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A Publication for Alumni & Friends of Bemidji State
UniversityVol. 13, No. 2, Winter 1997-98
Neil Wittiko has been getting alot of E grades lately.
Thats E for Energetic; anotherE for Exciting ... or the
alwayspopular E for Effort ... and nowhe can add an E for
Exceptionalto his report card.
Wittiko, a Bemidji State gradu-ate and teacher at HermantownHigh
School, was named this fallas the 1997 Minnesota Teacher ofthe Year
by the Minnesota Edu-cation Association.
A native of Glenwood, Wittikograduated from BSU in 1982
withdegrees in English and German.
Energetic and exciting werewords frequently used by hisformer
students when describinghis classroom style and presen-tations in
German, English andtelevision courses. He was knownto push students
to their limits,compelling them to excel.
I teach because I really enjoyworking with students, and I
lovemy content areas, Wittiko said.I like seeing students
succeed.Nothing is more rewarding thanwatching students
accomplishsomething that they may neverhad thought they could
do.
As an example, Wittiko de-scribed one of this falls projects,the
directing of a musical at thehigh school. At the start of
re-hearsals, the students couldntbelieve they could sing on a
stage,let alone in front of a large audi-ence of family, friends,
and the-ater goers. With hard work, theygot it done and did it
well.
Its amazing what students cando when you empower them andgive
them the tools to accomplishsomething worthwhile. These arethe real
rewards that are built intothe teaching profession.
Wittiko has been capturingthose rewards over 15 years
ofteaching, two years at OliviaHigh School and two more atFoley
High School before join-ing the Hermantown faculty in1986. During
his career, he hascoached track, advised studentsclubs, worked with
student gov-ernment, and directed drama.
But most of all hes loved theclassroom interaction and
thesubjects he teaches. He hasnt al-lowed his day or his career to
fallinto a rut as he has been knownto have up to five different
classpreparations in a single term.
teaching schedule it gives me.Things are kept moving alongfairly
quickly.
Fairly quickly also describesthe pace Wittiko has had to
main-tain since learning of his selec-tion in mid-October. The
mediaattention, interviews and phonecalls were intense for a couple
ofweeks. He was also contacted fre-quently by old friends,
BSUclassmates, and colleagues withcongratulatory wishes.
He had less than a week to pre-pare for the state
convention,where he was a featured speaker,and only a couple more
to pre-pare materials for his nominationas National Teacher of the
Year.
Wittiko has taken this attentionand turned it on the profession
heloves. He feels teachers, espe-cially those in public
education,dont get the credit they deserveand that Minnesotas
schools areamong the best in the nation.
What teachers do is so impor-tant. I dont know of another
pro-fession where there is so muchpotential to affect peoples
liveson a day-to-day basis, he noted.We can always improve, but
wealready do many things right.
Schools need to open theirdoors and let the people see howwell
teaching is really going.Some of our critics need to get intothe
classroom and watch the ex-citement and learning take place.We are
fortunate that Hermantownis a very supportive communitywhen it
comes to education.
He talks fondly of the prepara-tion he received at BSU, one
thatgave him confidence, and his stu-dent teaching experience
withBSU alumna Marge Engebretson,who was the 1984 MinnesotaTeacher
of the Year.
Based on his experiences, hesnot hesitant to encourage
others
attract some of the best men andwomen into the field.
Too often young people lookat the dollars when they startlooking
to their future, hethought. We need to change that.I think teaching
is the greatestcareer with more rewards thanany other
profession.
Kids today have unlimitedpotential. My job as a teacher isto
give the students an avenue toopen the doors to their lives,
es-pecially in this day and age wheneverything can be found on
theInternet. Its a different world,and we have to empower kids
tofind the answers they need to bewhat they want to be.
And we, as teachers, shouldnever, never underestimate thepower
of what we do. Everythingwe say or do can make the dif-ference of a
lifetime. n
Living up to the Grade
Neil Wittiko
Neil Wittiko
e, as teachers, should never, never underestimate the power of
whatwe do. Everything we say or do can makethe difference of a
lifetime.
BSUCalendarDecember 5,6,7,12,13,14, 1997
Madrigal Dinners, Bemidji
December 13, 1997Madrigal Dinners Alumni Reunion
December 17,18, 1997Madrigal Dinners, St Paul Radisson
January 16, 1998Alumni Reception, Alexandria 5 p.m.*
January 24, 1998Beaver Pride Winter Golf Classic onthe frozen
waters of Lake Bemidji
January 31, 1998BSU Foundation Snow Ball, 6 p.m.,
BSUs Beaux Arts Ballroom
February 8, 1998Opera Night, Twin Cities
February 13, 1998Alumni Reception, Brainerd, 5 p.m.*
February 13, 1998MN Music Educators, BSU Alumni
Reception
February 15, 1998Opera Night, Bemidji
February 21, 1998Twin Cities Alumni & Friends Dinner,
Northland Inn , Brooklyn Park
March 7, 1998BSU Alumni and Student Senators
Brunch, Washington, DC*
March 15,16, 1998BSU Winter Rendezvous,
Laughlin, Nevada
March 27, 1998Alumni Reception, Hibbing, 5 p.m.*
*Details to be announced
BSUBSU
BSUBSU
Teaching allowsme to work everyday in areas thatinterest me.
English,German and drama,he commented.Ilove the variety andthe
different type of
to take the stepsneeded to be suc-cessful in front of aclass.
Wittiko be-lieves that sharingthe intrinsic rewardswith
prospectiveteachers will help
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Horizons
Minnesota
Vol. 13, No. 2, Winter 1997Produced by the News and
PublicationsOffice and the Alumni Office at BemidjiState
University, HORIZONS is publishedquarterly and distributed without
charge toBSU alumni, students, faculty, staff andother friends of
the University. BSU is anequal opportunity educator and
employer.
Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Al NohnerDesigner . .
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. John SwartzPresident . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Jim BensenAlumni
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John McRaeEditorial Assistance . . . . Peggy Nohner
Editorial Board: Dr. Jim Bensen, BSU presi-dent; Dr. David
Tiffany, vice president for Uni-versity advancement; Al Nohner,
director ofnews services and publications; Sue Kringen,director of
alumni relations.
Loren Solberg likes to tell peoplethat he has advanced one
wholeroom in his career since graduat-ing from Bemidji State
Universityand starting his first job.
That may literally be the case,but nothing could be further
fromhe truth in terms of his work andservice to the people of
Minnesota.
Solberg is one of six membersof the Minnesota House of
Rep-resentatives with ties to BSU.Some have taken courses at
theUniversity and others have earnedbachelors degrees. Solberg
isthe only one with both under-
spected member of the house.It was Solberg the legislature
tapped in 1989 when it formed itsfirst Ethics Committee and
waslooking for a chair. And it wasSolberg who was asked to serveas
the chair of a newly created andinfluential Ways and
MeansCommittee, a post he has contin-ued to fill for three
differentspeakers of the house.
Thats an accomplishment Ifeel good about, Solberg said.Ive given
all three speakers theopportunity to replace me, as istheir
prerogative, but they all saidI was the person they wanted.
Solberg feels his longevitywithin the House structure and asa
legislator is due to his ability tolook at the big picture of
differ-ent issues, to balance the oftencompeting interests, and to
under-stand as well as work within thepolitical process and
system.
It is also helpful to be forth-
legislatureBSUBSU
Solberg Makes Little Movesin Big Waysand issues like levy
limits.
For higher education, thechallenge will be to have
efficientsystems that still provide accessto everyone. If BSU had
not ex-isted for me, it would have beenmuch harder to get the
educa-tional opportunities I did. Still,there will be continued
pressureto fund more for the metro areaand less for rural
Minnesota.
Education can also be seen asa leading economic tool foroutstate
areas, he added. If gov-ernment doesnt provide thosetools, you have
to look at what elsemight be lost.
Despite a strong economy andrevenue windfalls, Solberg
stillforesees tough times in thelegislature.
Its never easy, because thereare many competing interests forthe
use of money and resources.Regardless of how much moneyis
available, there is always a le-gitimate demand for state
servicesthat go beyond the capacity to pay.Thats only made more
difficultby the shifting of federal programsback to the state,
which puts morepressure on budgets, especially inmedical and social
programs.
It may be easier to address is-sues with more available
funds,but you still have to have gooddebate on the policies and the
pri-orities for state government.
Solberg has enjoyed the poli-tics and the debates for 15
ses-sions, and says that he gets themost satisfaction in being able
toinfluence public policy and serv-ing his constituents whetherit
is from his classroom just onedoor down from where he
startedteaching or from the big roomfull of power and influence
inSt. Paul. n
right and promise nothing youcant deliver, he added. If youlay
it all out and are honest withpeople, they may not totally
agreewith what you do, but they alwaysunderstand why you do
things.
One of the most powerful in theHouse, the Ways and
MeansCommittee is responsible for set-ting fiscal policy and
allocatingspecific budget targets for policyinitiatives and all
units of govern-ment. Every appropriations billgoes to this
committee before itreaches the House floor for a vote.
Solberg has also chaired theCriminal Justice Committee andwas
the author of the 1992 Om-nibus Crime Bill and a court refi-nancing
bill that increased stateassumption of public defenderand county
court costs. His otherlegislative priorities have in-cluded
supporting higher educa-tion opportunities for youth andadults,
making the states taconiteindustry more competitive, diver-sifying
the local economy, and ad-dressing health care.
Solberg recently chaired a spe-cial House task force on the
statesresponse to federal budget cuts,focusing on changes in
welfareand health care law.
For the next legislative session,he sees property tax reform as
apriority.
