BEMIDJI, Minn. (Jan. 4, 2012) — Bemidji State University will play host to the annual Student Creativity Festival on Jan. 5. The festival provides the opportunity for fifth to eighth-grade students from 26 communities across northwest Minnesota to participate in activities focused on the arts, creativity and problem solving.<\/p>\n
The program, sponsored by Northwest Service Cooperative, opens in Hagg-Sauer Hall on the Bemidji State campus at 9:15 a.m. and ends at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n
The event will open with a general session by John Stetson, “100,000 Miles by Dog Team.” Stetson has traveled over 100,000 miles by dog team, primarily in the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions, and been involved in some of the most significant polar expeditions in history.<\/p>\n
Sessions will continue in Hagg-Sauer Hall and the Hobson Memorial Union and include: Guitars and Changing Technology, Extreme Brain Exploration, Mad About Science, Through the Lens of a Camera, How Fiction Writers Write, Lift Every Voice and Sing, and Pushes and Pulls.<\/p>\n
For more information about the Student Creativity Festival, contact event services in the Hobson Memorial Union on the BSU campus at 218-755-3760.<\/p>\n
Schools that have participated in the event are listed below.<\/p>\n
Badger, Bagley, Bemidji, Cass Lake\/Bena, Climax\/Shelly, Fosston, Greenbush\/Middle River, Laporte, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall County Central, Norman County East, Norman County West, Nevis, Red Lake, Red Lake Falls, Stephen\/Argyle Central, Sacred Heart, Schoolcraft Learning Community, St. Joseph’s, St. Michael’s, St. Phillip’s, Walker\/Hackensack\/Akeley, Waubun\/White Earth\/Ogema.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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