Women's Athletics

A magazine for alumnm i and friends FALL/WINNTER 2018

CELEBRATING 50 YEARS BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY

WOMEN’S ATHLETICS 1969-2019 PRESIDENT FAITH C. HENSRUD

As we celebrate A Bemidji State Century and the 100th birthday of our “university in the pines,” we also fi nd ourselves looking back to 1969 — BSU’s 50th anniversary year — and discover that year as a remarkable turning point in our history as well. We experienced three signifi cant events in 1969 that helped defi ne our second half-century: the fi rst year of intercollegiate women’s athletics, the opening of the Hobson Memorial Union, and the founding of the Madrigal Dinners. I invite you to explore this month’s cover story, which recaps the remarkable 50-year history of intercollegiate women’s athletics at Bemidji State. We launched a year-long celebration of this anniversary during Homecoming by recognizing the tireless eff orts of four remarkable women. Their work founded a program that helped women’s athletics grow from its roots as a non-competitive, mostly social activity into today’s well-rounded, successful NCAA Division I and II athletics program. We also refl ect on a record-setting season by the BSU women’s soccer program. I could not have been more proud as head coach Jim Stone’s team completed an unbeaten regular season en route to our fi rst-ever NCAA Tournament victory. As we recognize these milestones, it’s easy to fi nd the stories that will defi ne Bemidji State University for our next 50 years and beyond. These stories are being told through our students — in the real- world research experience being off ered to a group of biology graduate students in partnership with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources; in our undergraduates who balance responsibilities for family and extracurricular activities against rigorous academic work; and in the fresh perspectives of our newest students. Each of these stories remind us that while the years may tick by, our mission to guide our students toward inspired lives will never change. As an alumnus, you have your own stories to share and your own place in Bemidji State University’s rich history. The impact you make on your career and community guides our current students toward their own successful futures.

Go Beavers!

Dr. Faith C. Hensrud

2 | BEMIDJIBEBEMIDDJI STSSTATETATE UNUNIVERSITYIIVERRSIS TY 4-7 The early days of competitive women's athletics at Bemidji State were deﬁ ned by stories of hardship and obstacles, but eff orts to carve out new opportunities in the late 1960s FOUNDING A PROGRAM Departments and early 1970s created an enduring legacy.

16-17 Dr. Andy Hafs has forged a partnership 12 University News

with the Minnesota Department of Natural 15 Faculty Achievements Resources that is providing extensive hands- 18-19 Students to Watch on ﬁ eld research opportunities for biology

graduate students. 21 Beaver Athletics

20 Beaver Soccer had another record-setting 22-23 Campus Happenings season that culminated in a pair of historic GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH 26 Homecoming Recap ﬁ rsts: an NSIC regular-season championship and a win in the NCAA Tournament. 27 Honors Gala 2018

28-29 Alumni News 24-25 A unique new course allows BSU students to explore Native American ﬂ utes through a 30-35 Class Notes combination of music, traditional culture and 36-42 Alumni & Foundation modern manufacturing technology. Annual Report

43 Calendar

MUSIC IN THE TREES

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EDITOR: Andy Bartlett

UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Josh Christianson

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Pioneers recall early hardships in their campaign to create a competitive athletic program for women at Bemidji State

CELEBRATING 50 YEARS BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY

WOMEN’S ATHLETICS 1969-2019

4 | BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY By Scott Faust

In 1966, when Betsy McDowell fi rst took had to share uniforms, often laundered at professor Dr. Pat Rosenbrock, hired in 1969, her fi eld hockey team on the road for home by players and coaches between who coached gymnastics, track and fi eld extramural competition, the brakes went out games. Off -campus recruiting was and volleyball and has done the most to on their Bemidji State College van. nonexistent, scholarships for women preserve the school’s rich history of She managed to stop only after banging into athletes had yet to emerge and women’s women’s athletics. She retired in 2006. the bumper of a van ahead of her. coaches often had to fi ght for practice time Six years after arriving in Bemidji, Beck in facilities they shared with the men. “I said, ‘I’m not getting back into that car joined with female counterparts in 1969 to until I have a mechanic fi x these brakes,’” Despite such hardships, athletes from organize a competitive women’s league for recalled McDowell, who retired as a coach across the decades say their appreciation for fi ve schools in Minnesota and North Dakota. and professor of physical education in 1989. their experience has deepened over time. The founding programs in the resulting “‘If we have to cancel the game, we will.’” “That’s the way the culture was,” said Angie Minn-Kota Conference, one of the fi rst for women in the country, were Bemidji State, Crowded and chilly vans, cars and station (Nelson) Severson ’01, who played volleyball Concordia-Moorhead, Minnesota wagons – driven through white-knuckle throughout her years at BSU. “I don’t want to State-Moorhead, North Dakota State and weather by coaches and students who had say we accepted that as women we were the University of North Dakota. to get out and play a game – were a fact of kind of second rate, but it felt like we were a life for women’s teams well into the 1980s. constant underdog. We loved what we did, Beck was presidentnt ooff ththee coconferenceonfn ere encee wwhenhen and whether or not there were people in the it began in 1969-7070 wiwithth And in the earliest years of women’s seats, we just played because we played.” basketball, fi eld hockey,ockey, ggogolf,lf, intercollegiate athletics at Bemidji State, gymnastics, swimming,mmim ng, players were required to travel in skirts and Severson, an art and fi tness teacher and tennis and volleyball.ball. GGolfolo f dresses, even when it was 40 below. former graphic designer who has coached volleyball at Lourdes High School in and track and fi eldd wewerere Meanwhile, the Beaver men’s teams, at least Rochester, brought her three daughters to soon added. Today,y, BBSUSU some of them, cruised in chartered buses. the 50th anniversary kickoff celebration women compete in eeightight “I remember the long trips where the coach during Homecoming on Oct. 6. sports in NCAA DDivisionivision was in the front wagon with a number of II and a ninth, hockey,key, at “I want them to know where things start girls and a senior was driving, following the Division I level.l. – and somebody had to start them,” she said. behind. I mean, really?” said Deb (Limond) Before women’s During that event in the American Indian Hegquist ’76, who in 2004 was inducted intercollegiate athleticshletici s Resource Center, the university and its into the BSU Athletic Hall of Fame for her and Minn-Kota, thehe athletic alumnae recognized three founders success in gymnastics and track and fi eld. university’s womenene of women’s intercollegiate athletics at “And going from Bemidji in the winter students played Bemidji State. In addition to McDowell, they season, I can’t tell you how many snow- intramurals and inn were former coach and physical education storms we drove through. There are crazy friendly extramuralal professor Dr. Ruth Howe, hired in 1957, and things we did because there was no other competition, complete with Dr. Marjory “Mardy” Beck, who was hired in way; there was no money.” post-game socials. 1964 and became BSC’s fi rst women’s The women’s meal allowance was meager, athletic coordinator, retiring in 1989. Also Amid accelerating social change following and teams such as volleyball and basketball honored was women’s athletic director and World War II, women majoring in physical

{ conntinued on next page } www.BemidjiState.edu | 5 education at Bemidji State and elsewhere began to demand more Laurie (Peterson) Gross ‘13, who was inducted into the university’s intense competition. Faculty responded, and administrators such Hall of Fame in 2013 for her basketball performance from as Vic Weber, BSU athletic director from 1964 to 1980, cleared the 1982-86, points to her coach, Joan (Campbell) Anderson, as way with fi nancial support, albeit limited. someone who sped progress – particularly through recruiting. “The need for a program to challenge the better skilled girl became “I feel like she was getting us updated as quick as she could,” increasingly obvious,” Beck wrote in 1970. “If we did not meet that Gross said. “She’s the coach that turned the program around. challenge as part of our college program, using educational She’s a Bemidji alumna and got hired to go there and coach. When principles as our guidelines, other organizations – less concerned I was a senior in high school, they only won two games. And by the about the college woman and her welfare and her special activity time I was done and she was done, we were nationally ranked. So needs – would do the job for us.” she did a great job in four years.” Howe, who coached varsity basketball (1964-75) and tennis (1977-86) at Bemidji State, said women came out by the “ I did not know their humble beginning, and as a student at score for the founding teams, making up in enthusiasm what they lacked in technical knowledge. BSU, at that point in my life, I didn’t realize what a good “They stuck with something when they started it,” she said. “They also were open-minded, and they learned skills well. I physical and health education I had received.” just had the highest regard for the students I had as — ELIZABETH MULVIHILL ’88 basketball and tennis players – and as students, period.” Campbell ’76 majored in physical education and coached That is the sort of history Severson wants her girls – ages 11, 10 and basketball at Big Lake High School before becoming a second 6 – to contemplate. assistant to women’s coaching innovator Ellen Mosher Hanson at While driving the family to Bemidji in October, she used her the University of Minnesota. She joined the BSU Hall of Fame in mother’s experience to illustrate the revolution spurred by leaders 2011 as coach of the 1985-86 NAIA State Championship team. at Bemidji State and fortifi ed by Title IX, a She said her work with Mosher Hanson while earning her master's federalfeedeeral lawlaw ththatat iinn 191972 began requiring Hall of Fame head coach Donna prepared her to elevate the Beavers’ skill level and insist on greater Palivec (below) guided the BSU schoolsschoh ols anandd ununiversitiesivere s to provide equal parity with men’s basketball. volleyball program to 119 wins and opportunitiesopportunitties foforr mamale and female athletes. two second-place fi nishes in the “I came to the table and demanded a few things,” said Campbell, “My“My mom,mom m, sheshe wwasas a cheerleader because NSIC between 1994-2001. who played for Howe in her own days wearing green and white. “I theytheyy didn’tdidn’t havehave sportssp in high school,” wanted the female athletestes ttoo hahhaveve ppracticeraactice ununiforms,ifforms, I wawantednted SeversonSeS verson said.said.d ““ThatTh was the closest she their laundry done for themem andannd we hadhad toto hahavevee ppracticeraacticce titimeme couldcoulu d geggett to ssports.pop And then right equal to the men. All of thathat wawass prprettyretty mmuchuch afterafter shshee grggraduated,a they started easily agreed to.” havinghaving women’swo sports. I mementionedntioon that to my Outlining her strategy forr iidentifyingded nttifying daughters,daughth and they were like, talent, she said, “I alwayss recruitedrecrc uited ‘What‘Whah t …?’” the person fi rst. When I wouldwould gogo out and scout them, I woulduld havehave Women’sWoW m athletics — at BSU to see that they were coachable,achable, andand elsewheree — has not were respectful of themselves,selves, advancedadva along a steady their teammates and theirir arc,arc, and sporadic gains coaches and that they havehave frequently required a played hard all the time.” determinedd push.

6 | BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY Despite their intermittent gains, women athletes continued to “I did not know their story,” she said. “I did not know their humble see more room for progress. beginning, and as a student at BSU, at that point in my life, I didn’t Dr. Abby (Stritesky) Meyer ’01, a 2016 Young Alumni Award realize what a good physical and health education I had received. I honoree who found success in both volleyball and softball, recalls had never refl ected like I have after listening to theireiirr sstories.”toorir ess. traveling in vans while the baseball team went via charter. She When her daughter, Zoë, initially balked at joiningg heher,er,r MulvihillMulviv hilll also remembers washing uniforms in a laundromat on the road. quoted 19th-century social reformer Susan B. Anthony,thoony, whwhoo sasaid,idd, But what bugged her and her teammates most was the universi- “Our job is not make young women grateful. It is too mamakeke tthemheh m ty’s lack of softball dugouts, which left the team exposed to the ungrateful so they keep going.” elements and sitting on a bench more suited to a youth league. Living in Minneapolis and pursuing a new career inn holisticholistic Dugouts were installed in 2011. health studies after 16 years of teaching and coachinghing iinn ththee “It drove us nuts,” said Meyer, who came to BSU on a full-tuition city’s public schools, she said competitive athleticscs hashas academic scholarship and is now a pediatric ear, nose and throat opened many doors and enabled women to value andandd assertasserrt surgeon with Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota. “It their own physical power. almost became a joke.” Mulvihill, who has a same-sex partner, said some llesbianese biana Nonetheless, she maintains a glass-half-full view of her women have gravitated toward athletics, but acknowledg-nowledgg- athletic experience. Meyer quickly tallied its wealth of benefi ts, ing their own sexual identity has often been tabooo iinn ththee not the least of which being a lifelong bond with coaches arena of sport, where “women are stepping into a and teammates: traditionally male realm and doing a male thing.” “Time management, it’s a huge thing – multitasking, that whole Mulvihill also pointed to such persistent imbalancece as ttheheh skill set; working with a team, getting along with others, being continual scheduling of women’s games ahead off mmen’sen’ss able to relate to people from all diff erent places and walks of life, in college basketball and hockey. problem-solving, how to be a leader, having a goal and working “We always played the earlier game, when everyoneonne wawass hard towards it. Also, knowing you can get better — and wanting still home for dinner, and the men played after,” shehe sasaid.id. to get better.” The passage of 50 years off ers BSU’s former womenmen Recognizing the value of collegiate athletics and acknowledging athletes a rich terrain for analysis of milestones andnd progress does not mean ignoring need for further improvement, challenges, as well as gratitude – both of the founders’ders’ said another BSU Hall of Famer, Elizabeth Mulvihill ’88. She was a determination and the enduring impact of athleticscsc iinn ththeireir basketballbasketball co-captainco-captain forfor AndersonAnA derson who,who, inn tracktrac and fi eld, own lives and families. becamebecame BSU’sBSU’s fi rstrst NAIANAIA indoorindoorr championchampm ion in theth shot put. “Holy cow, did I have a great experience,” said MulvihillMulvihill brought her Lora (Weirs) Angileno ’88, a four-year letter winnernere 14-year-old14-year-o daughter with and captain in basketball. “It really was an experienceence herher to tthehe Oct. 6 kickoff I’ll never forget.” anandd sasaidid she came away Added Hegquist, “We really didn’t know how goodod we wiwithth “deep“d respect for were, because we had nothing to measure by.” ththee ffounding women.”

Pat Rosenbrock TheThe four women recognized as the Founders of Bemidji State women's athletics — Dr. MMarjory Beck, Pat Rosenbrock, Dr. Ruth Howe and Betsy McDowell — werewer all members of the college's 1970-71 physical education faculty (L to R): FrontFron row: Marion Christianson, Thelma Ahrens, Beck, Rosenbrock BackBac row: Howe, Carol Swim, Dr. Myrtie Hunt, McDowell

www.BemidjiState.edu | 7 CELEBRATING 50 YEARS BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY A GOLDEN MOMENT WOMEN’S ATHLETICS Founders of Bemidji State women's athletics 1969-2019 celebrated at 'magical' Homecoming ceremony

A group of nearly 100 former athletes, Highlighting the evening was a special while athletic competition was considered coaches, family and friends packed into recognition of Dr. Marjory Beck, Dr. Ruth healthy for men, it was “harmful and the American Indian Resource Center’s Howe, Betsy McDowell and Rosenbrock, inappropriate” for women. Gathering Room to help Bemidji State coaches and educators who were The pair also spoke about BSU’s work to University kick off the 50th birthday of instrumental in the eff ort to bring help found the Minn-Kota Conference intercollegiate women’s athletics in style. competitive, intercollegiate athletics to — one of the country’s fi rst women’s Former BSU volleyball coach Donna Bemidji State. athletics conferences — in 1969, along Palivec helped get the idea of a year-long “Where did this all start?” Palivec asked. with four other North Dakota and celebration of women’s athletics off the “Women's athletics at Bemidji State Minnesota schools. ground during a summer 2017 conversa- really happened because of these Former athletes and supporters were tion with Dr. Pat Rosenbrock, a long-time women. So that’s why we decided that encouraged to write their appreciation for BSU faculty member, coach and women’s the kickoff should focus on the founders.” each founder on personalized plaques that athletics director, and former athletes Beck, Howe and McDowell were were presented to Howe, McDowell and Susan Alstrom and Becky Rud. celebrated as the three offi cial founders Rosenbrock during the ceremony. Beck, Building on the 30th-anniversary of BSU women’s athletics, while who was unable to attend the event, was celebration spearheaded by Rosenbrock, Rosenbrock was recognized for her awarded her plaque during a private the group wanted to engage alumnae tireless eff orts to document the ceremony at Bemidji’s GoldPine Home athletes and use social media to build a university’s women’s athletics history. later that month. community that would share informa- McDowell and Howe shared stories from The event program included a reprint of a tion, photos and stories. the early days of Bemidji State College document written in the late 1960's by The Oct. 6 kickoff event was emceed by women’s athletics in a video presenta- Beck, which recapped the fi rst seven years Bemidji State alumna and retired North tion. of women’s athletics at the college. Dakota State University women’s The duo recalled the eff ort to found four “Mardy (Beck) didn’t have a voice in the athletics director Lynn Dorn ’72 and sports — basketball, volleyball, fi eld video, but her voice was in that docu- included welcome messages from hockey and swimming — in the face of ment,” Palivec said. “It was an amazing, President Faith Hensrud and Director of prevailing conventional wisdom that powerful piece. I think if you asked any of Athletics Tracy Dill.

