Four students earned their diplomas from "Bemidji Normal School" in June 1920: Cora Bernhard, Georgia Brown, Josephine Parker and Margaret Romens.
Two years later, the BSU Alumni & Foundation was formed on June 2, 1922, at Sanford Hall in conjunction with that year's graduation. Then an all-female body, it was first called the Bemidji State Teachers College Alumnae Association.
Lila Jerdee, a 1922 BSTC graduate from Bemidji, was elected as our first president. Anne Brundin, a fellow 1922 grad from East Grand Forks, was elected as secretary-treasurer.
The organization was renamed to the Alumni Association in 1927 and has since evolved into the Bemidji State Alumni & Foundation to better reflect our expanded role in supporting the university.