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Surrounded by millions of birds, Dr. Gabriela Kiesel brings expertise and care to Minnesota’s turkey industry
Dr. Gabriela Kiesel is one of the few veterinarians that oversees a complex operation with Jennie-O in various locations across Minnesota, the nation’s top turkey-producing state. She helps yield nearly 180 million pounds of meat for consumers across the United States annually.
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- New and Reimagined Programs at BSU Support Student and Regional Workforce Needs
- More Than 400 BSU Students Earn President’s Honor Roll Honors for Spring 2026
- More Than 600 BSU Students Earn Dean’s List Honors for Spring 2026
- School of Music’s Opera Night Gala Again Delivers Opportunity and Excellence
- Bemidji State University Celebrates its Graduating Class of 2026
- BSU’s 107th Commencement: Mortar Board Gallery
- Brent Larson to Address Graduates at BSU’s 107th Commencement, May 8
- $8.1M Gift Establishes the Sunderman College of Creativity, Enterprise and Place
- BSU Names Dr. Marci Maple and Dr. Travis Ricks to Interim Leadership Positions
- Senior Spotlight: Steeve Eloundou — Finding Purpose in Patient Care
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- 18th annual BSU Men’s Basketball Golf Outing kicks-off August 28
- Beaver Hockey 2026-27 season tickets on sale now
- Softball hires Cody Cox as Assistant Coach
- Beaver XC announces 2026 schedule
- Hahni Johnson named Interim Head Volleyball Coach
- BSU and Mammoth Construction begin Chet Anderson Stadium turf renovation project
- BSU Baseball announces date for annual alumni, friends and family golf tournament
- BSU Men’s Hockey has 14 tabbed as AHCA/Krampade All-American Scholars
- BSU Women’s Hockey has 13 named to AHCA/Krampade All-American Scholar list
- Erika Bute resigns as Beaver Volleyball Head Coach
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Surrounded by millions of birds, Dr. Gabriela Kiesel brings expertise and care to Minnesota’s turkey industry
Dr. Gabriela Kiesel is one of the few veterinarians that oversees a complex operation with Jennie-O in various locations across Minnesota, the nation’s top turkey-producing state. She helps yield nearly 180 million pounds of meat for consumers across the United States annually.
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Our alumni body of more than 50,000 Beavers started with just four students who earned their diplomas in June 1920.
Two years later, the BSU Alumni & Foundation was formed at Sanford Hall in conjunction with that year's graduation. Then an all-female body, it was first called the Bemidji State Teachers College Alumnae Association before being renamed to the Alumni Association in 1927. The BSU Foundation was founded in 1969 as a separate, nonprofit entity. In 2016, the separate Alumni Association board and the BSU Foundation board merged to establish the Bemidji State Alumni & Foundation.
