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Kate Pearson, Bemidji’s longest-tenured teacher, has built a career shaping multiple generations
Kate Pearson is the longest-tenured teacher in Bemidji Area Schools. Most of those years have been in second grade, and working in the classroom allows Pearson to put her Bemidji State education to good use by shaping her often bright-eyed students.
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- 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
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- Softball set to host Sip the Northwoods Tasting fundraiser Oct. 3
- Beavers look to snap No. 4/3 Mavericks’ streak in first road game of 2026
- Beavers start NSIC play in North Dakota Friday and Saturday
- Beavers look to rebound as NSIC play begins at USF and SMSU
- BSU Men’s Basketball sets up for 28 games in 2026-27 campaign
- Beaver Women’s Hoops announce 2026-27 schedule
- 2026-27 Bemidji State Men’s and Women’s Hockey single-game tickets on sale
- Beavers voted eighth in WCHA Preseason Coaches’ Poll
- Beavers corral Mustangs for 38-0 win on Senior Day
- Beavers push win streak to eight and set streak to 18 in sweep of Golden Eagles
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Kate Pearson, Bemidji’s longest-tenured teacher, has built a career shaping multiple generations
Kate Pearson is the longest-tenured teacher in Bemidji Area Schools. Most of those years have been in second grade, and working in the classroom allows Pearson to put her Bemidji State education to good use by shaping her often bright-eyed students.
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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.
