSU Foundation staff, advocating for the campaign and promoting donor participation. Robyn Seide ’77 Steve Seide ’78 Dr. Ben Tsang ’71 Dr. Stephen Vogt ’85 Jeff Wallin ’70 Bill Howe ‘52 Bob Welle North Andover, Mass. North Andover, Mass. Ottawa, Ont. Libertyville, Ill. San Diego, Calif. Retired president – Northern National Bank Retired president – First National Bank Former teacher, homemaker Director, Reproductive Biology Unit Chief Investment Officer – Mesirow President – San Diego Millenia Former BSU Foundation board member Former BSU Foundation board member Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Advanced Strategies, Inc. Consultants, Inc. and Cellular & Molecular Medicine – Former BSU Alumni board member University of Ottawa

24 | Bemidji State University www.BemidjiState.edu | 25 HONORS GALA 1 2 3 With a champagne toast and a shower of green and white streamers, a jubilant crowd of 450 celebrated Bemidji State University’s progress toward a $35 million fundraising goal at the 2013 Honors Gala on Sept. 27. The gala attracted a blend of Bemidji-area residents and alumni from across Clockwise fron top: 1. Dr. Jeremy Fogelson ‘00 Young Alumni Award recipient; 2. Professor emeritus North America, the largest gathering ever for a BSU dinner event at Bemidji’s Alan Brew, Tom Welle ‘72, Paulette Welle and Rob Sanford Center. Bollinger; 3. Bob Aitken ‘75, Jeff Wallin ‘70, Joe Atiken ‘72, Gerry Kerr, Margo Curb-Aitken ‘90; Guests in cocktail and formal attire were greeted with valet parking by BSU athletes 4. Dave Sorensen ‘72, Trudy Rautio ‘75, President and photographed for a souvenir of the evening. Richard Hanson, Joe and Jeff Lueken; 5. Maria Antonia Calvo, Bemidji Mayor Rita Albrecht ‘01, Following a social hour, the program included a plated dinner of shrimp and filet Chancellor Steven Rosenstone; 6. Rich ‘67 and mignon, alumni awards, biographic videos, acceptance speeches and individual Joyce ‘68 Siegert, Rob Bollinger. donor recognition. 4 The evening was a combination of appreciation, nostalgia and humor. Mike Roberge ’90, chair of the National Campaign Committee for Imagine Tomorrow drew a laugh as he reminisced about his journey from BSU student to the presidency outstanding Alumni of a large Boston-based investment company. Award Created in 1972, the Outstanding Alumni Award is the Alumni Association’s highest honor and takes into “I’m living proof that you can spend a significant amount of time at the Corner Bar consideration an alum’s professional accomplishments and community service. Including the 2013 honorees, and succeed in life,” Roberge said. 6 there are 178 Bemidji State alumni who have received this award. Pamela Hovland ’83, a member of the Yale University design faculty and recipient of a 2013 Outstanding Alumni Award, also drew a connection to her younger self as she Thomas Anderson ’70 Pamela Hovland ’83 Keith Johanneson (1966-69) accepted the honor. For the past eight In 1983, Pamela Hovland Keith Johanneson began She described recently being on a plane to Minnesota and overhearing a young years, Tom Anderson graduated magna cum his career as a clerk woman a couple of rows back talking excitedly about the small college she attended. has led Minnesota laude and received a working at his family’s Thermal Science bachelor’s degree in neighborhood supermar- “I kept thinking, I wonder what East Coast school she is speaking of,” Hovland said. through a period of design and communica- ket. Early in his career, “And a few minutes later, I overheard again that in fact it was Bemidji State University tremendous develop- tions from Bemidji State Johanneson worked as a she was speaking of. ment. The Baxter- University. After gradu- market research analyst based business is one ation, the Pelican Rapids for SuperValu, Inc. based “I couldn’t help but think that this BSU student could have been me 30 years ago, of the fastest growing native’s summer intern- in the Twin Cities. In flying home from the Big Apple, eager to tell of my journey from the dairy farm in the companies in the temperature-controlled pack- ship turned into a full-time job at a Minneapolis addition, he started a beer distribution company in middle of nowhere in Minnesota to an office on Fifth Avenue and ultimately to a aging industry. Anderson started his career as design studio. In 1985, Hovland moved to New his native Bemidji. Shortly thereafter, Johanneson classroom at Yale.” a CPA with Arthur Anderson and Company. His York City, where she focused on projects with succeeded his father as president of Johanneson’s, accounting background, hard work and vision national and international visibility at well-known Inc., where he serves as CEO/president. More than have served him well during his more than 30 corporate identity and branding firms. In 1990, she 1,000 work for the Bemidji-based organization, 5 years of management and financial experience left corporate America for Yale University where which his parents, John and Thelma, founded in with both large international corporations and she pursued a master of fine arts degree. Upon 1952. Johanneson has been nominated for and early-stage organizations. He also has served completing her post-graduate work, the School of received many local, state, regional and national as a board member for several businesses and Art immediately appointed her to the faculty, and industry awards, including the Thomas K. Zaucha charitable organizations. Anderson studied 20 years later she is the Senior Critic in Graphic Entrepreneurial Excellence Award presented by psychology and traveled to several European Design. During those 20 years, she also has run Kraft Foods at the 2011 National Grocers Associa- countries as a student in a Bemidji State Univer- Pamela Hovland Design, a studio with offices in tion’s Convention and Supermarket Synergy Show- sity-sponsored foreign study program at Man- New York City and Connecticut. Hovland’s work case in Las Vegas. The annual award recognizes chester College in Oxford, England. According has been recognized by the American Institute of retailers who exemplify vision, creative entrepre- to Anderson, that experience “made me reach Graphic Arts, the New York Type Director’s Club neurship and persistence. Johanneson has served further and think I could do more.” His status as and the American Center for Design, Émigré, Print, on numerous industry councils and continues to an honor student at Bemidji State made him eli- and included in many exhibitions and publications. serve on several company and industry boards, gible for the international experience. Anderson In 2005, Hovland received the prestigious Rome including: Security Bank USA, Concordia Language studied accounting and math at BSU and earned Prize Fellowship in Design. She lives north of New Villages (International Advisory Board) and the an associate of arts degree. He went on to earn York City in Wilton, Conn., with her husband, Ste- Minnesota Grocers Association. Johanneson at- a bachelor’s degree. in accounting/business, ven Lawrence, and their teenage son, Henry. She tended Bemidji State University and studied at with honors, from the University of Minnesota. has two grown stepsons, Gregory and Christopher. the University of Minnesota and the University of Anderson and his wife, Beth, live in Baxter. They Oxford (Oxford, England). He and his wife, Maria, have two grown children, Josh and Kirsten. live in Bemidji and have four grown children.

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Clockwise from top: 1. Kevin Geerdes ‘92, Tom Serratore ‘87, 1 Bob Peters, Tim Dondelinger; 2. President Richard Hanson, Keith Johannesson, Caroline Norelius; 3. Melinda Spry ‘83, Mike Spry ‘83, James Durbin, Elise Durbin ‘01.

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Young Alumni Alumni Service Award Created in 2011, the Young Alumni Award recognizes Award Created in 2011, the Alumni Service significant professional, volunteer and service accomplishments by alumni age Award recognizes significant service contributions an 2 3 4 40 or younger. alumnus has made to community, state or nation. 1. Players and staff from the 2012 North Division Dr. Jeremy Fogelson ’00 Carri Jones ’03 Kay Mack ’86 Conference Champion football team are recognized at halftime; 2. Abby ’08 and Nate ’05 Sannes tailgate with Dr. Jeremy Education is the Kay Mack gave up full-time Bucky; 3. Sam ’69 and Peggy ’67 Johnson dance at the Fogelson was a key to everything studies at Bemidji State Beaver Block Party; 4. Homecoming King Michael Hanson 2000 magna cum for Carri Jones. University when she accepted and Queen Dezaray Thoen at the Honors Gala; 5. Alumni laude graduate While she was a a position as Beltrami County honorary captains: Bill Howe (‘40s), Guy Vena (‘50s), in chemistry. He full-time student deputy county treasurer – Duayne Johnson (‘60s), Mark Wambach (‘70s), Rich received a full- pursuing degrees launching a 36-year career in Schwartz (‘80s), Brad Borkhuis (‘90s), Bryan Stoffel tuition scholar- in business public service. She continued (2000s), Dusty Sluzewicz (2010s); 6. BSU football fans ship, funded in administration her education part-time and brave chilly, wet weather; 7. Riding a mechanical bull at part by Joe and and accounting, earned a business administra- the Beaver Rally; 8. Football players make their traditional Janice Lueken. The honor student then she also worked full-time in the account- tion degree in 1986 – the same year she was elected 5 6 attended the University of Minnesota ing office for the Leech Lake Band of county treasurer. When auditor responsibilities were plunge after victory over Southwest Minnesota State. Medical School. He did his internship and Ojibwe. After five years and two summer added in 1987, she accepted the dual role and was re- residency in neurosurgery at the Mayo school sessions, Jones earned degrees in elected for six consecutive terms. She was appointed School of Graduate Medical Education. 2003 and advanced at work, becoming county administrator in 2012. Her service as a member He also did a fellowship in Orthopedic the cash management team leader. Five and officer of the American Legion Auxiliary has been Spinal Deformity Surgery at Washington years later, she was promoted to her first dedicated to veterans and their families. As the Girls University School of Medicine in St. Louis, supervisory role as controller. Jones made State chair for 20 years, she has interviewed count- Mo. Currently working as a neurosurgeon history in 2012, when she was sworn in less students for selection to this prestigious program. at the Mayo Clinic and assistant professor as the youngest and first female Chair of As PEO scholarship chair, she has coordinated the Julie at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe. Her duties Ringle Memorial Scholarship for nine years. Her work Fogelson recently performed a successful include leading the five-member Leech on the Servants of Shelter Steering Committee has of- surgical procedure on Minnesota Gov. Mark Lake Tribal Council, which oversees nine fered relief for Bemidji’s homeless. She has contributed Dayton. The Bemidji native has received government divisions, as well as law en- years of service on the St. Philip’s school board, parish many professional honors and awards. forcement services, the tribal college and council and in several other leadership and volunteer He has co-authored numerous papers a K-12 school, and acting as CEO for tribal roles. Other community contributions include: Bemidji for national and international publication gaming and small businesses. Jones lives Area United Way Board and Campaign, Lakeland Public and is a member of several professional in Cass Lake with her son, Brayden, and Television Board, Junior Achievement Board and 10-year associations. Fogelson and his wife, Megan daughter, Izabella. mentor, Relay for Life and numerous other groups. Kay Fogelson-Dahlby, live in Rochester with and her husband, Larry, live in Bemidji. They have three their three children, Caleb, Clare and Saul. grown children, Meghan, James and Robert.

