Approximately 150 Bemidji State University students presented their academic research and creative achievements during the 23rd annual Student Achievement Conference on April 6.<\/p>\n
The conference – themed “Create, Innovate, Inspire” – featured 64 posters and 36 oral presentations representing a wide variety of academic programs, with additional students participating in invitational displays featuring design, fine arts and music.<\/p>\n
After an honor song performed by the Ojibwe Nation drum group, the conference began at 10 a.m. with an opening ceremony where President Faith C. Hensrud <\/b>provided a welcome address. Following the president’s welcome, Gordon Hess<\/b>, a psychology sophomore pursuing a minor in creative and professional writing from Maplewood, Minnesota, recited his poem, “The Artist’s Sea,<\/a>” written specially for the conference.<\/p>\n The recitation was followed by a performance of “Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix,” an aria by Camille Saint-Saëns from the opera “Samson and Delilah,” by Emily Bergeron<\/b>, a senior vocal performance major from Bemidji.<\/p>\n “For the past four years, I’ve had such a great time studying at BSU,” she said. “I feel like I’ve made so many advancements in my personal and professional life so the student achievement conference is a showcase of all the hard work that I’ve done and that the professors have done for and with me.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
![The Artist’s Sea,<\/a>” written specially for the conference.<\/p>\nThe recitation was followed by a performance of “Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix,” an aria by Camille Saint-Saëns from the opera “Samson and Delilah,” by Emily Bergeron<\/b>, a senior vocal performance major from Bemidji.<\/p>\n“For the past four years, I’ve had such a great time studying at BSU,” she said. “I feel like I’ve made so many advancements in my personal and professional life so the student achievement conference is a showcase of all the hard work that I’ve done and that the professors have done for and with me.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n](\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/2022-Student-Achievement-Program_Final-scaled-e1649268794863.jpg\"){kind=link}