8 | BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY the attendees what they felt, they would be impressed to have learned some of that history.” BSU Alumni & Foundation Executive Director Josh Christianson closed the event by announcing a $500,000 fundraising campaign to support BSU women’s athletic programs. Christianson said donors have already contributed over $200,000 to the campaign, which will continue through 2022 — the 50th anniversary of the groundbreaking federal Title IX law that mandated equal  Pat Rosenbrock (left), Ruth Howe and Betsy McDowell (right) competitive opportunities for women.  Nearly 100 alumni, family and friends attended the Oct. 6 kickoff BSU’s recognition of a half-century of women’s athletics will continue during Athletic Hall of event  Taking advantage of a photo opp with Bucky  Hall of Fame Fame Weekend in February and other events head coach Donna Palivec  Kim Zerr (left) and Zöe Mulvihil throughout the year, leading up to a three-day culminating celebration set for Aug. 23-25, 2019.  Alumnae add their signatures to photos presented to the Founders "I don't know if I can come up with the best word  Event emceee Lynn Dorn '72 (center) and Josh Christianson (right) to describe the energy at the social. 'Magical'Maggiical would be one,” Palivec said. “I believe that those who were in attendance left hungry for more. There was a sense that people HENSRUDNSRUD PAYPAYSS A VIVISITSIT wanted this to continue, and TO MARDY BECK wanted to come back. I hope they Mardyrdy BecBeckk, whowho was unableunable will encourage their teammates to to attendttend tthehe kkickoffickoff ceremoceremony,ny, join them at the event in August.” receivedeived herher founfounder'sder's For information about supporting certiﬁiﬁ cate dduringuring a sspecialpecial BSU women’s athletics or to get Oct.. 19 visit from PresidentPresident involved in planning for the Hensrudsrud (right)(right).. August 2019 celebration, contact Brett Bahr, director of alumni relations for the BSU Alumni & Foundation, at (218) 755-2599 or [email protected].

www.BemidjiState.edu | 9 Sagyan Khadka Beatrice Kjelland

By Cindy Serratore

BEATRICE KJELLAND, a track and fi eld sprinter from Park Birthday wish for her generation: Less screen time and more River, N.D., believes in creating more diversity on campus and time for doing things that matter. “Kids are getting phones too aspires to be a pediatric nurse and a good mom. early,” she said. “You see kids who can’t interact and speak She was born in Liberia in 1998, just before the Second Liberian with one another. When they apply for scholarships, they Civil War. As the country grew more dangerous, she and her don’t know what to say when you ask, ‘what did you do with younger sister were sent to an orphanage and, a year later, your life?’” adopted by Jim and Marlys Kjelland of North Dakota. Kjelland, then 6 years old, remembers leaving Liberia JACKIE ALLEN, of South Dakota’s Flandreau Santee Sioux accompanied by two Caucasian escorts — the fi rst white people Tribe, wants to become a nurse and, eventually, a health she had ever seen. care administrator to deliver better care options in Native “I just kept staring at the lady who came,” Kjelland recalled. “We American communities. had never seen someone that white. It was kind of scary just She is the freshman representative of the BSU Student Nurses being sent off with these people.” Association and the secretary of the BSU Council of Indian In Park River, she and her sister discovered a loving family and a Students. She is also a Niganawenimaanaanig scholarship whole new world on a North Dakota farm. recipient, a federally funded program for indigenous nursing majors. The program provides academic, social, cultural and As a high school sophomore, she wrote about her experiences fi nancial support to encourage more indigenous students to and thanked her adoptive parents for the opportunities they pursue careers in nursing. had given her. That essay won a Scholastic Arts and Writing state gold medal and a 2016 national American Voices Award. “That really attracted me here,” Allen said. “I had never seen Her community raised the funds to send Kjelland and her mom, anything like it in the Midwest. I came here and I loved it. BSU Marlys, to New York City for the national award presentation at was my fi rst choice.” Carnegie Hall. Allen, the youngest of seven children, is drawn to nursing by “To be able to share that with my mom was just an amazing science and human anatomy, as well as the opportunities experience,” she said. nursing off ers to serve native communities. Kjelland came to Bemidji State this fall as a freshman track and “I grew up on a reservation and, at a young age, I knew there fi eld recruit. She was a North Dakota Class B state champion in weren’t enough health care providers in Indian health care the 100- and 200-meter, and in 2018 her team won the state services,” she said. “One week we have a dentist – or a doctor 4x100-meter relay. She grew up as an active 4H member and – and the next week we don’t.” pays for a portion of her college living expenses with prize Allen plans to be a travel nurse with the Indian Health Service money from showing animals. so she can spend time on reservations around the country and What she likes best about Bemidji State: The track team, the learn diff erent practices before returning to Flandreau. tunnels so she can avoid the cold and meeting Zoe Christensen “Other providers come and go and don’t know our traditions, — a fellow track freshman and her new best friend. our ‘mind, body and spirit’ approach,” she said. “For example, Birthday wish for BSU: “To make the campus more diverse.” it’s not just about diabetes — we need a 360-degree view.”

10 | BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY Close your eyes and make a wish. As Bemidji State University celebrates its centennial year, we asked three students with unique perspectives to share their journeys to BSU and their birthday wishes for their generation — and those to follow.

“The fi rst thing I did was install a game,” he said. “That game phase really helped me learn a lot about how computers work. But as I grew, my goals got bigger.” An only child of two working parents, Khadka hung out at his mother’s offi ce after school. She works with Mercy Corp, an international nonprofi t that delivers aid around the world. “I would sit next to people at her offi ce and see how they were helping humanity,” he said. “I was really inspired by Jackie Allen that. So, I thought, ‘Maybe I’ll study computer science to help other people.’” Then on April 25, 2015, a 7.8-magnitude quake struck Nepal, Allen credits her parents for her inspiration and confi dence fl attening neighborhoods in the capital Kathmandu and and says she drew strength from her father to overcome devastating isolated rural areas. Khadka’s family was OK, but childhood bullying. nearly 9,000 people lost their lives. “My dad is one of the kindest people you’ll ever meet,” she “We have houses made of mud and stone, and many of those said. “He taught me how to stand up for myself.” houses just collapsed,” he said. “Volunteers were needed in places where no one could get to, and communications were cut As a nurse, she hopes to stand up for others and be kind. off . I was 17 years old and that really shaped my goals.” Allen is the part of the Niganawenimaanaanig program’s Khadka appreciates the support of his parents and is surprised fi rst freshman class. She appreciates the support she has by the independence of children in the United States. found in Dr. Misty Wilkie, the program director, and Tammy Erickson, the grant coordinator. “In Nepal, our parents are with us, birth to marriage,” he said. “I have always been around people who love me, who are really “They’re like my aunties here on campus,” Allen said. “I can supportive and encourage me to explore my ideas.” go to them for absolutely anything. No matter what it is, they will drop everything and help.” Career aspirations: “I want to go to rural areas in Nepal and help people use technology to improve their lives, connect with Birthday wish for her generation: More focus. “I think we’re each other and help them export goods.” motivated, it’s just keeping the focus,” she said. “We’re constantly trying to do so many things at once, change the Best experience at BSU: International Student Organization. world and take care of our lives. Sometimes it’s hard to know “I really love meeting people. I like to know about people and where to start.” share about myself.” Career aspirations: “I see myself going back to school, Birthday wish for his generation: Less screen time. “Speak to getting a doctorate in administration and really making a someone in person. Our generation can solve a lot of problems diff erence in indigenous people’s health care all around the just by talking, just connecting with one another.” United States.” Birthday wish for BSU: “Education SAGYAN KHADKA, a computer information systems is the best major from Nepal, witnessed the aftermath of the 2015 investment. Nepal earthquake and wants to improve communications in BSU is doing remote parts of his country to reduce isolation in the face of a wonderful disaster. job and I wish A former member of Nepal's under-16 national soccer team, them the best Khadka, now a sophomore, competes on a Bemidji State club for the next soccer team. He also plays guitar, writes songs and performs 100 years.” on campus for international events like the Festival of Lights. Khadka’s fi rst loves were soccer and technology. His parents bought him a computer in eighth grade.

www.BemidjiState.edu | 11 President Hensrud joined Chancellor Malhotra at his Oct. 5 Partnership Tour stop at Bemidji's Mayﬂ ower Building. NEWS Chancellor Malhotra visits Tour. Malhotra, who was joined at Bemidji's Mayﬂ ower Building by President Hensrud Bemidji on partnership tour and NTC Vice President for Academic Aff airs Minnesota State Chancellor Devinder Malhotra Darren Strosahl, used the tour to share ways met with more than two dozen local business and the state's businesses and industry can tap into the industry leaders and area legislators at an Oct. 5 resources available in a state-wide system of 37 stop in Bemidji as part of his state-wide Partnership colleges and universities.

Bemidji State University Bemidji State University’s Fall Named One of the Nation’s Enrollment Fueled by Highest Most “Green” Colleges Retention Rate on Record The Princeton Review has once again included A 72.4-percent retention rate, Bemidji State's highest Bemidji State among the top 399 environmentally since retention data became available in 2004, has lifted BSU responsible colleges the university to its third consecutive fall semester with in the country. The enrollment of more than 5,100 students. BEMIDJI STATE publication's ninth annual University offi cials credit the record retention to a variety TOP RANKED list features institutions of factors, including several programs started in recent with remarkable years to specifi cally address retention. commitments to Green sustainability based on BSU counted 5,136 students — 4,727 undergraduates their academic off erings, and 409 graduate students — for its offi cial enrollment College career preparation, tally on the 30th day of fall classes. It is the eighth time campus policies, in the last 10 years that BSU's fall enrollment has topped initiatives and activities. 5,000 students. The 2018-19 student body is signifi cantly This is BSU's fourth more diverse than last year, with 622 students identifying appearance on the list, which as American Indian, Native Hawaiian, Asian, Black or has been published by the Princeton African-American, and Hispanic or Latino — a 4.8-percent Review since 2011. increase. The university's population of international students also has grown to 120, a 4.4-percent increase. Bemidji State University Hosts 50th Annual Madrigal Dinners Bemidji State's Department of Music staged its 50thh annual Madrigal Dinners — the fi nal annual performance of the long-time-time yuyuletideletide tradition — at Bemidji's Concordia Language Villagess between Nov. 30–Dec. 9. This year's production featured a re-staging-staging of tthehe original 1969 masque written by BSU professor emeritusritus of music and Madrigal Dinners founder Dr. Paul Brandvik.vik. The Madrigal Dinners bring together students from a varietyriety of majors across campus to recreate a yuletide feast in an Elizabethan England-era castle.

12 | BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY Ramsey Gallery Exhibit Honors Bemidji State University’s Centennial Year Artifacts representing Bemidji State's rich, 100-year history are on display in the Ramsey Gallery, located in the Bangsberg Fine Arts Complex. Historical archives, photographs, posters, clothing, keepsakes and other notable items ﬁ ll the gallery, which was curated and installed by the Offi ce of Communications and Marketing and the university archives as a part of the 18-month recognition of BSU's centennial. The exhibit also includes special displays celebrating the 50th anniversaries of both the Madrigal Dinners and women's intercollegiate athletics. The gallery is free and open to the public. The exhibit will be on display until early February, when it will go on hiatus until summer.

An Economic EEngine: BSU, NTC Bemidji State Programs Receive Online ContributeCo $322 Million per Rankings for Quality, Aff ordability YeYear to Minnesota’s Economy Bemidji State and several of its degree programs have BemidjiBem State and Northwest recently received awards for quality and aff ordability TechniTechnicalca College provide an estimated from websites specializing in college rankings. A total of neanearlyr $322 million in economic selection of these rankings include: activity, while supporting or sustaining 2,479 • BSU ranked fourth on the list “2018’s Most jojobsbs in MinnesotaMinnes each year, according to an Aff ordable: The Best Online Colleges in eeconomicconomic impimpactac study released in November. Minnesota” by Aff ordable TThehe survey, conductedco by Pennsylvania- Colleges Online. based consconsultingu ﬁ rm Parker Philips, was • BSU's online bachelor’s commissicommissionedo by the Minnesota State degree program in accountancy has been system ttoo examine the impact of its 37 ranked fourth in the nation by Online Course Report. ccollegesolleges aand universities on Minnesota's economy. The survey also found that BSU and NTC contribute • BSU's online bachelor’s degree in business administration volunteerldhbl and charitable activity worth $2.5 million to the with an emphasis in marketing ranked 13th on the list “Most Bemidji community each year. Aff ordable Online Marketing Degrees” by College Choice. In total, the survey found the system generates an estimated $8 billion in state economic activity each year and supports or sustains nearly 68,000 jobs. In addition, it found that every Hagg-Sauer Hall Project on Schedule for Spring Start $1 appropriated to the system and its schools by the State of Minnesota generates $12 in total economic activity. Bemidji State's project to renovate space in four academic buildings prior to the summer 2019 demolition and reconstruction of Hagg-Sauer Hall remains on track for an early spring start. Floor Nursing Brings plans for space to be renovated in Bensen and Sattgast halls, the International A.C. Clark Library and Bangsberg Fine Arts Complex were shared Conference on with faculty and staff in late September. Senior administrators Culturally Focused met with faculty and staff of programs that will be aff ected by the renovations and ensuing relocations throughout October Care to Bemidji and November and provided opportunities to share last-minute Faculty and students feedback on offi ce locations and ﬂ oorplans. The university has from the Department selected KI Furniture Consultant as the project's furniture vendor, of Nursing had the and construction bids were opened on Dec. 20. rare opportunity to participate in an international conference without leaving home, as Dr. Misty Wilkie gave a Sept. 19 keynote the Society for the address on BSU's nursing program. Advancement of Modeling and Role- Modeling brought its 17th Biennial International Conference to Bemidji from Sept. 19–21. The conference, “Facilitating Holistic Nursing Care Through a Cultural Lens,” aimed to help nursing practitioners better understand their patients’ unique worldviews and approach their health, healing and well-being from a cultural perspective. All conference activities were held at Bemidji’s Hampton Inn.

{ continued on next page } www.BemidjiState.edu | 13 OUR MISSION: We create an innovative, interdisciplinary and highly Board of Trustees Approves accessible learning environment committed to student Mission & Vision success and a sustainable future for our communities, state and planet. Through the transformative power of On Nov. 14, the Minnesota State Board of Trustees the liberal arts, education in the professions, and robust accepted a recommendation from Chancellor engagement of our students, we instill and promote Malhotra and the system’s Academic and Student service to others, preservation of the Earth, and respect and appreciation for the diverse Aff airs Committee to approve Bemidji State’s mission peoples of our region and world. and vision statements. The statements were developed in 2013-14 during a strategic planning process led by President Emeritus Richard Hanson. At that time, broad campus feedback on the mission and vision statements was gathered from faculty, staff and students, as well as a variety of university constituents including the Greater Bemidji Board of Directors, area educators and community members. OUR VISION: In 2017, the mission and vision were reviewed as part of President Hensrud's We educate people strategic planning initiative and found to ﬁ t the needs of the institution. They were to lead inspired lives. presented to campus bargaining units for further review in August and September of 2018 after a Higher Learning Commission accreditation team determined the statements had not been presented to the board for approval. NEWS

Celebrating Milestones in Student BSU Receives $200,000 Bush Leadership and Sustainability Foundation Grant to Explore Race As part of “A Bemidij State Century,” a year-long celebration to Relations in Bemidji commemorate the university's 100th anniversary, both the Hobson Dr. Vivian Memorial Union and the Sustainability Offi ce are celebrating Delgado, assistant signifi cant birthday milestones this year. professor of The Hobson Memorial Union, which opened in indigenous 1969, celebrated its 50th birthday with a studies, is “Then & Now” panel during Homecoming week beginning a that explored student leadership through three-year project YEARS the decades. The conversation featured to examine race relations in the BSU four alumni panelists who served in key Dr. Vivian Delgado student leadership positions during Bemidji region their undergraduate years at BSU. They with support from a $200,000 Bush shared their experiences as students Foundation grant. and discussed trends in student-related Bemidji counts Minnesota’s three issues on campus that have developed largest native nations — the Red Lake 1968-2018 over time. The panelists were: Band of Chippewa, the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe and the White Earth • Jim Frazee ’75, former member of the Hobson Memorial Nation — among its neighbors, and Union board and retired from Prudential Financial; U.S. Census Bureau data shows that more than 21 percent of Beltrami • Brent Glass ’97, former Student Senate president and current County’s 46,500 residents — and 12 vice chancellor for student aff airs at Minnesota State; percent of Bemidji’s 15,000 residents • Dr. John Gonzalez ’99, former president of the Council — identify as American Indian. of Indian Students and current professor of psychology at Delgado says while American Indians Bemidji State; and make up a signifi cant portion of the • Jenna Long ’15, former Student Senate president and current Bemidji region’s population, they adviser and student relations coordinator at Minnesota State are disproportionately represented University, Moorhead. when examining factors such as poverty and suicide. To address those The Sustainability Offi ce also celebrated its 10th birthday this year, disparities, Delgado is assembling and the 10th birthday of the university's innovative student-mandated an eight-person Gwekendam Team, “Green Fee.” Under the direction of Erika Bailey-Johnson, the named for an Ojibwe word meaning offi ce's fi rst and only director, BSU's Sustainability Offi ce has grown “changing mind,” to explore structural beyond the initial vision of a campus-based education and project oppression, institutional racism and management organization to become a local and regional leader in systemic gaps in opportunity and all aspects of sustainability and wellness. The Sustainability Offi ce access — not only among American manages BSU's “Green Fee,” a $7.50-per-semester student fee that Indian people but all people of color in helps fi nance sustainability-related projects and initiatives on campus. the Bemidji area.