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- - - - degree programs at Northwest Technical College. Stateat Bemidji University andtwo-year nursing Nursing alsoincludesbaccalaureate nursing programs pursue theirbachelor’s Schoolof degrees. Bemidji The andonlinecourses,of on-campus themto allowing programThe offers registered nurses acombination in May. Bear Lake, partnership was formalized Minn.The of Nursing onthecampusof Century College inWhite bachelor’s degree innursing from School theBemidji Beginning thisfall, registered nurses canpursue a expands toCenturyCollege Bemidji SchoolofNursing discussions aboutculture andcommunication. language program, bookreadings, workshops and capture theessence of Ojibwe culture withanintensive about Minnesota’s native people, helpedstudents mores, juniors andseniors whowishedto know more camp, five-day The heldinJuly for highschoolsopho camp) program. during BSU’s inaugural NiibinishiGabeshi(summer themselves of intheheritage Minnesota’s first people experience State at Bemidji thissummer, immersing American Indianstudents participated inaunique Ojibwe immersioncamp Students attendfirst recent renovations of LindenandBirch halls. a strategic planfor housingthat includes on-campus extensive maintenance costs. Itsdemolitionispartof hasbeenunusedforMaple several years, resulting in Hobson MemorialUnion,Tamarack and Walnut Hall Hall. ClarkLibrary,that alsosaw theconstruction of theA.C. during athree-year periodof growth from 1966-69 residence was 95,000-square-foot builtin1967 hall The September. began July19andwas largely completed by theendof StateBemidji inwork hastorn downthat Hall Maple move in cost-saving Maple Halldemolished - for thefirst time. ing andtechnology management were accredited of appliedscience programs inappliedengineer technology was reaccredited, whileitsbachelor BSU’s bachelorof science degree inindustrial Engineering (ATMAE). tion of Technology, andApplied Management have received accreditation from theAssocia- applied engineeringandtechnology management State’sBemidji programs inindustrial technology, A T 942 bachelor’s degree recipients. in the2013Commencement ceremony, including StateBemidji invited 1,032 students to participate environment andnatural resources. forts to championthepreservation of theEarth’s field of international finance andhistireless ef in recognition for hisdecadesof success inthe also addressed Hewas theClasshonored of 2013. Tsang received anhonorary doctorate degree and Minnesota ortheUnited States. performed exemplary service to thepeopleof or former residents of thestate whohave acknowledges thecontributions of current Minnesotan award. award, The first given in1981, the 31st recipient State’s of Bemidji Distinguished Waldhauser gave thecommencement address as university’s 94th Commencement inMay. family, friendsandhonored guests duringthe addressed BSUgraduates, ‘72, Tsang and Moses WaldhauserU.S. Gen.Thomas ‘76 Lt. Marine address graduates Distinguished alumni ech studiesreceive TMAE accreditation Lt. Gen.ThomasWaldhauser ‘76 - - Bemidji Middle School. Middle Bemidji tour andspent two weeks attending classes at activities. From there, they went onasponsored projects, fieldtripsandcamping recreational on theBSUcampus, partinresearch taking spent severalin Bemidji, weeks inaday camp students,The whostayed withhost families in theculture of Minnesota’s northwoods. dents spendmore thanamonth beingimmersed State helpedagroup schoolstu- of Chinesemiddle of international education opportunities, Bemidji SchoolandCIBT,dle aVancouver-based provider Mid- partofAs auniquepartnership withBemidji students fromChina BSU hostsexchange bebroughtwill onlineduringtheacademicyear. It ispossible that two additionalGLNclassrooms equipped facility to become operational at BSU. classroomThe inBridgemanisthefirst GLN- to joinclasses taught at BSU. GLN facilities, students orallow inthosefacilities BSU students to joinclasses taught inother utmost importance. classrooms The allow will instruction, where videoandsoundclarityisof are designed to supportlanguage specifically These GLNclassroomshigh-fidelity sound. conferencing at high-definition resolutions with gives BSUtheabilitytoHall doreal-time video facilityThe onthethird floor of Bridgeman classrooms over all theworld. of similarlyequippedGlobalLearning Network video-conferencing sessions withanetwork StateBemidji now hastheabilityto hold connects totheworld Global LearningNetwork

President RichardHansonvisits with Chinesemiddleschoolstudentson July 30. novel, Signal”, “The was publishedin2010. the University of California, Irvine. Hismost recent and director of thegraduate program infiction at ist Ron Carlson,noted shortstory novelist, writer year’sThis distinguished visitingwriter was novel- translation workshop. the first timethe conference offered aliterary fiction andcreative and non-fictionwriting, for Workshop topics includedpoetry, novice poetry teachers from across thecountry. ings andcollaborations with visiting authors and participate inasix-day seriesof workshops, read- offering more than50 writers theopportunityto returned State to theBemidji campusJuly14-19, Minnesota NorthwoodsThe Writers Conference Northwoods Conference W was apresenterattheNorthwoodsWriters Conference Poet CamilleDungyofColoradoStateUniversity riters convenefor www.BemidjiState.edu

|33 During his tenure at St. Cloud State, Dill mentored 37 NCAA Division II track and field Tracy Dill All-Americans and two individual national champions. On the gridiron, he helped develop Position: BSU Director of Intercollegiate Athletics 36 All-North Central Conference selections, and his running backs helped the Huskies lead the Background: Associate athletic director at conference in rushing four times. St. Cloud State University since 1999, part of In 1995, Dill made the transition into an admin- istrative position while retaining his duties as 27 years at SCSU, starting as assistant football head men’s and women’s track and field coach. In 1999, he was promoted to associate athletic coach. Previously was assistant football director and moved into full-time athletics coach, track and field coach and intramural administration. director at William Penn College in When the opportunity presented itself to make the move to Bemidji State last spring, Dill and his Oskaloosa, Iowa. wife again took a leap of faith. “The opportunity to be director of athletics was Education: Holds a bachelor’s degree in English important to me,” he said. “I’ve always thought this was a university that had tremendous up- from William Penn College and a master’s Tracy Dill is pictured in the main hall of the John S. Glas Fieldhouse. side. The campus and community are absolutely degree in athletic administration from gorgeous, but more importantly, I’ve found there are really wonderful people here.” St. Cloud State University. In his short time in Bemidji, Dill has been heavily involved in preparations for the 2013-14 athletic Personal: He and his wife, Kristy, have two season. His schedule has allowed him to quickly grown sons. become known within the campus and the Athletics is community. “I believe developing relationships is Dill’s life work critical to the success of any organi- zation,” he said. “It’s all about people. It’s important to the momentum of a By Brad Folkestad program that everyone is moving in the same direction.” Dill hopes to use those relationships Tracy Dill’s love for athletics began at an early His dedication to athletics became more evident “My freshman year at William Penn College I got to help shape the future of BSU age in the southeast Iowa farming community during his high school years. In a small commu- the opportunity to play quite a bit on the football Athletics as he continues to develop of Keota, where sports were part of the culture, nity, his ability allowed him to make the varsity team, and by the time the season was over, as a plan for the department. especially for boys. teams as a freshman. He participated in football, a running back I was pretty beat up,” Dill said. “We need to find out what our “In that era, there weren’t a lot of youth sports basketball and track and field, and was a sum- “So I ended up just getting involved in intramural fans would like to see and then opportunities, but I had a lot of really good mer baseball player. He even added golf to his activities and played some community league benchmark ourselves against other friends who liked competing,” said Dill, who in resume as a senior, balancing two sports during basketball as well.” universities that are similar,” he said. June became Bemidji State’s new athletic direc- his final spring season. He began his coaching career as a part of the “We’ve got a lot of work to do, but I tor. “The older kids were really welcoming and “My parents weren’t able to attend everything football staff at William Penn in 1981, and he think we are making progress.” allowed me to compete with them.” but were very supportive of that lifestyle,” Dill picked up duties as the school’s track and field Regardless of his title or location, said. “My mom also made the push for me to be coach in 1985, all while balancing sport recruiting Dill said two things have remained active in the arts, so I participated in vocal music, duties and serving as an admissions counselor central to his motivation – a pure “The opportunity to be director of athletics was important to me. speech and drama as well.” and, later, the school’s intramural director. love of sports and a commitment to He learned to multitask early, foreshadowing the “Taking on these new roles really helped me to students. I’ve always thought this was a university that had tremendous upside. hectic schedule he juggles today. learn how to prioritize my time,” Dill said. “The reality is, we are all here for the “My senior year of high school I was involved in In 1988, he and his wife, Kristy, who were new student-athletes,” he said. “It is im- The campus and community are absolutely gorgeous, but more a play during the spring and would hit golf balls parents to the first of their two sons, took a leap portant for me to be a part of what in the morning, do track practice after school and of faith and followed longtime friend Denny they are doing. It gives me energy.” importantly, I’ve found there are really wonderful people here.” then go to play practice in the evening,” Dill said. Wagner to St. Cloud State University to coach Tracy Dill shows off a Beaver hockey jersey presented to him by As he began his college years, he was forced football and pursue a master’s degree. Little did President Richard Hanson and Bucky the Beaver at an April 25 news – Tracy Dill to trim his extracurricular participation down to they know they would spend the next 27 years conference to announce his appointment as athletic director. officially only football, although he kept the calling St. Cloud home. others on the back burner as hobbies.

