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History in the Pines release

Alumni & Foundation launches digital museum of Bemidji State history

BSU nursing students with their new stethoscopes from Red Lake Nation. (BSU photo)

Red Lake Nation celebrates new Bemidji State nurses with hand-beaded stethoscopes

Cute couple (1950s)

Never-before-seen photos showcase 1950s life at Bemidji State

Sadie Lundquist

Sadie Lundquist ’13

Sadie Lundquist

Women’s hockey alumna Sadie Lundquist named first director of women’s hockey at College Hockey Inc.

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Art Lee: When just one (unexpected) non-signature would enrich Bemidji

Delegates dedicated the site for a new normal school in Bemidji in June 1915.

The year Bemidji became ‘Normal’: State selects city for teacher training school over Cass Lake, Thief River Falls in 1913

A.C. Clark in lab school (1964)

A school within a school: Lab School gave real-world experience to students for decades

Ben Miller

Ben Miller ’18

Rick Herder

Rick Herder ’77

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Fred Baker, champion of Bemidji State and American Indians, dies at 84

Battle of the Mascots promo photo

Inaugural ‘Battle of the Mascots’ initiative features Bucky-Jack showdown for new scholarship

President Emeritus Jim Bensen laughs while delivering a speech during his send-off reception on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023, at the David Park House. (Micah Friez / Bemidji State)

Momentous momentum: The Bemidji State Alumni & Foundation’s 2023 year in review

The July 15, 1913, edition of the Bemidji Daily Pioneer proclaimed that Bemidji had been selected as the winner of Minnesota's newest normal school.

From the archives: “EXTRA!! Bemidji Wins the Sixth Normal School by Unanimous Vote”

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Ruth Howe, a founder of Bemidji State women’s athletics, dies at 93