14 | BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY Diane Aldis, an adjunct instructor in BSU FACULTY the Department of Professional Education, received the Minnesota ACHIEVEMENT Society of Health and Physical Educators Dr. Brian Hiller, associate professor of biology, Dr. Debra Peterson, (SHAPE) Honor Award hosted and organized Minnesota's 2018 assistant to the for Dance at the Purple Martin Fest and Nature Expo, held president for association's annual June 30 in Bemidji. He and members of affi rmative action conference held Nov. BSU's student chapter of the Wildlife Society & accreditation 8-9 in Wayzata. The award recognized reviewed purple martins and his team’s (interim), was Aldis for her outstanding services and research into their habitat and migration awarded the 2017- contributions in the promotion of dance. patterns. Festival participants also were able 2018 Minnesota to view newly banded baby martins in their State Colleges Erika Bailey-Johnson, Sustainability Offi ce nesting boxes on Lake Bemidji's western and Universities director, was a featured presenter at the shores. Academic and . second annual TEDx Bemidji series Oct. Student Aff airs Award for Distinguished 18 at downtown Bemidji's historic Chief Dr. Dwight Jilek, assistant professor of music Diversity Leadership in October. The Theater. Bailey-Johnson opened the series and director of choral programs, was named award celebrates senior college and with a presentation entitled “The Lens artistic director of the Minneapolis/St. Paul- university leaders in the Minnesota State Through Which We Understand Our based choral ensemble Magnum Chorum system for exemplary achievements, Relationship with Mother Earth.” She was in May. Magnum Chorum, founded in 1991, contributions to inclusive excellence and one of eight presenters who spoke to is the Choir in Residence at Westwood institutional transformation. Honorees the event's theme of momentum. Bailey- Lutheran Church in St. Louis Park. In addition exhibit an unwavering commitment to Johnson's presentation is available online at to concerts and commissions, the choir equity, inclusion, and incorporating tedxbemidji.com. and its 60 members reach out to people in these values and principles into their prison to off er messages of hope and faith day-to-day work. Dr. Anna Carlson, through music. assistant professor Dr. Carol Ann of environmental, Charles MacLean, assistant professor of Russell, professor Earth & space criminal justice, was appointed by the of English, received studies, provided Minnesota Supreme Court to a three-year a 2018 artist the introduction and term on the state’s Board of Continuing fellowship from welcome message for Legal Education which began on July 1. The the Region 2 Arts the second community 13-person board has supervisory authority Council. The council information session over rules governing Minnesota’s continuing awards fellowships of Solar United education and professional development to dedicated artists Neighbors Aug. 17 requirements for practicing attorneys. who have created in Bemidji. Almost two dozen people It administers continuing education a substantial attended to learn more about Bemidji's requirements by accrediting courses that independent body of work, have received forthcoming solar energy co-op project. may be taken for credit and removes recognition for their work, and whose work attorneys from active status who do not has been selected for solo exhibitions, Dr. Angela Fournier, professor of psychology, comply with these requirements. commissions, presentations, readings presented at the 27th annual conference of or performances. Russell received the the International Society for Anthrozoology, Dr. Nicky Michael, fellowship in recognition of her lifetime of held July 2-5 in Sydney, Australia. She and assistant professor of achievements in poetry. It also will provide co-presenters from Bemidji's Eagle Vista indigenous studies, fi nancial support for her forthcoming fi fth Ranch and Wellness Center — owner and was re-elected in volume of poetry, which will include a BSU alumna Liz Letson and equine specialist November to a second selection of her existing work alongside Jen Laitala — presented two posters and a four-year term on new poetry. symposium on research into animal-assisted the Tribal Council of psychotherapy. The presentations explored the Delaware Tribe Dr. Misty Wilkie, the collaboration between BSU and the of Indians. The Tribal associate professor of ranch to support Fournier's research into the Council makes key nursing and director use of horses in psychotherapy. decision for the tribe, of BSU's Niganawen- which is headquartered in Bartlesville, Okla., imaanaanig Program Scott Guidry, assistant and Caney, Kan. Michael also serves as the — named for an Ojib- professor of music and Education Chair of the tribe's Trust Board, a we word meaning “we director of bands, and position she has held since 2013. take care of them” — Ryan Webber, adjunct was inducted into the instructor of music, Dr. Marci Maple, associate professor of Fellows of American conducted the Bemidji nursing, was named to the national planning Academy of Nursing Area Community Band committee for the King International Nursing in Washington D.C. in November. Fellow- for its 2018 summer Group's November 2019 conference, ships recognize signifi cant contributions concert series. Webber, “Nursing Theories: Moving Forward Through to the nursing profession and carry a who teaches trombone Collaboration, Application and Innovation,” responsibility to contribute time and eff ort and low brass at BSU, in Washington, D.C. She will serve as the in support of health care leaders looking to directed the series' fi rst two concerts, with Society for the Advancement of Modeling & enhance the quality of health and nursing Guidry directing the fi nal two. Role Modeling nurse theorist representative. in the United States.

www.BemidjiState.edu | 15 Dr. Andy Hafs Associate Professor of Biology A LITTLE HELP FROM OUR Research team helps Minnesota DNR answer difﬁ cult questions about Minnesota's environment

By Andy Bartlett

When the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) “The graduate program was essential for me,” Hafs said. “I knew I needs answers to diffi cult questions about northern Minnesota’s could do well and have fun with the undergraduate courses. They lakes, rivers, and wetlands or the animals that inhabit them, the fi t my core in fi sh research, fi sheries management and inland phone rings in Dr. Andy Hafs’ offi ce. waters. The opportunity to build a graduate research program, and In his fi ve years at Bemidji State University, Hafs has mentored a with 500 lakes within 50 miles of campus, made this a no-brainer.” growing cadre of graduate-student researchers which has become Almost immediately after arriving in Bemidji in 2013, Hafs a valuable resource to the DNR as it seeks to gain a greater connected with Tony Kennedy, a large-lake specialist with the understanding of the complicated relationships between animals DNR's Bemidji-area fi sheries staff . The two immediately forged a and their environments. friendship, with Hafs volunteering his time to support Kennedy’s Currently, Hafs and his graduate students are working on a total of fi eld activities on Cass and Red lakes — including day-to-day tasks six projects with the DNR, including two that began this fall. such as helping maintain gill nets. “A graduate student with my guidance can put a lot of time and “He wasn’t afraid to get his hands dirty,” Kennedy said. thought into some of these things that the DNR doesn’t have time This friendship led to conversations about ways Hafs and his to do,” Hafs said. students could support the DNR's need for more scientifi c Hafs said he was drawn to Bemidji from the University of Califor- research to guide their management decisions. nia–Santa Barbara — where he did his post-doctoral work studying “We got to know each other pretty well, and within two or three chinook salmon near Yosemite National Park — by the opportunity months of me being here Tony came up with an idea,” Hafs said. to build a research team. The pair hatched a project to study the impact of American White

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Pelicans on the Tamarac River walleye “Our collaboration with the DNR grows BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, populations in Minnesota’s Red Lake. every year,” Hafs said. “We’ve grown from BIOLOGY & LIMNOLOGY Kennedy and the DNR questioned whether just working with Bemidji to doing some University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point the number of walleye being consumed by work in Walker and with DNR administra- the pelicans might have an adverse impact tion. There are more projects than we could MASTER’S DEGREE on the lake’s fi sh population. Given the possibly do at this point. I think fairly shortly Arkansas Tech University importance of walleye to Red Lake from we’ll be working on about 10 projects.” both cultural and economic Given the volume of DOCTORATE perspectives, the DNR potential work, Hafs says West Virginia University wondered if it may need to “The biggest thing I he evaluates projects RESEARCH HISTORY consider controlling the based on his scientifi c researchgate.net/profi le/Andrew_Hafs pelican population. appreciate about Andy interest in the question “They ate a lot of fi sh — like and the BSU program being asked, the funding 50,000 pounds in three available for the project HAFS RESEARCH TEAM weeks,” Kennedy said. is that they have a real and whether his students ACTIVE PROJECTS can successfully address Hafs said the management STEVE HAUSCHILDT — Spatial and temporal aspect of the project — the interest in doing science the problem with their variability in post-larval Yellow Perch density — potential to determine that can be applied to available resources. Started Jan. 2016 whether birds needed to be “If the DNR says ‘we really KATTI RENIK — Improving native brook trout stream habitat through beaver management — removed from the need this,’ I’m going to do improve management” Started Aug. 2016 ecosystem — particularly it,” he said. “That’s how – TONY KENNEDY, HEATHER MARJAMAA — OTC based excited him. I’ve been running my MINNESOTA DNR assessment of Walleye stocking in Cass Lake “It was just a really cool research lab — if there’s a Chain — Started Jan. 2017 study to get started with,” he said. topic out there related to CODY COYLE — Leech Lake, Minn. fi sh water biology, I’ll try to help them answer it population dynamics — Started August 2018 Hafs and BSU graduate student Jake with the resources we have.” TYLER ORGON — Mercury and walleye in the Graham counted the number of birds using Red Lakes, Minn. — Started August 2018 Kennedy says the DNR particularly values the river, which varied greatly from JOSEPH AMUNDSON — OTC based assessment the applied research approach Hafs and year-to-year from a few hundred to more of Walleye stocking in Cass Lake Chain Part 2 than 1,500, and determined the number of his team take, which has led to practical, — Starting January 2019 fi sh those pelicans were harvesting. real-world implications on the DNR’s KAMDEN GLADE — Quantifi cation and management decisions. comparison of Muskellunge and other Even with the seemingly large number of piscivore diets — Starting January 2019 fi sh being eaten by the pelicans, the study “The biggest thing I appreciate about Andy and the BSU program is that they have a KATTI RENIK, who will earn her master’s degree showed their impact on the total number of in biology this May, is nearing completion walleye in the lake was negligible. The real interest in doing science that can be of what promises to be a landmark study on relationship was simply a normal occur- applied to improve management,” the relationship between beavers and brook rence in the ecosystem. Kennedy said. “Pure research doesn’t trout along Minnesota’s North Shore as part necessarily help us make wildlife fi shing of Hafs’s research team. She was featured as “The birds would have needed to increase a Student to Watch in the Fall/Winter 2017 better. Working with someone who also their numbers by an order or two of issue of Bemidji State University magazine, has an interest in improving fi sh manage- the study was featured on an episode of magnitude to have an impact on the natural ment supports the interests of the DNR.” “Prairie Sportsman” which aired in March mortality rate,” Hafs said. “We were glad to 2018, and she recently published a story on her fi nd that harvesting the birds shouldn’t have work in DUN Magazine, a quarterly lifestyle to happen. It was a really cool fi nding.” publication for women fl y anglers. Kennedy said the partnership with Hafs was the only way the DNR would have been able to complete the study and answer a question that it needed to have answered. “There’s just no way that me or anybody else at the DNR would’ve had the time to be able to do an investigation like that,” he said. “So that’s when you pull in the university.” For Hafs, the project kickstarted what has become an extensive relationship not only illustration with Kennedy and the Bemidji DNR, but with © Joseph R. Tomelleri other DNR offi ces in the region.

wwwwww.BemidjiState.eduw.Bemim djjiSi taattee.edud | 1717 Dan Billett of Highlands Ranch, Colo., left home in seventh grade to spend a year with his grandfather in Detroit where he could play hockey with better teams. “That was tough,” he admitted, to be so far from home. But his grandfather, who never tired of watching him play, was always supportive. Billett went on to compete at Indiana’s Culver Military Academy and then for the North American Hockey League’s Aberdeen Wings before landing at Bemidji State University. Now a senior, the 6’1” defenseman helped lead the BSU men’s hockey team to a 2016-2017 regular-season conference championship — BSU’s fi rst WCHA McNaughton Cup. He was twice named a LAMIJA BRADARIC WCHA Scholar-Athlete and last year earned a spot on the WCHA All-Aca- demic Team. His grandfather remains his Lamija Bradaric believes she can be a that I could be so creative with a piece biggest fan. voice of diversity in Minnesota, a place of paper and pen. It was a way for me Billett will graduate in May with a that became her home in 2000 after her to be myself.” bachelor's degree in business administra- family fl ed war-torn Bosnia. She was just 2 As a refugee, Bradaric said she tion with an emphasis in management years old but grew up listening to the sometimes found it diffi cult to and marketing and a minor in manage- stories of her parents’ fl ight to safety, relate to the teenage angst of her ment information systems. Although he fi rst to a refugee camp in Germany and high school peers. would love to play pro hockey, he said then to Minnesota. Bemidji State’s business administration “I felt so diff erent from them,” she program has given him a backup plan. “They came to America with just a said. “I would do everything to make suitcase and $200,” Bradaric said. “They the most of every opportunity. I never “I wanted to pick a major that would leave didn’t understand the American culture wanted to disappoint my parents.” me with a lot of career options,” he said. but wanted to give me, my brother and “Business doesn’t limit you. In my junior With her writing, she hopes to give sister a better opportunity. I am just so year, I picked up marketing and I loved it voice to the value of workplace grateful for everything they did.” diversity and the unique stories and Bradaric, a 2017 graduate of Anoka High experiences of all people. School, will complete a degree in DAN BILLETT “We are all human, all the same on the marketing communications from Bemidji inside, wanting to be heard, appreci- State University in May. She earned an ated and to work toward what we associate degree from Anoka-Ramsey love,” she said. Community College and transferred to the BSU extended learning program. Her At Bemidji State, Bradaric has found a courses are off ered online, which allows mentor in Dr. Valica Boudry, professor her to stay close to her family, her of integrated media. husband and her job in the Twin Cities. “Lamija embraces diversity at a deep Her fi rst visit to campus will be for level,” Boudry said. “She will bring commencement. enthusiasm to promoting it at her Bradaric works as a human resource future workplace.” specialist with the Target Corporation and Bradaric is grateful for Boudry’s completed an internship with Xcel Energy support and Bemidji State’s distance over the summer. Once she completes her learning program. degree, she hopes to transition to a “When you have obligations in life, an position in public relations or communica- online degree provides opportunities,” tions, so she can use her writing skills. she said. “I knew right away that “Since I was a little girl, I loved writing,” Bemidji State fi t what I wanted to do she said. “I would write poetry and loved and who I am.”

