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Honors

 Honors Program
Bemidji State University
1500 Birchmont Drive NE
Bemidji, MN 56601-2699

Room: HS 357
Phone: (218) 755-3984
E-mail: honors@bemidjistate.edu

Honors Council

The Honors Council is the advisory group to the Honors Program. Its twelve members include faculty from all three of the University's colleges. Student representatives are elected to the Council by their cohorts for terms of one academic year.

Dr. Marsha Driscoll
Director of the Honors Program
Department: Psychology
HS 211, 218-755-2848
mdriscoll@bemidjistate.edu
 
Dr. Virgil Bakken
Department: Tech. Studies
BG 204, 218-755-3370
vbakken@bemidjistate.edu

Dr. Patrick Carriere
Department: Theatre
BN 104, 218-755-3901
pcarriere@bemidjistate.edu

Dr. Mark Christensen
Department: English
HS 302, 218-755-3356
mchristensen@bemidjistate.edu

Dr. Mark Fulton
Department: Biology
S 291, 218-755-2787
mfulton@bemidjistate.edu

Dr. Jeanie Gangeness
Department: Nursing
S 207, 218-755-3870
cgangeness@bemidjistate.edu

Dr. Bonnie Higgins
Department: Tech. Studies
BN 242, 218-755-3790
bhiggins@bemidjistate.edu


Dr. Colleen Livingston
Department: Mathematics
HG 362, 218-755-2843
clivingston@bemidjistate.edu


Dr. Carla Norris-Raynbird
Department: Sociology
HG 353, 218-755-2828
cnorrisraynbird@bemidjistate.edu

Professor Janet Prater
Department: Criminal Justice
EA 311, 218-755-2841
jprater@bemidjistate.edu

Dr. David Smith
Department: Business Admin.
DH 29, 218-755-4122
dsmith@bemidjistate.edu

Dr. Jeff Ueland
Department: Geography
HS 238, 218-755-2805
jueland@bemidjistate.edu

Dr. James White
Department: Physical Educ.
PE 207, 218-755-2766
jwhite@bemidjistate.edu

Honors Faculty

For over three decades, the Honors Program has been staffed by faculty-at-large who are invited to submit course proposals to the Honors Council for approval. Most Honors courses are team-taught by gifted faculty from widely disparate disciplines.

From its inception, the Honors Program has been dedicated to disciplinary rigor and ongoing classroom experimentation. This dedication creates and maintains the dynamics of the program. As Bemidji State University has expanded its curriculum into interdisciplinary programs, the Honors Program has served as the model of interdisciplinarity.

In the event that you transfer to another school; courses at Bemidji State University, including the Honors courses, are transferable to all other institutions.

Students wishing to leave the program should carefully weigh the advantages and disadvantages of this action relative to their graduation plans and general university program.