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For the North means for us all.

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Up North, we are teachers and nurses and builders and dreamers who know exactly what direction BSU can take us. A people this driven deserve a North Star, and we’re making sure they know where to find it.

For the North means for us all.

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Up North, we are teachers and nurses and builders and dreamers who know exactly what direction BSU can take us. A people this driven deserve a North Star, and we’re making sure they know where to find it.

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Meet the People of the North on Nov. 13… or unlock the content now

Starting Nov. 13, you can watch our new campaign video and meet the People of the North. Or, answer the same question they did — What story carries you? — and gain immediate access today.

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BSU Education Hall of Fame Ceremony

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Day of Giving 2026

Patty Grabowski and Joe Grabowski attended Bemidji State's Arizona Network social on Friday, April 11, 2025, in Sun City West, Arizona. (Micah Friez / Bemidji State)

Alumni and Friends in Arizona

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Who We Are

Our alumni body of more than 50,000 Beavers started with just four students who earned their diplomas in June 1920: Cora Bernhard, Georgia Brown, Josephine Parker and Margaret Romens.

Two years later, the BSU Alumni & Foundation was formed on June 2, 1922, 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 become a combined board for the Bemidji State Alumni & Foundation.

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