It is going to be a big topic ofconversation, even though we
setthe property tax for two years dur-ing the last legislative
session,said Solberg, who is originallyfrom Blackduck. While there
isno immediate need for action, thefoundation has been set for
reformand action will continue to movein that direction. It will be
part ofa larger discussion that runs thegamut of who funds what,
therelationship the state has withother local units of
government,
E ducation can also be seen as aleading economic tool for
outstateareas. If government doesntprovide those tools, you have to
lookat what else might be lost.mmmmm
graduate and graduatedegrees from BemidjiState.
A math major, hestudent taught inBovey in 1965 andwas hired by
theschool district as soonas he graduated. Hesbeen there since,
andnow teaches in theroom next to the onehe used as a
studentteacher.
But a room wherehe spends a lot of histime lately is
locatedwithin the capitol inSt. Paul, where Solberghas served as a
legisla-tor since first beingelected in 1982. Dur-ing his tenure,
he hasbuilt a reputation asone of the most re-
Kris HasskampDistrict 12A / Crosby
Tony KinkelDistrict 4B / Park Rapids
Bob NessDistrict 20A / Dassel
Gail SkareDistrict 4A / Bemidji
Torrey WestromDistrict 13A / Elbow Lake
Loren Solberg
Other Minnesota State Representatives with Ties to BSU
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Niche
A
1990sJoy Stende (97) started her career ineducation this fall at
Renville HighSchool. She is serving as one of theschools two
Spanish instructors. Stende ismaking her home in Renville ...
TimWalker (97) is a second grade teacher atthe Orr School. This is
his first yearteaching ... Mike Tweed (97) is teachingsociology and
health at the CrossroadsLearning Center in Finlayson. Crossroadsis
an alternative high school with anenrollment of about 100 students
... NateDybvig (97) has been hired as a reporterfor the Brainerd
Dispatch. He previouslyworked at the Bemidji Pioneer, the
AskovAmerican and Ely Timberjay ... RobStrand (97) was married Aug.
23 toMichelle Elaine Johnson in Bemidji ...Kevin Milbrandt (97) has
been hired asa second grade teacher with the VirginiaSchool
District ... Lynn Keller (97) isteaching first grade at James
KnollElementary School in Ortonville. Her
husband Trevor (92) also teaches inOrtonville ... Chris Hamilton
(97) is anindustrial arts teacher and varsity footballcoach with
the Laporte School system ...Jamie Koester (97) is a graduate
studentof music at the University of Iowa andwas recently chosen to
perform with theUniversity Symphony. It is considered themost
prestigious of the student ensemblesat the U of I School of Music
... JenniferDeeds (97) was married to NathanPochardt in June. The
couple resides inBemidji ... Matt Okeson (97) is aseventh grade
life science teacher, eighthgrade earth science teacher and
seniorhigh dance instructor with the LaporteSchool system ... Tresa
Aiple (97) iscurrently living in Bloomington andworking for United
HealthCare Corpora-tion as a tax associate/stock optionassistant in
the tax and risk managementdivision ... Aubrey Levno (97) is
aseventh grade language arts teacher atFergus Falls Middle School.
In addition toteaching, she also serves as advisor of the
Middle School yearbook ... StephanieDaigle (97) is a grades 7-12
mathteacher at Herman-Norcross School ...Christine Olds (97) has
joined theNational Steel Pellet Company inKeewatin as an
accountant. She resides inGrand Rapids ... Frances Larson (97) isan
early family support counselor at TheVillage Family Services Center
inAlexandria ... Lisa Doty (97) wasmarried on Sept. 13 to Scott
Foley inBemidji. Doty is a registered nurse at theMayo Medical
Center in Rochester, whileScott works at Anderson Consulting
inMinneapolis ... Jennifer Thoen (97) hasbeen named Shakopee
Convention andVisitor Bureaus sales and marketingmanager. She works
in advertisingpromotion, group tour planning, sales andmarketing
... Bruce Butterfield (97) is afifth grade teacher at North School
inDeer River. Bruce and his wife Rondahave two children ... Nicole
Uhlenkamp(97) is coordinating programs in peermediation and
conflict resolution for theCass Lake-Bena School District
...Jeffrey Zigan (97) is the new businessmanager for the Park
Rapids SchoolDistrict. He was formerly businessmanager of Northwest
Technical College-Bemidji and business services director
Where We Are ... What Were Doingwith the Cold Spring School
District ...Michael Donat (97) began his teachingcareer this fall
as a first grade teacher atCass Lake-Bena Elementary School ...Paul
Schaefer (96) was named recipientof a $1,000 postgraduate
scholarship fromthe National Association of CollegiateDirectors of
Athletics (NACDA) andSears, Roebuck and Co. Schaefer iscurrently
enrolled in the physical therapyprogram at the University of
Minnesota.While at BSU, Schaefer was a member ofthe Red Line
Swingers pep band. Eachyear, Sears and NACDA award a $1,000academic
scholarship to every NCAA Div.I, II, III and NAIA institution that
wins anational championship. Recipients aremembers of the
institutions athleticsupport staff, such as band members,tutors,
trainers, cheerleaders, teammanagers, sports information
assistantsand student assistant coaches ... ChariBuhman (96) is an
EBD teacher for theCass Lake-Bena School District. Sheformerly
taught at a private church schoolin Oakley, Michigan ...
MartaUnderthum (96) is a fifth grade teacherat Cass Lake-Bena
Elementary School ...Matt King (96) is working at MinnesotaDisplay
and Graphics in Edina as agraphic designer ... Kate Funk (96) is
anintern with River Bend Nature Center in
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Faribault ... Stacey (Grill) Stallard (96)was promoted to
consumer loan officer/personal banker at Norwest Bank
inInternational Falls. Shes worked at thebank for eight years, with
experience incompliance, auditing, credit underwritingand customer
service ... Garrett Lathe(96) has been hired as head of the
musicdepartment at Bagley High School. Hepreviously served as a
music teacher forthe Red Lake School District ... RianHeimark (96)
is a fifth grade teacher inRoseau. He previously served as
aparaprofessional and substitute teacher atCass Lake Elementary and
Roseau HighSchool ... Deborah Morrill (95) is thecoordinator of the
Star Adventure KidsCenter, a daycare center, in Mahnomen.The center
was recently constructed andserves as many as 200 children
...Augusta Brandt (95) is a teacher atWin-E-Mac School in Erskine.
She isengaged to be married in June of 1998 toBSU classmate Chris
McLean ... KristinJohnson (95) has been hired as a mathteacher for
Lakeview Middle School inCottonwood ... Scott Fadness (95)traveled
to the Russian Far East to workwith the Honnocker Wildlife
Institute Inc.to create paintings of the endangeredSiberian Tiger.
The paintings will be sold
Larry Myers spent a consider-able amount of time exploringniche
education.
For a while it was English, wherehis interest in science fiction
andwriting seemed welcoming.
Then it was the sciences, biol-ogy and geology specifically,
be-fore that didnt feel right either.
Three years away from highereducation only reinforced the
re-alization that the Nevis HighSchool graduate needed to
findsomething for his future.
He settled on computer scienceand mathematics, and has par-layed
that niche with his trainingin the other fields to become anaward
winning software devel-oper in the fast-changing world ofamusement
park programming.
So many people complainabout all the different kind ofcourses
they have to take in col-lege, but I cant think of anythingI havent
used in one way or an-other, said Myers, who now livesin Orlando,
Florida, where heworks for Data Service Companyof America (DSCA). I
had a yearof geology, and learned certain
methodology the geologists use toapproach a problem. That can
beadapted and benefit a project.
I also had a year of psychology,and I can talk for hours on how
thatcrosses over. A solid year of En-glish was immensely
helpful.
Myers utilizes his Englishbackground every time he
writesdocumentation for the softwarehis company develops. It is a
taskhe does frequently as most of hiscolleagues prefer to write in
codeover composition.
The success of the companysproduct means Myers spends a lotof
time writing both. Last yeartheir Back Office product re-ceived the
first-place award fromthe International Association ofAmusement
Parks and Attrac-tions as the best new revenue andadmissions
control product.
Our company really sells thehardware, from cash registers
tocomputers, Myers explained.The hardware just sits therelooking
pretty without the rightprograms. You need to have thesoftware to
drive the systems, anda lot of people in the amusement
industry buy our products be-cause of the software.
The software functions as aninterface to point of sale
systemsand admissions control systems,allowing a person to manage
thepark right from an office.
Ticket prices can be changedand downloaded instantaneouslyto all
gates; templates for newfood and beverage costs can becreated and
distributed through-out the park in a very short time;and
statistical analysis is imme-diately available on how peopleare
moving in and out of the park.
It can even tell who is workingon a specific cash register, and
makesure no mistakes are being made incustomer pricing or cash
collection.
Thats really the whole ideaabout computers, Myers said.They make
mundane thingseasier so a manager can spendmore time on important
things.
The software he worked on isenabling managers across theglobe to
concentrate on concernsbeyond counting coins in themoney box. A
year ago he spent amonth in China installing the sys-tem in the
American Dream Parkoutside of Shanghai. Last summerit was the
California State Fair, andsoon it will be the Baltimore Zoo.
Our companys product canrun everything from mom-and-pop fun
centers with a couple ofregisters connected via a PC tothe park in
China, where a serverkept track of 20 turnstiles, 20
ticket booths, 10 office work sta-tions, and 50 cash registers
forfood and beverages, Myers ex-plained. It was not quite as bigas
the Magic Kingdom, but it wasaspiring to be like that.
Myers has experience with theMagic Kingdom. After graduatingin
1982, he worked at SperryUnivac for eight years before mov-ing on
to Walt Disney World forfive years prior to joining DSCA.