1818 | BEMIDJIBEMIDJI STSTATEATTE UUNIVERSITYNIVVERSITY right away. It’s not what I expected. You think advertising and selling, but there’s a lot more that goes into it.” Last spring, Billett gained valuable experience through BSU Marketing Assistance & Research Solutions (MARS) working with a corporate client looking to expand into the Bemidji area. He led demographic research and presented his fi ndings to project leaders. He also interned with the Minnesota State Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence where he managed multiple social media accounts. “What I love is the creative problem solving, the analytical part of it,” he said. Billett appreciates the support of his BSU professors, especially Dr. Kelly La Venture who supervised his MARS work and his CHELSEY JOURDAIN adviser, Dr. Angie Kovarik. “Dan is very driven, motivated,” Kovarik said. “Other students like when Dan is on Chelsey Jourdain grew up across the She is president of the BSU Council of their team. He is always professional.” street from the Bemidji State University Indian Students. In November, she was At Bemidji State, Billet also discovered a campus in a house purchased by her awarded the Minnesota Indian Education passion for bass fi shing and fi shes great-grandfather, Roger Jourdain, who Association College Scholarship and whenever he can. He loves ice fi shing, hoped that his grandchildren would named the association’s Outstanding too. But for now, he has his eye on the attend the university. American Indian Post-Secondary Student puck in pursuit of a strong fi nish in his The man Jourdain considered her of the Year. She also serves on a higher fi nal Beaver season. grandfather spent more than 30 years learning committee charged with crafting BSU’s cultural and diversity statement. “I’ve learned so much from hockey, how to as the chair of the Red Lake Nation, a work as a team, how to deal with adver- lifetime of service she didn’t fully “Chelsey is community driven,” said Bill sity,” he said. “That’s stuff you can’t teach, appreciate until after his passing in Blackwell Jr. director of the BSU American and I wouldn’t trade it for anything.” 2002. She was a seventh grader at Indian Resource Center. “She wants to be the time. an educator to give back to the commu- “My grandfather lived upstairs,” nity. The foundation of her leadership is Jourdain said. “He wasn’t the chairman clear in her family. I know if her grandfa- T to me and my siblings — he was the old ther were here, he would be extremely guy upstairs. He always liked his coff ee, proud of the person she is.” gum, Milky Ways and his newspapers: Her own children, especially Talon, who the Star Tribune, the Pioneer Press.” started kindergarten this year, inspire her While her grandfather had only an to want the best for all children. eighth-grade education, he never “I want to make them feel important in stopped learning. their community,” she said. “He had a pretty strong voice and that Jourdain enjoys the opportunities Bemidji has stayed with me,” she said. State has provided. She plans to pursue a Jourdain is now a junior at BSU and is master’s degree and eventually a doctor- working toward an elementary educa- ate. The foundation of her classroom, she tion degree. She aspires for a future said, will be the Anishinaabe Teachings of teaching on the Red Lake reservation the Seven Grandfathers, which focus on and serving the people and the place moral and ethical values. where her grandfather devoted his life. She believes those teachings are worth She balances her studies with family life. handing down to a new generation. She and her partner, fellow BSU student “It’s important to keep this family Brian Hawkins, have two children, Talon, tradition going, of being role models to 5, and Lily, 9 months in December. others,” she said.

www.BemidjiState.eduwwww.BemmidjiSttate.edu | 19 Stories by Cindy Serratore Historic season includes ﬁ rst NCAA win By Brad Folkestad

The Bemidji State University soccer team Division I opponent with a 1-0 road win BSU’s team success brought with it got a taste of success and recognition in at the University of North Dakota. That plenty of individual recognition. Stone 2017. But in the competitive environment landmark win turned heads and helped was named NSIC Coach of the Year, of collegiate athletics, a taste is never develop a quiet confi dence among those Anna Fobbe set a school record with 10 enough — it only serves to motivate. inside the 2018 Beaver Soccer circle. shutouts en route to NSIC Goalkeeper Back-to-back losses to Augustana — in Stone’s squad built on that early success, of the Year laurels, and Rachel Norton the NSIC Tournament and by late October had assembled a repeated as NSIC Off ensive Player of semifi nals and in 15-match winning streak. A scoreless the Year after setting BSU single-season the fi rst round of the road draw against 2017 nemesis records with 20 goals and 49 total points. NCAA Tournament Augustana snapped that streak, but Norton — who also earned a pair of All- — ended a 2017 the team refused America honors and was named Google season that was, at to falter. A 1-0 “Once you experience something like the NCAA the time, the most win at Northern successful in the 23- State a week later Tournament, you want to experience it again.” year history of helped the Beavers Beaver Soccer. fi nish as one of a – HEAD COACH JIM STONE With that fi nish small handful of NCAA Division II teams to complete an Cloud Academic All-America of the fresh in their minds, Year — also surpassed Ashlee Ellefsen the 2018 Beavers unbeaten regular season — 17-0-1 overall and 14-0-1 in NSIC play. It also secured (2007-2010) and became BSU’s all-time took little time to scoring leader with 104 career points. celebrate. Instead, the program’s fi rst-ever NSIC regular- season conference championship. There is no doubt that the last two Jim Stone has led Beaver Soccer under the guidance seasons — which have seen the to 185 wins in his 17 seasons as of 17th-year head The Beavers, who were among the Beavers come away with 33 victories the program's head coach. coach Jim Stone, nation’s Top 20 teams from wire-to-wire they worked hard to and were ranked as high as third, earned against only two losses in 41 contests improve in the off -season with a united the right to host the fi rst two rounds of — have signaled that something special vision of more. the 2018 NCAA Tournament in spite of is happening on the soccer pitch in an early NSIC Tournament exit. Bemidji. While 2018’s success may be “Once you experience something like hard to replicate, and the program's the NCAA Tournament, you want to In their NCAA opener, BSU battled three departing seniors even harder to experience it again,” Stone said of his bitter cold and snowy conditions at Chet replace, expectations have never been team. “We wanted to make sure it wasn’t Anderson Stadium to earn a 3-1 win over higher. Stone's group of 10 incoming a one-time thing.” Minot State — the program’s fi rst-ever recruits will ensure the 2019 edition The Beavers opened their 2018 campaign NCAA Tournament victory — before of Beaver Soccer will do its part to with a 1-0 victory over Oklahoma falling to defending national champion continue the program’s recent success Baptist and would later topple an NCAA University of Central Missouri, 2-0. while looking to make their own history.

20 | BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY FOLLOW BSU SPORTS @ bsubeavers.comb BSU SPORTS Hockey Day Minnesota Beaver Hockey is at the center of the Minnesota Wild’s 13th Annual Hockey Day Minnesota, presented by Wells Fargo. The three-day celebration of Minnesota’s game, Jan. 17-19 on the south shore of Lake Bemidji, is televised by FOX Sports North and includes games featuring both the BSU men’s and women’s hockey programs. On Jan. 18, the men’s team takes on Michigan Tech — the ﬁ rst collegiate men’s game to be a part of the Hockey Day event — and the women’s team faces off against Minnesota State Mankato on Jan. 19. The BSU men’s program played outdoors for several years before the John S. Glas Fieldhouse opened in 1967, and the women played in a 2010 outdoor game in front of 8,200 fans at Wisconsin’s Camp Randall Stadium. Proceeds of the event will beneﬁ t the Bemidji Youth Hockey Association and the expansion of outdoor hockey facilities in Bemidji.

USA Hockey Taps DeGeorge For Pair of Talent Evaluation Camps Henning Selected to Prestigious 2018 Clair DeGeorge, a Allstate AFCA Good Works Team® sophomore forward Junior quarterback Jared Henning of Mental Health from Anchorage, Jackson, Wis., was one of 22 members Awareness/Sexual Alaska, made numerous of the 2018 Allstate American Football Violence Prevention appearances at USA Coaches Association Good Works Team®. presentations and Hockey events this fall. The Good Works Team®, announced established the In August, she scored a in September. The award recognizes Beaver Fever Fridays goal as a member of the Clair DeGeorge Henning’s outstanding service to the elementary-school U.S. Under-22 Women’s Bemidji community. reading initiative. Select Team that swept Canada in three Jared Henning games. She also attended the 2018 U.S. A member of BSU’s Student-Athlete Henning and the Women’s National Team Evaluation Camp, Advisory Committee since his freshman other Good Works Team honorees will Sept. 13–17, and the 2018 USA Hockey year and the group’s president since participate in a community service project Women’s Winter Camp, Dec. 17-21, in 2017, Henning has helped that group in New Orleans prior to the 2018 Allstate Plymouth, Mich., along with 22 former raise more than $2,000 for the Make- Sugar Bowl. They also will receive special Olympians. a-Wish Foundation, has coordinated recognition at halftime of the game. The camps are helping DeGeorge and other USA Hockey skaters prepare for upcoming international play, including the 2019 IIHF World Championship, May Fobbe and Phillips Olszewski's Career Endsds With 10–26 in Slovakia. Win NSIC's Sanford All-America Honors 31 Beavers Make NSIC's Fall Scholarship Senior defensive back Gunner OlOlszewskiszewski, Academic Honor Roll Anna Fobbe and Brooke from Alvin, Texas, ended his collegelege career Phillips were selected as as one of the most-decorated playersayers in A total of 31 student-athletes were recipients of the NSIC’s the history of Beaver Football. HHee wwasas recognized for their eff orts in the fi fth annual Butch Raymond Anna Fobbe named to the Division II All-Americaerica First classroom as part of the 2018 Fall Scholarship. Team by the American Football Coaches Academic All-NSIC Team. Association — the second Beaverer toto Student-athletes eligible be honored by the organization — and Eligible student-athletes must maintain for the scholarship have a grade point average of 3.20 or better, the Associated Press Division II AllAll-- reached senior academic America Team. be a member of a varsity traveling team standing in 2018-19, have and have reached sophomore athletic and a GPA of 3.20 or higher, He also was named to the academic standing at their institution with participate in intercollegiate All-Super Region 4 Team by the one full year completed at that campus. Division II Conference Commissioner’ssioner’s athletics and plan to work or Brooke Phillips Beaver Soccer led the way with 15 attend graduate school in a Association and was honored ass 2018 honorees, followed by football and health-related fi eld. NSIC Defensive Player of the Yearar by the league’s coaches — who alsoo tabbtabbeded volleyball with six each. Fobbe, a Beaver Soccer goalkeeper from Four cross-country him to the all-league fi rst team aass bbothoth a St. Paul, is an exercise science major who defensive back and special-teamsms plaplayer.yer. runners also made plans a future career in physical therapy, the list. while Phillips, an infi elder for the softball Olszewski had three interceptionsns as a team, is a biology major from Iola, Wis. In senior and fi nished his career withith 13 all, $240,000 in Sanford Health-sponsored — second-most in BSU history. He aalsolso scholarships will be divided amongst the established BSU’s career record witwithh 183 NSIC's 32 total recipients this year. solo tackles.

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A unique new course at Bemidji State Romer says that while the course started The course stemmed from conversations University is allowing students to merge as a hands-on way to explore traditional between Romer, Dr. Jim Barta, dean of the music, Native American culture and music, students — which include BSU College of Arts, Education and technology through an in-depth faculty and staff and community members Humanities, and Ann Humphrey, assistant exploration of traditional native fl utes. eager to learn new skills — are instead director of the American Indian Resource The class, led by adjunct instructor and using the experience to build bridges with Center, about ways academic musician Jon Romer, teaches students each other. programming could help intertwine Native how to play a fl ute, or “bibigwan,” “The idea for the class started with the American culture into BSU's everyday life. while weaving in elements of Native fl ute — and the fl ute grew legs,” Romer Humphrey says music — and by extension American culture and Ojibwe language, said. “The class has become about so the fl ute — is an ideal vehicle to achieve art and history. much more than music.” this goal.

24 | BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY John Romer (right) leads a session of BSU's new, unique Native American ﬂ ute class at the American Indian Resource Center.

“People can connect with music no matter what,” she Traditionally, blocks are carved into songbirds to said. “It's the universal language that brings us all symbolize the beauty of the music they create. However, together. It's easy to relate to — between cultures, BSU students chose a variety of diff erent blocks ranging between people. Music meets us where we are.” from traditional to symbolic — including birds, beavers In addition to learning to play the fl ute, students are and sentimental infi nity symbols. manufacturing their own instruments under the guidance The variety of symbols was representative of the diff erent of BSU's School of Technology, Art and Design (TAD). ways students are choosing to bring music and elements TAD School students David Harris and Riley Pettit, along of Native American culture into their lives as a result of with Assistant Professor David Towley, helped the class the course. Sawyer, for example, took a personal build fl utes from a solid block of wood. Students hollowed approach and composed a ballad inspired by trees visible out the barrel, shaped the fl ute's sides through the window of his room. and mouthpiece and applied fi nishes and ornaments to create a fi nished “ People can connect with music no matter what, It's product of their own. Shyron Sawyer, a junior indigenous the universal language that brings us all together.” studies major from Barnum, said while — ANN HUMPHREY the fl utes were built using modern technology, they remain true to traditional construction guidelines. “I wrote a song by following the tops of the trees,” he said. “I looked out a window in my dorm and followed the line “In traditional Native American fl ute making, you use of the treetops. When the treetops went up, I went up a your body to measure each part of the fl ute,” he said. “For note. When the treetops went down, I went down a note. example, the fl ute should be as long as your arm with It lets me listen to the trees. For me, I believe music each one of your fi ngers fi tting on the wood between comes from your blood memory, your soul. It is so each of the fi nger holes.” powerful. You don't know where it's coming from, but it's After creating their fl utes, students worked to just coming.” personalize them with decorative designs and a unique Romer hopes each of his students will gain that same block or totem. This block, which helps create a fl ute's ability to see the harmonies in all things and have an sound by moving air into its sound chamber, is tied to the increased knowledge of Native American traditions that fl ute's head with a strap and infl uences each fl ute's have withstood the centuries. unique sound. “That's my goal — to open to the door of culture and “The fl utes are alive,” Barta said. “Each fl ute is created a music a little wider for everyone.” bit diff erently and sings a little bit diff erently. The blessing of the fi rst sound is really exciting. After we make them, we wonder what they will sound like when we put that fi rst breath into them. It's priceless."

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 Members of the Bemidji Area Alumni Chapter.  Homecoming King and Queen Garrett Ober and Autumn Huju.  President Faith Hensrud in the Homecoming Parade.  Tailgating before the Homecoming football game.  2018 BSU Distinguished Alumni at halftime.  LAB/TKE members at the All-Greek Reunion.  Family of C.V. Hobson after the 50th Anniversary of the Hobson Memorial Union celebration.  Hobson Memorial Union leadership panel.  Jumping for joy after the Beavers’ 25-21 victory over Sioux Falls.  Carl O. Thompson Memorial Concert.

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 250 gathered for the 2018 BSU Honors Gala at the Sanford Center.  L-R: BSU Foundation Executive Director Josh Christianson, Ken Traxler, BSU President Faith Hensrud.  Current and past alumni award recipients.  L-R: Rich Kehoe, Merideth Kehoe ’72, President Faith Hensrud, BSU Foundation Executive Director Josh Christianson.  L-R: BSU President Faith Hensrud, Frederick Baker ’61, BSU Foundation Executive Director Josh Christianson.  Dr. Brenda Child ’81 – Professional Education Award.  Wayne Thorson - Honorary Alumni Award.  Dr. Nick Phelps ’05 – Young Alumni Award.  Tom Heaviland ’80 – Outstanding Alumni Award.  Patrick Pelstring ’76 – Outstanding Alumni Award.

www.BemidjiState.edu | 27 Arizona Events on March 9 will feature golf, lunch and socials Join BSU President Faith Hensrud, university staff , alumnini and friends on March 9 for the Alumni & Foundation’s annual Arizona events in Mesa.

A March 9 golf outing at Mesa's Superstition Springs Golf Club begins with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start. A luncheon will follow at approximately 1 p.m. Register by Feb. 22 for the golf and lunch event at www.bsualumni.org/arizona2019 Later, an alumni social and Beaver Hockey viewing party will be held at R.T. O’Sullivan’s Bar & Grill in Mesa. The social begins at 5 p.m. and the game begins at 6:07 p.m. No registration is required. For information, call (218) 755-3989 or email [email protected]

“Back To Bemidj State” Alumni Relative Scholarship Deadline is Feb. 1 Day of Giving Planned First-year, returning for April 4 and transfer students On April 4, Bemidji State University is rolling out its inaugural who are relatives of day of giving, “Back to Bemidji State." The 24-hour, $100,000 contributing alumni campaign will reach out to alumni, faculty and friends of the may apply for an university to pledge their support for Bemidji State’s Lakeside Alumni Relative Fund, which provides scholarship support to students and Scholarship for the 2019-2020 school year. funding for presidential priorities on campus. The program provides a limited number of $1,000 scholarships The campaign aims to celebrate achievements of alumni over to attending students with relatives who have contributed $50 BSU’s history with a $100,000 fundraising goal for BSU’s 100- or more to the university by Feb. 1. The scholarships are made year anniversary. Alumni are encouraged to keep a close eye on possible by donor contributions to BSU's Lakeside Fund. Bemidji State's websites and social media accounts for more Apply at www.bsualumni.org/AlumniRelativeScholarship or information as April 4 draws near. call the alumni offi ce at (218) 755-2762. Alumni & Foundation Board of Outstanding Alumni Recognized Directors Elects New Offi cers at 2018 Honors Gala The BSU Alumni & Foundation Board of More than 250 people gathered in THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY Directors elected new offi cers at its Oct. 5 ALUMNI & FOUNDATION Bemidji’s Sanford Center Ballroom on WELCOMES YOU annual meeting in Bemidji. Oct. 5 to honor Bemidji State’s 2018 HONORS Newly elected offi cers are: president, Tom alumni award recipients. 2018 Tom Anderson Anderson ’70, CEO, Integrated Retirement; The event honored ﬁ ve BSU alumni president-elect and planning and development committee who have become leaders in their chair, Cynthia Cashman ’85, executive director, Minnesota State respective ﬁ elds and recognized AN EVENING HONORING SPECIAL ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY Fair Foundation; treasurer, Tiff any Baer Paine, president/CEO, new giving society members, which OCTOBER 5 • SANFORD CENTER, 1111 EVENT CENTER DRIVE NE, BEMIDJI Security Bank USA; executive committee member at-large, Elise are based on total lifetime giving or

CENT Durban ’01, transit-oriented development program manager, planned gifts. E N NIA L CELE B R AT I O N Hennepin County. Bemidji State thanks this year’s event Peggy Ingison ‘74 is the outgoing president. The board elected sponsors — Sanford Health, Paul Bunyan Communications Doug Fredrickson ’10, vice president of strategic initiatives, and the Joseph & Janice Leuken Family Foundation — for their Blattner Energy, as a new member. partnership and support.

