Alumni Success

Ray Sauer Receives Prestigious Minnesota Golf Association Award

By Eric Sorenson / July 29, 2022

A member of the BSU golf team from 1966-70, Ray Sauer ‘70 is a six-time club champion at his home course in St. Cloud. He won Bemidji’s prestigious Birchmont Classic…

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Moberg Builds Trails Across North Country

By Eric Sorenson / July 29, 2022

Bemidji State University grad Tom Moberg ‘64 is making it his mission to honor the history of the Indigenous people who for centuries called southeastern North Dakota home along the…

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Trask’s Record Ride on Lake Bemidji Supports Cancer Research

By Eric Sorenson / July 15, 2021

Brad Trask ’17 is using a life-long passion to bring awareness to one of the leading causes of cancer in men. He will likely soon become a world-record holder in…

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Alum Rob Luke ’98 pens poems about his favorite BSU professors

By Eric Sorenson / July 14, 2021

So You Want to be an English Teacher I was an outsider to the first university on theMississippi River, rustic academia.Mark was my English Methods teacher.His classes seemed spontaneous, flashing…

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Andrew Benson ’15

By Eric Sorenson / December 8, 2020

Andrew Bensen is a realtor for Keller Williams Premier Realty Lake Minnetoka where he represents buyers and sellers in the Twin Cities’ western suburbs. Bensen played golf for the Beavers…

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Leslie Sagen ’00

By Eric Sorenson / November 24, 2020

Leslie Sagen, a special education coordinator and teacher at Nevis Public Schools, was selected Teacher of the Year by her peers. Sagen has taught at the school district for 25…

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Anthony Ragsdale ’13

By Eric Sorenson / November 24, 2020

Anthony Ragsdale is a behavior analyst for Aspire College Academy in Sacramento, California. The academy’s mission is to prepare elementary students for college success. Ragsdale lives in Rancho Cordova, California,…

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Debbie (Bryant) Davis ’76

By Eric Sorenson / November 24, 2020

Debbie (Bryant) Davis is the programs and initiatives manager for the New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority. She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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Nikki (Baird) Brink ’04

By Eric Sorenson / November 24, 2020

Nikki (Baird) Brink is the chief operating officer at First National Bank Bemidji. She lives in Bemidji with her husband, Bob ‘04, who teaches social studies at Bemidji High School.…

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Brad Dokken ’84

By Eric Sorenson / November 24, 2020

Brad Dokken was awarded the Conservation Communications Award from Ducks Unlimited, a national conservation organization focused on wetland habitat conservation. Dokken, an outdoor reporter and editor at the Grand Forks…

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