Working with a small com-pany has been a lot of fun,
henoted.Youre able to take the cre-ation of a software product
fromconcept to design through imple-mentation and maintenance.
Its
Finding a Niche
Larry Myers
daptation is the key word in todays technological society, and
what I learned at BSUgave me the mindset to approach aproblem, the
ability to find a solution,and the flexibility to adapt to
anysituation. Larry Myers
in Lifecollege education today. A com-puter scientist can always
belocked away in a room with themachine and turn out software,
butthat may not get you the productyoure looking for. You have
tomeet with people and gather infor-mation from potential user
toinstallation to be successful.
Adaptability also means keep-ing up with the software
andhardware. Their product is con-tinually evolving and being
al-tered to fit specific client needs.And in the future, it might
be verysimilar to the computer systemenvisioned to run the
fictionalJurassic Park.
perience with helping him fendhis way through all facets of
theprocess. Adaptation is the keyword in todays
technologicalsociety, and what I learned atBSU gave me the mindset
to ap-proach a problem, the ability tofind a solution, and the
flexibil-ity to adapt to any situation.
Thats the greatest value of a
In fact, its closer than onemight think.
Right now we can do that,Myers admitted. The BackOffice software
can interfacewith just about any control levelsystem. Its possible
to almosttrack everything in the park tothe extent that was seen
inthe movie. n
completing thewhole life cycleof the software,which is rare
intodays com-puter world.Typically youwork on onething and pass
itoff to the nextstep.
Myers cred-its his BSU ex-
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Human Rights
to support the work undertaken by theinstitute ... Jennelle
Lowes (95) is apreschool teacher in early childhood-family
education in Warroad. Shepreviously served as a substitute
teacherin Warroad, Baudette and Rainy River ...David Cowlishaw (95)
is a deputy withthe Kittson County Sheriffs Department.Cowlishaw
previously served for fiveyears in the U.S. Navy and was
intro-duced to the field of law enforcement as amember of the Navys
Shore Patrol. Healso previously worked for the BeltramiCounty
Sheriffs Department. David andhis wife Pamela have one child and
livein Hallock ... Patricia (Treeny) Wendt(95) is a life
science/biology teacher withParkers Prairie Public Schools ...
JennyMoorman (95) is working in thecomputer technology department
of Lakeof the Woods School. Jenny and herhusband Ken have lived in
the Baudettearea for 27 years ... JoAnn Hovet (95)had art work and
a story recentlydisplayed at the Touche Gallery at BSU.The display
featured 29 gouacheillustrations, using colored pencil oncolored
paper with text. The illustrationsand accompanying clay
sculpturesdepicted characters from an unpublished
childrens novel Hovet wrote entitled,Edgar and the Missing Egg.
... RhondaFuruseth (95) is a fifth grade readingteacher for the
Warroad School System ...Wendy Haavisto (94) is a
legislativeassistant for the Minnesota House ofRepresentatives
Republican Caucus.Haavisto said she is taking a break fromworking
on a master of arts degree inEnglish. Shes making her home
inShoreview ... Dan Woody Wedin (94)is a Title IX American Indian
Programtutor in Isle. This is his first year inteaching ... Jeffrey
Birch (94) is a firstgrade teacher at Bagley ElementarySchool. He
previously taught at EdenValley-Watkins Elementary in EdenValley
... Deborah Cain (94) has beenliving in Japan for the past three
years.She teaches English at two Japanesejunior high schools in
Kamisato, about 70miles north of Tokyo. She is a participantin a
Japanese exchange and teachingprogram ... June (Baumgart)
Madurski(94) was recently married and moved toStone Mountain,
Georgia ... RicheleBizal (94) started teaching this fall at
theAcademy of Saints Peter and Paul inLoretto. She had been working
as asubstitute teacher for three years in avariety of school
districts and studenttaught in Tasmania, Australia ... Daniel
Wedin (94) is a Title IX instructor for theIndian Education
Program in cooperationwith Nay Ah Shing School in Isle ...Sarah
Stierlen (94) has been hired as lifescience/biology teacher at
SpringfieldHigh School. She is also coaching theninth grade girls
basketball team ... SueKelling (94) is a software engineer forIBM
in Rochester. She completed hermaster of science degree in
mathematics/computer science from Mankato StateUniversity in Aug.
of 1996 ... ShellyAnselmo (94) is one of only six femaleDepartment
of Natural Resourcesconservation officers in Minnesota and theonly
one stationed outside of the TwinCities metropolitan area. She
startedworking in the McGregor area in May ...Tracy Lee Peterson
(94) was married toRobert Russell Hollister on May 10 inBemidji.
Both the bride and groom workfor the U.S. Department of Justice and
livein Minneapolis ... Richard Hendrickson(93) is a math teacher
and head footballcoach at Win-E-Mac High School inErskine. Hes also
the owner of his ownsmall business and lives at Island Lake.
Hepreviously taught math and computerclasses in Climax ... Cory
LeeHendrickson (93) is a fifth grade andjunior high reading
instructor at Lakeview
Elementary and Middle School inCottonwood. He previously was a
Title 1instructor in Carlton ... Amy Amundsen(93) is a teacher at
Childrens WorldLearning Center in Plymouth and hasearned national
recognition as an HonorsTeacher. The award is given to outstand-ing
teachers who show exceptionalinstructional skills through
developmen-tally appropriate practices with children.She has been
with the center for threeyears and serves as the lead teacher
forthe private kindergarten program ...Richard Engelstad (93) is a
health andphysical education instructor at Pine CityHigh School ...
Christopher Mills (93)is the dean of students at Franklin
MiddleSchool in Thief River Falls. He previ-ously taught fifth
grade in Benson ...Ling-Pan Wong (93) is a medicaltechnologist at
National UniversityHospital in Singapore. She was marred inMay of
1996 ... Fang Shi (92) is workingas a technical staff member at
AT&T inCincinnati, Ohio. He recently received hismaster of
science degree from Ball StateUniversity ... Mary Eaton (91) has
beennamed vice president of institutional andcorporate relations at
Northwest TechnicalCollege. She was formerly vice presidentof
custom training services. She worksout of the Bemidji campus ...
Marti
(Klinker) Schroepfer (91) is workingpart time both as an
administrativeassistant for the Sleepy Eye Chamber ofCommerce and a
graphic artist for J&LPrinting in Sleepy Eye. Marti and
herhusband Joel moved to the familys homefarm, which they are
remodeling ...Brian Trunk (91) is a modelmaker atExcel Models and
Prototyping inMinneapolis. He was married in Augustof 1994 to the
former Lisa Schiller. Thecouple recently relocated back
toMinneapolis after spending over twoyears in Kobe and Tokyo, Japan
whereBrian was a part time English teacher atthree different high
schools and severalprivate language schools ... MichaelAnderson
(91) is a U.S. Postal Servicemail handler in St. Cloud. Mike and
hiswife Kathy (Jones) (91) have twochildren ... Gary Zirbes (91) is
the newsuperintendent for the Ogilvie SchoolDistrict. He formerly
taught in Sebeka,was assistant high school principal inBlackduck
and spent 10 years in theRothsay School District. Zirbes and
hiswife Charlotte have three children ...Lana Schultz (91) is a
licensed socialworker and was selected as a presenter atthe Ninth
Annual Boys Town NationalEducation Conference. She spoke
onInnovative Approaches to Collaborative
Where We Are ... What Were Doing(Continued from page 3)
Tyrone Terrill may not knowwhich hat he will be wearing onany
given day, only that hellhave plenty of choices.
A graduate of Bemidji State,Terrill was named the director ofthe
St. Paul Department of Hu-
Terrill Tackles Human Rights
was given the choice of any jobId want, I would pick the one
Ihave now. Even my mother rec-ognized this. She said I came outof
the womb to do exactly whatIm doing now.
As the director, Terrill overseesthe department that enforces
thecitys human rights ordinance,handles discrimination com-plaints,
conducts studies and re-search on equal opportunity orother issues,
and creates educa-tion programs throughout the city.
There are a lot of parts to thisjob, Terrill commented. Rightnow
were in the midst of a 50church tour where were trying to
build a bridge back to the religiouscommunity that was the
founda-tion for the civil rights movement.Were connecting with the
rootsof that movement, explainingwhat we do and offering
assis-tance to create environments thatsupport positive
standards.
At the same time, I dont kidmyself. This is an
enforcementagency, and just like the city hasa police chief, Im the
humanrights chief who works withthe investigators and acts
ondecisions.
Terrill feels that the St. Paulcity government and communityare
committed to the provisionsof civil rights, equal opportunityand
affirmative action. It is sup-port essential to the central goalof
the department, to prevent actsof prejudice and bigotry by
pro-viding tools to help people pro-mote understanding and
respect.
A drum major is no goodwithout a band, and a teachercant teach
unless he has a class-room with students, Terrill ex-plained. I
need the communityto get rid of discrimination, andthe community
needs to have dia-log to face racial questions.
Terrill started working in thefield immediately after
graduat-ing from BSU 1977 with degreesin physical education and
health.His first stop was as a compli-ance supervisor at the
MinnesotaHuman Rights Department,where he evaluated
affirmativeaction plans submitted by statecontractors and monitored
state
or state-assisted contracts forcompliance with affirmativeaction
guidelines.
From 1980 to 1987 he was thedeputy director of the Minneapo-lis
Department of Civil Rights,managing the complaint andcompliance
division as well ashelping enforce the citys humanrights
ordinance.
For the 10 years prior to hisappointment last April, he
oper-ated a consulting firm that spe-cialized in diversity
training, af-firmative action complaint inves-tigation, and
contract compliancefor agencies or private companies.