34 | Bemidji State University www.BemidjiState.edu | 35 Follow BSU Sport s @ www.bsubeavers.com Spring sport recaps: Baseball finished its 2013 season with a 25-22 record, tied for the second-most wins in program history. After BSU sports posting a 13-13 NSIC record and earning the No. 8 seed in Four join Alumni the NSIC Tournament, the Beavers made a run to the NSIC Tournament Championship before falling to the Cen- Association Board Elise Durbin ’01, John Armbrust ’76, Troy Poetz ’98 19 on NSIC All-Academic Team tral Region’s top-ranked team, Minnesota State University, Mankato. Head coach Tim Bellew was named NSIC Coach and Kathy Hegstrom ’72 began their first full terms Bemidji State landed 19 student-athletes on Elise Durbin John Armbrust Troy Poetz Kathy Hegstrom the 2013 Spring Academic All-Northern Sun In- of the Year, while five players earned all-conference on the Bemidji State Alumni Association’s tercollegiate Conference Team. To be eligible for awards. Logan Kalis from Little Falls and Lewis Baumann governing board. The 16-member board sets association policies, develops the annual operating budget and the Academic All-NSIC Team, student-athletes from Colorado Springs, Colo., were both named first-team coordinates programs and activities. The board meets three times each year, and members serve four-year terms. must maintain a grade point average of 3.20 all-conference … Men’s golf competed in eight events or better and be at least a sophomore member Durbin lives in Bloomington and is the community development supervisor for the City of Minnetonka. Armbrust lives of a varsity traveling team. BSU’s contingent in 2012-13 and finished in the top five on four occasions. in Woodbury and has been a high school teacher and coach for 36 years. Attorney Poetz hails from St. Cloud. He is a Prior Lake sophomore John Hafdal was named First Team was led by its baseball team, which had seven partner at Rajkowski Hansmeier. Hegstrom has more than 40 years experience as an educator. She resides in Brainerd. student-athletes recognized for academic ac- All-NSIC … Women’s golf finished ninth at the 2012-13 complishment. BSU also had six members from NSIC Championships behind a 23rd-place finish from Contact the Alumni Office for more information on being a part of the Alumni board (877) 278-2586.. its women’s outdoor track and field team hon- ored, while three softball players, two members Monica Wold, a freshman from Crookston … Softball of the tennis team and a women’s golfer were played its entire 2013 season on the road due to weather, selected for the honor. finishing 8-38 overall with a 2-28 mark in NSIC play … Alumni Association introduces and vice president of on-campus programming, Kalis earns All-America honor Track and field set four BSU outdoor records in 2013 Student Alumni Association Erin Leary of Arden Hills (sophomore, business). They were chosen based on applications, Baseball senior Logan Kalis and capped its season with an 11th-place finish at the NSIC Officers of the new Bemidji State University recommendations and personal interviews. (1B/OF/RHP, Little Falls) Championships. Senior Taylor Sautbine from Tamarack set Student Alumni Association (SAA) are laying the became the second BSU the BSU record in the 100m at 12.19 seconds; Tina Larson, news baseball player in two groundwork for their organization. SAA’s mission years to earn All-America a senior from Morris, set a new mark in the 1,500m run is to link students and alumni in the shared goal Nominations sought for with a time of 4:45.30, and senior Ashley Larva, from honors, as he was placed of ensuring a bright future for BSU, its students 2014 alumni awards on the Daktronics NCAA Floodwood, completed the 100m hurdles in 14.41 seconds and graduates. The contributions that BSU alumni are making to Division II Baseball All- to break her own school record. Sautbine and Larva America Third Team as a their professions and communities are truly amazing combined with Chisholm sophomore Tia Lindberg and Sara Alumni Association Board President Mike Spry ’83 utility player/pitcher. Kalis, and worthy of recognition. an All-NSIC First Team and Melom, a freshman from Dawson, to set the BSU standard said the organization researched similar groups on Daktronics All-Central Re- with a 48.48 mark in the 4x100m relay. other campuses and created SAA to fill a niche Each year, the BSU Alumni Association presents gion First Team pick, concluded his senior sea- at BSU. alumni awards at the Honors Gala during Homecom- son with a .333 batting average, .515 slugging ing weekend. percentage and .418 on-base percentage. He Mulvihill inducted Fall sport updates “We are excited to bring an organization to totaled 57 hits, 34 RBIs and 28 runs scored. In into the NSIC campus that builds bridges between current The association is seeking input from alumni and addition, he had 11 assists with just three errors Hall of Fame Soccer kicked off its 2013 season with a trip to Costa Rica. students and BSU grads,” Spry said. friends to recognize Outstanding Alumni, Alumni in the field. Kalis made 11 appearances on the In July, former BSU women’s basketball and track In addition to competing against some of the country’s mound, posted a 4-3 record with four starts and SAA officers are: president, Laura Duscher of Service and Young Alumni. Nominations also are being and field standout Elizabeth “Liz” Mulvihill was top young soccer talent, the team volunteered at a center led the team with a 1.66 ERA. The right-hander inducted into the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Little Falls (first year, nursing); vice president accepted for the 2015 B-Club Athletic Hall of Fame. struck out 42 batters in 43.1 innings pitched. for underprivileged youth and made time for sightseeing Conference Hall of Fame. of alumni outreach and internships, Kari Cooper excursions such as white-water rafting. The team, led by The deadline for nominations is Feb. 1 for alumni Hunt signs with Oilers organization An All-NSIC and All-NAIA District 13 selection, 2013 NSIC Preseason Players to Watch Mary O’Brien and of Sauk Rapids (senior, liberal studies); vice awards and March 1 for athletic hall of fame. Former Bemidji State Mulvihill was BSU’s leading rebounder during president of communications, Halie Westphal of Nomination information and forms are available at University defenseman each of her final three seasons on the Beaver Sam Lumberg, was tabbed sixth in the league’s preseason Brad Hunt (2008-11) agreed basketball squad. She guided the team to coaches’ poll. BSU opened its season with four consecu- Jordan (senior, mass communication/marketing); www.bsualumni.org/alumni/awards/ to terms with the National an 83-30 overall record, a pair of NSIC regular- tive wins for just the third time in the program’s history, season titles and three NAIA post-season Hockey League’s Edmonton including a 2-0 home record … Football was picked to Oilers, making him part appearances. The 2013 BSU Athletic Hall of Fame of the Oilers organiza- inductee remains third at BSU in career steals finish fourth in the NSIC North Division and sixth overall in tion through the 2014-15 (238), third in rebounds (836) and sixth in the league in a pre-season vote by the league’s coaches. season. Hunt, who origi- scoring (1,276). Avery Walker and Matthew Shaver each were named NSIC nally inked to a professional She also was a four-year letterwinner and Players to Watch. BSU kicked off its season in remarkable Amateur Tryout Contract two-time team captain in track and field. fashion, rallying from a 27-3 first-half deficit at Winona with the American Hockey Mulvihill earned All-America honors in 1986, League’s Chicago Wolves, led Chicago to the 1987 and 1988 and was national shot put State. The Beavers scored 31 unanswered points and won Calder Cup playoffs following his senior season champion in 1988. in overtime, 34-31, for their first win in Winona since 1986 at BSU. In 2012-13, he posted 33 points on four … Men’s golf opened its campaign at the NSIC Preview goals and 29 assists, tied for fourth on the Baumann joins Academic All-America team and leading the Wolves’ defensemen, at Madden’s in Brainerd. Hermantown’s Josh Becks, Shortstop Lewis Baumann, Alumni and earned a spot on the AHL’s Western a senior from Colorado Alexander “A.J.” Oster from Andover and Bagley’s Aaron Conference All-Star Team. Springs, Colo., was named Leintz join head coach Ekren Miller’s program this year … Walters continues playing in Germany to the Capitol One NCAA Women’s golf, under the direction of Mark Bagaason, Division II Academic All- added Maplewood native Victoria Drake, Elk River’s Following his senior season America® Baseball Second at BSU, former Beaver Team by the College Sports Mary Elmquist and Briana Jenniges from Wabasso to the basketball forward Mason Information Directors of team’s 2013-14 roster. The team opened its four-event Walters (2009-12) signed a America. The first BSU fall season in September at the Cobber Open in Detroit pro contract with Bod- baseball player to earn Lakes … Cross country was picked to finish 11th in the feld Baskets Oberharz in Academic All-America Germany. honors, Baumann was a 2013 NSIC Preseason Coaches Poll, with Bingham Lakes Walters averaged 14.1 first-team All-NSIC selection after finishing the native Emily Turner named BSU’s Athlete to Watch … Vol- points and 7.8 rebounds per 2013 campaign among the league’s top 10 in leyball was picked 14th in the NSIC pre-season coaches five offensive categories, including batting game in 2012-13, helping poll with junior Rachel Craig named BSU’s Player to Watch. the Beavers to an 18-12 average (3rd, .397), slugging percentage (4th) record. He became the 17th and total bases (5th). He also contributed to 22 Assistant coach Jerry Hulla, added to Wayne Chadwick’s player in BSU history to score 1,000 double plays, tied for fourth in the NSIC, and coaching staff in late May, served as head coach of Team career points and left the program eighth on was seventh in the league with 99 assists. Bring It Promotions at the Ninth Annual European Global BSU’s all-time rebounding charts with 507. Baumann graduated from BSU in May with a Challenge, held July 14-18 in Pula, Croatia. degree in exercise science. The BSU Alumni Choir performs the National Anthem on June 14 at Target Field in Minneapolis. Formed in 1999, the choir is an all-volunteer group that meets for 10 weeks and performs two concerts each spring and one in the fall. For information, email to [email protected].

36 | Bemidji State University Follow BSU Sport s @ www.bsubeavers.com www.BemidjiState.edu | 37 Note: Towns are in Minnesota unless noted. Alumni News In Memoriam Alumni names appear in bold. Listed in order of class years Send information to [email protected] or call toll free: 1-877-BSU-ALUM. Albert W. Fenske, (professor emeritus), St. Paul Park cLAss NOtes Elvera C. ( Johnson) Lundmark ’37, Eden Prairie Avanelle “Avie” C. (Gregoire) Kanne ’43, Hudson, Wis. Alumni enjoy a pontoon Jeanne (Olson) Goemer ’45, Darwin Aliza Lundin has joined the staff at Chris- family therapist. He and his wife, outing at Cass Lake ’13 on July 11, sponsored Otto E. Mickelson ’47, Eagan tianson and Associates as a staff Leslie, live in Hibbing and have raised by the Bemidji Area Donald C. Spencer Ph.D. ’47, Placitas, N.M. accountant in the assurance and two sons ... Cody Bartz recently Alumni Chapter. Helen M. (Tri) Witts ’47, Polson, Mont. advisory services department. Her completed the Superior Hiking Trail, Alumni athletes Loran H. Eickhoff ’53, Pequot Lakes husband, Curtis (’12), is substitute which runs from Jay Cooke State who competed Eindride “Andy” Karlsgodt ’54, Alexandria teaching in Willmar, where the Park near Duluth and ends 275 miles for BSU in men’s Franklin Bartlett ’56, Eau Claire, Wis. Aliza Lundin couple lives. later at the border west of Grand swimming and Portage. The trek took almost 13 diving during David G. Kankel ‘58, Red Lake Falls days. Bartz is planning to relocate his the Coach Lee Elinor L. (Nordeen) Utech ’59, Missoula, Mont. Drew Fisher scored 40 points last year Ahlbrecht era ’12 art career with a move from Bemidji Dennis L. Geiger ’60, Georgetown, Texas as a rookie member of the Tulsa Oilers of the gathered for a to LaCrosse, Wis... Christel (Berube) Paul F. Schmit ’60, O’Fallon, Mo. Central Hockey League. Fisher played in every reunion to honor Vigness of Neilsville was inducted their coach on Sidney M. Omlid ’61, Kodiak, Alaska game for the Oilers as a forward and defenseman into the North- June 22 in Turtle George A. Welte ’61 & ’77, Bemidji ... Alyssa Waggoner River. land Community and her husband, Andrew J. Allen ’62, Bemidji and Technical Col- Zach, have purchased Elizabeth “Betty” A. (MacGregor) Fossen ’62, Aitkin lege Athletic Hall the Coaches Corner Nicholas S. Kantos ’63, International Falls of Fame for her restaurant in Bagley. Dorothy I. (Ferrie) Tjolsen ’64, Bagley accomplishments Alyssa will operate Joseph F. Rezac ‘65 & ‘74, Baxter in basketball and the restaurant while Twin sisters Sarah (Berg) Martinka (’07) and Amy (Berg) Haskell (’07), Ethel M. (Hughes) Schumaker ’65, Menahga Christel Vigness volleyball ... Zach continues both of Bemidji, delivered baby boys within hours of each other on Lucille I. Stearns ’65, Ponsford working at Sorensen April 23. Sarah works in administration at North Country Business Errol D. Erickson ’66, Breckenridge Alyssa and Zach Waggoner Motors ... Jade Hellen ’09 Matt Lienemann has Products, and her husband, Bryan (’08), is a salesman at Chester Berg Patricia (Costello) Hazekamp ’66, Silverton, Ore. Toyota. Amy is a credit analyst at First National Bank, while her hus- Individuals, teams to be honored and program. A golf outing begins Monday’s and Derek Faith were married last winter and are been hired as a project manager Norman R. Nelson ’66, Crosslake at the Bemidji office of Karvakko band, Travis (’05), is office administrator at Lakes Concrete. activities at 10:30 a.m. The weekend’s final establishing a home in Hastings ... Trista Danberg during Athletic Hall of Fame weekend John Stimac ’66, Portland, Ore. is a member of an elementary school reading Engineering, where he will work gathering will begin at 5 p.m. Carl J. Ahlbom ’69, Remer Bemidji State University will induct six corps, where she helps young with sub-contractors to help complete projects recently completed U.S. Navy basic training in Visit the events calendar at www.bsualumni. individuals and two outstanding teams into William A. Larson ’69, Cloquet students improve their reading on time and within budget. Great Lakes, Ill. Hanson’s instruction included org to get details about all Southwest alumni Wanda M. (Axvig) Melgaard ’69, Bemidji skills in Cokato, which she calls its Athletic Hall of Fame Saturday, Feb. 15, naval customs, first aid, firefighting, water events. Ruth A. (Klein) Oen ’69 & ’76, Thief River Falls home ... Lindsey Gullickson has as part of the university’s B-Club Athletic Hall Kristine Sellner was selected Teacher safety and survival. James A. Olson ’69, Annandale been hired as an elementary ’08 of Fame Weekend. The event will begin at Reunion planning underway for of the Year at Comfrey School. Sellner, who lives Elayne M. Sandahl ’69, Thief River Falls physical education and adaptive 10 a.m. at the Sanford Center. Eurospring, music and mass comm in Sleepy Eye with her husband, Marty, teaches Ryan Grow has been Clarice M. (Olson) Bren ’70, Thief River Falls physical education teacher at ’07 BSU’s 2014 honorees include: Steve Boss ’81 Trista Danberg visual arts and digital media. The yearbook advi- hired by the city of Black- The Alumni Association is working with Ann Marie (Corwin) Kettunen ’70, Mountain Iron Kittson Central schools in Hallock (swimming), Jayne Dusich ’91 (cross country sor and website manager, she also served as the duck as its new community alumni to plan gatherings in 2014 for the Roger A. Anderson ’72, Minneapolis ... Airman 1st Class Matthew Zenner graduated district assessment coordinator for three years facilitator. Grow, who lives in and track and field), Mary Gergen ’91 following groups: participants in BSU’s from Air Force basic training in San Antonio, Texas. Frederick L. Hatten ’72, St. Cloud ... Marc Johnson is a K-9 police officer in Duluth. (volleyball) and Patti (Fitzgerald) Zwiers ’90 Eurospring program, music alumni and mass Bemidji, will evaluate, devel- Barbara P. Carriker ’73, Fargo, N.D. Johnson works with Oakley, a purebred German (track and field), who will be inducted into the communication graduates. op and promote city projects. Ryan Grow Gary R. Christofferson, 73, Cambridge Nicole Borwege has earned a Series shepherd that is Hall of Fame; the newest recipient of the ’11 The tradition of celebrating the 50-year Richard Tronerud ’73, Bagley 7 general securities registration designation, fully trained to Alumni Coaching Achievement Award, Duane Kate (Czarneski) Homstad serves reunion will continue with a dinner on Kathleen D. Ekholm ’74, Cloquet which qualifies her to solicit, purchase and sell sniff out drugs ’06 Sorenson ’77 (head coach Iowa State in the Beltrami County Health and Human Thursday, May 8, and the Golden Beaver Virginia M. Steuber ’74, Crosslake all securities products. She is a financial advisor and pursue sus- swimming and diving program); and the 2014 Services office as a case manager for families Society Luncheon at 11 a.m. on May 9, both at Larry A. Maaninga ’75, Hibbing assistant for the United Investment Group and an pects. Johnson John S. Glas Honorary Letter Winner, Sue where child safety has become an issue. She BSU’s American Indian Resource Center. Ronald L. Madson, 75, Bemidji investment executive with Infinex Investments. lives in Duluth Engel. In addition, Bemidji State’s 1984 lives in Bemidji with her husband, Travis, and Anyone who would like to plan or participate Scott C. Fox ’78, Pelican Rapids She lives in Faribault ... Daniel Oswald finished a ... Christopher national champion men’s ice hockey team and two young daughters ... Nicholas Jackson in these gatherings should contact alumni@ Ruth E. Torma ’78, Virginia summer internship with the congressional office Zempel traveled the 1974 women’s track and field team will be presented an interactive workshop in Bemidji bemidjistate.edu or call 877-278-2586. of U.S. Rep. Tim Walz as part of his master of to Belize in Cen- Sandra A. (Gurley) Herath ’79, Bemidji on graphic designing enshrined into BSU’s Team Hall of Fame. public administration studies at Minnesota State tral America to Laurnel (Paulson) Landrus ’79, Fridley and drawing techniques. Alumni Leaders panels connect University, Mankato. He will be a graduate assis- study the Mayan Southwest alumni events Samuel A. Oginni ’79, Crystal Lake, Ill. Jackson operates an art students and professionals tant in the MSUM department of government. culture and the planned for spring Tracy A. (Trotto) Lane ’82, St. Paul and design business that During Homecoming week, the Alumni & impacts brought Early March is the time BSU alums head Lori K. (Tufte) Wilson ’83, Willmar specializes in illustrat- Foundation hosted 11 Alumni Leader in the on by interna- toward the sun. Various events will be David I. Schaefer ’85, Baxter Beth Holzhueter of Nicholas Jackson ing books for children. Classroom panels. ’10 tional business Andrea P. (Mares) Grote ’88, North Branch Bemidji is the director of the He and his wife, Christina, live in Bemidji with held in locations near Tucson and Phoenix, Marc Johnson interests as part More than 380 students got advice and Marian J. Graves ’89, Eden Prairie Menahga school band program, their three children. ... Jim Paulsen has been Bullhead City, Ariz., and Laughlin, Nev. of his studies for a master’s degree in public insight from 50 BSU graduates working in which involves 140 students selected to serve on the national investigative Laughlin events begin March 8, with an Deborah Y. Marsh ’91, Laporte policy from the Humphrey School of Public Af- education, politics, business, accounting, from fifth through 12th grades standards technical committee of ASIS Interna- early-bird cocktail party and hospitality suite Donna M. Hightshoe-Slough ’96, Puposky fairs in Minneapolis ... Kristine Jacoby married criminal justice, entrepreneurship, law, mass ... James Christian has been tional, an organization of security professionals from 5-7 p.m. at the Aquarius Casino and Karl T. Jacobson ’97, Bemidji Andy Carlson last winter. Jacoby manages the communication, sport management, science hired as a counseling intern at from around the globe. A certified protection Resort. Sunday activities begin at 4 p.m. Laura Prettyman ’02, Aitkin Beth Holzhueter Sherwin-Williams store in Virginia, and Carlson and Native American professions. Clarius Health, in Virginia. Chris- professional and board-certified as a security with a reception followed by a social, dinner Joel T. Wolleat ’02, Bricelyn works in the forestry division of the Minnesota tian worked for many years as a youth pastor manager, Paulsen is building and grounds Tracy L. (Depew) Lane ’04, La Quinta, Ca. Department of Natural Resources. The couple before pursuing a career as a licensed marriage and Lars B. Sundberg ’08, Goodridge resides in Britt ... Navy Seaman Megan Hanson { continued on next page }