28 | BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY MAKE SURE THE BSU ALUMNI OFFICE HAS YOUR LATEST CONTACT INFORMATION Alumni who have changed jobs or their names and those who have multiple or seasonal addresses are asked to update their contact information by visiting bsualumni.org or calling (218) 755-3989 so you can stay up-to-date on news and events.

AthleticA Hall of Fame WeekendW Events ScheduledS for February Child Phelps Heaviland Pelstring Thorson A full slate of events is planned for Beaver Athletics’ aannual Athletic Hall of Fame Weekend, Feb. 15-16. RRegistration is required for Saturday’s Athletic Hall oof Fame Brunch and Induction Ceremony. Register oonline at bsualumni.org/events/2019ahof.

R. Kehoe M. Kehoe Traxler Baker FRIDAY, FEB. 15 2018 BSU Honors Gala Alumni Award Recipients 11:30 a.m. Beaver Pride Luncheon, Walnut Hall Upper Deck PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION HALL OF FAME: 1:30 p.m. Frederick P. Baker Training Facility Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, Dr. Brenda Child ‘81 John S. Glas Fieldhouse YOUNG ALUMNI AWARD: 4:30 p.m. Alumni Athlete & Coaches Social, Gillett Wellness Center Rm 240 Dr. Nicholas Phelps ‘05 5:30 p.m. Women’s Basketball vs. University of Mary, BSU Gymnasium OUTSTANDING ALUMNI AWARDS: 7:07 p.m. Men’s Hockey vs. Northern Michigan, Sanford Center Tom Heaviland ’80 and Patrick Pelstring ’76 7:30 p.m. Men’s Basketball vs. University of Mary, BSU Gymnasium HONORARY ALUMNI AWARD: Wayne Thorson SATURDAY, FEB. 16 BUILDER’S SOCIETY — Rich & Merideth Kehoe ’72 10 a.m. Athletic Hall of Fame Brunch & Induction Ceremony, BUILDER’S SOCIETY — Ken Traxler Beaux Arts Ballroom, upper Hobson Memorial Union CHANCELLOR’S SOCIETY — Fred Baker ‘61 3:30 p.m. Women’s Basketball vs. Minot State University, BSU Gymnasium Deadline for Alumni Award 5:30 p.m. Men’s Basketball vs. Minot State University, BSU Gymnasium Nominations Draws Near 7:07 p.m. Men’s Hockey vs Northern Michigan, Sanford Center Nominations are due March 1 for several upcoming award programs that recognize alumni for their outstanding This year’s Hall of Fame inductees include Denis “Denny” Lemieux ’72, contributions to Bemidji State University, their professions and men’s hockey; Len Rothlisberger ’72, men’s swimming; Rich Schwartz ’85, communities. football; Karen (Morrissey) Stellrecht ’97, women’s basketball; and Andrea The following are awarded each fall at Bemidji State's annual (Block) Zenner ’01, softball. Homecoming Honors Gala: Outstanding Alumni, Young Alumni, Other award recipients include Wynn Gmitroski ’79, Alumni Coach Professional Education Hall of Fame and Alumni Service Awards. Achievement Award; Dr. Muriel Gilman, BSU Coaches Hall of Fame; 1992 The 2019 gala will be held on Oct. 4 at Bemidji's Sanford Center. women’s cross-country ski team, BSU Athletics Team Inductee. Nomination forms are available at bsualumni.org.

Brainerd Area Alumni Event Brings Classmates Together The BSU Brainerd Lakes Alumni Chapter hosted a Nov. 15 game night at Shep’s on 6th in Brainerd. More than 25 alumni enjoyed the company of their fellow classmates while playing bingo, answering trivia and winning a variety of Bemidji State merchandise. All BSU alumni, friends and family are invited to a taco bar and Minnesota Wild viewing party event, scheduled for Feb. 21 at Poncho and Lefty’s in Baxter from 5–10 p.m. Stay informed about future chapter events by jjoining the BSU Brainerd Lakes Alumni Chapter Alumni & friends gather at Poncho and Lefty's in Brainerd for a group on Facebook. Minnesota Wild watch party on Feb. 21. www.BemidjiState.edu | 29 CLASS NOTES Towns are in Minnesota unless noted. Alumni names appear in bold. Send information to ‘16 Sam Weaver Jordan Carstensen joined [email protected] teaches elementary Pure Life Chiropractic physical education at or call toll free: (877) 278-2586. and Wellness Center Ogilvie Elementary in Glencoe. Hailing School. He and his from Grand Rapids, wife, Danielle, live in Carstensen earned his Mora. undergraduate degree Sam Weaver Jordan Carstensen ‘18 A.J. Biermaier teaches fourth grade Ashley Kiecker works in biology and a minor at Highland School in Crookston. Biermaier as an exhibit designer in chemistry before attending chiropractic graduated from Bemidji State with bachelor's for Chicago Exhibit school in Bloomington. Carstensen lives in degrees in elementary and middle school Productions Inc., a the Glencoe area with his fi ancee, Aubree. education. He lives in Crookston. tradeshow and event Amie Westberg is the Nick Shaske was exhibit production principal at Sebeka hired by Thief River company. Kiecker Public School. Westberg Falls-based Houston lives in Naperville, Ill. previously taught high Ashley Kiecker Engineering after school math in Park completing an ‘15 Jordan Fevold works as a realtor for Rapids for 13 years. internship with the Bill Hansen Realty, based in the Walker/ Westberg lives near fi rm in 2017. As a Longville area. He and his wife, Chelsea, Park Rapids with her Aimee Westberg survey technician, live in Walker. husband, Murray, and Shaske is responsible Nick Shaske their three children. Dan Rekuski recently for a variety of construction administration earned his CPA Brock Tesdahl won duties. He lives in Goodridge. designation from the the Bemidji Blue Ox Ben Wilander was accepted into St. Jude Minnesota Board Marathon in October Children’s Research Hospital’s Graduate of Accountancy. with an event-record School of Biomedical Sciences. Located The former honors time, his third win in in Memphis, Tenn., doctorate students student works as a four years. The former like Wilander collaborate with biomedical sales tax accountant BSU basketball player Dan Rekuski lives in Hopkins, where scientists to research treatments for pediatric for Medtronic in Brock Tesdahl cancer and childhood diseases. He lives in Fridley. He lives in Minnetonka. he teaches physical Memphis, Tenn. education and coaches varsity boys' Mandy (Edwards) Lindemann teaches third basketball and volleyball at Hopkins Cassie Larson joined grade at River Grove in Marine on St. High School. the staff at Onamia Croix. Before accepting the third grade elementary school position, she taught at River Grove as a as the district’s kindergarten specialist, a special education ‘13 Joe Sussenguth new second grade paraprofessional and in preschool special was hired as head teacher. Larson loves education roles. She lives in Lindstrom women’s volleyball the small-town with her husband, Carl, and the couple’s coach at the University of Minnesota Morris. atmosphere that Cassie Larson son and nephew. Onamia offers. She Prior to joining the lives in Foley. team, Sussenguth led Joe Sussenguth ‘14 Anna Ridgewater College in Willmar to seven Meghan (Larson) (Johnson) national tournament appearances in 12 Remer began Francisco works years. Sussenguth lives in Saint Joseph with working at Onamia as an instructor his wife, Marci, and their two children. elementary school and coordinator for as a kindergarten Itasca Community Brett Oltmanns is teacher. Remer and College’s Class Act a special education Meghan Remer her husband, Andy, Program, a hands- teacher at Worthington live in Isle with their three children. on experiential Anna Francisco High School. He previously worked at Scott Smethers joined Welsh Construction learning program Red Rock Ridge Area in Minnetonka as a project manager. tailored specifi cally for the college’s Learning Center in Smethers served four years in the U.S. Air education students. She and her husband, Windom, where he Force before attending Bemidji State. He Luke, live in Grand Rapids with their two Brett Oltmanns currently resides. lives in Hopkins. children.

30 | BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY Scott Sobocinski was Darcy Findlay joined the Flint Firebirds junior Emily Rice was hired as an English teacher named director of hockey team as an associate coach. The at Howard Lake-Waverly-Winstead School. the Wabasso Public Firebirds, based in She previously taught English at Adams Library after a stint as a Flint, Mich., are City High School in Colorado. Rice lives in library assistant at the members of the Mound. Yankton Community Ontario Hockey Matt Read, former Library in Yankton, League. Findlay Scott Sobocinski standout Bemidji State S.D. After graduating played four years hockey player, signed from BSU with degrees in history, English for the BSU men's a one-year contract and philosophy, Sobocinski attended the hockey team. He with the Minnesota University of Wisconsin – Madison and lives in Ottawa, Darcy Findlay Wild. Read previously earned his master's degree in library Ontario, Canada played 437 games over and information science. Sobocinski lives with his wife. seven seasons with in Wabasso. Matt Read Lisa Broderius works the Philadelphia Flyers. Simone Senogles works as the development as a research associate Read lives in Arden Hills coordinator for the at the Balaton Bay with his wife, Erin (Cody) (’11). Indigenous Environmental Reef Training and Nate Bahr is a certifi ed Network. She was Innovation Center, a personal trainer and recognized for her work new shrimp-farming manager at G-Werx with environmental operation headquartered Fitness in Minneapolis. inequities within in Luverne. Broderius Bahr participated the American Indian Lisa Broderius monitors the salt water in men’s track and population by the United that circulates in the center's artifi cial tidal Simone Senogles fi eld as a student at Way of the Bemidji Area basins. She lives in Balaton. BSU and helped run at the 2nd annual Women United Tribute Jeremy Monson was hired to teach fi tness programs at the Nate Bahr Award ceremony in October on the BSU elementary physical education and Physician’s Neck and campus. Senogles lives in Bemidji. developmental adapted physical education Back Center in Edina prior to joining the at Pioneer Elementary School in Pierz. He G-Werx team. He lives in Minneapolis with ‘12 Rachel previously taught at Eden Valley – Watkins his wife, Ginny. (Sams) Connell for six years. Monson lives Cold Spring with Rachel Goble works and her husband, his wife, Ashley, and their two children. as a workfl ow Seth, are state Sadie (Anderson) Bahr coordinator for committee members was recently hired as Landscape Structures, a for the Minnesota a social worker for playground equipment Farm Bureau’s Beltrami County. She manufacturer located Young Farmers & Rachel Connell has more than fi ve in Delano. In addition, Ranchers program, years of experience she creates custom representing District VI. The organization Rachel Goble in the social work concrete sculptures for exists to provide leadership, educational and fi eld. Her husband, her business, called networking opportunities to Minnesota’s Sadie Bahr Brett Bahr (’09), is Secret Woodland Guardians. Goble lives in young farmers and ranchers. The couple lives Bemidji State University's director of alumni Loretto. in Sebeka and has three children. relations. The couple resides in Bemidji and Shea Walters was hired has one daughter. Mathew as the head boys' ‘10 Grussing was promoted hockey coach for Brandon Yetter to general manager of the Cloquet-Esko- ‘11 was awarded the Olympic Steel’s Plate Carlton Lumberjacks. James Trudeau Law Division, located in Walters, who is a Enforcement Award Minneapolis. Grussing former BSU Beavers by the Lakes Center has worked for Olympic hockey player, for Youth and Families. Steel, a steel processor previously served as Shea Waters Yetter was recognized based in Cleveland, Mathew Grussing an assistant coach for for his work in building Brandon Yetter OH, in a variety of roles the Lumberjacks. He and his wife, Stephanie, strong and lasting relationships with local including quality control and regional sales live in Duluth with their three children. community members. He lives in Lindstrom. since 2010. He lives in Maple Grove.

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‘09 Chris Citowicki was hired as head ‘07 Carl Dugstad women’s soccer coach at the University of was welcomed as the Montana after coaching at Augsburg College, new principal at the St. Catherine University and the University Clearbrook-Gonvick of North Dakota. He earned his master’s School. Dugstad degree in sport studies from Bemidji State previously taught at while working as a graduate assistant for the Cass Lake-Bena High Carl Dugstad women’s soccer team. Citowicki lives with his School and Laporte wife and two children in Missoula, Mont. Schools. He and his wife, Tiffanie, live in Clearbrook with their three Matti Adam was elected children. Itasca County attorney after previously serving Alicia Watts was hired as as assistant county assistant manager for attorney for four years. the City of Duluth Parks Adam lives in Grand and Recreation. Watts ETZEL GROWS MORE WITH Rapids with her two has more than 10 years LESS BY CARING FOR SOIL children. of experience working Matti Adam in parks and recreation Jamie Surdy earned his Jim Etzel ‘02 has turned his passion for the outdoors, the at both the city and Charter Life Underwriter environment and sustainable agriculture into a business. To county levels. She Alicia Watts certifi cation in life understand his operation, however, you literally have to get to lives in Duluth with her the roots. insurance, estate husband, Brandon, and planning, investments, their two children. The Hackensack resident, who earned his biology degree in law and health 2002, owns Earth Is Our Home Soil Consulting which supports insurance. Surdy landowners looking to increase the productivity of their Lexie (Wraa) works as a fi nancial ‘05 gardens, wildlife food plots and fl ower beds through soil Wilde (’05,’13) was advisor with Wealth Jamie Surdy science. Etzel’s fi rm helps farmers craft soil that produces the hired to lead special Management Solutions. greatest number of plants in the smallest area possible, while education services at He lives in Austin with his wife and still being sustainable and good for the earth. Bemidji Area Schools. two children. His passion for soil and the natural world can partly be Wilde previously taught attributed to his childhood spent hunting, fi shing and enjoying Ben Clink was hired as special education at the outdoors in his hometown of Buffalo. He feels empowered Sauk Centre Public Clearbook-Gonvick to encourage others to protect the earth for future Works supervisor. He Schools and served as Lexie Wilde generations. also serves on the Sauk dean and elementary Etzel’s services include soil consulting, testing and ordering Centre Fire Department principal at Blackduck School. She lives in materials for customers. His methods include crop rotation, and Sauk Centre Bemidji with her two daughters. cover crops, green manure and mineral soil amendments, to Ambulance service. Clink lives in Sauk name a few. It all starts with a test. Alex Altstatt Centre with his wife Ben Clink ‘04 “With a simple $30 soil test, I can give gardeners a game plan works as a project Jenna (Schurman) Clink (’09), who works as for success,” he says. manager for Western the offi ce manager for her family’s excavating Spring Manufacturing, In the future, Etzel hopes to expand his business to include and farming business, and their three children. more educational seminars and installing bat nesting boxes a producer of coil and homes for pollinators. In the short term, he wants to start springs and wire a regular online video series to educate others on the ‘08 Katie (Stearns) Bertsch was inducted forms for a variety of importance of environmental stewardship in the spaces into the Frazee-Vergas industries based in around their homes. High School Sports Hall of Hugo. Altstatt works Alex Altstatt Fame in September. After Etzel believes that using sustainable methods to grow larger, with his father, Joe, more nutritious plants is not only good for the Earth and a earning her criminal justice and brother, Ben, in a business that has been gardener’s pocketbook, but also a person’s overall health. degree from BSU, she family-owned since 1909. Altstatt lives in completed her law degree Hugo with his wife, Nicole. “We can grow more on less ground and get the nutrients we from the University of North are looking for rather than popping a pill or vitamin,” he said. Crystal Gibbons won the 2017 Northeast Dakota in 2011. She is now “Let’s get them through our food. Let the food be the Minnesota Book Award in Poetry and a 2017 Katie Bersch an attorney for Ohnstad medicine.” Edna Meudt Poetry Book Award honorable Twitchell Law Firm in West Fargo, N.D., and mention for her poetry collection "Now/ lives in Hillsboro, N.D. with her husband, Jon. Here." She lives in Washburn, Wis.