Terrill credits part of his suc-cess to his experiences at
BSU.As a freshman from Kansas City,Missouri, Bemidji was his
firstreal exposure to small communi-ties and non-Black
cultures.
Bemidji State gave me thebest foundation for this job,
headmitted. The school and thecity taught me there are goodwhite
people and good AmericanIndian people. Stereotypes wereincorrect,
and grouping all peopleinto one category is wrong.
I came to know the differencebetween good and bad people,and
learned you have to judgepeople individually and not as agroup. I
would say that BemidjiState played a major role in mydevelopment as
a person.
Those are lessons Terrill ex-pects to share regardless of thehat
he wears as the human rightsleader for St. Paul. n
A drum major is no good without a band,and a teacher cant teach
unless hehas a classroom with students. I need the
community to get rid of discrimination,and the community needs
to have dialog
to face racial questions.mmmmmmmTyrone Terrill
man Rights last spring,overseeing a staff of 16 in-vestigators,
complianceofficers, and support per-sonnel.
In that capacity, some-days he feels like an en-forcement
officer, whichhe is, making sure that thecitys ordinances and
lawsare being followed.
On other days, hes ateacher educating peopleof all ages about
the val-ues of diversity and thedangers of prejudice.
Or he might find himselfon the pulpit, talking at anarea church
about the rich-ness and traditions of thecivil rights movement.
Regardless, hell be en-joying what hes doing.
Im one of the luckypeople, Terrill said. If IT yrone Terr
ill
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Day Treatment. Lana is a counselingspecialist at the Archdeacon
GilfillanCenters Day Treatment Program atHorace May Elementary
School inBemidji ... Kris Lutgen (91) is teachingcomputer
applications at Canby HighSchool. A new program for the school,its
designed to reach every student withcomputer training ... Dr.
Dwight Hager(90) is the latest health care provider tojoin the
MeritCare Clinic-Bagley. Whileat BSU, Hager was a prominent
memberof the track and cross country teams. Hecompleted his
residency at the Universityof Wyoming. Hes a family
medicinespecialist in Bagley ... Dr. Patrick Rock(90) is a
physician with the IndianHealth Board in Minneapolis. Hegraduated
from the University of NorthDakota Medical School in 1994 and
spenthis three year residency at the HennepinCounty Medical Center
in Minneapolis ...Shar Ray Palm (90) has been namedpresident and
chief executive officer atthe LakeWood Health and Care Center
inBaudette. She has been employed byLakeWood for 22 years, the last
12 asvice president of Patient Services andassistant administrator
for long term care... Todd Sauer (90) has been namedelementary
school principal in Menahga.He previously taught in the Cambridge,
(Continued on page 6)
Judy Discusses Workworkforce demanding increasedwages while
low-sill jobs con-tinue to pay less across the world.
There is global competition forhigh-skilled, well-educated
work-ers, which creates competitionamong companies for pay
andbenefit packages. At the sametime, low-paid foreign
marketscontinue to compete directly withlow-paid jobs in the U.S.
This hasthe potential of creating serioussocial problems in the
future.
Judy is one of the key playersin developing long-range studiesof
global as well as American eco-nomic and workforce issues for
theHudson Institute, where he servesas a senior research fellow.
Hisconceptualization and researchconstitute the groundwork
forHudsons projects to assist com-panies, industries and regions
toevaluate and design their long-term development strategy.
He is Hudsons chief advisor tothe Russell 20-20 Group, an
as-sembly of 40 major U.S. pensionfunds and money managementfirms
coordinated by the FrankRussell Company.
Judys previous work atHudson involved project direc-
be needed by the year 2020.Judy also noted that the baby
boomers are turning into geezerboomers, creating a
grayingworkforce that will have a majorimpact on society. The
largenumbers of baby boomers willcertainly affect Social
Securityand Medicare benefits, which arevery likely to be reduced
by thetime this cohort reaches age 65.
He also predicted that the gapbetween the rich and the poor
willwiden with a well-educated
torships for studies of economicreform and development in
Hun-gary, the Baltic states, Russia, andUkraine. He established
andheads Hudsons program to de-velop indigenous economicpolicy
think tanks in formerlysocialist countries.
Before joining Hudson in 1986,he was professor of economics
andcomputer science at the Universityof Toronto. He also founded
andserved as the CEO of three com-panies: Systems Research
Group,Inc., a Toronto computer softwareand consulting firm; Beef
Genet-ics Research Inc., a high-techagro-business firm; and a
string ofcomputer retail stores.
He consults extensively with aclient list that features IBM,
theWorld Bank, the U.S. Government,and the governments of
Estonia,Latvia, Lithuania, and Hungary.
His educational background in-cludes studies at the Universityof
Kansas, Columbia University,and Harvard University, where heearned
a doctorate in economics.Fluent in Russian, he also was anexchange
scholar at the Univer-sity of Moscow.
Prior to Workforce 2020,Judys most recent book wasThe
Information Age and SovietSociety, which he co-authored.His
writings have appeared in theWall Street Journal, the Wash-ington
Times, National Re-view, International Executive,The World &I,
and various pub-lications overseas. He has alsobeen a frequent
commentator ontelevision and radio programs. n
Nationally acclaimed economistand author Richard Judy
discussedwork and workers in the 21st cen-tury during the second
annualNorthern Tier Institute sponsoredby Bemidji State
University.
The institute brought togetherleaders in industry,
education,economic development, govern-ment and business for a
one-dayprogram on prospering in theknowledge age. In addition
toJudys presentation, other topicsexplored higher education
inMinnesota, the school to workeffort, intellectual property,
di-versity in the workplace, advisoryboards, and conducting
globalbusiness in rural areas.
A co-author of Workforce2020, Judy described the terrainthat
Americas labor force musttraverse in the early 21st century.Based
on the research and obser-vations that form the foundation
TBuffalo and Minnewasca school districts.Todd and his wife Marti
have threechildren ... Brett Kokal (90) has beenhired as a fourth
grade teacher at HoytLakes Boase Elementary School. Brettand his
wife Kari, along with their son,live in Aurora ... Carol Buck (90)
hasbeen named vice president of studentaffairs and campus
operations forNorthwest Technical College. Buck isbased out of the
East Grand Forkscampus and responsible for the dailyoperational
management of NTCs fivecampuses, in addition to communityaffairs,
admissions, counseling, financialaid and student affairs.
1980sPatricia Johnson (89) recently movedto the Twin Cities with
her husband Greg.She was hired in August by I.S.D. 15 inSt. Francis
in the graphic communica-tions department. Her job
responsibilitiesinclude assisting in producing schoolinformation
publications and a district-wide newspaper ... David Lundquist(89)
joined the Walker-Hackensack-Akeley High School staff as an
Englishteacher. He previously worked as anEnglish teacher with the
Laporte SchoolDistrict and coached several sports ...
Michael Pratt (89) recently received apromotion to assistant
principal at ChesterPark Elementary School in Rock Hill,South
Carolina. The school has apopulation of 2,500 and is one of
thelargest on the east Coast ... Craig andWanda Hegna (89) recently
welcomed adaughter to their family. The couple alsohave a
three-year-old daughter ... WillAwe (88) is teaching eighth grade
mathand introduction to computers with theInternational Falls
School District ... JimHecimovich (88) has been namedelementary
school principal for HayfieldCommunity Schools. He previously
spentthree years in the U.S. Army and taughtelementary school in
the Kasson-Mantorville school system ... LarryJallen (87) has been
named principal ofOnamia Elementary School. Hepreviously worked as
an elementaryteacher, intern principal and assistant tothe
principal. Prior to then, he was anadministrator for Bethlehem
SteelCompany in Hibbing for over 10 years ...Jim Roo (87) has been
named headhockey coach of Coon Rapids HighSchool. Roo was a premier
player for theBeavers hockey team during his career ...Marilyn
Wolfe (87) is the executivedirector of the Northern Lakes
AreaChapter of the American Red Cross. The
chapter represents Crow Wing and Casscounties. Wolfe is also an
auditor atGrand View Lodge near Brainerd ...Don Fink (87) has been
a stockbrokerfor three years with Norwest InvestmentServices in
Rochester. Don and his wifeJulie reside in Rochester ... Kirk
Saiger(87) and Janelle Fay were married inStephen in August. Kirk
is the owner ofMerles Steam Clean in Bemidji ...Rona Bleess (85)
has been namedmanager of Hospice and Home Care atLong Prairie
Memorial Hospital andHome. She has nearly 25 years ofnursing
experience with variousMinnesota health care organizations ...Pam
Amundson (85) has been hired asa fifth grade teacher with
HenningPublic Schools. She previously taught inBemidji and Alaska
... Dave Romo (85)is a partner/design director at Allbe-Green
Presentations and Design inOrem, Utah. Romo married his wifeLaura
(Hull) in 1990 and the couplehave two sons ... Susan Salzer
(84)recently passed the certified publicaccountant program. She is
employed byWalker, Giroux and Hahne, Ltd. inVirginia as a staff
accountant and workson the auditing team ... Mike Porter(84) is an
account executive for PRNewswire of Minneapolis. Porter
recentlycompleted hismaster ofbusinessadministrationdegree at
St.Thomas inmarketing. Inaddition, herecently earnedaccreditation
inpublic relationsfrom the PublicRelationsSociety of
America ... Kristi Arndt (83) has beennamed media relations
manager ofCarlson Hospitality Worldwide inMinneapolis. Arndt is
responsible forplanning, managing and implementingmedia relation
strategies for the CarlsonHospitality brands, including
RadissonHotels Worldwide, Regent InternationalHotels, Country Inns
and Suites ByCarlson and Radison Seven Seas cruises.Prior to her
new appointment, Arndtserved as public relations manager for
theAveda Corporation in Minneapolis ...Melody Tenhoff (83) is the
newprincipal of Luverne Elementary School.She was formerly a middle
school and
Kristi Arndt
here is global competition for high-skilled, well-educated
workers, which creates competition among companies for pay and
benefit packages. At the same time, low-paidforeign markets
continue to compete directly with low-paidjobs in the U.S. This has
the potential of creating serioussocial problems in the future.
