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45 years later, Bob Anderson’s first Commencement serves as a culmination of career

Bob Anderson addressed the Class of 2025 during a pair of May 9 ceremonies, encouraging them to appreciate their own journeys — whether or not they hitchhike along Highway 2 like Anderson did back in the day.

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Our alumni body of more than 50,000 Beavers started with just four students who earned their diplomas 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 before being renamed to the Alumni Association in 1927.  The BSU Foundation was founded in 1969 as a separate, nonprofit entity. On Feb. 1, 2016, the separate Alumni Association board and the BSU Foundation board merged to become a combined board for the Bemidji State Alumni & Foundation.