Archive for May 2010

Nursing department chair to serve on national subcommittee

BEMIDJI, Minn. (May 27, 2010) — Dr. Jeanine Gangeness, chair of the Department of Nursing at Bemidji State University, will serve on the American Association of Colleges of Nursing’s Faculty Development Conference Subcommittee for a two-year term through March of 2012. The subcommittee is responsible for assisting in the planning of the themes, topcs and […]

Talley Gallery to feature works Eugene Dalzotto

BEMIDJI, Minn. (May 27, 2010) — The Talley Gallery of Bemidji State University’s Education Arts Complex will feature works of the late Eugene Dalzotto, one of the first art professors at Bemidji State, in an exhibition entitled “THIS IS WHAT IT IS” beginning Monday, June 7. Dalzotto, who was instrumental in the formation of Bemidji […]

Minneapolis native wins BSU’s Beck P.E. Graduate Student Scholarship

BEMIDJI, Minn. (May 24, 2010) – Pamela Findlay, a graduate student in sport studies at Bemidji State University, has been chosen as the 2010 recipient of the Beck P.E. Graduate Student Scholarship. The Beck Scholarship was established in the name of Dr. Marjory C. Beck, professor emerita of physical education at Bemidji State, to foster […]

Bemidji State student named president of Minnesota State University Student Association

BEMIDJI, Minn. (May 21, 2010) – Andrew Spaeth, co-student body president at Bemidji State University during the 2009-10 school year, has been elected president of the Minnesota State University Student Association for the 2010-11 academic year. Members of the association held elections for new officers in April. Spaeth is also a member of the association’s […]

SBDC director to participate in Minnesota Agriculture and Rural Leadership program

BEMIDJI, Minn. (May 21, 2010) — Jorge Prince, director of the Northwest Minnesota Small Business Development Center housed at the Bemidji State University Center for Research and Innovation, has been named one of 32 participants in Class Six of the Minnesota Agriculture and Rural Leadership Program. The program provides dynamic leadership development for active and […]

Richard Hanson named 10th president of Bemidji State University

ST. PAUL, Minn. (March 19, 2010) – The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities today appointed Richard A. Hanson as president of Bemidji State University and Northwest Technical College. Hanson, 60, has been interim president of North Dakota State University since Dec. 1, 2009. Previously, he served as president of Waldorf College; professor of sociology, vice […]

BSU student wins scholarship from MSUSA

BEMIDJI, Minn. (May 17, 2010) – Cheree Johnson, a sophomore in marketing communication at Bemidji State University, has been chosen as the first recipient of the Minnesota State University Association’s Jared P. Stene Student Leadership Scholarship. In Nov. 2007, the Minnesota State University Student Association lost a highly valued student leader. Jared Paul Stene led […]

Design tech student earns EXHIBITOR Media Group Student Achievement Award

BEMIDJI, Minn. (May 17, 2010) – Bemidji State University senior Mackenzie Kaplan has won the 2010 EXHIBITOR Media Group Student Achievement Award. The award recipient is selected by the faculty in the design technology program and awarded by EXHIBITOR. Kaplan was noted for her academic performance and leadership in the classroom and in the University’s […]

BSU Foundation to host inaugural Dream Builder’s Breakfast

BEMIDJI, Minn. (May 12, 2010) — On Tuesday, May 18, the BSU Foundation will host its inaugural Dream Builder’s Breakfast. The free event, scheduled for 7:30 a.m. in the Beaux Arts Ballroom on the Bemidji State University campus, will focus on the work and vision of the BSU Foundation and the University, and the impact […]