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Richard Judy
and WorkersDr. Jon Quistgaard, the
Bemidji State University deanof academic services and as-sociate
vice president for aca-demic affairs, has been namedas the acting
vice president foracademic and student affairsat BSU.
The announcement wasmade following the selectionof Dr. Linda
Baer to serve asvice chancellor for the Min-nesota State Colleges
andUniversities.
It will be Quistgaards sec-ond appointment as the actingvice
president, having servedin that capacity during the1993-94 school
year.
Quistgaard has filled a va-riety of roles since first join-ing
the BSU community in1979, including dean of aca-demic services and
dean ofgraduate studies. During thistenure, his
responsibilitieshave covered such areas as thelibrary, the School
of Integra-tive Studies, academic policydevelopment, admissions
andadvising, transfer articulationagreements, and
internationalprogramming. He has alsotaught several courses.
A native of Bemidji, heholds bachelors and mastersdegrees in
government and adoctorate in political science,all from the
University of Ari-zona. His areas of study in-cluded international
relations,comparative foreign policy,international law, and
Ameri-can political behavior. n
Quistgaard NamedActing VicePresident
Richard Judy
for the book, Judyforesees a futurewhere many work-ers will
enjoy previ-ously unheard-ofbenefits from theircareers while
otherswill be stymied bychange.
He feels much isalready known todayabout what will di-vide the
hopefulfrom the anxious atthe turn of the cen-tury, and this
knowl-edge can help pre-pare workers for theworkforce that will
Dr. Jon Quistgaard
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Where We Are ... What Were Doing(Continued from page 5)
Connie Kampsula
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NIMOutstanding Alumni Honored
on a two-week study tour of Ger-many and Austria.
She has won numerous plau-dits, including being namedTeacher of
the Year in 1973 and1984 by the Cass Lake EducationAssociation;
Minnesota Teacherof the Year in 1984, when she wasalso a candidate
for NationalTeacher of the Year; a recipientof National Teacher of
the YearService Awards in 1986, 87 and88; and the winner of the
1992Emma Birkmeier Award, Minne-sotas most prestigious award forthe
teaching of foreign languages.In 1995 Engebretson was in-ducted
into the Bemidji StateUniversity Teacher of the YearHall of
Fame.Dr. Lee Norman, Seattle, WA
A 1974 graduate in socialwork, Norman is currently thesenior
vice president for medical
affairs at Swedish Health Ser-vices, a 1,900-physician
medicalcenter and health system in Se-attle, WA, with an annual
operat-ing budget of $450 million. Healso is a vice president and
direc-tor in a medical computer soft-ware development firm
inBellevue, WA; is a program mod-erator for Schorr Communica-tions;
and is involved in medicalbroadcast journalism on bothtelevision
and radio.
An active researcher and lec-turer, his most recent
interestsinclude integrated software forpreventive health care and
inno-vation in caring for communities;computerized and
non-automatedapproaches to risk managementstrategies in the
outpatient set-ting; and computer-assisted qual-ity improvement. He
is a re-viewer for the Western Journal ofMedicine and a book
reviewer forthe Journal of Family Practice.Ozzie Tollefson,
Lebanon, NJ
Tollefson earned a bachelor ofscience degree in speech and
the-ater in 1960 and embarked on acareer in education that
hastouched millions of people. Af-ter 15 years of teaching in
NewJersey junior and senior highschools, he started Ozzie
Alive,Inc., a business that producededucational assembly
programsfor elementary schools on suchthemes as the
environment,multiculturalism, prejudice, geol-ogy, wildlife and
habitat, dino-saurs and whales.
In the past 22 years, he has
given over 6,000 performances toapproximately 2 million
childrenin 1,500 schools in 17 states and,by invitation, he
presented pro-grams at the American Museumof Natural History in New
YorkCity, the Baltimore NationalAquarium, and the National Zooin
Washington, D.C. His workhas been featured in the New YorkTimes, on
public radios AllThings Considered, and on theCBS Morning News.
n
Honorary AlumniAlso recognized during the
luncheon were individualsnamed as honorary BSUalumni. They
included: EbenCalder, professor emeritus ofaccounting, a member of
theBSU faculty for 31 years; Dr.Jack Downing, professoremeritus of
psychology, 32years as a faculty member andadministrator; Dr.
DonDyrhaug, professor emeritusof psychology and counselingcenter,
28 years at BSU; ArdisGillett, whose service to BSUincludes serving
on numerouscommittees, co-chairing theSnowBall Event,
co-chairingthe Universitys 75th Anniver-sary Celebration, and
co-lead-ing several Senior Hostel Pro-grams; and Tim OKeefe,board
member of BeaverPride who has been involvedin a wide variety of
projectssupporting the University. n
elementary school principal at FellmoreCentral, a media
generalist in Hastingsand librarian in Cloquet ... Ed Nordskog(82)
is an investigator with the LosAngeles, California County
SheriffsDepartment. He was lead investigator in acase that made
national headlines in July.The department arrested a man in
Bel-Airfor growing 4,116 marijuana plants in anupscale mansion. The
street value of themarijuana was estimated at $22 million
...Charles Carp (81) is a science teacher atLincoln High School and
Franklin MiddleSchool in Thief River Falls. He has 12years of
teaching experience ... DianeJohnson (81) has been hired as a
musicteacher at Challenger Elementary Schoolin Thief River Falls.
She previouslytaught preschool in Dickinson, NorthDakota, and
taught voice/piano throughNorthland Community and TechnicalCollege
in Thief River Falls ... LarryHutchins (81) was named a
leadershipcouncil member of Federated InsuranceCompanies.
Membership in the leadershipcouncil is awarded for superior
perfor-mance in providing professionalinsurance service to clients
... DebSwensson (80) moved to Apple Valleywith her family two years
ago. Deb and
her husband both work in St. Paul andhave one girl. She would
like to hearfrom alumni who know anything aboutTom Shaffer, who
attended BSU from1976-78 ... Patti Anderson (80) hasbeen named
principal of Cohasset HighSchool. She previously taught elemen-tary
school in Squaw Lake and GrandRapids, along with Grand Rapids
MiddleSchool ... Barb Kavan (80) is aphysical education teacher
with the NewPrague School District. She previouslytaught with the
Minnesota River ValleySpecial Education cooperative.
1970sBernadette Sorenson (70) has beenhired as assistant
principal at FosstonHigh School. Sorenson and her husbandRic, who
teaches in Fosston, have twochildren ... Bill and Dee
(Dailey)Dempster (79) live in Nashua, NewHampshire. Bill is
currently the technicalmanager for Kendall-Polyken, havingspent 10
years in research/developmentdesigning corrosion protection
systems.He has three patents and been publishedin over 20 trade
publications. Dee is aschool volunteer, a coach and runs
theconcession stand for the junior highwrestling team ... Kevin
Doty (79) hasbeen appointed president of Marquette
Bank, N.A. in Monticello/Otsego. Hepreviously served as vice
president andbusiness banker at the same bank ...Michael Bielecki
(78) was promoted tothe rank of lieutenant with the San
Jose(California) Police Department. He hasbeen employed there for
over 17 yearsand is currently a patrol commander withthe Bureau of
Field Operations ... SallySoliday (78) has been hired as
principalof Echo Park Elementary School inBurnsville. She began her
teaching careerin 1979 and previously taught at EchoPark ... Ethel
Fossand (78) recentlycelebrated her 80th birthday with afamily
sponsored party ... TimothyLeister (77) recently celebrated 20
yearsof service with the Minnesota Depart-ment of Transportation.
He currentlyworks in the office of informationresource management
as an informationarchitect. Leister is also working towardsa
masters degree in management oftechnology from the University
ofMinnesota ... Ted Heisserer (76) hasbeen named supervisor of
businessservices for Frazee Schools. He wasformerly the director of
business andfinance for Northwest Technical College... Kathleen
Eberline (76) will bemarried to Ken Smith of Hong Kong in
December. Sheis currentlyworking in thefield of speechpathology
anddrama in NewYork City ...ConnieKampsula (76)was a partici-pant
in theFullbrightMemorial FundTeacher
Program in October. Kampsula, whoteaches at Dassel-Cokato Middle
School,spent three days in Tokyo, Japan whereshe received
orientation into Japaneselife. She then spent two weeks
visitingdifferent school sites where she had directcontact with the
local schools ... RichSchieck (75) is teaching seventh andeighth
grade science in Danube. Heformerly taught in Kasson-Mantorville
...Darlene Schiller (75) has been namedexecutive director of the
OASIS/Share aMeal program in Little Falls. Schillerpreviously
worked for 15 years as socialworker ... Terri Cuppett (75) was
thesubject of a feature story in the ThiefRiver Falls Times
newspaper. Blindedshortly after her birth, Cuppett began her
education career as an English as a secondlanguage tutor in
Bemidji and Thief RiverFalls. She later taught remedial English
inFort Peck, Montana. She was ordained as aminister in 1992 and
worked in bothShevlin and Solway ... Audrey Lucachick(74) recently
attended the 13th AnnualHighlights Foundation Writers Workshopat
the Chutaugua Institution in westernNew York State. Lucachick
currentlyteaches computer classes at the elementaryschool level in
International Falls. She alsowrites for newspapers and magazines
inher spare time ... Ryan Saulsbury (74)has been hired as a sixth
grade scienceteacher at Milaca Intermediate School. Hepreviously
taught physical science andbiology in Sartell ... Greg Ramey
(74)teamed with three friends to win the fourman division of the
Minnesota Border toBorder Triathlon last summer ... DennisLarson
(73) is a graphic arts instructor atNorth High School in St. Paul
and wasnamed the school districts 1997 Teacher ofthe Year. He has
been teaching in theschool district for 24 years ...