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Jennifer (Dagenais) ‘98 Shelley Steva retired from Red Lake Brunder is an interior County Central High School in Oklee. Steva designer at LHB, spent over 19 years teaching life science, earth an engineering, science, biology, astronomy, environmental architecture and science and chemistry in northwest Minnesota. planning fi rm based in She lives in Thief River Falls. Duluth. Brunder works Jennifer Brunder primarily with LHB’s ‘94 Rae Villebrun is the superintendent education and healthcare division. She lives and principal for the Floodwood School District. in Duluth with her husband, Shawn (’02), and She has spent 22 years in education, working the couple’s young son. as a paraprofessional, elementary teacher, tutor, principal and superintendent. She lives in Mountain Iron with her husband, John (’08). Becki Schmidt is a math teacher for ‘03 The couple have six children. grades 7-8 at Pierz Healy High School. After graduating from BSU, Schmidt continued her education at St. Mary’s University in Winona, ‘90 Joan (Smith) Berntson accepted the A PASSION FOR MINNESOTA, where she earned her master’s degree in position of business development specialist STORIES AND FOOD education. Schmidt lives in St. Cloud. for First Children’s Finance, a national nonprofi t based in Minneapolis that addresses As a former farm girl, restaurant owner and newly-pub- Pamela (Sheffer) Samec the shortage of available child care in lished author, Lonnette “Lonni” Whitchurch’s recipe for is a second grade northwestern Minnesota. Joan and her success is to follow one’s passions. teacher at Hermantown Elementary School. husband, Ron (’92, ’09), live in Bagley. Growing up on a small farm near Karlstad, Whitchurch Samec and her found an early affi nity towards the English language. After graduating from Karlstad High School, she earned her husband, Paul, have Joseph Provost serves as a professor ‘88 English degree in 1973 as a member of Bemidji State’s fi rst three children. and chair of the University of San Diego’s Honors Program class. She then went on to spend six years chemistry and biochemistry department. Tony Kerr was hired as teaching English at Cass Lake High School and Bena’s Pamela Samec Provost has received several awards for principal of Bagley High Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig school. She recalls the joy she teaching and his research on non-small cell School. He previously served as principal received in teaching. lung cancer. He lives in Spring Valley, Calif. with at Northome School and St. Mary’s Mission his wife, Karol (Lundmark) (’88). The couple “I appreciated the kids who had a passion for English. I was School in Red Lake. Kerr lives in Bemidji with has three children. lucky to have some very bright and interesting students.” his wife, Jackie, and their two children. Whitchurch and her husband, Ron, moved from Bemidji to Ronda (Gustafson) Lee is the principal Florida in 1987. Whitchurch soon opened Lonni’s Erich Knapp is the director of music ‘89 ‘01 at Hayward Elementary School in Hayward, Sandwiches, Etc., a 900-square-foot restaurant in Dunedin, ministry and the artist-in-residence at Wis., a position she has held since 2013. She Fla., that borrowed elements of Minnesota culture to St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in previously taught in the Hayward school create a unique dining experience. Brenham, Texas. In addition to playing the district for 12 years. Lee and her husband, Snowshoes hung from the walls, fl owers were planted in organ, he leads fi ve performing groups at St. David (’90), live in Hayward and have three snowmobile hoods and uninitiated customers were Paul’s.Pauls. Knapp lives in BrenBrenham,ham, Texas.Texas. grogrownwn daughters.daughters. puzzled by the “Uff da” sign in the corner. Most impor- tantly, Whitchurch introduced her customers to wild rice. { continued on “I was one of the fi rst people in Florida to use wild rice as a next page } main ingredient in my recipes,” she said. “Few people in Florida had heard of wild rice at that point.” Over a seven-year period, Lonni’s Sandwiches expanded to Clearwater, St. Petersburg, Tampa and Sarasota before she sold the business and retired as a restaurateur in 2008. Whitchurch published her fi rst book of poetry in 2018. Available as an e-book on Amazon.com, “Send the Moon” is based on her life experiences growing up in a small town to becoming part of an enormous, challenging world. When asked if she has plans to publish more poems in the future, she responded coyly. REBECCA HOFFMAN '97 was presented the United Way of the “Give me a year to let me think about it.” Bemidji Area’s Women United Tribute Award for her continued work to end homelessness in Bemidji. Hoffman recently joined the Bemidji State faculty as an assistant professor of social work. She lives in Bemidji with her husband, BRODIE ‘94, and their two children. www.BemidjiState.eduwww.BemidjiState.edu | 33 { cocontinuedntinued frfromom previpreviousous pappagege } CLASS NOTES

‘87 Laurie (Joy) Turner was named Duane Wolfe is a law teacher of the year at Cannon Falls enforcement instructor Elementary School. A 17-year veteran at at Alexandria Technical Cannon Falls, Turner split her time between & Community College, substitute, third and fourth grade roles. She a position he has held and her husband, Todd (‘89), have two grown since 1994. Wolfe also children and live in Cannon Falls. works as a patrolman with the Parkers Prairie Duane Wolfe Kathy Langlie is the City Police. He and his director of Country wife, Lynn (Rauker) (’86), live in Kensington. Meadows, an assisted living facility in Nancy Smit was sworn in as Tribal Council Milaca. Langlie lives in secretary for the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Princeton and has three the Potawatomi (NHBP) in Fulton, Mich. A tribal sons. government veteran, she has served on NHBP committees for 15 years. She lives in Battle Terry Hewitt was named Kathy Langlie Creek, Mich., with her husband Mark (’85). ANTELL HONORS MOTHER the Bemidji Area Schools’ teacher of the WITH NEW SCHOLARSHIP year by the Bemidji ‘83 Mike Geffre Education Association. was inducted into If education helps open doors, a scholarship endowed by Will Hewitt has taught math the Minnesota State Antell ’59 is providing Bemidji State University’s Native in Bemidji since the High School Tennis American students with keys to those doors. mid-1980s. He lives in Association’s Hall of Antell, a member of the White Earth Nation, and his wife, Bemidji with his wife, Fame. Geffre has led the Mary Lou, have endowed the Bernice Lena Fairbanks Antell Robin. Crookston High School Terry Hewitt American Indian Scholarship — in honor of Will’s mother. boys’ tennis team to Cory Kampf received the 13 state tournament Bernice was born on the White Earth Indian Reservation in Minnesota Government appearances and the Mike Geffre 1916. She graduated from high school in 1934 and studied Finance Offi cers girls’ tennis team to nine nursing before returning home to give birth to Will — her fi rst Association’s Thomas appearances over his 31-year career. He is child. She never had the opportunity to complete her degree. J. Moran Award, which married to Lori Schlenker and the couple have Bernice valued education, responsibility and integrity, and recognizes members three children. taught these values to her eight children before her untimely who have demonstrated passing at age 39. dedication to public fi nancial administration. Trish (Reimer) “My mother was a disciplinarian who gave us chores and Cory Kampf ‘81 Kampf works for Anoka Kealy became one work to do,” Antell said. “She insisted on us doing our County as its division manager for fi nance of the most recent homework and always had high expectations of us.” and central services. He is married and lives inductees into the Although her life was brief, Bernice passed her respect for in Ramsey. Pillager School Hall learning on to her son. After graduating from BSU, Will went of Fame. Kealy was on to earn both master’s and doctorate degrees. Later, he honored as one of the Bill Olson became director of worked tirelessly to promote Indian education as Minneso- ‘86 top 60 female athletes business development for Kraus-Anderson Trish Kealy ta's assistant commissioner of education and director of in BSU history for her Construction Company in Duluth. Olson was Indian education. He also was appointed by Presidents accomplishments as a previously the vice president and director Nixon, Ford and Carter to the National Advisory Committee student athlete on the women’s track team. of business development for Stewart Taylor on Indian Education, which he chaired for three years. She lives in Becker with her husband, Patrick. Company, a printing company based in Duluth. The couple has two children. Antell recalls his mother’s dedication and sacrifi ce when he Olson and wife, Moira (Scanlan) (’87), who speaks of his hope for recipients of his scholarship. works as a special education teacher, live in “I want promising American Indian students to have the Duluth and have four children. opportunities my mother didn’t,” he said. The Bernice Lena Fairbanks Antell American Indian ‘84 Gary Streiler was awarded the Scholarship is awarded each year to an undergraduate 2017-2018 Smart/Maher National Citizenship American Indian student. Interested students can receive Education Teacher of the Year. The award eligibility guidelines and apply by contacting the BSU recognizes teachers who promote good American Indian Resource Center at (218) 755-2032 or citizenship and community involvement in [email protected]. their classrooms. Streiler recently retired from teaching social studies at West County High School in Park Hills, Mo. He lives in Farmington, Mo., with his wife, Dawn.

34 | BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY IN MEMORIAM in order of class year ‘80 Noel White Ron Johnson was elected was appointed president of the Coalition of Parisi (Maars), Beulah ’37, Portland, Ore. president and chief Greater Minnesota Cities. Paul, Alice ’41, Minneapolis executive offi cer of The nonprofi t coalition Ward (Jordan), Pearl ’44, Side Lake Tyson Foods, Inc., the advocates for issues unique Edlund, Richard “Dick” ’49, Minneapolis largest food company to more than 90 member Lyons, Jean ’51, Wilton in the U.S. White has cities outside of the Twin Stengrim (Bring), Ardelle ’52, Surprise, Ariz. held many leadership Noel White Cities metro area. Johnson Ron Johnson Harker, James ’53, Crosby roles with Tyson Foods also serves as a Bemidji city Broekemeier, Charles “Tom” ’55, Crosslake over the course of his 35-year career, councilor. He lives in Bemidji with his wife, Carol. Erickson, James ’55, Cloquet including chief operations offi cer. He lives in Penas, John ’57, Estacada, Ore. Fayetteville, Ark., with his wife, Patricia. ‘73 Randy Bowen, a Manlove, Richard “Dick” ’57, ‘59, Long Prairie former BSU student-athlete Vincent, Marvin ’57, Bemidji ‘79 Betty and long-time athletics Spray, Alden ’58, Gonvick (Fulton) Novotney volunteer, was awarded Rossborough, John ’58, Baudette teaches third- through the Noel Olson Volunteer Birnstengel, Robert ’59, Duluth sixth-grade physical of the Year Award by the Hirt, Max ’59, Bemidji education and health Northern Sun Intercollegiate Passeri, Robert D. ’59, Bemidji at Seneca Grade Conference for his service Engebretson, Irvin ’61, Chippewa Falls, Wis. School in Seneca, Ill. In to Bemidji State. Randy Randy Bowen Koskela, Clyde ’62, Virginia addition to teaching, lives in Hermantown with Betty Novotney Sauer (Bohmbach), Lorraine ’62, Bemidji she also serves as the his wife, Marlene (Schuld) ’73 Adams (Tyrrell), Evelyn ’63, Staples head eighth grade girls’ basketball coach. Mike Swenson retired from a 44-year teaching Novotney plans to retire from teaching at the Goudge (Page), Cheryl A. ’64, Baudette career at Red Lake County Central High School in end of the 2018-2019 school year. She lives Evenson, Richard ’65, Bemidji Oklee, Minn. Swenson taught a variety of English in Seneca, Ill. Koplitz, Richard ’65, Minneapolis courses and helped produce a number of plays Pocrnich, Edward ’66, Silver Bay and productions at the school. He lives in Oklee. Woller (Krowech), Susan ’67, Upsala Rob Reid is an ‘78 Duff y, Dennis ’67, Columbus, Neb. author and humorist Don Seipkes, Glassmann, Larry ’67, Backus who has written 20 ‘72 long-time special education books and more than Brown, James ’69, Moose Lake teacher, athletic director 100 articles designed Danger, Michael ’69, Deerwood and coach at Ottertail for educators to teach Jasper, Joseph ’69, The Villages, Fla. Central High School, was children about literature Laakso, Martin “Marty” ’69, Grand Rapids honored with the renaming and storytelling. Reid Anderson, Dennis ’70, Chisholm Rob Reid of the school’s football fi eld lives in Eau Claire, Wis. Fedorchuk, Darya ’70, Fort Francis, Ontario, Canada in September. Don Seipkes with his wife, Jayne Freij (’79). Goudge, Robert G. ’70, Baudette Field hosted its fi rst football Don Seipkes Grott, Brian ’71, Sturgeon Lake Craig Haberman was hired as pastor of the game Sept. 7 when the Zitka (Hatwan), Gail ’71, Grand Rapids United Methodist Church in Ely. Previously, Ottertail Central Bulldogs took on the Wadena- Haberman worked for congregations Deer Creek Wolverines in Henning. Seipkes lives Hegstrom, Peter ’72, Springfi eld in Verndale, Kabetogama, Crane Lake, in Henning with his wife, Mary (Breitenbach) ’73. Gustafson (Borgeson), Beverly ’72, Apple Valley Moorhead, Tracy and Alexandria. He lives Stinson, Lucille 72, New Port Richey, Fla. Robin (Norgaard) Kelleher is in Ely. Chandler, Michael ’73, Tucson, Ariz. an employment attorney Aitken, Larry P. ’74, Leech Lake for the law fi rm of Seaton, Donager, Willis “Bill” ’74, Braham ‘75 John Flynn was Peters & Revnew, located in Kramer, Robert ‘74, Owatonna elected president of the Minneapolis. She recently Rotary Club of Edina. published a book from the Anderson, Nicolaus (Nic) ’77, Pequot Lakes Flynn joined the Rotary view of her toy Australian Davidson, Jack ’77, Thief River Falls Club in 1989, has chaired Shepherd, Lina, including Lapka (Thomas), Teresa ’77, Anchorage, Alaska several committees and Williams (Birky), Calene ’78, Roseville, Calif. Lina's humorous adventures Robin Kelleher served as international in the dog world. Kelleher Lutterman (Rustad), Sharyn ’81, Cohasset John Flynn service director. He lives lives in Burnsville. Holbrook, Thomas ’82, Gettysburg, Pa. in Wayzata. Ryant (Boettcher), Julie ’82, Mahnomen Floody, Dennis ’84, Bemidji ‘64 John Colosimo is a senior partner at the Baumann, John K. ’85, Bemidji KENT PORTER '90 was promoted to the law fi rm of Colosimo, Clement, Ludger “Vance” ’85, Bemidji rank of colonel in the Army National Guard. Patchin & Kearny, located Hamilton (Manecke), LuAnn ’85, Stevens Point, Wis. Porter joined the military in 1986 and plans to in Virginia. Representing Bane, Michael ’87, Virginia retire in 2021 after 35 years of service. Porter clients in personal injury, Bergstrom (Sorenson), Carol ’92, St. Paul is married to KELLY (YOUNG) ’91 and is education and employment Patterson, James ’94, Coates law, he was recognized stationed in Cheyenne, Wyo. Henderson, Marc ’94, Detroit Lakes by Minnesota Lawyer John Colosimo Jacobsen, Tyler ’94, Centerville, Iowa magazine as one of the Figliuzzi, Margaret “Peg” ’95, Saum state’s most successful and respected lawyers. Taus, George ’99, Bemidji Colosimo lives in Virginia with his wife, Sheila. Barrett, Lucy ’09, Red Lake The couple has two grown children.

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NEW YEAR’S GREETINGS FROM BSU!

As we close out 2018 and usher in 2019, I’d like to thank all our generous alumni and friends who impacted Josh Christianson Bemidji State University with their generosity this past year. You are an integral part of what makes BSU such a special place. Together, we raised more than $2,850,000 this year to support student scholarships, faculty research, campus facilities and Beaver Athletics. Philanthropy plays an increasingly important role in providing resources to help the university deliver its vision of educating students to lead inspired lives. The Alumni & Foundation team is a dynamic group of professionals who are passionate about BSU and work each day to ﬁ nd inspiring ways for you to support Bemidji State. 2019 marks Bemidji State’s centennial – 100 years of service to the people of Minnesota, the United States and the world. The impact of BSU alumni like you extends far beyond the borders of Minnesota. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Josh Christianson Executive Director of University Advancement

36 | BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY REPORTO President’s SOCIETY The President’s Society recognizes the university’s most generous GIFTSo contributors, based on lifetime/cumulative giving to the Bemidji State University Foundation. Members include individuals, families and organizations. f

VISIONARY’S SOCIETY - ($2.5 million +) Dr. Bruce and Mary Jo Falk Joseph* and Janice Lueken/ Federated Insurance The Joseph and Janice Lueken Anthony S. Gramer Family Foundation Russell* and Gudrun* Harding Dr. Evan and Elaine* Hazard TRUSTEES SOCIETY - ($1 million +) Paul and Lynn Hunt The George W. Neilson Foundation Christine Janda* Michael and Tracy Roberge/ Margaret H. Johnson* Roberge Family Foundation Katharine Neilson Cram Foundation Sanford Health Kopp Family Foundation Kraus-Anderson Construction Company CHANCELLORS SOCIETY - ($500,000 + ) Joan L. Kriegler* 3M, Inc. Leech Lake Casinos: Northern Lights, Palace, Frederick and Marie Baker White Oak Keith and Maria Johanneson/ Lueken’s Village Foods Marketplace Food and Drug Michael McKinley and Deborah Grabrian/ Edwin* and Myra* Johnson McKinley Companies Sam* and Peggy* Johnson Miller McDonald, Inc. David and Brenda Odegaard Dr. Darby and Geraldine Nelson Custom chargers (as pictured above) are Paul Bunyan Communications Mark and Sandra Niblick Wayne and Beverly* Thorson North Country Business Products created especially for the President’s Society Northern Inn/Gary Gangelhoff by John "Butch" Holden, professor emeritus BENEFACTORS SOCIETY - ($250,000.00 + ) Otter Tail Power Company Dr. M. James and Nancy Bensen Otto Bremer Foundation of visual arts. They are “awards of distinction,” M. Fern Birnstihl* Robert and Mary Lou Peters honoring donors with cumulative giving of First National Bank Bemidji Pinnacle Marketing Group Doug and Sue Fredrickson/Big Oaks Foundation David and Kim Ramsey $50,000 or more. Elfrida B. Glas* Dr. Patrick Riley and Dr. Natalie Roholt Kirk and Penny Gregg/The Gregg Family Marcella Sherman Charitable Fund Anonymous Kathryn K. Hamm* TruStar Federal Credit Union Dr. Ruth Howe and Merril Thiel Moses and Angela Tsang Growth of Alumni & John and Delphine Jacobsen Robert* and Jeanette* Welle Robin Norgaard Kelleher Bob Whelan/Whelan Properties/ Foundation Assets Elwood and Jean Largis Supreme Lumber Eva Lind* Stephen G. Wick 35,000,000 John W. Marvin Susan Marvin and Keith Schwartzwald BUILDERS SOCIETY - ($50,000 + ) Mary A. Mushel* Bernice M. Anderson 30,000,000 Trudy and Kevin Rautio Dr. Wilfred and Mary Lou Antell