38 | Bemidji State University www.BemidjiState.edu | 39 Television in New Berlin, recently took over coaching the boys’ basketball phen-Argyle school district, he lives in Stephen Afghanistan. His wife, Jennifer, is a registered cLass NOtes Wis. The couple serves as team ... Jessie Townsdin is the owner of the with his wife, Angela, and three teenage boys ... nurse. The couple, who make their home in Fort { continued from page 39 } foster parents and resides Peculiar Painter, a new art gallery in Walker. A Jason Forbord is the new controller of Deerwood Campbell, Ky., has one teenager and two adult in Menomonee Falls, Wis. ... former graphic artist, she will represent local Technologies, a company that provides technol- children. manager at the Minnesota Discovery Center in Jacen Gondringer, a certified artists in the gallery while offering professional ogy support to businesses. He lives in Brainerd.

Chisholm, which features the people and culture public accountant, was re- painting supplies in the store ... Daryl Kehler is Denny Myers had a booth at the an- of the Iron Range. His wife, Shannon (’08), is a cently promoted to partner at the new director of the Northfield Area Learning ’87 Lainie Plotnik was recently promoted to nual Central Minnesota Wood Expo, where he preschool teacher. The couple has raised three the accounting firm B. Johnson Center (ALC). He previously coordinated ALC ’92 manager of production planning and fleet transi- displayed his hand turned and carved furniture teenage daughters from their Hibbing home ... & Associates in Brainerd, offerings in Waseca and taught social studies and tion at the Laskin plant of Minnesota Power, an and bowls. A veteran of the armed services for Adam Erickson is a wetland specialist with the Tracy Weber where he lives with his wife, physical education in three school districts. He Allete company located in Duluth. In her new Natural Resource Conservation Service field of- Valine ... Brian Triplett was one of two teachers and his wife, Bernadette (’98), live in Waseca. position, the Cook resident will manage the tran- fice in Morris, where he lives with a son and his selected from Minnesota to attend the Mickelson sition of the plant from coal to natural gas. wife, Katie, who works at Glacial Ridge Hospital. ExxonMobil Teachers Academy in Jersey, City, Previn Solberg was named by the N.J. Triplett is a fifth-grade teacher at Eagle View ’98 Business Journal magazine published in the Twin Elementary in Elko New Market. Formed in 2005, Lee Westrum was recently hired as ’05 Beau Lofgren completed his first year Cities as one of the top 40 businessmen under ’91 the academy provides elementary educators superintendent for Wadena- in a third-grade classroom of Hawley schools. 40 years of age. Solberg lives in Minneapolis and with tools to enhance their curriculum and dis- Deer Creek schools. He Lofgren began his teaching career a decade serves on the board of Free2B, a nonprofit car cover new ways to teach science and math. He previously held the same earlier in Lake Park-Audubon before returning care organization ... Harriet (VanCampen) Evans lives in New Prague ... Chris Tolman presented position in Benson since 2007. to his hometown last fall. Tonia, his wife, is a is retired from her job licensing adult foster care a program on raptors for the Mantrap Valley He and his wife, Jennifer, registered nurse for Sanford Health. The couple for Itasca County. She lives in Deer River and will Kontz gives comfort Conservation Club open house in Park Rapids. have two young daughters has two young sons and lives in Hawley ... T.J. have a grandson attending BSU this fall. to those facing loss Melchor relocated from Will- Tolman works at the Headwaters Science Center ... Sue Estabrooks-Anderson mar to Bemidji to become the in Bemidji, where she lives with her husband, is director of early childhood The Rev. Janna Kontz helps guide people on their new public affairs coordinator Richard. ’97 Kevin Bird is employed by U.S. Steel as Lee Westrum programming at Staples- final journey. As chaplain for Hospice of the Red the quality assurance laboratory manager for the Motley schools. She brings more than 20 years River Valley, she travels with those seeing death for the northwest district of Denny Myers Mintac and Keetac mines in northern Minnesota. of educational experience to her new position, as the last part of life. “Some go easily and the Minnesota Department J. J. (Wiczek) Olson teaches fourth grade 23 years and former county planning and zoning ’01 He and his wife, Jacklyn, live in Eveleth with their which involves management of all district early peacefully; some unfortunately do not,” the 1983 of Transportation. He and at Lake of the Woods school in Baudette. Darren, administrator, Myers also shows his pieces at two young children. childhood efforts and collaboration with such BSU grad said of her work. his wife, Mistie, manage a her husband, is a deputy auditor for Lake of the the Great River Arts Association in Little Falls, partners as Head Start. She and her spouse, household of five children, Woods County. The couple and their two sons where he lives ... Barry Johnson will serve as Kontz authored the book “Journeys to Home” to T.J. Melchor Scott, live in Wadena, where he is a contractor. ranging in age from 5 to 12. live in Baudette ... Trisha Zimmerman has joined Allison (Horner) Reigel, a first-grade both superintendent and K-12 principal for the aid those beginning on their way. The collection ’96 The couple has two grown daughters. Visit Grand Rapids as an administrative assistant. teacher, was nominated for the Pequot Lakes Eagle Valley school district in Clarissa. His wife, of narratives about her clients provides a ’04 Bryan Pederson is human resource She formerly worked in the insurance industry, Teacher of the Year Award. She lives in Pequot Linda (Simmons, ’74), is a part-time English poignant perspective on their final days. She manager for Tri County Health Care, which at the Blandin Foundation Lakes with her husband, Mike (’95), and two ’90 Dave Larson has retired from his job as teacher in Henning, where they live. They have wrote the articles to help family members with operates facilities in Henning, Sebeka, Wadena, and with a business in Grand daughters ... Dave Lawrence has been named as the investigative lieutenant in the Crow Wing six children ranging in ages from 13 to 28. their grief and for professionals who work with Rapids, where she resides the principal of Moorhead High School. Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department. Larson has also the dying. Bertha and Ottertail ... John Martin is a financial with her husband, Paul, and has worked in the Moorhead district since 2000 taught criminal justice at Central Lakes College. advisor with Citizens Financial Services, located Jeffrey Hane has earned a master of She didn’t plan on putting together a book until two young daughters ... Chad and as assistant principal since 2003. He was He and his wife, Mary Kay, have two adult sons ’86 at Citizens National Bank in laws degree, with honors, she submitted a manuscript in a competition for a Evans is director of the Boys named the Minnesota Assistant Principal of the and live in Nisswa. Park Rapids and affiliated from Stetson University in contest sponsored by Guideposts magazine. and Girls Club serving the Year in 2011 ... Brandon Snodgrass was named with Investment Centers of Gulfport, Fla. The degree Representatives contacted her to publish her communities around Deer by the Alaska Journal of Commerce as one recipi- America. He is a certified Paul Cyr of New Richland retired last enables attorneys to gain writings as a book. Trisha Zimmerman River. His wife, Lynn Smith- ent of the Top 40 Under 40 Award in the state. ’89 financial planner who lives in spring as principal of advanced study in a particular Evans (’98), teaches seventh- and eighth-grade He works as a construction loan officer for First Kontz drew on 15 years of experience as a parish Walker with his wife, Rachel New Richland-Hartland- field, which for Hane was social studies at Deer River High School. The National Bank in Anchorage, Alaska, where he pastor before she began working as a hospice (Bessler, ’05), who worked as Ellendale-Geneva High aging, retirement planning, couple and their four children make their home lives with his wife, Jennifer, and son. chaplain serving in the North Dakota communi- a Cass County social worker School, where he also long-term care, trusts and John Martin ties of Mayville and Grand Forks, as well as in for several years before she in Deer River. served 32 years as head other specialized areas. Hane Thief River Falls. She has a caseload of 40 people. became a stay-at-home mom for their two Darin Halverson resigned as Bagley wrestling coach ... Ken Jeffrey Hane practices law at the Brink ’93 She spends a considerable amount of time driving young daughters ... Gerald Kingbird helped Clayton Lilleby of Hawley was recently police chief to accept the Mackley is the new Lawyers firm in Hallock, where he lives with his ’00 across the region from her home in Mayville, launch the Red Lake Nation College basketball hired as a mortgage loan officer by First Com- chief deputy position with director of information wife, Linda (Bradseth, ’84), who teaches 7-12 where she and her husband, Doug, raised two program by coaching the team in exhibition munity Credit Union of Fargo, N.D., where he the Clearwater County technology of Cuyuna English and language arts in Marshall County daughters. The road hours are sacred to Kontz, games last winter. Kingbird works at Seven will work with clients when purchasing or Sheriff’s Office. He and his Regional Medical Center Central High School in Newfolden. The couple who said she spends a lot of time grieving her Clans Casino in Red Lake and lives in Redby with refinancing homes …Jaime Jensen has joined wife, Rebecca, will still call in Crosby. He and his has two teenagers. clients’ deaths in the car while preparing her his wife, Kimberly (Pemberton). the staff of the Crookston Daily Times as a writer Bagley their home ... Judy wife, Monica (Longmore, ministry to the living. and photographer covering community events, Taves was sworn in last Paul Cyr ’85), have two boys Brent Jeffers was presented the Cowan county happenings and court proceedings. A winter as auditor/treasurer and two girls ... Dedra Zwieg recently became ’85 “Every day I journey ’03 Megan Gustafson was elected mayor Award for his service to Southwest Minnesota former teacher, she also works in marketing for Darin Halverson of Wadena County. Taves will a certified financial planner. She works as a home,” she said. of Blackduck last fall. The first woman to hold State University. The honor recognized his clients of a company she formed with a team of complete the term of an official who accepted an financial advisor for Steidl, Zwieg and Associates the post, she won the election as a write-in contributions to the university colleagues. Rick Jensen is her father, not her hus- administrative position in an area city. A certified in Parkers Prairie, where she resides. Zwieg also candidate. She works as a personal banker at while serving as an associate band as noted in the last version of Class Notes. public accountant, Taves previously worked for recently completed her 30th season of teaching the Wells Fargo branch in the city she leads. professor of exercise science, a private accounting firm and taught accounting swimming lessons. a discipline he helped elevate at Minnesota Community and Technical College. Lucie Thompson has been hired as the to a major program on the ’02 Tracy Loken Weber is president ’99 She and her husband, Harry, have two grown new city clerk of Clearbrook, where she lives Chief Warrant Officer Roby Jorstad was campus. His wife, Mary (’88), and executive director for Milwaukee (Wis.) children and live in Wadena ... Dr. Christopher ’88 with her fiancé, Glen Olson, and a son ...K yle recognized during Military Appreciation Night at teaches in St. Paul. They Achiever Literacy Services, where she oversees Mills was named an Alumnus of the Year by Christianson teaches health and physical educa- Northland Community and Technical College in reside in Apple Valley. adult education and workforce development Northland Community and Technical College in tion at Clearbrook-Gonvick schools. A resident of Thief River Falls. Jorstad has served 27 years in instruction at two community learning centers. Thief River Falls. The superintendent of the Ste- Brent Jeffers Pinewood, he also serves as athletic director and the Army Special Forces as a helicopter pilot with Her husband, Tom, works for Canella Response continued on next page tours in Panama, Korea, the Persian Gulf, Iraq and { }

