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It’s Giving Tuesday! Here’s how to make a year-end charitable gift to Bemidji State

By BSU Alumni & Foundation / November 28, 2023

As the snow starts falling around campus, we’ve firmly entered into the season of giving. And today, on Giving Tuesday, you can take part in the annual holiday spirit by making a year-end donation to BSU.

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Beavers launch 3-Year/$150K Challenge to support Bemidji State Athletics

By BSU Alumni & Foundation / November 27, 2023

The Bemidji State University Alumni & Foundation has announced the launch of the 3-Year/$150K Giving Challenge for BSU Athletics. This is an ambitious drive with a singular goal in mind: to support our student-athletes and enhance their experience on and off the field.

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The heist in Deputy Hall: Investigating the ‘smoothly executed’ safecracking caper of 1955

By Micah Friez / November 22, 2023

From breaking and entering to cracking the safe to drowning evidence in a riverbed, here’s how unidentified thieves coordinated a heist in Deputy Hall – and how Bemidji State Teachers College still came out on top.

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Beavers capture second consecutive NSIC Tournament championship

By Bemidji State Athletics / November 12, 2023

The Bemidji State women’s soccer team captured its second consecutive conference tournament championship Sunday afternoon after shutting out University of Mary 2-0 in St. Cloud.

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Rich Siegert helps light up Bemidji State softball field with new scoreboard

By Molly Houts / November 8, 2023

Rich Siegert is familiar with rounding the bases of the softball field, as he was an active member in intramural sports during his time at Bemidji State University. Now the same site is home to the BSU softball team, but Siegert’s footprint still shows up in the dirt.

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New Bemidji State program invites alumni back for free campus tours

By BSU Alumni & Foundation / November 2, 2023

Ready to visit your old stomping grounds? Come back to campus and tour Bemidji State University!

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From the archives: “Harry” haunts theatre students in Bangsberg

By Northern Student archives / October 31, 2023

It has become a sort of tradition for the first student entering the stage to always greet Harry the Ghost. Likewise, the last person to leave the darkened theatre always says good night.

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Beavers welcome record-setters, program-changers and national champions to Athletic Hall of Fame

By BSU Alumni & Foundation / October 17, 2023

Bemidji State’s Athletic Hall of Fame has expanded to accommodate six worthy individuals and one national championship-winning team, all of whom were formally inducted into the Hall on Saturday, Oct. 14.

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A special message from President Hoffman: Refer a Beaver today!

By BSU Alumni & Foundation / October 13, 2023

October is College Knowledge Month in Minnesota. Hear from President John L. Hoffman as he discusses the opportunities you have at Bemidji State this month and how you can refer a future Beaver today.

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60 years after graduation, alumna Margaret Laurich makes first Homecoming return

By Micah Friez / October 6, 2023

When Margaret (Hanka) Laurich graduated from Bemidji State College in 1963, she bid farewell to Bemidji for more than half a century. But after 60 years away, Laurich made her triumphant return to campus at Homecoming this fall.

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