Micah Friez

Beaver supporters raise record $230,000 at Green & White Dinner and Auction

By Micah Friez / April 23, 2025

More than 300 attendees at the Sanford Center and online participants raised an event-record amount of $230,000 throughout the night, which will be used to directly support student-athletes and athletic programs at Bemidji State University.

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Arizona pilots new Alumni Networks program with spirited launch party weekend

By Micah Friez / April 15, 2025

The festivities doubled as the official launch party of the new Alumni Networks program, which is a revival of Bemidji State’s old Alumni Chapters and has been piloted by the newly established Arizona Network.

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All aboard: Bemidji State unveils luxury cruise ship for aquatic biology course on the Mississippi River

By Micah Friez / April 1, 2025

In addition to students, Bemidji State and Northwest Tech alumni are invited to come aboard, as well. All graduates from both institutions can enroll in the course free of charge so long that they meet certain requirements.

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April in BSU history: A gold medal, old Hagg-Sauer and Hands Across Campus

By Micah Friez / April 1, 2025

Travel back in time with us as we remember some of the momentous moments of Bemidji State history from the month of March.

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The life of Mary Welsh: the Beaver, the writer and the wife of Ernest Hemingway

By Micah Friez / March 14, 2025

On this day in 1946, author Ernest Hemingway married a Bemidji State gal. This is the life of Mary Welsh — the former Beaver, the fiery writer and the wife of a complex man.

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Inside $300,000: How Day of Giving reached its goal with a six-figure gift in the eleventh hour

By Micah Friez / March 4, 2025

In the closing hours of last month’s Day of Giving, 1975 alumnus Allen Sunderman delivered a posthumous gift that was years in the making.

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March in BSU history: Our 10,000th degree, first national title and a unique Ph.D.

By Micah Friez / March 1, 2025

Travel back in time with us as we remember some of the momentous moments of Bemidji State history from the month of March.

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Carter Eckblad found opportunity at Bemidji State because scholarships found him

By Micah Friez / February 20, 2025

Carter Eckblad, an ambitious senior who is majoring in marketing, is mere months away from earning his college degree because donors have supported him and his goals.

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A day after Valentine’s Day, the Siiras became each other’s sweethearts in Tamarack Hall

By Micah Friez / February 14, 2025

The Valentine’s Day season is special for Matthew and Karmen Siira, who met and fell in love at Bemidji State around this time of year. But they won’t be celebrating Valentine’s Day — or the day after — quite like you’d expect.

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Green Sox and Snow Sharks and Beavers, oh my! Here’s our 2024 year in review

By Micah Friez / December 31, 2024

From inspiring alumni to incredible events, Beavers near and far helped us further the mission of BSU over the past 12 months with a fervor that we’ve seldom seen before.

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