Donor Impact

Inspired by grandparents, Bella Vannavong pursues medical vocation behind door-opening scholarship

By Micah Friez / December 15, 2023

Bella Vannavong was inspired to enter the healthcare field so that she could create a better life for people like her grandparents. Vannavong is also the recipient of the Sam & Peggy Johnson Scholarship in Biology, and because of her donors’ support, she’s able to pursue an education at Bemidji State.

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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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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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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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Supporters make 2023 a banner year through summer fundraisers

By BSU Alumni & Foundation / September 22, 2023

The numbers are in, and it’s official: The summer of 2023 was a banner year of summer fundraisers for Bemidji State University.

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A record-raising Howe-Welle ‘remarkable’ in the eyes of Ruth Howe

By Micah Friez / August 30, 2023

Even as someone always ahead of her time, Ruth Howe is still blown away by how far the Beavers have come.

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Beavers raise record amount at 26th annual Galen Nagle Memorial Golf Tournament

By Micah Friez / August 9, 2023

The annual Galen Nagle Memorial Golf Tournament returned to the Bemidji Town and Country Club on Friday, July 14, bringing back the Bemidji State men’s hockey alumni of yesterday and yesteryear, plus all sorts of supporters.

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Bemidji State celebrates 40 years of nursing with pinning ceremony, scholarship luncheon

By BSU Alumni & Foundation / May 4, 2023

Bemidji State University celebrated 40 years of nursing on campus on Thursday, May 4, with a pinning ceremony for 2023 graduates and a luncheon for several new scholarship recipients.

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Day of Giving 2023 was a major success!

By BSU Alumni & Foundation / February 28, 2023

Mission accomplished: We crushed our goals for Day of Giving 2023.

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