Judith(Novacek) Hamand (73) and her threechildren have been living
in ColoradoSprings, Colorado, for the past 17 years.She worked for
Focus on the Family, aChristian ministry, for six years ...Lonnette
(Lindstrom) Whitchurch (73)
Left to right: Dr. Lee Norman, Ozzie Tollefson, and Marge
Engebretson
emidji State University graduateswere presented with
Outstanding
Alumni Awards and five individualsreceived Honorary Alumni
recognition
during the annual Honors Luncheon aspart of Homecoming
festivities. The 1997
Outstanding Alumni recipients were:
Marge Engebretson, Cass LakeA 1960 BSU graduate with ma-
jors in English and German,Engebretson taught senior highschool
English and German at CassLake-Bena High School until herretirement
in 1995. She is widelyrecognized for initiating and main-taining
the schools Travel to Eu-rope Program, which helped morethan 300
students, regardless oftheir financial status, earn their way
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Lonnette (Lindstrom) Whitchurch
E-Mail Addresses RequestedAll Bemidji State alumni are
encouraged to send their e-mail addresses
to the BSU Alumni Association, which is working on adding
e-mailinformation to alumni records. This information will provide
anotherdimension to the way alumni stay in contact with their alma
mater andtheir college friends. Alumni can send brief notices to
the BSU AlumniAssociation office via e-mail about promotions, new
homes, recentadditions to the family, exciting travel destinations,
or requests for contactfrom BSU friends.
When these articles are printed in the Where We Are, What
WereDoing section of HORIZONS, they can be accompanied by the
e-mailaddress to make communication among alumni friends even
easier.
In turn, the Alumni Association Office can contact alumni
electroni-cally with news about Homecoming, events, special
projects or otherimportant campus information.
Addresses can be forwarded to the BSU Alumni Association by
e-mailing them to: [email protected]. n
The Bemidji State Universityhas opened a Center for Researchand
Innovation (CRI), a 10,000square-foot research and devel-opment
facility to link businessand education endeavors.
It is located in the Hills LonePine Plaza north of Bemidji onold
Highway 71.
Designed to alleviate limitationsof Bridgeman Hall on the
BSUcampus, the center provides addi-tional lecture, computer and
labrooms needed for instruction in in-dustrial technology. It also
includeslease space for firms that may belooking to collaborate
with the Uni-versity to promote entrepreneur-ship and economic
development.
There is growing interest in
higher education to build collabo-rations outside its normal
bound-aries in order to increase institu-tional capabilities and to
expandits resource base, said Dr. JimBensen, Bemidji State
president.Every state technical college,community college and state
uni-versity is exploring, pursuing anddeveloping joint
projects.
The CRI will provide a vehiclefrom which the University can
ac-tively promote these partnershipsand increase campus-wide
capac-ity. These activities will benefitstudents, Bemidji State and
theparticipating companies.
The center includes offices,a classroom with
teleconferencingcapabilities, a fabrication labora-tory, a computer
room with CAE/
CAD capabilities, a conferenceroom, and an area for assembly,
fin-ishing and shipping of materials.
Companies leasing CRI spacewould be able to share much ofthe
facility when conductingbusiness while also accessingBSU faculty,
staff and studentsfor support.
The potential for such a facil-ity is wide open, said Dr.
DaveKingsbury, a BSU professor ofvocational education who
alsoserves as the Universitys direc-tor of corporate relations.
Theavailable space is appropriate fora wide variety of uses, from
lightindustry to new product develop-ment, from knowledge-based
tomaterials-based companies.
presently owns four gourmet cateringrestaurants in the Tampa Bay
(Florida)area and is planning to open a fifthrestaurant in Orlando.
She lives inClearwater, Florida with her husbandRon ... Debra
Kellerman (72) is theowner/operator of Angle Inn Lodge-OakIsland in
the Northwest Angle of Lake ofthe Woods. She invites all BSU
alumni
to come up and fish,either summer or winter... Rick James (71)
sangthe National Anthemprior to the MinnesotaTwins game on July
25.He dedicated theperformance to a friendwho died in an
automo-bile accident at the age of17 ... Lloyd Styrwoll(71) has
been principalof Grand Rapids HighSchool since 1992. Hewas
previously involvedin education in Onamia,Hallock, Windom
andBuffalo ... Dick Lundeen(70) was the subject of afeature story
in theDetroit Lakes Tribune.Business manager of theDetroit Lakes
School
District, Lundeen was named thepresident of the 1997-98 Detroit
LakesArea United Way fund drive.
1960sGary Borgen (69) and Barb Ericksonwere married in August in
Bemidji. Thecouple resides in Bemidji ... Ken Saari(67) has been
named band director at
Lake of the Woods High School inBaudette. He previously taught
junior andsenior high band in South Dakota and K-12 music in St.
Louis County, Clearbrookand Hinckley ... Mary Allen (67) hasbeen
named principal of Plainview HighSchool. She previously was
principal ofRushford-Peterson Middle School whereshe also served as
the districts K-12Special Education Coordinator. Allen alsotaught
in public schools in Roseau,Stillwater and Preston ... Don
Sorensen(64) recently retired as athletic directorof Little Falls
High School. He washonored for his dedication to bothteaching and
athletics in a special banquetin August ... Art Hill (63) was
recentlyhonored during the 12th AnnualSoroptimist Roast in Hibbing.
Hill retiredas a music teacher in Hibbing in 1996 andduring his
career led his bands to manyprestigious awards in concert, field
andparade competitions ... Mary Gappa(62) has retired from teaching
in ElkRiver. She was named Teacher of the Yearfor School District
728 in 1996 ... TerryMaciej (61) has retired from teachingwith the
Hibbing School District after 30years. He recently illustrated a
book, ofWoodsmoke and Quiet Places and isworking on another ...
Gale Halvorson
(61) has retired as Roseau ElementarySchool principal after 31
years ineducation ... Bill Wagner (60) hasretired from Roseau High
School after 37years of teaching. He taught at all levelsof math
from seventh grade throughcalculus, coached boys and
girlsbasketball and was named RoseauTeacher of the Year in 1993.
Bill and hiswife Helen have two children and twogranddaughters ...
Richard (60) andMargaret (Brown) Carman (77) haveboth retired from
teaching. The couplenow owns and operates a strawberryfarm business
in Wadena ... RobertTreuer (60) recently won the 1997Sigurd F.
Olson Nature Writing Awardfor his novel The Tree Farm: Replantinga
Life. The book chronicles Treuersmove to an abandoned farm in
northernMinnesota, where he and his familybegan raising trees for
lumber and pulp.The book was originally published in1977 and was
reprinted in 1996.
1950sKeith Mooney (52) was the subject of afeature article in
the Bemidji Pioneer thatchronicled his 30 years as being starterof
the Birchmont International GolfTournament in Bemidji. Mooney is
alongtime summer resident of Bemidji ...
Dick Lawrence (51) served as grandmarshal of the 1997 Eveleth
Fourth ofJuly Parade. Lawrence was a teacher,coach and athletic
director in Eveleth for34 years. Hes a member of the Minne-sota
State High School CoachesAssociation Hall of Fame, the
MinnesotaState High School Football Coaches Hallof Fame and the
Bemidji State UniversityAthletic Hall of Fame ... Ray Green(50) was
grand marshal of the 1997Warroad Fourth of July Parade. Greentaught
in Warroad for 15 years and put inanother 15 in Bloomington before
retiringin 1984. At that time, he returned toWarroad with his wife
Yvonne and hasbeen very active in community
serviceorganizations.
1930sJohn Schuiling (32) was named 1997Beltrami County
Outstanding SeniorCitizen. He has received numerousawards over the
years and has beenactively involved in a number ofcommunity
activities such as RotaryClub, Chamber of Commerce, AmericanLegion,
Minnesota Historical Society,Bemidji Community Arts Council and
theBemidji State University Foundation. Healso serves as a deacon
for his church.
Center for Research and InnovationFacility Opens
One of the benefits of the facil-ity, Kingsbury noted, was
thatcompanies would have a link toappropriate BSU faculty as wellas
students, who would be avail-able for internships, field
study,fellowships, class projects, re-search activities, and
mentorships.
More information on the facil-ity is available by contacting
theCRI, Bemidji State University,1500 Birchmont Drive NE,Bemidji,
MN 56601-2699 (218-755-4900). n
T he potential for such a facility is wide open. The available
space is appropriate for awide variety of uses, from light industry
to newproduct development, from knowledge-basedto materials-based
companies..mmmmmmmmmm
Dr. Dave Kingsbury
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Trai
ning
Gra
nt
Area Academy for LifelongLearning Established
The Area Academy for Lifelong Learning has been estab-lished to
provide intellectually stimulating activities for olderadults
living in northern Minnesota.
Coordinated through Bemidji State University, the academyis
co-sponsored by the BSU College of Arts and Letters, theBeltrami
County Historical Society, First National Bank 55Connection, and
the Headwaters Area Agency on Aging.
The academy will present study groups, lectures and
otherprograms to enrich and enhance the lives of mature
audiences.It will also cultivate an older adult learning community
thatvalues the wisdom of the humanities, believes in lifelong
learn-ing, and provides leadership in education for adults.
