Business & Organizations

Director: Ms. Marjorie Giauque
Phone: 218-755-2038; Email: career@bemidjistate.edu

Finding qualified employees is just a mouse-click away through Bemidji State's Career Services Office. Register with BSUCareers, our on-line recruiting system, to search our student resume database for qualified candidates as well as post job and internship openings online. Contact our office for a user name and password. Through our campus career fair and links to others, you can personally meet and interview students who just might become your organization's next rising stars. Find out more from Career Services.

Director: Mr. Robert Griggs
Phone: 218-755-2068 (local); 800-852-7422 (toll free); Email: cel@bemidjistate.edu

Don't let distance or time keep you or your employees from getting the education needed to keep pace with today's job demands. The Center for Extended Learning delivers high-quality learning opportunities to those who are unable to travel to Bemidji for education and training.

The Center offers undergraduate, graduate and corporate education programs regionally, nationally and internationally. Learn more about BSU's distance education opportunities from the Center for Extended Learning.

Director: Mr. Anthony Schaffhauser
Phone: 218-755-4900 (local); (888) 738-3224 (Toll Free); Email: cri@bemidjistate.edu

Whether it's setting a corporate vision or analyzing current business practices, the Center for Research and Innovation (CRI) has the staff and expertise you need. An outreach arm of Bemidji State University and Northwest Technical College, CRI focuses on training, education and research as well as meeting the entrepreneurial and economic development needs of the region. CRI staff can help your business or organization identify strategies to reach your goals.

Services provided include: knowledge clusters, corporate and customized training, non-profit development, multimedia development, strategic planning, and more. Find out more at the CRI.

Director: Dr. Fu-Husian Chang
Phone: 218-755-4104

Studying the environmental, economics, and social impacts of everything from contaminants to natural predators to people, researchers at Bemidji State's Center for Environment, Earth and Space Studies (CEESS) are focusing on applied research to better understand, remediate and restore the environment. Serving the region for over 30 years, CEESS and its faculty have been awarded more than $4 million dollars in grants and contracts by federal and state agencies, foundations and industry.

CEESS research includes: a Minnesota Pollution Control Agency study on the ecological impacts of residential development on Beauty Lake, bioconversion of agricultural wastes into ethanol using a multiple enzyme system, bioconversion of potato waste into marketable biopolymers, a sustainable agriculture initiative, a Leech Lake area watershed study, study of water and wastewater treatment technology, renewable biofuel research and development, an Indian Lake restoration project, a shallow lake inventory project, a study on the effects of pesticides use on endangered species, several geophysical studies investigating subsurface geology, hydrology and contamination and a NASA and Minnesota Space Grant. Go to CEESS for information about the center's comprehensive and interdisciplinary undergraduate and graduate programs as well its research activities.

Director: Mr. David Smith
Phone: 218-755-4122

Good business decisions start with solid marketing data. And now your business or organization has a cost-effective way of obtaining that essential market information through the services of Marketing Assistance & Research Solutions (MARS).

MARS is a faculty-directed, student-run center uniquely serving the northwest Minnesota business community while providing Bemidji State's marketing students with hands-on learning experiences. MARS research services include feasibility studies, Internet and exploratory research, focus groups, group interviews, telephone surveys, mail surveys and strategic management analysis (SWOT). MARS has completed projects for area businesses and organizations including variety of BSU departments and offices.

Director: Ms. Karen White
Phone: 218-755-2208

Surround yourself with success by turning to 360° – The Manufacturing and Applied Engineering Center of Excellence. As the lead institution for 360°, BSU partners with seven Minnesota community and technical colleges to help find education-based solutions to ease the work force pressures felt by Minnesota manufacturing and applied engineering companies.

Through its "Seamless Career Pathway," 360° has identified and developed new routes for students of all ages to pursue manufacturing and applied engineering careers. These programs emerged as representatives from industry and education worked together on projects and new initiatives to strengthen global competitiveness. See for yourself at 360°.

Director: Mr. Jorge S. Prince
Phone: 218-755-4255

Turn to the Northwest Regional Small Business Development Center (SBDC) to find answers – and solutions – to your business questions. From analyzing opportunities for business growth to developing robust business plans, our expert consultants can guide you. They can also help you obtain and make sense of critical business information.

If you're looking for ways to finance a new or growing small business, center consultants can assist. After helping you assess your financial situation and identify funding sources, we will work with you in completing the paperwork needed for a loan application. Besides consulting services, we also offer short, practical seminars to keep you updated on current business and management topics. See the Minnesota SBCD for more details.