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’81 Dr. Randy Refsland completed a one- Mark Helgeson is retiring as His bands have received four adult children ... Nancy (Bartolus) Sertich cLass NOtes year sabbatical from his job assistant principal at Faribault superior ratings every year presented a program on her travels in Africa to as superintendent of the Middle School, a position he led the Fulda musicians in members of the Hibbing branch of the Associa- Clinton, Wis., school district he held for 16 years. Also a Minnesota State High School tion of University Women. Sertich went on the trip by serving as chief academic veteran of 19 years in the League-sponsored contests. to visit her daughter and son-in-law, who were officer for the Ameson classroom, he is married to His wife, Lisa, teaches volunteering in Tanzania. Following a 35-year Education Foundation. Marcia, a special education special needs students in career in education, she continues to work in the He worked with high schools teacher at the same school. Fulda, where they reside and family business, Sertich Consulting, and Chisholm across China that were Mark Helgeson The couple raised three young Mike Peterson raised three children ... John Ambulance. She and her husband, retired educator

continued from page 41 } Dr. Randy Refsland offering American high adults while living in Faribault ... Steve Manske Kolb and his wife, Linda Ackland-Kolb, recently Dr. Joe Sertich, live in Chisholm ... Darlinda (Weis) { school advanced placement programs. has been selected to serve as the chief financial completed an exhibit at the South Dakota Art Alexander retired in 2012 following a 39-year officer of Microbiologics, a St. Cloud company that Museum. Kolb features his acrylic canvas paint- career in education. Her most recent assignment

provides laboratory testing services for detecting ings and Ackland-Kolb her pastel on beeswax art was teaching computer literacy at Hennepin Tim Bledsoe was the first public mem- ’80 microbial contamination of water, the environment in the show. The couple, who raised two grown Technical College in Brooklyn Park. She and her ber of the Minnesota Peace Officer Standards and food. He resides in Plymouth with his wife, daughters, has a studio in Sioux Falls, S.D. husband, Larry Peterson, spend winters in Port and Training Board to serve as its chair. All Joyce, who works at Arizant, a division of 3M ... Val Charlotte, Fla., and still maintain a home in Coon previous chairs were from law enforcement. An (Bornetun) Knudsen is the Rapids. She has one adult child ... Steve Ott was analyst for Wells Fargo Insurance, a division of Art Gust retired from teaching last spring. chief financial officer for the ’74 inducted into the Minnesota High School Football Wells Fargo Bank, Bledsoe was appointed to the A banker for 21 years, he Cote Family Companies, which Coaches Association Hall of Fame. Ott taught junior board in 2004. He also is serving his fourth term spent the past 14 years at include Grand View Lodge and high science for 30 years in Deer River schools and on the City Council in Plymouth, where he lives. Chatfield High School in the Grand View Real Estate, Camp coached several teams. In his 22 years leading the economics, finance, account- Lincoln and Camp Lake Hubert school’s football program, he had a 192-52 record, ing, careers, keyboarding, in Nisswa, as well as Tanque 11 conference championships, 10 section trophies ’79 Barbara Dubovich received an Out- business math and web Verde Ranch in Tucson, Ariz. and one runner-up finish on the state level. He standing Alumni Award from design classrooms. He and She lives in Brainerd. and his wife, Kathy, live in Bowstring. They have Itasca Community College. his wife, Judy, reside in Pine Val Knudsen four children ... Trudy (Gross) Jurchen has retired Dubovich is chief execu- Art Gust Island. tive officer for Camp Fire ’77 Fred Sailer was from teaching at the Pine River-Backus Alternative USA Alaska Council, one named the Minnesota Class A Athletic Administra- Learning Center, but plans to come back to substi- Borash keeps an eye of the largest nonprofits tor of the Year by the state’s ’73 Dianne (Beving) Stevens finished her tute in the setting that she feels provides a more Isaacson pursues on quality of lakes in the state. The organiza- athletic administrator’s asso- 35-year career in early childhood education when personal educational experience. Her husband, passion for Dentistry tion follows a club model to ciation. Sailer has served the she retired in June. She began her career with Mark (’75), is an insurance agent in Pequot Lakes, Minnesota is known for its lakes, and few know work with youth and provide Perham school district in vary- preschool classes at a local church before the pro- where the couple raised two children to adulthood. Dr. Dana Isaacson isn’t shy about sinking into Barbara Dubovich ing capacities for 34 years, gram was incorporated into the school district cur- Minnesota lakes as well as Bob Borash, a 1992 safe places for children and the teeth of things. Part of it, of course, comes and currently as the activities riculum. She lives in Caledonia with her husband, BSU graduate. Borash owns RMB Environmental support for working families. She previously was Mike Niemczyk was inducted into the from being a dentist in Bloomington, where he director for grades 7-12, com- Paul (’75), who retired five years ago. The couple ’71 Laboratories, which employs over 20 full-time one of 10 women recipients of the BP/YWCA Minnesota chapter of the has been getting into the mouths of hundreds of munity education director, and has three adult children ... Sally Jones of Pine employees working out of a 32,000-square-foot Alaska Women of Achievement Award. She lives National Wrestling Hall of patients for 40 years. Area Learning Center director. River has taught students in Pine River-Backus facility in Detroit Lakes. in Anchorage, Alaska. Fame as a lifetime service His toothy experiences have served him well as Fred Sailer He lives in Perham with his schools since 1973, and retired with 40 years in honoree. He retired from he evaluates horses, especially the three he owns That’s far more than RMB’s modest start in 1995, wife, Susan (Luetgers), who is a social worker the district’s third- through sixth-grade classrooms teaching at Janesville-Wal- and has running at Canterbury Park in the Twin when Borash began testing water out of a garage. Gail Schulz was chosen as Teacher of there ... Mary (Horvath) Mohrbacher was named ... Bob Dettmer introduced a bill in the Minnesota ’78 dorf-Pemberton, where he Cities, where his 4-year-old mount has won two “In the first 15 years, we exceeded the industry the Year for Brandon-Evansville schools. She the 2013 Warroad Teacher of the Year. She has Legislature asking the International Olympic Com- coached his wrestling team races. “I enjoy the competition,” Isaacson said. growth average threefold every year,” Borash works on reading intervention with students taught first grade in the district since 1979 and lives mittee to reconsider its decision to remove wres- to 16 conference titles and said. His data now encompass more than 1,000 in grades one through five and, when needed, in Warroad with her husband, Patrick (’72) ... Mike tling from the Olympic Games starting in 2020. A He brings his profession and his competitive five appearances in the state bodies of water in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. does the same with students on math interven- Peterson has retired following 36 years as a music fourth-term state representative from District 39A, nature to the track during the racing season by Mike Niemczyk tournament. He remains A newly renovated facility will further increase tion. She and her husband, Greg Dahlgren, live educator, all but one at Fulda where he ended his Dettmer was an All-American wrestler during his providing free dental care for the Horsemen’s active in the sport, serving as an assistant coach its capacity. in Miltona and have one grown daughter ... career as the band director and 7-12 choir director. undergraduate days at Bemidji State. He now is a Benevolent and Protective Association. Isaacson at Minnesota State University, Mankato. He and retired educator and lives in Forest Lake with his staffs a busy two-chair office at Canterbury, and The company is the largest supplier of analytical his wife, Rene, a retired elementary teacher, live wife, Colleen ... Carole Olson is living in Richfield any person who works directly with horses is data for lakes and streams in the state, with labs in Janesville and have two grown children ... John after retiring as a food microbiologist with the U.S. welcomed. providing full-service analytical testing through Tobie became the eighth Minnesotan inducted Food and Drug Administration. “There is a great need for dental services at the nutrient, inorganic and microbiological method- into the Fraternal Order of Eagles Hall of Fame track,” he said. “And there is a sense of com- ologies. Its client services department has more this summer. Tobie worked for the organization munity and small-town atmosphere in the racing than 20 years of experience in working with lake Don Seipkes was inducted into the Min- and served as local, state, district and regional ’72 community, where I have made many friends.” associations and annually trains more than 500 nesota High School Football presidents. The 1992 Minnesota Eagle of the Year, volunteers in lake monitoring procedures. Coaches Association Hall of he and his wife, Ali, live in Cohasset. Isaacson, who completed his studies at Bemidji Fame last spring. Seipkes State in the early 1970s before continuing at the Its field service division complements the lab continues to coach football University of Minnesota School of Dentistry, also and consulting services, providing statewide Jane (Linder) Kolstoe has retired from at Henning High School even ’70 volunteers with Missions of Mercy, an organiza- monitoring. The most recent expansion of teaching elementary education in Red Lake Coun- after retiring as a teacher and tion that provides free dental work to under- services includes aquatic plant surveying, Veliger ty Schools, where she taught every grade as well athletic administrator. His served populations. testing and taxonomy services. Its capabilities as special education and music. A resident of Thief grid teams have compiled a His most recent trip was in June to Bemidji, where include monitoring surface water, drinking water, River Falls, she also served as reading director in Don Seipkes 237-155 record, won 15 con- his elderly mother still lives. He lives in Blooming- ground water and industrial and municipal the schools and an elementary administrative as- ference championships, earned five section titles, ton and has two adult children. waste waters. sistant. She and her husband, now deceased, had Randy and Marlene (Schuld) Bowen (’73) recently returned from a vacation in Alaska to celebrate their and finished second twice in the state playoffs. He four children ... Terry Mejdrich presented a pro- Borash’s wife, Tracy, is the chief financial officer 40th wedding anniversary with their daughter Leah (’03) and son Matthew as well as his spouse, Andrea. lives in Henning with his wife, Mary (Breitenbach, gram on climate change and significant geologic for RMB. The couple has four children and lives Randy works in the School of Education at the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, while Marlene substitute ’73), who retired after teaching on the elementary events at a Fifty Lakes Foundation meeting in in Detroit Lakes. teaches in the area. They reside in Hermantown. Leah is the intramural coordinator and assists in facilities level at Wadena-Deer Creek schools. They have management at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas. { continued on next page }