The academy is working with the Minnesota HumanitiesCommission
to develop the series and is hoping to join the state-wide Learning
in Retirement Network.
The first program of the academy was a series that
explorednature writers and the environment and it featured local
natu-ralist Elizabeth Smith and Ruth Stenerson, a professor
emeritaof English who taught a course on nature writers when she
wasa member of the Bemidji State faculty.
It was followed by a lecture on Scandinavian Immigrationinto
Northern Minnesota and Its Impact on the Present by Dr.Art Lee,
professor emeritus of history. n
Bemidji State University hasreceived a $170,000 MinnesotaJob
Skills Partnership Board(MJSP) grant to assist Polaris In-dustries
and Team IndustriesGroup with training to implementan electronic
data interchange(EDI) system.
The grant will enable BemidjiState to introduce electronic
datainterchange between Polaris andthree significant Minnesota
sup-pliers as well as create a trainingcomponent to initiate
just-in-timeinventory practices between thefirms.
The suppliers, Product Re-search and Development (PRD),Audubon
Engineering and Manu-facturing, and Detroit Lakes
(DL)Manufacturing, are all part ofTEAM Industries, which form
asingle company that represents amulti-level supplier in
deliveringseveral products to Polaris.
The project involves the devel-opment of training to use EDI
to
accelerate communication be-tween the original
equipmentmanufacturer and its suppliers.Training on
implementationmethods focusing on quality-firstprinciples,
materials resourcemanagement, and partnership de-velopment will
also be delivered
The project will initially affectover 330 employees at the
fourtest sites, with the long-range EDIimplications that could
spread toemployees in the 66 Minnesota-based suppliers of materials
toPolaris.
Jay Novak, Commissioner ofthe Department of Trade and Eco-nomic
Development, stated, Iam pleased that the Job SkillsPartnership is
awarding this grantto provide training for this impor-tant
Minnesota industry. Thisproject will allow the companiesto maximize
productivity, shortendistribution time, and dedicatemore resources
to product devel-opment, labor force training, andprocess
improvement.
Bemidji State University willbe providing training to the
in-dustries, all of which are locatedin rural Minnesota:n Polaris
Industries of Roseau, amanufacturer of snowmobiles,all-terrain
vehicles, personal wa-tercraft, and a newly announcedmotorcyclen
Product Research and Devel-opment, Bagley, a supplier of as-sembled
transmissions to Polaris;n Audubon Engineering andManufacturing,
Audubon, a sup-plier of gears for the transmis-sion; and
Training Grantto Assist Northern Minnesota Businesses
n DL Manufacturing, DetroitLakes, a supplier of die-castingsfor
the transmission.
Bemidji State University rec-ognizes that a rapidly changingand
highly competitive market-place is dictating new methods
ofproduction for Minnesota indus-tries, Dr. Jim Bensen,
BSUpresident, said of the project.
emidji State University recognizesthat a rapidly changing and
highly
competitive marketplace is dictatingnew methods of production
for
Minnesota industries. These world-class manufacturing processes
require
firms to be both cost consciousand cost competitive without
sacrificing quality.mmmmmm
BDr. Jim Bensen
These world-class manufactur-ing processes require firms to
beboth cost conscious and costcompetitive without
sacrificingquality.
Were fortunate to receivesupport from the state and theMJSP that
will enable us to workwith these industries in meetingtheir
corporate goals.
Project facilitation will be as-sisted by TeamWorks, a high
per-formance, non-profit trainingcenter located in Detroit
Lakesthat is committed to the develop-ment of employment
opportuni-ties for the unemployed and un-deremployed through
strategicpartnerships with business andeducational
institutions.
The Minnesota Job SkillsPartnership, with administrativesupport
from the Business andCommunity Development Divi-sion of the
Department of Tradeand Economic Development,provides matching
grants to edu-cational institutions to developand provide training
for Minne-sota businesses to meet thechanging needs of
Minnesotaslabor market. n
Dr. Jim Bensen (left) looks on while state officials and
business leaders sign the training agreement.
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ScholarshipsFormer BSU Hoops Star
Arnold L. Johnson has turnedbasketball success into life
suc-cess, and the Bemidji State Uni-versity alumnus is doing his
partto see that this cycle repeats itself.
The Bemidji State Athletic Hallof Fame Member has funded
theArnold L. Johnson Scholarship, a$1,000 annual award designed
tosupport the Beaver mens basket-ball program effective
beginningwith the 1998-99 academic year.
Arnolds (Johnson) contribu-tion comes at a great time for
theBemidji State mens basketballprogram, said BSU head
mensbasketball coach Dave Gunther.He had an outstanding career
atBemidji State and in professionalbasketball, and his commitmentto
the program strengthens ourrebuilding efforts for BemidjiState mens
basketball. With hisgenerous support, we can con-tinue restoring
the program to theprominent level enjoyed when heplayed here.
Johnson earned a bachelorsdegree from BSU in 1942, andalthough
he participated in bas-ketball, football and track for theBeavers,
his most notable accom-plishments would come on thebasketball
court.
A native of Gonvick, Johnsonwas the first Bemidji State ath-lete
to earn All-America statusby being selected to the elitesquad after
the National Inter-collegiate Tournament. Thethree-sport
letterwinner alsohelped the Beaver basketballteam to three
conference cham-pionships in his four-year careerwhile playing
under Beaver headcoach Dr. Rueben (Jack) Frost.The Beavers compiled
a 47-16record in Johnsons final threeseasons.
Johnsons professional careerwould flourish following gradu-ation
as he coached one year forTwin Valley High School, fol-lowed by a
term with the United
als in the National Basketball As-sociation, he would help the
teamto the NBA Championship in1951 with a seven-game seriesvictory
over the New YorkKnicks. He also played for threeRochester Royals
Western Divi-sion Championship teams in1949, 1951 and 1952.
After leaving the NBA in 1957,Johnson took up a 20-year careerin
public relations, including as-signments with Genesee BrewingCo.,
and Bausch & Lomb, Inc. Hewas owner and founder of
SwiftMachines, Inc., in Rochester,N.Y., before retiring in
1976.
Johnson is still an active mem-
Tournament selection from the1984 NCAA II Championship,Nagle
completed his Bemidji Statehockey goaltending career with an8-1
victory in the title game. Healso helped the Beavers to
threeNorthern Collegiate Hockey Asso-ciation championships.
Initially a walk-on at BemidjiState, Nagles determination
andwillingness to give forged a bondwith the team that was very
spe-cial to teammates and coaches.
He had certain qualities thatendeared his teammates to
him,Peters continued. He earned therespect of his peers because of
histenacity and work ethic, but moreimportantly because he was
trulya team player in every sense of theword. He was the guy with
jumpercables when your car wouldntstart. He was the guy who
pickedyou up when you needed to get topractice.
Galen considered it a privilegeand an honor to be a part of
theteam, and conversely, we valuedhis contribution to the team. He
hashad a lasting impact on the lives ofthe people he touched, and
we willalways remember him.
A 1984 graduate of BemidjiState, Nagle taught industrial artsat
Scotts-Highland Middle Schoolin Apple Valley for several yearsand
coached in hockey programs
Bemidji State Universityand the Galen Nagle MemorialFund
Committee have estab-lished a memorial scholarshipfund, in honor of
the formerBeaver hockey standout, de-signed to support the
BemidjiState hockey program.
Galen Nagle was a goal-tender for the Beaver hockeyteam from
1980-84, andserved as a coach and teacherin the state of Minnesota
forseveral years before losinghis life to cancer Oct. 18,1996 at
the age of 34.
Galen exemplified Beaverhockey, said Bemidji Statehead hockey
coach and ath-letic director R.H. Bob Pe-ters. Hard work,
dedicationand loyalty were inherent tohis character, and through
hisefforts, he became a vital partof our team.
Nagle and the 1984 Beaverhockey team made collegehockey history
with a perfect31-0 season en route to theschools first NCAA II
Na-tional Championship. An All-
Nagle Scholarship Fund Startedat Rosemount, Holy Angels
Acad-emy, Richfield, Bloomington,Wayzata and Thief River
Falls.During the summer months,Nagle held goaltending camps
andserved as the chief goalie instruc-tor for the Bemidji
InternationalHockey Camp each summer at theBSU campus.
Nagle was born to Richard andMarlys June 18, 1962 atBaudette,
and he and his familymoved to Bemidji in 1979 wherehe graduated
from Bemidji HighSchool in 1980.
Galen Nagle Memorial FundCommittee members include BSUhead
hockey coach R.H. BobPeters; former teammates DennyGibbons and Bob
Fitzgerald; olderbrother Arlan Nagle; BSU baseballcoach Jim Grimm;
and formerBeaver hockey players TomKaplan and Jerry Phillips.
A fund drive for the Galen NagleMemorial begins August 7,
1998with a golf tournament. For infor-mation regarding the Galen
NagleMemorial Fund, contact theBemidji State University Founda-tion
at 218-755-2763, or write theBSU Foundation, David ParkHouse,
Bemidji State University,1500 Birchmont Drive NE,Bemidji, Minnesota
56601. n
Steps to the Line
G alen exemplified Beaver hockey. Hard work, dedication and
loyalty were inherent to his character, and through his efforts,
hemmm became a vital part of our team.kmmmmmR.H. Bob Peters
Dave Gunther
Galen Nagle
Arnold Johnson
States Air Corps forwar duty.
After his discharge,Johnson picked up hisbasketball career
onceagain, this time on theprofessional level. Innine years with
theRochester (N.Y.) Roy-
Hber of the New York TramwayCommission, the New YorkState Chiefs
of Police and theAmerican Legion.