Rich and Joyce Siegert/Edgewater Group Julie and Scott Becker $26,375,045 (Hampton Inn & Suites, Green Mill) Dr. Thomas J. Beech 25,000,000 David and Kathryn Sorensen Dr. Richard and Josephine Beitzel George and Sandra Thelen Bemidji Woolens, Inc./Bill Batchelder $30,783,939 Security Bank USA The Bernick Companies 20,000,000 Steve and Lauren Vogt Big North Distributing, Inc. Dr. Elaine D. Bohanon* DIRECTORS SOCIETY - ($100,000 + ) BSU Dining Services/ARAMARK 15,000,000

Donald Anderson* and Vicki Brown Lynne C. Bunt* 13,698,936 Bank Forward Jim* and Lorraine Cecil

Ron Batchelder* Dr. Michael and Noel Clay $9,158,282 Jeff rey and Kathy Baumgartner/ Muriel Copp 10,000,000 Circle B Properties Anonymous Fred Breen* Deerwood Bank Raymond Breen* Herb* and Lynn Doran 5,000,000 Dr. Almond and Shalyn Clark/ Gregory Droba Al and Shalyn Clark Family Fund Joe and Karen Dunn Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Bemidji, Inc. Rebecca Eggers* 0 Dr. Donald* and Petra DeKrey Steve and Susan Engel 2003 2008 2013 2018 Dondelinger GM Drs. Gary and Nancy Erickson Enbridge Energy Company, Inc. Gerald D. Freudenberg* Kenneth and Mary* Erickson General Mills Foundation

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Dr. Lowell* and Ardis* Gillett Dr. Ken Traxler Dr. Muriel B. Gilman Mervin “Sock” Wagner* Growth of Marty and Lindsey Goulet E. Joseph and Jane Welle Bernard* and Fern* Granum Tom and Paulette Welle Endowed Funds Dale Greenwalt & Kim Warren Richard and Judith Werner Paul and Paige Hanson White Earth Reservation Tribal Council 30,000,000 Dr. Richard and Dianne Hanson Robert and DeAnn Zavoral Margaret H. Harlow* Thomas and Joanne Heaviland AMBASSADORS SOCIETY - ($25,000 + ) 25,000,000 Paul and Tammi Hedtke/Hedtke Family Trust Ace on the Lake John R. Heneman* Richard and Joan Ahmann/ Dr. Annie B. Henry Ahmann Family Foundation Hill’s Plumbing and Heating Alltech Associates, Inc. 20,000,000 Lynne K. Holt Joan Campbell Anderson and David Anderson William and Bette* Howe Kenneth Anderson & Joan Enerson $16,744,685 $26,062,703 Dr. Myrtie A. Hunt* Winnifred Anderson* 15,000,000 The Idea Circle, Inc. Trent and Beth Baalke Esther F. Instebo* Bill* and Jesse* Baer

$11,229,631 The Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation Carl and Terry Baer 10,000,000 Rich and Meredith Kehoe John and Susan Backes Alan and Judy Killian Dr. Marjory C. Beck $7,167,010 Alan Korpi and Martha Nelson Bemidji Dental Clinic Norman A. Kramer Bemidji Lions Club 5,000,000 Dale and Michelle Ladig Bemidji Sports Centre Lake Region Bone and Joint Surgeons Kermit and Sandy Bensen Lakeland Public Television Marie Bishop* 0 Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Blandin Foundation 2003 2008 2013 2018 Margaret Listberger* Jacob and Melissa Bluhm/The Bluhm Agency LeRoy E. Maas* Bob Lowth Ford, Inc. Marvin Lumber & Cedar Co Bois Forte Reservation Tribal Council Gary and Ruth McBride/ Robert and Lisa Bollinger McBride Family Gift Fund Bradley R. Borkhuis Jon and Debra McTaggart Randy and Marlene Bowen BSU Foundation MeritCare Clinic Bemidji Trey and Ann Bowman Christopher and Dr. Abby Meyer Alan P. Brew Scholarship Dollars Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe David and Stormi Brown R. Alexander Milowski Patrick Brown/Clem’s Hardware Hank Provided Dr. Thomas and Mary Moberg Jeff rey P. Busse Harry Moore* Mary Campbell 1,400,000 Ronald and Alvina Morrison John and Ann Carlson/John Carlson Agency NLFX Professional Dr. Jason and Angela Caron 1,300,000 Nash Finch Company Steve Carter, Jr. 1,200,000 Charles Naylor* Bertha Christianson* William* and Dona Mae Naylor Kenneth* and Marion M. Christianson 1,100,000 $1,401,720 Nei Bottling, Inc. Citizens State Bank Midwest Norbord Minnesota Annie M. Czarnecki 900,000 North Country Health Services D & T Landscaping, Inc. Northwest Minnesota Foundation Eugene Dalzotto* 800,000 Edward and Marla Patrias DeLaHunt Broadcasting Paul Bunyan Broadcasting Dick’s Northside, Inc. 700,000 (Buron/Campbell ownership) Dickson Enterprises, Inc. Dr. Harold T. Peters* James and Tiff any Fankhanel/Bemidji Chrysler/ 600,000 $837,095 Phillips Plastics Corp. Honda of Bemidji

500,000 $773.055 The Pioneer/Advertiser Dr. Jeremy and Megan Fogelson Drs. Jon and Patricia Quistgaard Fred and Virginia Forseman

400,000 $670,127 Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians Dr. Jeanine and Ronald Gangeness Steven and Robyn Seide George and Joann Gardner 300,000 Tom and Cindy Serratore Mildred A. Gjertson Lowell and Lois Sorenson Joseph and Patricia Grabowski 200,000 Jack and Marie St. Martin/The Jack and Marie Cedsel J. Hagen* St. Martin Family Foundation Linda S. Hanson 0 Dr. Theodore and Margaret Thorson Hartz Foundation 2002 2007 2012 2017 Gary* and Joanne E. Torﬁ n Gary and Diane Hazelton

* Deceased 3838 | |BEMIDJI BEMIDJI STATE STATE UNIVERSITY NewUNIVERSITY member Jim* and Marilyn Heltzer Dr. Patricia A. Rosenbrock Howard and Rebecca Borden Dick’s Plumbing and Heating Anonymous Carol Russell/Russell Herder Dr. John* and Ann* Brady of Bemidji, Inc. Barbara Higgins* The Saint Paul Foundation Bravo Beverage Ltd Tracy and Kristy Dill Terry and Cindy Holter Walter and Mardene Schuiling Bonnie L. Bredenberg John T. Driessen Dr. Howard Hoody and Mary* Hoody John and Mary Seamans Gurnee K. Bridgman Shawn and Shaina Dudley Xihao Hu Shakopee Mdewakanton Phillip A. Buhn* Richard and Rose Dukek InFaith Community Foundation Sioux Community Burger King Corporation Jon and Beth Duncan InHarvest Mark A. Shanfeld, MD, Ph.D. Louis H. Buron Jr.* Mary and Lynn Eaton Paul and Sarah Jensen Hazel Shimmin* Robert C. Bush* Ed Sauer Memorial Fund John Johanneson* Robert Fiskum and Yvonne* Dr. Mark and Mishel Carlson Eldercare Health Beneﬁ ts Wilbur Johnson* Siats-Fiskum Dr. Raymond and Margaret Carlson Mgmt Systems, Inc Arnold* and Nancy* Johnson Skyline Exhibits Thor Carlsrud and Erbert & Gerbert’s Subs and Clubs Virginia “Hope” Johnson* Bob and Jane Smith/ Melissa Hilde Carlsrud Janet Esty* Robert and Mary Jorstad Image Photography and Framing Dr. Leah J. Carpenter Dennis J. Fallon Jeff rey and Julie Kemink Dr. Kathryn Smith Dr. Joseph and Jennifer Carson Herbert M. Fougner* John G. Kittleson Buster* and Helen Spaulding/ Caswell International Corporation Dr. Joann Fredrickson Lillie M. Kleven* Spaulding Motors, Inc. Cat Pumps Corporation Michelle and Morris Frenzel Gary Knutson* Michael and Melinda Spry Charter Communications Laura Gaines Krigbaum & Jones, Ltd. St. Joseph’s Area Health Services Richard Chopp* Dr. Fulton and Nancy Gallagher League of Women Voters - Bemidji Area Maurice and Lorna Sullivan CliftonLarsonAllen LLP Michael and Deanna Garrett Douglas and Renee Leif Super 8 Motel Control Stuff Dr. Daniel Gartrell and Dr. Julie Jochum LePier Oil Company Dr. Thomas and Bonnie Swanson Cool Threads Dr. James and Connie Ghostley Drs. Gordon and Alice Lindgren Dr. Dave and Peggy Tiff any Drs. Bret and Veronica Cooper Marjorie and Steven Giauque Mark and Monica Liska Dr. Roger and Connie Toffl e Veita L. Corbin Col. Clark and Judith Gilbertson James* and Janet* Love Terri and Tim Traudt Corner Bar of Bemidji, Inc Dr. Eric Gilbertson William and Jodi Maki Tri-State Manufacturers’ Association Country Kitchen Restaurant Keith and Jeannie Gilbertson Dr. Keith Marek Dr. James and Diane Tuorila William and Teresa Crews Ordella M. Gilbertson Marvin Windows and Doors USA Color Printing Dean and Wendy Crotty Marjorie and James Gildersleeve Betsy J. McDowell Austin and Paula Wallestad Scott Curb and Mary Boranian Paul and Kathy Godlewski Neil and Patricia* McMurrin Robert and Patricia Walrath Dr. Caroline M. Czarnecki Dr. Richard and Carol Goeb James R. Midboe Harvey and Loris Westrom Lyle E. Dally* Dr. Frank and Marilyn Goodell Dr. Thomas and Marilyn Miller Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Dave’s Pizza Bruce L. Gordon The Minneapolis Foundation Widseth Smith Nolting & Associates Dr. Richard and Ann Marie Day Gourmet House Minnesota Energy Resources Drs. Larry and Ranae Womack Robert* and Jackie Decker Bryan and Paulette Grand Minnesota Precision Manufacturing Barbara L. Wylie Dr. Daniel and Beth DeKrey Great Lakes Gas Transmission Minnesota Society of Zetah Construction, Inc. Dr. Steven and Veronica DeKrey Ltd Partnership Certiﬁ ed Public Accountants John and Kay Delinsky Dr. Colleen Greer and Dr. Debra Peterson Diane Moe & Thomas Fitzgerald FOUNDERS SOCIETY - ($10,000 + ) Delta Kappa Gamma Beulah Gregoire* Gary and Marlene Moe 3M Foundation Patrick and Barbara DeMarchi James and Barbara Grier Sharon Moe Dr. Robert and Barbara Aalberts Roxanne Desjarlait Robert and Susan Griggs Betty Murray Don and Susan Addy David and Abby Deterding Grimes Realty James and Janice Naylor Bernard V. Adlys Dr. James and Jana Dewar Keith W. Gunderson* NCS Pearson Allen Oman State Farm Agency Judy Nelson Carol M. Alstrom Dr. Raymond* and Jane* Nelson American Association of Dr. Gene and Colleen Ness University Women Dr. Lee A. Norman American Family Insurance DONOR SPOTLIGHT North Central Door Company Dr. Kris and Linda Anderson NorthEnd Trust Robin and DeAnne Anderson PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS CHARGINGRGING STATION Northern Aggregate, Inc. Boris and Caroline Andrican BSU students now have a convenient place to chargehaarge their Northland Electric Annexstad Family Foundation smart phones, tablets and other mobile devicess thanksthanks to a Northwestern Surveying & Drs. Norman and Linda Baer Engineering, Inc. Ryan and Jean Baer portable charging station recently installed by Bemidji-basedBemidji-based Marc and Kay Olson Baratto Brothers Construction Paul Bunyan Communications. Douglas L. Onan Bear Creek Energy The charging station in the upper Hobson Memorialorial Grant and Kris Oppegaard/ William and Maria Beitzel Union is compatible with all major mobile devicesess The Oppegaard Family Foundation Edward and Jennifer Belisle Otter Tail Power Company Beltrami Electric Cooperative, Inc. and can power 12 devices at a time. It charges Joel and Kary Otto Bemidji Ambulance Service, Inc smart phone batteries up to 30 percent faster David and Dianne Parnow Bemidji Aviation Services Inc than plugging them into the wall, while using Paul Bunyan Broadcasting HBI Bemidji Building Center 25 percent less energy. Dr. John C. Pearce Bemidji Medical Equipment Stephen Pearce, M.D. The Bemidji Rotary Club The sponsorship also unlocked funds from the Patrick and Kaia Pelstring Bemidji Welders Supply, Inc. Minnesota State leveraged equipment fund for Rod and Delores Pickett Bemidji-Cass Lake Chapter 46 of the station’s purchase, which will not only keep Anonymous Muskies, Inc students’ devices fully charged, but offer The Presto Foundation June Bender additional learning opportunities as well. Raphael’s Bakery Cafe Terry and Gail Bergum Ray’s Sport & Marine Best of Bemidji Quarterly Magazine “By using a Kill-A-Watt electricity monitor, we REM Northstar, Inc. Best Western Bemidji hope to teach students about the electrical draww Bemidji Regional Offi ce Big Horn Financial Services LLC of personal electronic devices,” said Jordan Lutz,z, Dr. Tom and Sandra Richard Jody and Gene Bisson James and Carol Richards Jon and Linda Blessing BSU sustainability project manager. RiverWood Bank Daniel and Midge Boettger In addition to their long-time support for Beaverr athletics and other university programs, Paul Bunyan Communications has endowed seven www.BemidjiState.edu | 39 { continued on next page } scholarships for BSU students. REPORTRRE OR GIFTS President’s SOCIETY o { continued from page 40 } f Cash Revenue Richard F. Haberer* Dr. Debra Kellerman and Anthony Wandersee Lisa L. Haberman Ken K Thompson Jewelry 4,500,000 Richard and Sheridan Hafdal David and Charlotte Kingsbury Jim and Jo Hanko Knife River Materiasl/ Hanson Electric of Bemidji, Inc MDU Resources Foundation 4,000,000 Hardees of Bemidji Drs. Raymond and Beatrice Knodel James and Pamela Harrison Dr. Clayton and Ivy Knoshaug $3,641,426 Dale and Rochelle Hartje Paul and Catherine Koski 3,500,000 Dr. Richard* and Dorothy Haugo Dr. James and Patricia Kraby Oluf* and Margaret* Haugsrud Lois M. Kruger* William and Sandy Hawkins Dr. Franklin and Diane Labadie 3,000,000 Headwaters Shrine Club Dr. David and Alice Larkin Drs. Faith and Neil Hensrud Lesa and Jeff rey Lawrence Dr. Michael and Deb Herbert Lazy Jack’s Lawrence and Dianne Higgins Dr. Arthur and Judith Lee 2,500,000 Hobart Laboratories, Inc. Lee C. Scotland, DDS Hoeschler Fund - St. Paul Foundation Hazel Leland*

$1,923,748 $2,856,100 Neal and Maureen Holmstrom Dr. Robert and Dale Ley 2,000,000 Pamela and Steven Hovland Paul and Teri Lindseth

$1,642,572 Kenneth and Kari Howe Brad and Dawn Logan Insure Forward Dr. Kenneth and Mary Lundberg 1,500,000 Myriam Ivers Steven Lundeen & Jennifer Driscoll Iverson Corner Drug Brian Maciej/Lime Valley Advertising, Inc Louise H. Jackson Dr. David and Mara Marchand 1,000,000 Richard and Sheri Jahner Mark’s Frame House/Mark and Linda LaFond Jerry Downs Agency Douglas and Mary Mason Johnson Controls MasTec North America Inc. 500,000 Diane and Thomas Johnson Allen and Susie Mathieu Jeremiah D. Johnson John and Judith McClellan Dr. Terrance and Susan Johnson Dr. Judith L. McDonald - Dr. Johannas and David Jordan James D. McElmury 2002 2007 2012 2017 Thomas and Susan Kaplan Robin and Diane Mechelke Keck Sports Medsave Family Pharmacy Keg N’ Cork Debra Melby* Keith’s Pizza Dr. Kathleen J. Meyer Rate of Investment Return