42 | Bemidji State University www.BemidjiState.edu | 43 Pequot Lakes. The author of five books, Mejdrich cLass NOtes is a science writer for the Grand Rapids Herald Review and formerly worked as a teacher, lumberjack and sawmill operator. He and his wife, Darlene (Amato), live 2012-13 in Swatara... Bill LeBeau report has retired as president of BSU Foundation

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{ o and is planning on spending winter months in Puerto Bill LeBeau Vallarta, Mexico, with his wife, Bev (Waite), who is a retired elementary art Giffts teacher. The couple lives in Jamesville, N.Y., and has two adult children ... the Rev. Gordon Orde is retiring after spending 12 years as pastor at First United Methodist and Leadership and generosity Emmanuel Methodist help BSU ‘Imagine Tomorrow’ churches in Worthing- ton. He previously Every student who has attended Bemidji State University (or Louie Churack served congregations College) imagined a unique future. Bemidji State was a step Mounds View over 35 years in education ... in Faribault, Elmore toward a dream. After 94 years, the university is undertaking and Wykoff-Fountain. Louie Churack is the field trial chairman for the He and his wife, Mississippi Headwaters Retriever Club based in its first comprehensive fundraising campaign to help solidify Dorothy, have two Bemidji, where he lives with his wife, Judy. He BSU’s place in future students’ dreams. With $25.4 million adult children and are and his black Labrador, Yogi, have risen to the dollars raised, we are off to a positive start toward our relocating to Northfield top ranks in the American Kennel Club’s field Rob Bollinger $35 million campaign goal. The Rev. Gordon Orde in retirement. trials to become a field champion in the open division and win the organization’s Amateur We are including our annual report in this special “Imagine Tomorrow” campaign issue

Field Champion title. of BSU Magazine because it is fitting to celebrate gifts and commitments already ’69 Dr. Linda (Christofferson) Shadiow retired Ralph wins big shows last spring from Northern Arizona University in received. These contributions will help fund scholarships, strengthen academic pro- Flagstaff, where she directed the faculty develop- ’51 Bruce and Burna (Krugler) Jamieson gramming and create opportunities for students and faculty alike. Each gift reflects as breeder of brits celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary last ment program and was professor of educational donors’ unique connections to, and visions for, BSU. Support and commitment from spring with a family celebration at Calaveras When Steve Ralph heads outdoors, he is usually foundations. Her book, “What Our Stories Teach Big Trees State Park in California. Both retired donors and Legacy Society members inspire all who seek to strengthen Bemidji State. surrounded by champions. A 1986 BSU graduate, Us: a Guide to Critical Reflection for College from careers in education in 1987, Bruce as an Ralph breeds and trains Brittanys at his Blazin Faculty”, was published in April by Josssey-Bass/ Through the leadership and generosity of individuals, businesses and nonprofit organi- administrator and Burna as a teacher. They Britts Kennel, which produced the 2012 Purina All Wiley. She and her husband, Bob (’70), a retired zations, BSU Foundation’s net assets increased from $20,726,640 to $26,375,045 during reside in Lincoln, Calif. Age Brittany of the Year as well as the youngest educator, are relocating from Flagstaff to St. the 2012-13 fiscal year ( July 1, 2012-June 30, 2013). dog, 11 months old, to capture the Victoire National George, Utah ... Patrick Bowman retired after Derby Championship. Ralph competes in field a 44-year career teaching science, all at Esko ’45 Millie (Kortuem) Gjertson was recently The Imagine Tomorrow campaign is off to a very strong start. BSU President Richard events at the national level. High School. He and his wife, Carrie, raised three featured in Brainerd and Osakis newspapers for Hanson, foundation and alumni board members, campaign volunteers, administrators, children from their home near the school where “That’s the pinnacle,” Ralph said of the Purina her lifetime travels to all faculty, alumni and staff are all reaching out to alumni, friends, businesses and corpo- he began his career in 1969. trophy. “You have to win many trials to earn the 50 states. Gjertson, who rate leaders located around the globe. With each contact, they see the impact the worked for many years award.” Jack, his 5-year-old top dog, has 13 wins university makes and the enthusiasm and commitment these people are expressing for and a shot at becoming a record breaker before ’66 Andy Wells was featured in the magazine as a bookkeeper and sec- his career is over. His youngster, Taylor, notched Twin Cities Business as an entrepreneur who retary, made her first trip giving back. out of Minnesota in 1930 two wins before turning one and is considered an connects manufacturing with his Native American While $35 million may seem a lofty goal, we are confident that with the support and up-and-coming phenomenon. roots. He founded Wells Technology, which and filled in the final state of the U.S. map when she participation from our alumni and friends like yourself, we will achieve that goal and Trials rate a Brittany on its hunting abilities, which employs 40 workers, about one-fifth of them visited Hawaii last year. have the resources for transformational change at BSU. Your participation, at any level, include intelligence, strength, courage, stamina, American Indians, in Bemidji, where he still makes Millie Gjertson his home with his wife, Carol. will be crucial to the campaign’s success. ground race, scenting and style when pointing. Photography credits While the Brittany breed is Ralph’s passion, it is not We ask you to connect with our Alumni Association and make sure your contact his job. He is a lead software developer for ANSYS, ’61 Tony Price was inducted into the Burling- Photographs for Class Notes were provided by information is current (www.bsualumni.org). Reach out to your fellow alumni and a Pennsylvania-based company that develops ton (Wis.) High School Hall of Fame. Price was a individual alumni and by the following media: friends and share the importance of this effort for students, for the university and for simulation applications. He works from his home longtime math teacher and coach at the school, Brainerd Dispatch, Bemidji Pioneer, Thief River in Forest Lake, giving him close access to his where he was part of 23 conference champion- Falls Times, Pat Christman of the Mankato northern Minnesota. family and kennel. His wife, Lori (Messer, ’86), is ships in football, boys’ tennis or boys’ and girl’s Free Press, Blackduck American, Worthington Sincerely, co-owner of the kennel and works as a laboratory track. He lives in Burlington with his wife, Evelyn Daily Globe, Richards Publishing, Bluff Country manager at Fairview Health Services. They have (Smith). They had five children. Newspaper Group, Roseau Times Region, Pe- two adult children. quot Lakes Echo, Comfrey Times, West Central

Tribune, Bagley Farmer Independent, Herald James Enfield has been inducted into the ’60 Journal Publishing, Grand Rapids Herald Review, Panther Athletic Hall of Fame at Park Rapids High Rob Bollinger, Executive Director for University Advancement Morrison County Record in Little Falls, and School. Now retired, Enfield taught and coached Duluth News Tribune. football, basketball, wrestling and track for teams in Lake Park, Winnebago, Ill., Battle Lake and

44 | Bemidji State University www.BemidjiState.edu | 45 report The Jay & Rose Phillips Family Foundation Gregory Droba o Alan & Judy Killian/GPH, Inc. James & Tiffany Fankhanel/Bemidji President’s society Kopp Family Foundation Chrysler Center/Honda of Bemidji Alan Korpi & Martha Nelson/ Dr. Jeremy Fogelson & Giffts Valvoline Instant Oil Change Megan Fogelson-Dahlby The President’s Society recognizes the university’s most generous Lake Region Bone & Joint Surgeons Fred & Virginia Forseman contributors. Members include individuals, families and Lakeland Public Television Ronald & Dr. Jeanine Gangeness organizations. The President’s Society is based on lifetime/cumulative Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Dale Greenwalt & Kim Warren LeRoy E. Maas Cedsel J. Hagen* giving to the Bemidji State University Foundation. Marvin Lumber & Cedar Co Hartz Foundation Jon & Debra McTaggart John R. Heneman Growth of MeritCare Clinic Bemidji Barbara Higgins* Visionary’s Society ($2,500,000 + ) Margaret H. Johnson* Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Hill’s Plumbing & Heating Endowed Joseph & Janice Lueken/The Joseph & Janice Katharine Neilson Cram Foundation Miller McDonald, Inc. Terry & Cindy Holter Lueken Family Foundation Kraus-Anderson Construction Company R. Alexander Milowski Imation Corporation Funds -North Division Harry Moore* Indian Harvest Specialtifoods, Inc. Leech Lake Casinos: Northern Lights,Palace & $18,000,000 Trustee’s Society ($1,000,000 + ) Ronald & Alvina Morrison John Johanneson* White Oak Charles* Naylor Arnold* & Nancy* Johnson The George W. Neilson Foundation Lueken’s Village Foods $16,000,000 William* & Dona Mae Naylor Virginia Hope Johnson* Michael & Tracy Roberge John W. Marvin Nei Bottling, Inc. Wilbur Johnson* Estate Michael McKinley & Deborah Grabrian/ $14,000,000 Lillie M. Kleven* Chancellor’s Society ($500,000 + ) McKinley Companies NLFX Professional Gary Knutson* 3M, Inc. Mark & Sandra Niblick Norbord Minnesota $12,000,000 Northwest Minnesota Foundation League of Women Voters - Bemidji Area Keith & Maria Johanneson / North Country Business Products $11,229,630

Lee C. Scotland, DDS $16,744,685 Marketplace Food & Drug North Country Health Services Paul Bunyan Broadcasting $10,000,000 Douglas & Renee Leif Edwin* & Myra* Johnson Northern Inn/Gary Gangelhoff Dr. Harold T. Peters*

