BEMIDJI, Minn. (Jan. 31, 2011) — Bemidji State University’s 360 Degrees Manufacturing and Applied Engineering Center of Excellence is now offering distance education certificate programs in production and automation technologies, machine technologist and welding technology. The courses are designed for working professionals and offer those in the workforce an opportunity to start on a career […]

BEMIDJI, Minn. (January 28, 2011) — For the first time, Bemidji State University will have a student competing in the prestigious National Trumpet Competition, the world’s largest competition for trumpet players. Alexandra Kruse, a sophomore music major from Pipestone, Minn., is one of only 47 trumpeters from across the nation selected to compete in the […]

BEMIDJI, Minn. (Jan. 28, 2011) — For decades, science fiction has speculated on the nature of life and death interactions between humans and sophisticated non-humans. Now, that fiction is increasingly becoming a part of our daily reality. Drones patrol the skies in Pakistan. Department of Defense research aims to instruct robotic soldiers to obey the […]

BEMIDJI, Minn. (Jan. 27, 2011) — How does a culture define what is possible with art, and what accounts for true “creativity?” Patrick Carriere, assistant professor of theatre at Bemidji State University, will seek to answer these questions and determine what it means to “create from the soul” as part of the University’s Honors Council […]

BEMIDJI, Minn. (January 20, 2011) — Dr. Richard Hanson, president of Bemidji State University and Northwest Technical College, today announced his plan to meet an anticipated $5 million budget shortfall for the institutions over the next two years. The plan is directly attributable to economic challenges faced by the state of Minnesota, which is addressing […]