20% The Legacy Society recognizes and honors those alumni and friends who have provided for Bemidji State University in their wills or have 15% exercised a planned giving option through the Bemidji State University Foundation. 10% LegacySOCIETY

5% Charles & Nancy Aldrich Marie Bishop*+ Dr. Dale and Joanne Carlson Donald G. Anderson*+ Jody & Gene Bisson Dr. Joseph & Jenifer Carson Joan & David Anderson+ Elaine Bohanon*+ Cynthia & James Cashman Boris & Caroline Andrican+ Randy & Marlene Bowen Dr. Sam* & Rose* Chen+ 0% John Backes Lloyd & Katherine Bradﬁ eld Richard Chopp* Bill* & Jessie* Baer+ Fred Breen* Bertha Christianson* H.C. Baer* Raymond Breen* Dr. Almond & Shalyn Clark -5% Grant Bateman* Alan P. Brew Dr. Caroline M. Czarnecki+ Marjory C. Beck Gurnee K. Bridgman+ Lyle E. Dally*+ 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Dr. M. James & Nancy Virginia Bridgman* Dr. Donald DeKrey*+ Bensen+ Dr. William & Henrietta Rebecca Eggers* Annual Return Evelyn Berg* Britton Fritz & Robin Ehlers Dan and Terri Bergan Lynne C. Bunt *+ Steve & Sue Engel 10-Year Average M.Fern Birnstihl*+ Jeff rey P. Busse+ Irvin* & Kay Engebretson

40 | BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY Midcontinent Communications William and Susan Schmitz DONOR SPOTLIGHT James and Sharon Molde Lee and Deborah Schreck JOHN B. EMKOVIK SCHOLARSHIP Dr. Robert and Sally Montebello John* and Evenly* Schuiling Dr. Dorothy L. Moore* John* and Charlotte Schullo A founding member of Bemidji State hockey, John Emkovik Leo D. Morgan, Jr. Patricia and Mark Shough ’49 laid the groundwork for the program as a student-athlete Robb H. Naylor Harold J. Shellum by helping rebuild Bemidji’s curling arena for hockey use. A Katharine Neilson Cram* Pete* and Marilyn Simonson passionate educator, Emkovik taught Russian to three Peter and Bonnie Nelson Rose Skyberg generations of students before retiring from South St. Paul Stella and Paul Nelson State Farm Companies Foundation Gerald* and Fern* Nichols Dr. Maria and Terry Statton High School in 1987. Although Emkovik passed away in 2015, North Country Dental Erma Stelter* his legacy remains through an annual scholarship that Northern Liquor Off Sale Irene K. Stewart supports two BSU men’s hockey players. Gary and Karen Oftelie Willie and Arla Stittsworth In 2017, Emkovik’s wife, Cay, and daughter, Cait Griffi n, David and Jean Olderman Stittsworth’s Meats Bruce L. Olson Dr. Bruce and Shari Sutor endowed a scholarship in John’s name to remember the man Olson-Schwartz Funeral Home Chet Swedmark* and Helen Kohl-Swedmark who held hockey, education and BSU so close to his heart. Royal and Diane Orser Systec, Inc. Two awards are given each year with preference to those Family and Friends of Ruth Ouverson Dr. Martin and LaRae Tadlock Dr. Donna K. Palivec Doug and Lori Taylor majoring in education. Griffi n and Emkovik visit Bemidji each Greg and Kathy Palm Teammates for Kids Foundation winter to watch the Beavers play and meet the scholarship John and Lori Paris Telespectrum Worldwide recipients after the game. Pat Knoer State Farm Insurance Jeff and Susan Tesch “We get a lot of joy knowing that what we are doing for Dad R. Scott and Kate Pearson Dr. Jerome and Jane Thompson John and Teresa Persell Dr. Romola K. Thorbeck would make him happy,” Griffi n said. Dr. Martha and Don Peters Chris and Dick Tolman David Lee Peterson* Dr. Benjamin and Janet Tsang Rohl and Patricia Peterson Brian and Jana VanHaaften Ronald L. Phillips Shane A. Veenker Pickett Agency, Inc. Mary M. Veranth Elmer and Betty Porter Marilyn Vogel & Leland Wilkinson Productivity, Inc. Ruth E. Warde* Dr. Joanne M. Provo Dr. Victor D. Weber* Jack* and Mary Betty* Quistgard Julie A. Wegner Michael and Jackie Rasch Ryan and Bryn Welle Roger Rasmussen George* and Paula Welte Dr. John and Mary Sue Redebaugh Wes’ Plumbing & Heating L to R: Cay Emkovik, sophomore men’s hockey forward Ethan Somoza, Roger and Arlene Reierson Bryan and Judy Westerman Mary A. Reitter Wilde Financial Cait Griffen, sophomore men’s hockey forward Aaron Miller Scott Robbins Dr. Rodney Will and Anne Meredith-Will William and Lainey Rodgers Jerry and Kathy Winans Ross Lewis Sign Company James and Lois Wood Stuart and Susan Rosselet Bud and Gloria Woodward RP Broadcasting, Inc DONOR SPOTLIGHT Dr. Samuel and Sara Sant * Deceased Drs. William and Rochelle Scheela New member THE RICHARD AND EVELYN KRUMMEL SCHOLARSHIP Richard and Evelyn Krummel are familiar names for Bemidji State students who studied German from the late 1960s through 1990. Eldridge* & Jean Erickson Dr. Annie B. Henry Donald & Mary Erickson Dr. Ruth Howe & Merril Thiel+ The Krummels devoted Janet M. Erickson Dr. Myrtie A. Hunt*+ their careers to helping Dr. Bruce & Mary Jo Falk Esther F. Instebo*+ students learn the rich Ann Moore Flowers*+ John & Delphine Jacobsen history and culture of Dr. William & Margie Forseth Larry Jallen Germany through Jerry & Shirley Froseth Christine Janda* Helen Gill* Edwin* & Myra* Johnson international study trips to Berlin. On one such trip, they Dr. Lowell* & Ardis* Gillett+ Sam* & Peggy* Johnson+ witnessed the historic demolition of the Berlin Wall. Ronald & Nancy Gladen Margaret H. Johnson*+ The Richard and Evelyn Krummel Scholarship was created James D. Gribble+ Jeff rey & Marjorie Johnson Beulah Gregoire* Vince Johnson*+ following their passing — Richard in 2017 and Evelyn in Dennis* & Patricia Grimes Wilbur Johnson*+ 2018 — by the couple’s children and grandchildren in Keith W. Gunderson*+ Dr. Johannas M. Jordan remembrance of their passion for language, scholarship and Cedsel J. Hagen* Robin Norgaard Kelleher travel. It is awarded annually to a BSU sophomore, junior or Kathryn K. Hamm* William & Patricia Kelly Linda S. Hanson Richard & Sharon King+ senior participating in the Education Abroad Program and Luther & Diann Hanson Justin & Jessica Klander studying in a non-English speaking country. Russell* & Gudrun* Harding Lillie M. Kleven*+ Today, the Krummel family hopes its scholarship will allow Margaret H. Harlow*+ Norman Kramer *Deceased BSU students to experience the adventure of international Oluf* & Margaret* Haugsrud+ Joan Kriegler* +Charter Member Paul A. & Tammi L. Hedtke Robert & Kristie Krowech BOLD - New travel, language and global education, and encourage other Beverly Henriques Dr. Elwood & Jean Largis Member donors to support global education at the university.

{ continued on next page } www.BemidjiState.edu | 41 R T Legacy SOCIETY GIFTSo { continued from page 41} Robert Ley David & Dianne Parnow Jack & Marie St. Martin Jeff & Christel Wallin Eva Lind*+ f Lawrence W. Perkins* J. Ruth Stenerson* Dr. Victor D. Weber* Glen & Terri Lindseth Robert & Mary Lou Peters Willie & Arla Stittsworth Robert* & Jeanette* Welle Keith Malmquist* David Peterson*+ Maurice & Lorna Sullivan+ Tom & Paulette Welle Neil & Patricia* McMurrin Rohl & Patricia Peterson Anita Swanson George* & Paula Welte Nelmarie Melville Diane Plath Melanie & Michael Teems Wesley W. Winter* Mark Menard Dr. Joanne M. Provo+ Dr. Dave & Peggy Tiff any+ Shirley M. Yliniemi* Kathryn & Donald Mertz Drs. Jon & Patricia Quistgaard Dr. Ken Traxler Robert and Sherry Young Margaret A. Miles David & Kim Ramsey Joanne E. Torﬁ n Charles & Susan Zielin John & Susan Minter Dr. Tom & Sandra Richard John Traxler* Eleven anonymous John & Walli Mitchell Bill & Lois Robertson Bennett & Joan Trochlil Dr. Dorothy L. Moore*+ Pamela Fladeland-Rodriguez Dr. James & Diane Tuorila *Deceased Dr. Thomas & Mary Moberg Dr. Patricia A. Rosenbrock Floyd A. Tweten +Charter Member Harry Moore*+ Carol A. Russell Nancy and Richard Vyskocil BOLD - New Member Claude Morris*+ John & Charlotte Schullo Mervin Wagner* Richard and Susan Morris Mark & Margaret Schultz Betty Murray Dr. Duane & Marilyn Sea Mary Ann Mushel* Ken* & Betti Sherman Norman* & Judy Nelson Hazel Shimmin* Statement of Position Dr. Raymond A. Nelson* Richard Somodi June 30, 2018 Wilford* & Albioni* Nelson Lowell & Lois Sorenson Dr. John & Monica* O’Boyle Duane & Celeste Sperl Assets Dr. Charles K. O’Connor Michael & Melinda Spry Current Assets Beulah M. Parisi Irwin* & Patricia St. John Cash and Cash Equivalents $ 534,182 Investments 27,207,950 Accounts Receivable 8,000 Statement of Activities Contributions Receivable — Current 817,782 Prepaid Expenses 8,890 Year Ended June 30, 2018 Total Current Assets 28,576,804

Unrestricted Temporarily Permanently Total Property and Equipment 309,748 Restricted Restricted Support and Revenue Other Assets Contributions $254,666 $2,384,936 - $2,639,602 Contributions Receivable — Long-Term 1,693,202 Endowment Gifts - - 1,034,789 1,034789 Remainder Interest in Real Estate 88,626 Investment Income 738,672 1,109,304 - 1,847,976 Cash Surrender Value Life Insurance 115,559 Royalty Revenue 1,811 - 1,811 Total Other Assets 1,897,387 Lease Revenue 61,087 - 61,087 Increase in Cash Surrender Value Total Assets 30,783,939 Life Insurance and Actuarial Adjust 29,825 - - 29,825 Net Assets Released from Restriction Liabilities and Net Assets Administrative Assessment 496,074 (496,074) - - Current Liabilities Investment Income (loss) - (7,550) 7,550 - Accounts Payable $ 21,688 Adjust for Donor New Restrictions 0 0 Payroll Liabilities 24,625 Satisfaction of Purpose Restrictions 1,971,989 1,971,98 - - Annuities Payable, Current Portion 14,819 Total Support and Revenue 3,493,037 1,079,714 1,042,339 5,615,090 Total Current Liabilities 61,132 Expenses Long-Term Liabilities Program Services Annuities Payable, Long-Term Portion 131,328

Scholarships 1,401,720 - - 1,401,720 Total Liabilities 192,460 Special Events and Other Services 1,677,440 - - 1,677,440 Total Program Services 3,097,460 - - 3,097,460 Net Assets Unrestricted Net Assets Supporting Services Lakeside Fund & Quasi Endowment Fund $ 1,453,682 Alumni House Acquisition (30,000) Management & General 205,079 - - 205,079 Imagine Tomorrow Campaign 142,841 Fundraising Expenses 766,921 - - 766,921 Other Designated Funds 2,119,004 Total Supporting Services 972,000 - - 972,000 Plant Fund 309,749 Total Expenses 4,051,460 4,051,460 Total Unrestricted Net Assets 4,031,678

Change in Net Assets (558,423) 1,079,714 1,042,339 1,563,630 Temporarily Restricted Net Assets 4,427,280 Net Assets, Beginning of Year 4,590,101 3,347,566 21,090,182 29,027,849 Permanently Restricted Net Assets 22,132,521 Total Net Assets 30,591,479 Net Assets, End of Year 4,031,678 4,427,280 22,132,521 30,591,479 42 | BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY Total Liabilities and Net Assets 30,783,939

APRIL 4 2019 CALENDAR JANUARY 18 Beaver Pride Luncheon 11:30 a.m., Upper Deck, Walnut Hall (218) 755-2827 or [email protected] 26 Beaver Freeze Ice Fishing Tournament 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Diamond Point Park, hosted by Gillet Wellness Center (218) 755-4135 FEBRUARY HOW DO YOU 15 Beaver Pride Luncheon 11:30 a.m., Upper Deck, Walnut Hall (218) 755-2827 GET • GIVE • THINK or [email protected] 15-16 Men’s Hockey Alumni Weekend BACK TO BEMIDJI STATE? Register at www.bsualumni.org/HockeyReunion Thanks to alumni like you, Bemidji State has made (218) 755-2827 or [email protected] plenty of history during its 100 years. We think it’s 15-16 BSU Athletic Hall of Fame Weekend time to celebrate your accomplishments during BSU’s Information and register at largest giving event to date, set for April 4, 2019. The www.bsualumni.orgevents/2019ahof event, “Back to Bemidji,” recognizes how alumni get (218) 755-2827 or [email protected] back to campus, give back to support the university’s mission and think back to their time as a Beaver. 21 Brainerd Area Alumni Chapter’s Taco Night & MN Wild Viewing Party How can you get involved? 5 p.m., Poncho and Lefty’s, Baxter, Minn. (218) 755-2762 or [email protected] Start thinking of Bemidji State’s impact on your life and join the conversation on April 4. 23 BSU Baseball’s “Winter Olympics” Fundraiser 12 p.m., Bemidji Bowling Alley; Event wrap-up at CK Dudley’s afterwards, Bemidji (218) 755-4108 bsualumni.org/BacktoBemidjiState or [email protected] Bemidji State University 23 Minnesota Music Educators Association Minneapolis BSU Alumni Reception (218) 755-2762 or [email protected] @BemidjiState MARCH FOUNDATION bemidjistate 9 Alumni in Arizona Golf Outing & Luncheon 8:30 a.m. golf, 1 p.m. luncheon; Superstition Springs Golf Club, Mesa, Ariz. Register at www.bsualumni.org/arizona2019 (218) 755-3989 or [email protected] 9 Alumni in Arizona Beaver Hockey Viewing Party 5 p.m., R.T. O’Sullivan’s Bar & Grill, Mesa, Ariz. FEBRUARY 24 (218) 755-3989 or [email protected] APRIL BSU Alumni & Friends 4 “Back to Bemidji State” Day of Giving Get, give and think back to Bemidji State during its in You are cordially ﬁ rst ever campus-wide day of giving. 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. Florida bsualumni.org/BacktoBemidjiState invited to a reception to meet Dr. Faith Hensrud, president of Bemidji State University, and MAY fellow alumni and friends over hors d’oeuvres 2 Beaver Nation Celebration and cocktails. 5:30 p.m., Beaux Arts Ballroom, Bemidji State University (218) 755-2941 BSU Alumni & Friends Gathering or [email protected] 2 p.m., Sunday, February 24, 2019 U 10 BSU Commencement Home of Margaret (Hanka) and Bob Laurich 2 p.m., Sanford Center Arena, Bemidji 5102 Estates Circle Sarasota, Fla. 17 10th Annual American Indian Resource Center Golf Classic 10 a.m., Tianna Country Club, Walker, MN Kindly reply to BSU Alumni Offi ce by email or phone if you plan to attend. [email protected] or 218-755-2762 www.BemidjiState.edu | 43 1500 Birchmont Drive NE Bemidji, MN 56601-2699

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An original illustration that presents a fanciful version of Bemidji State’s journey across the decades is available for purchase by alumni and others. It was featured on the cover of a previous edition of Bemidji State University magazine. The work by design graduate Hope Wall ’17 is printed on high-quality, 18-by-24-inch felt paper that is suitable for framing and ideal for home or offi ce display. Each unframed poster comes protected by a cellophane sleeve and is packaged in a mailing tube. The purchase price is $15, including postage, per poster. To order one or more posters, send a check to BSU Poster, 1500 Birchmont Drive NE, Bemidji, MN 56601- 2699 or visit bsualumni.org/posters to order online. Email [email protected] or call (218) 755-2041 with questions.

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