Drs. Gordon & Alice Lindgren $7,167,010 Sam & Peggy Johnson Otter Tail Power Company Phillips Plastics Corp. $8,000,000 James* & Janet* Love David & Brenda Odegaard Otto Bremer Foundation The Pioneer/Advertiser Drs. Jon & Patricia Quistgaard Betsy J. McDowell Wayne & Beverly Thorson Robert & Mary Lou Peters $6,000,000 $4,837,680 Albionoa Nelson/The Minneapolis Foundation Pinnacle Publishing LLC Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians Dr. Thomas & Marilyn Miller Benefactor’s Society ($250,000 + ) David & Kim Ramsey Steven & Robyn Seide $4,000,000 Jack & Marie St. Martin/The Jack & Marie Minnesota Energy Resources Dr. M. James & Nancy Bensen Dr. Patrick Riley & Dr. Natalie Roholt Custom chargers (as pictured above) are St. Martin Family Foundation/KFC Dr. Thomas & Mary Moberg $2,000,000 M. Fern Birnstihl* Security Bank USA State Farm Companies Foundation Diane Moe & Thomas Fitzgerald created especially for the President’s Society First National Bank Bemidji Marcella Sherman The Idea Circle, Inc. Gary & Marlene Moe 0 by visual arts professor and department chair Elfrida B. Glas* TruStar Federal Credit Union Dr. Theodore & Margaret Thorson Sharon Moe 1998 2003 2008 2013 Kathryn K. Hamm* Robert J. & Jeanette L. Welle John “Butch” Holden. They are “awards of Gary* & Joanne E. Torfin Betty Murray John & Delphine Jacobsen Bob Whelan/Whelan Properties/ Steve & Lauren Vogt Naylor Electrical Construction Company, Inc. distinction,” honoring donors with cumulative Robin Norgaard Kelleher Supreme Lumber Mervin “Sock” Wagner* James & Janice Naylor Elwood & Jean Largis Stephen G. Wick giving of $50,000 or more. E. Joseph & Jane Welle NCS Pearson Eva Lind* Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Darby & Geraldine Nelson Mary A. Mushel* Builder’s Society ($50,000 + ) White Earth Reservation Tribal Council Dr. Raymond* & Jane* Nelson Paul Bunyan Communications Bernice M. Anderson Charitable Robert & DeAnn Zavoral NorthEnd Trust Rmndr. Unitrust Trudy & Kevin Rautio Northern Aggregate, Inc. Sanford Health Dr. Richard & Josephine Beitzel Ambassador’s Society ($25,000 + ) Northland Electric Scholarship Rich & Joyce Seigert/Edgewater Group Bemidji Woolens, Inc./Bill Batchelder Northwestern Surveying & Engineering, Inc. (Hampton Inn & Suites, Green Mill) The Bernick Companies 3M Foundation Dollars Marc & Kay Olson David L. & Kathryn S. Sorensen Dr. Elaine D. Bohanon* Ace on the Lake Kris & Grant Oppegaard/The Oppegaard George & Sandra Thelen Alltech Associates, Inc. Provided BSU Dining Services/ARAMARK Family Foundation Lynne C. Bunt* Estate American Legion Post 14 Joel & Kary Otto $1,000,000 Director’s Society ($100,000 + ) Jim* & Lorraine F. Cecil Winnifred Anderson* Bill* & Jesse* Baer David & Dianne Parnow Don Anderson* & Vicki Brown Michael B. & Noel C. Clay Carl & Terry Baer Ed & Marla Patrias $900,000 Bank Forward Dr. Donald & Petra DeKrey Growth of Beaver Bookstore Dr. John C. Pearce Ron Batchelder Herb & Lynn Doran Dr. Marjory C. Beck Stephen Pearce, M.D. $800,000 Foundation Jeffrey & Kathy Baumgartner/ Joe & Karen Dunn Rod & Delores Pickett Circle B Properties Rebecca Eggers* Dr. Thomas J. Beech Assets Bemidji Dental Clinic The Presto Foundation $700,000 Big North Distributing, Inc. Drs. Gary & Nancy Erickson/ Raphael’s Bakery Cafe Gary S. Erickson, DDS Marie Bishop* $30,000,000 Fred Breen* REM Northstar, Inc. Bemidji Regional Office $600,000 $862,895 Kenneth & Mary* Erickson Blandin Foundation Raymond Breen* James & Carol Richards Federated Insurance Bois Forte Reservation Tribal Council $25,000,000 Dr. Almond & Shalyn Clark/Al Clark’s Dr. Tom & Sandra Richard $500,000 Formula 4 Success General Mills Foundation Robert & Lisa Bollinger $773,555 RiverWood Bank Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Bemidji, Inc. Dr. Lowell R.* & Ardis* Gillett Alan P. Brew $670,127 $20,000,000 RJ Ahmann Company $400,000 Dondelinger GM Dr. Muriel B. Gilman Patrick Brown/Clem’s Hardware Hank Carol Russell/Russell Herder Enbridge Energy Company, Inc. Bernard* & Fern* Granum Wendy Brown $300,000 $15,000,000 $13,698,936 Tom & Cindy Serratore Dr. Bruce & Mary Jo Falk Dr. Richard & Dianne Hanson John & Ann Carlson/John Carlson Agency Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Doug & Sue Fredrickson/Big Oaks Foundation Margaret H. Harlow* Steve Stuby Carter, Jr. $26,375,045 $200,000 $10,000,000 $8,789,337 Mark A. Shanfeld, MD, Ph.D. Anthony S. Gramer Thomas & Joanne Heaviland Kenneth* & Marion M. Christianson $6,402,340 Hazel Shimmin* Estate $5,000,000 Kirk P. Gregg Paul & Tammi Hedtke/ Bertha Christianson* $100,000 Yvonne E. Siats $303,308 Russell* & Gudrun* Harding Hedtke Family Trust Annie M. Czarnecki Slim’s Bar & Grill 0 Dr. Evan & Elaine* Hazard Dr. Annie B. Henry Eugene Dalzotto* 0 Deerwood Bank { continued on next page } 1998 2003 2008 2013 Jim* & Marilyn Heltzer Lynne K. Holt 1998 2003 2008 2013 Dr. Ruth Howe & Merril Thiel William & Bette* Howe DeLaHunt Broadcasting Paul & Lynn Hunt Dr. Myrtie A. Hunt* DeLoitte Foundation Christine Janda* Esther F. Instebo* Dick’s Northside, Inc. * Deceased New member

46 | BSU Foundation Annual Report www.BemidjiState.edu | 47 report Headwaters Shrine Club Oak Marsh, L.P./Jeff “Bird” McBride o Ken Henrikson Memorial Golf Tournament President’s society Beverly Henriques David & Jean Olderman Gifts (Continued from page 47) Hoeschler Fund - St. Paul Foundation Olson-Schwartz Funeral Home f Honeywell Foundation Douglas L. Onan Dr. Howard & Mary Hoody Family & Friends of Ruth Ouverson Bob & Jane Smith/ Central Valley Food Services, Inc. Pamela Hovland Greg & Kathy Palm Image Photography & Framing Charter Communications Kenneth & Kari Howe John & Lori Paris Total Dr. Kathryn Smith Citizens State Bank Midwest IBM Pat Knoer State Farm Insurance Revenue Lowell & Lois Sorensen CliftonLarsonAllen LLP Insure Forward Patterson’s Men’s Wear Spaulding Motors, Inc./Willis “Buster” Spaulding Control Stuff Iverson Corner Drug R. Scott & Kathy Pearson Received Michael & Melinda Spry Cool Threads Louise H. Jackson John S. Persell II Super 8 Motel Bret & Veronica Cooper Richard & Sheri Jahner Dr. Martha & Don Peters Statement of Position $5,000,000 Dr. Thomas & Bonnie Swanson Veita L. Corbin JC Penney Co., Inc. David Lee Peterson* Estate Eugene & Sue Teigland/Bemidji Sports Corner Bar Jerry Downs Agency Rohl & Patricia Peterson June 30, 2013 Centre/Ground Round Pickett Agency, Inc. $4,500,000 Country Kitchen Restaurant Johnson Controls Assets Dr. Dave & Peggy Tiffany William & Teresa Crews Diane & Thomas Johnson Productivity, Inc. Current Assets Dr. Ken Traxler Dean & Wendy Crotty Jeremiah D. Johnson Dr. Joanne M. Provo $4,000,000 Tri-State Manufacturers’ Association Scott Curb & Mary Boranian Dr. Johannas M. Jordan Jack* & Mary Betty Quistgard Cash and Cash Equivalents $ 107,796 USA Color Printing Dr. Caroline M. Czarnecki Thomas & Susan Kaplan Michael & Jackie Rasch Investments 18,511,255 Austin & Paula Wallestad Lyle E. Dally* Jeff Keckheisen/Keck Sports Roger Rasmussen Accounts Receivable 17,172

$3,500,000 $4,560,140 Richard & Judith Werner Dave’s Pizza Keg N’ Cork Dr. John & Mary Sue Redebaugh Contributions Receivable 2,119,315 Drs. Larry & Ranae Womack Robert* & Jackie Decker Keith’s Pizza Richard Rude Architectural Prepaid Expenses 2,284 $3,000,000 Barbara L. Wylie Dr. Steve & Veronica DeKrey Dr. Debra Kellerman & Anthony Wandersee Dr. Patricia A. Rosenbrock Total Current Assets 20,757,822 Howie Zetah/Zetah Construction, Inc. John & Kay Delinsky Jeffrey D. Kemink Ross Lewis Sign Company $2,500,000 Delta Kappa Gamma Ken K Thompson Jewelry Susan & Stuart Rosselet Property and Equipment 293,953 Founder’s Society ($10,000 + ) RP Broadcasting, Inc Patrick & Barbara DeMarchi David & Charlotte Kingsbury $2,049,867 Dr. Robert & Barbara Aalberts Dick’s Plumbing & Heating of Bemidji, Inc. Knife River Materials/ William & Rochelle Scheela

$1,913,988 Other Assets $2,000,000 Don & Susan Addy Dickson Enterprises, Inc. MDU Resources Foundation Kevin & Paige Schoepel Bernard V. Adlys John T. Driessen Drs. Raymond & Beatrice Knodel John* & Evelyn* Schuiling Contributions Receivable 5,148,780 Remainder Interest in Real Estate 140,666 $1,500,000 Allen Oman State Farm Agency Jon & Beth Duncan Dr. Clayton & Ivy Knoshaug Walter & Mardene Schuiling American Association of University Women Dwayne Young, Inc. Paul & Catherine Koski John & Charlotte Schullo Cash Surrender Value Life Insurance 33,824

