Bemidji State History
The Madrigal Dinners’ unique take on dinner theater simulated a renaissance world, complete with Christmas carols, traditional cuisine and yuletide charm.
Read more »The Bemidji State Teachers College football team hosted Mankato State for Homecoming in 1955, playing a back-and-forth game and producing highlights that the Alumni & Foundation has digitized.
Read more »Bemidji State University’s longstanding student publication ran its first issue on this date in 1929, marking today as its 95th birthday.
Read more »Crossing Waters – derived from the Ojibwe word “bemijigamaag,” meaning “lake with crossing waters” and for which Bemidji was named – honors the history of our region.
Read more »Dr. Eugene Bradfield, the newest member of the psychology faculty at Bemidji State College in 1966, has a constant companion on campus: Suzie, his seeing-eye dog.
Read more »Hockey season is here! What better way to celebrate the start of the men’s hockey season than to look back and witness some of the greatest moments in Beaver Hockey history?
Read more »Wes Westrum often found himself in the right place at the right time and used that knack to author a storybook career. And 70 years ago today, he became Bemidji State’s first World Series champion.
Read more »In honor of International Beaver Day – celebrated wholeheartedly at Bemidji State University every April 7 – we’re looking back at Bucky’s forefather: Bill-der Beaver.
Read more »The exhibition started at noon on March 18 and continued until 5 p.m. on March 23. When the contest finally, mercifully, triumphantly ended 125 hours after opening tipoff, more than two dozen Beavers had a new record to behold.
Read more »The Bemidji State University Alumni & Foundation is proud to release two digitized versions of “University in the Pines” (1994), which are now freely available to the public.
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