$1,162,612 American Family Insurance Plaster & Drywall Contractor Krigbaum & Jones, Ltd. John & Mary Seamans Total Other Assets 5,323,270 $1,000,000 Kris & Linda Anderson Ed Sauer Memorial Fund Lois M. Kruger Estate Pete & Marilyn Simonson Robin & DeAnne Anderson Eldercare Health Benefits Mgmt Systems, Inc Dr. Franklin & Diane Labadie Skyline Exhibits Total Assets 26,375,045 $500,000 Boris & Caroline Andrican Steve & Susan Engel Dale & Michelle Ladig St. Joseph’s Area Health Services Annexstad Family Foundation Erbert & Gerbert’s Subs & Clubs Dr. David & Alice Larkin Dr. Maria & Terry Statton Arrow Printing, Inc. Janet Esty* Hazel Leland* Irene K. Stewart Liabilities and Net Assets 0 Drs. Norman & Linda Baer Herbert M. Fougner* LePier Oil Company Willie & Arla Stittsworth Current Liabilities 1998 2003 2008 2013 Baratto Brothers Construction/Jim Baratto Dr. Joann Fredrickson Dr. Robert & Dale Ley Stittsworth’s Nymore Food Mart Accounts Payable $ 60,161 Bear Creek Energy Laura Gaines Paul & Teri Lindseth Maurice & Lorna Sullivan Payroll Liabilities 28,396 Dr. Fulton & Nancy Gallagher Brad & Dawn Logan Chet Swedmark* & Helen Kohl-Swedmark William & Maria Beitzel Annuities Payable, Current Portion 21,634 Beltrami Electric Cooperative, Inc. George & Joann Gardner Dr. Kenneth & Mary Lundberg Systec, Inc. Rate of Accrued Interest Payable 2,644 Bemidji Ambulance Service, Inc Michael & Deanna Garrett Lutheran Community Foundation Doug & Lori Taylor Investment Bemidji Building Center Dr. Daniel Gartrell & Dr. Julie Jochum Brian J. Maciej Teammates for Kids Foundation Other Accruals 0 Return Bemidji Lions Club Georgia-Pacific Corp. - Superwood William & Jodi Maki Telespectrum Worldwide Total Current Liabilities 112,835 Bemidji Medical Equipment Dr. James & Connie Ghostley Keith Marek Jeff & Susan Tesch 20% The Bemidji Rotary Club Col. Clark & Judith Gilbertson Marvin Windows & Doors Dr. Jerry & Jane Thompson Long-term Liabilities Bemidji Welders Supply, Inc. Dr. Eric Gilbertson Douglas & Mary Mason Thorson, Inc. Annuities Payable, Long Term Portion 179,709 Ordella M. Gilbertson MasTec North America Inc. Dr. James & Diane Tuorila 15% June Bender Note Payable, Long Term Portion 732,250 Kermit & Sandy Bensen Marjorie & James Gildersleeve Allen & Susie Mathieu Mary M. Veranth Total Long Term Liabilities 911,959 Terry & Gail Bergum Paul & Kathy Godlewski John & Judith McClellan Robert & Patricia Walrath 10% Dr. Richard & Carol Goeb Dr. Judith L. McDonald Ruth E. Warde Estate Best of Bemidji Quarterly Magazine Total Liabilities 1,024,794 Best Western Bemidji Dr. Frank & Marilyn Goodell James D. McElmury Dr. Victor D. Weber 5% Jon & Linda Blessing Bruce L. Gordon Neil B. & Patricia* McMurrin Julie A. Wegner Bob Lowth Ford, Inc. Gourmet House Robin & Diane Mechelke George* & Paula Welte Net Assets 0% Dan & Midge Boettger Bryan & Paulette Grand Medsave Family Pharmacy Wes’ Plumbing & Heating Unrestricted Net Assets Dr. Mel & Ruby Bolster Great Lakes Gas Transmission Ltd. Partnership Debra Melby* Harvey & Loris Westrom Lakeside Fund & Quasi Endowment Fund $ 403,308 -5% Howard & Rebecca Borden Beulah Gregoire Dr. Kathleen J. Meyer Widseth Smith Nolting & Associates Alumni House Acquisition -50,000 James & Barbara Grier Midcontinent Communications Bradley & Staci Borkhuis Dr. Rodney Will & Anne Meredith-Will Imagine Tomorrow Campaign 4,806,601 Trey & Ann Bowman Richard F. Haberer* Midwest Cable Communications Jerry & Kathy Winans -10% Plant Fund 293,953 Dr. John* & Ann* Brady Lisa L. Haberman Minnesota Humanities Commission James & Lois Wood Total Unrestricted Net Assets 5,453,862 Bravo Beverage Ltd Richard & Sheridan Hafdal James & Sharon Molde Bud & Gloria Woodard -15% Linda Brew Dr. Harold* & Renate* Hagg Dr. Robert & Sally Montebello Gurnee K. Bridgman James & Joyce Hanko Dr. Dorothy L. Moore* Temporarily Restricted Net Assets 3,573,137 -20% Burger King Corporation Linda S. Hanson Leo D. Morgan, Jr. * Deceased Permanently Restricted Net Assets 16,323,252 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 Louis H. Buron Jr. Paul & Paige Hanson Robb Naylor New member Robert C. Bush* Hardees of Bemidji Gerald* & Fern* Nichols Total Net Assets 25,350,251 Jeffrey P. Busse James & Pamela Harrison Dr. Lee A. Norman Annual Return Dr. Mark & Mishel Carlson Dr. Richard* & Dorothy Haugo North Central Door Company Total Liabilities and Net Assets $26,375,045 Oluf* & Margaret* Haugsrud Northern Amusement Dr. Raymond & Margaret Carlson Gary & Diane Hazelton Ten Year Average Caswell International Corporation

48 | BSU Foundation Annual Report www.BemidjiState.edu | 49 report The Legacy Society recognizes and Dan & Terri Bergan John & Susan Minter o M. Fern Birnstihl*+ John & Walli Mitchell honors those alumni and friends Marie Bishop*+ Dr. Dorothy L. Moore*+ Giffts who have provided for Bemidji Jody & Gene Bisson Harry Moore*+ 2013-14 State University in their wills or Elaine Bohanon*+ Claude Morris*+ Randy & Marlene Bowen Richard & Susan Morris have exercised one of the several Lloyd & Katherine Bradfield Betty Murray planned giving options available Fred Breen* Mary Ann Mushel* calendar Raymond Breen* Norman* & Judy Nelson through the BSU Foundation. Alan P. Brew Dr. Raymond A. Nelson* Gurnee Bridgman Albioni Nelson* Dr. William & Henrietta Britton Dr. John & Monica O’Boyle Lynne C. Bunt*+ Dr. Charles K. O’Connor Jeffrey P. Busse+ Beulah M. Parisi Cynthia & James Cashman David & Dianne Parnow NOVEMBER MARCH Dr. Dale & Joanne Carlson Lawrence W. Perkins Legacysociety Dr. Joseph & Jenifer Carson Robert & Mary Lou Peters 21 Bemidji Area Alumni Chapter Social, 8 BSU Alumni Lunch in Phoenix, Ariz., Charles & Nancy Aldrich Dr. Sam* & Rose* Chen+ David Peterson*+ 5:30-7:30 p.m., Hot Toddy’s Pub and Grub. 11:30 a.m.- 1:30 p.m., location TBD. Rohl & Patricia Peterson Donald G. Anderson*+ Bertha Christianson* BSU Winter Rendezvous in Joan Campbell Anderson & Dr. Almond & Shalyn Clark Dr. Joanne M. Provo+ 8-10 Laughlin, Nev., Aquarius Resort. David Anderson+ Dr. Caroline M. Czarnecki+ Drs. Jon & Patricia Quistgaard DECEMBER Kenneth & Joan Anderson+ Lyle E. Dally*+ David & Kim Ramsey 11 BSU Tucson Alumni Lunch, Boris & Caroline Andrican+ Dr. Donald & Petra DeKrey Dr. Tom & Sandra Richard 1 Alumni Relative Scholarship applications 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., location TBD. Bill* & Jessie* Baer+ Rebecca Eggers* Bill & Lois Robertson available at www.bsualumni.org. Grant Bateman* Fritz & Robin Ehlers Dr. Patricia A. Rosenbrock 22 Volleyball alumni match, time TBD, Dr. M. James & Nancy Bensen+ Irvin & Kay Engebretson Carol A. Russell 11 Emeriti Holiday Social, BSU Gymnasium. Evelyn Berg* Eldridge* & Jean Erickson John & Charlotte Schullo 5 p.m., American Indian Resource Center. Donald & Mary Erickson Mark & Margaret Schultz Janet M. Erickson Duane & Marilyn Sea Dr. Bruce & Mary Jo Falk Ken* & Betti Sherman APRIL Ann Moore Flowers*+ Hazel Shimmin* JANUARY Dr. William & Margie Forseth Lowell & Lois Sorensen 12 The Green & White, A Dinner and Auction Statement of Activities Jerry & Shirley Froseth Duane & Celeste Sperl 16 Bemidji Area Alumni Chapter Social, for BSU Athletics, 5:30 p.m. social, 7 p.m. 5:30 p.m., The Garden, Bemidji. dinner, 8:30 p.m. program & live auction, Year ending June 30, 2013 Helen Gill Michael & Melinda Spry Dr. Lowell* & Ardis Gillett+ Irwin & Patricia St. John Foundation Sanford Center, Bemidji, (218) 755-4877. Bemidji Area Alumni Chapter Family Ski Day, Ronald & Nancy Gladen Jack & Marie St. Martin 19

Unrestricted Temporarily Permanently Total Beulah Gregoire J. Ruth Stenerson* Buena Vista Ski Area, north of Bemidji.

Restricted Restricted James D. Gribble+ Willie & Arla Stittsworth Support and Revenue Dennis & Patricia Grimes Maurice & Lorna Sullivan+ & MAY Keith W. Gunderson* Melanie & Michael Teems Contributions $608,489 $3,232,727 - $3,841,216 FEBRUARY 50-Year Reunion – Class of 1964, Cedsel J. Hagen* Dr. Dave & Peggy Tiffany+ 8 Endowment Gifts - - 3,503,546 3,503,546 American Indian Resource Center, BSU . Kathryn K. Hamm*+ Joanne E. Torfin Alumni Relative Scholarship application Investment Income 155,445 987,158 - 1,142,603 1 James & Joyce Hanko Dr. Ken Traxler deadline. Golden Beaver Society Luncheon, Royalty Revenue 11,149 - 11,149 Linda S. Hanson John Traxler 9 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., American Indian Resource Lease Revenue 27,852 61,087 - 88,939 Luther & Diann Hanson Bennett & Joan Trochlil Beaver Pride Bonspiel, Bemidji Curling Club. 1 Center, BSU. Increase in Cash Surrender Value Russell* & Gudrun* Harding Dr. James & Diane Tuorila Minnesota Music Educators Association, Life Insurance and Actuarial Adjust 1,930 - - 1,930 Margaret H. Harlow*+ Floyd A. Tweten 14 2014 Commencement, 2 p.m., BSU Alumni Social, 5-7 p.m., MMEA 9 Net Assets Released from Restriction Oluf* & Margaret* Haugsrud+ Richard & Nancy Vyskocil Sanford Center, Bemidji. Administrative Assessment 315,611 -315,611 - 0 Beverly Henriques Mervin Wagner* Convention, Key’s Café & Bar. Dr. Annie B. Henry Jeff & Christel Wallin Investment Income (Loss) - -143,534 143,534 0 14 All-Athletic Alumni Social, 5-6:30 p.m., Satisfaction of Purpose Restrictions 1,902,928 -1,902,928 - 0 Dr. Ruth Howe & Merril Thiel+ Dr. Victor D. Weber Dr. Myrtie A. Hunt*+ Robert & Jeanette Welle Lakeside Rooms, Sanford Center, Bemidji. Total Support and Revenue 3,023,404 1,918,899 3,647,080 8,589,383 Thomas & Paulette Welle Esther F. Instebo*+ Knife River Materials Hardwater Classic Ice John & Delphine Jacobsen+ George* & Paula Welte 15 SAVE THE DATE Fishing Tournament, 10 a.m., Lake Bemidji. Christine Janda* Wesley W. Winter* Expenses OctOBER 17-19 Program Services Edwin* & Myra* Johnson Shirley M. Yliniemi 15 B-Club Athletic Hall of Fame Brunch & Scholarships 837,095 - - 837,095 Sam & Peggy Johnson+ Robert & Sherry Young Induction Ceremony, 10 a.m., Sanford BSU Homecoming 2014 Margaret H. Johnson*+ Charles & Susan Zielin Special Events and Other Services 1,253,667 - - 1,253,667 Center, Bemidji. Six anonymous Total Program Services 2,090,762 - - 2,090,762 Jeffrey & Marjorie Johnson Vince Johnson*+ Alumni Supporting Services 15 Alumni Track & Field meet, 3 p.m., followed ALUMNI EVENT INFORMATION Wilbur Johnson*+ * Deceased by dinner and social Management & General 134,977 - - 134,977 Dr. Johannas M. Jordan + Charter member 218-755-3989 or 1-877-278-2586 (toll free) Fundraising Expenses 731,304 - - 731,304 Robin Norgaard Kelleher New member 15 Women’s Alumni Hockey social. TBD Total Supporting Services 866,281 - - 866,281 William & Patricia Kelly [email protected] Total Expenses 2,957,043 - - 2,957,043 Richard & Sharon King+ 15 Men’s Hockey Alumni Social after men’s www.bsualumni.org Lillie M. Kleven*+ hockey game. Change in Net Assets 66,361 1,918,899 3,647,080 5,632,340 Eva Lind*+ Keith Malmquist* Net Assets, Beginning of Year 5,387,501 1,654,238 12,676,172 19,717,911 Neil & Patricia* McMurrin Nelmarie Melville Net Assets, End of Year 5,453,862 3,573,137 16,323,252 25,350,251 Kathryn & Donald Mertz Margaret A. Miles

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