Arnold and wife Nancy residein Rochester, N.Y. n
Photo courtesy Pat Miller, Bem
idji Pioneer
e had an outstanding career at Bemidji State and in professional
basketball, and his commitment to the program strength-ens our
rebuilding efforts for Bemidji State mensbasketball. With his
generous support, we cancontinue restoring the program to the
prominentlevel enjoyed when he played here.
Steps to the L ne
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Communiquesfrom the Alumni Office
Irv Nordquist (65) of BemidjiGarfield Swanson (53) of
Scottsdale, AZFlorence Lyman (39) of Grand
RapidsJohn Roscoe (61) of Two HarborsAdelle Voight (67) of
GilbertAgnes Ungerecht (63) of
NorthomeJean Noelke (45) of
LaCrosse, WI
IN MEMORIAM
Annual BSU Winter Rendezvous SetMarch 15, 16, 1998
Laughlin, Nevada .... Mark your calendars and plan to attendthe
second annual BSU Winter Rendezvous which will takeplace March
15-16, 1998, in Laughlin, Nevada.
Last years event was such a huge success, the event is
beingexpanded to accommodate more alumni and friends of
BemidjiState University. BSU President, Dr. Jim Bensen and his
wifeNancy, both BSU alumni, are planning to attend the 1998
event.
Harrahs Laughlin will serve as the host hotel where a
cocktailparty and Rendezvous Banquet will be held. Bill Howe
(51)has again volunteered to coordinate a golf tournament and,
forthe non-golfers, a cruise on the Colorado River is
beingorganized.
Registration materials will be sent out at a later date.
ThoseBSU alumni who spend winter months in southern Nevada,
south-ern California or Arizona are asked to forward their
winteraddresses to the Alumni Office so an invitation can be
mailed.
For further information, contact the BSU Alumni Office
at1-888-234-2687 (toll free).
All BSU AlumniThe BSU Alumni Association now has a toll free
number avail-
able to alumni calling from outside the Bemidji Area. It
is:1-888-234-2687 Now it is easier than ever to call your alma
mater,and BSU is waiting to hear from you!
File Change of Address Cardwith Post Office
The Alumni Association is now required to verify its addressesat
least twice a year against the official database at the PostOffice.
Every time alumni move, a change of address card shouldbe filed at
the post office.
Not only will this ensure that mail is rerouted and delivered
tothe most current address, but it will also make sure that the
AlumniAssociation has the correct address on file.
Alumni planning to move should file a change of address format
their local post office.
Where Do You Hang Your Hat?Bemidji State University hosts alumni
receptions all over the
country and doesnt want any graduate to miss the fun! Pleaselet
the Alumni Association know if you have a second addressand the
approximate dates you are there by filling out this cardand
returning it to us.
Wed like you to receive HORIZONS, class mailings andreunion news
in a timely manner. Would you like your BemidjiState University
mail forwarded to your winter address? If so,please indicate so
below.
Yes, I would like my Bemidji State University mail
forwarded.Dates to mail to my winter address:
From_________________to _______________________________
Name: _________________________________________________
Winter Address ________________________________________
City ___________________________________________________
State______________________________Zip__________________
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New Board Members ElectedDuring the 1997 annual meeting of the
Bemidji State University Alumni
Association held in conjunction with Homecoming, Joanne Provo,
vice presi-dent of the association, welcomed the new members to the
Board who wererecently elected by ballot and a vote of active
members.
New members include Harvey Westrom (57) who currently resides
inBloomington, and Donald Gross (81) living in Council Bluffs,
Iowa.
Also elected to serve second terms were John Liapis (52) of
Bemidji,Joanne Provo (82) from Minneapolis and Pam Raden (86) of
St. Cloud.
Appointments to the Board included Melanie Benjamin (88) of
Isle, MN.,who is serving her first term as well as Peggy Marvin
Johnson (67) fromWarroad and Jeff Wallin (70) who are both serving
their second terms.
Officers elected to serve the next two years include Jeff
Wallin, president;Joanne Provo, vice president; Debra Kellerman,
secretary/treasurer. n
BSU Foundation Home Page RevisedThe BSU Foundation has recently
updated and revised their home page.
Come take a look at: http://info.bemidji.msus.edu n
Book Available for Parents who have Lost a ChildA member of the
BSU Foundation has made available a supportive book
for parents who have lost a child.For Hearts That Had Hopes and
Dreams was created by Jeanne Noehring
out of her compassion for those suffering a loss.I realized how
difficult it was for them to find closure for their loss of
hopes and dreams and how much they needed a way to acknowledge
thesevery special babies, Noehring said.
For Hearts That Had Hopes and Dreams is a special book filled
withspaces for photographs and keepsakes, pockets to hold cards,
and placesfor friends and family to show their support. The journal
portion of thisbook provides pages for parents to record their
thoughts and feelings.
The book comes boxed, and is available without charge from the
BSUFoundation. Contact Dave Tiffany at (218) 755-2779 or
1-888-234-5718. n
The second annual NorthernTier Institute explored the task
ofprospering in the knowledge agethrough a series of workshopsand
presentations this fall.
Sponsored by Bemidji StateUniversity, the Northern Tierbrought
together leaders fromindustry, education, economicdevelopment,
government, andbusiness for a day-long explora-tion of a topic that
affects all fac-ets of a region along the U.S.-Canadian border from
the GreatLakes across the Great Plains.
The conference began with theCampus-Community Breakfastprogram
Making Higher Edu-cation Work for You, presentedby Morrie Anderson,
chancellorof the Minnesota State Collegesand Universities (MnSCU)
at7:30 a.m.
That was followed by a statusreport on the School to Workeffort
by Eugene Piccolo, assis-tant commissioner for the Min-nesota
Department of Children,Families and Learning, andCharles Coskran of
the Office ofLife Work Development.
A panel then explored intellec-tual property, specifically
look-ing into provisions of the Eco-nomic Espionage Act and use
ofproprietary knowledge. Panel-ists included Julie Finch of
theMinnesota attorney generals of-fice; Texas lawyer DennisGilstad;
Leonard Ruiz of the SotaFoundation; Minnesota state
Northern Tier InstituteExplored Prosperity
senator David Ten Eyck; and Dr.Linda Baer, senior vice
chancel-lor for academic and student af-fairs for MnSCU.
Completing the program wereroundtables held to address
sixspecific topics.*Future Work: jobs, qualifica-tions, and
employers; the cre-ators of the on-line site Min-nesota Future Work
examinedthe future of work through 10profile areas and what the
chal-lenges are for educating studentsto be prepared for careers
thatdont yet exist.
*Diversity in the Workplace: fromwelfare to workfare; staff of
theHeadwaters Regional Develop-ment Commission discussedtheir
programs for integrating anew pool of workers, those cre-ated by
the goal of ending wel-
fare as we know it, into theworld of work.
*Return on Investment: thevalue of a college education;a panel
explored the topic in re-lation to job forecasters who saymany jobs
wont require a col-lege education while others con-tend that the
amount of educa-tion needed to participate in themodern work force
is increas-ing.
*New Entrepreneurs: doing globalbusiness in rural areas;
repre-sentatives from rural businesses,capital formation groups,
localand state governments discussedsuch efforts as the new
BSUCenter for Research and Inno-vation, which was formed toprovide
research services to ex-isting commercial enterprisesand help new
businesses getstarted in the northern Minne-sota.
*The Value of Advisory Boards:internships, shadowing,
andcurriculum; participants sharedtheir views on the costs and
ben-efits of the direct interactionbetween higher education andthe
private sector.
*A Virtual University: Minne-sotas electronic academy;
pan-elists addressed the delivery ofeducation at remote sites and
thestates emerging presence in thisfast-growing arena. n
MnSCU Chancellor Morrie Anderson at the Northern Tier
Institute
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T Alumni MemoriesBSU
Deferred Gift Annuities - Popular at Any AgeWhen it comes to
taking advantage of the benefits of a deferred gift annu-
ity, age isnt a problem.Deferred gift annuities through the BSU
Foundation enable the donor to
save taxes twice and get a lifetime income at a designated time
in the futurewhile also providing a benefit to Bemidji State.
Deferred gift annuities pay dividends for individuals who want
to make amajor gift to the BSU Foundation and also want additional
retirement income.
By deferring income payments on a gift annuity until a specified
futuredate, the following benefits are available:
n Higher charitable deduction for gift value;n Deferred higher
fixed income for life;n Reduction of capital gains tax; andn
Increased retirement income.
The following example shows how a deferred gift annuity
works.Joe, a 50 year-old banker and BSU alum, decides to increase
his retire-
ment income and make a major future gift to the BSU Foundation.
He hasreached the ceiling on contributions to his Keogh plan and
learns that thereis no ceiling on contributions to deferred
charitable gift annuities. After con-ferring with the development
officer at the BSU Foundation, Joe instructs hisbroker to transfer
$50,000 of stock, which he originally purchased for $10,000,to the
BSU Foundation in exchange for a deferred lifetime annuity starting
athis retirement. He will qualify for a federal income tax
deduction of approxi-mately $28, 536 in the year he makes the gift,
and will receive fixed paymentsannually in the amount of $8,150
which begin when he turns 65. Joe will oweno capital gains tax at
the time of his gift. Instead, a portion of the capitalgains tax he
would have owed, will be spread throughout his lifetime, oncethe
annual annuity payments begin. In contrast, if he were to sell the
stocksoutright and reinvest them himself, he would owe capital
gains tax on $40,000.
For more information on making planned gifts to the BSU
Foundation,contact Marla Huss, director of development at 755-2876
or toll free at1-888-234-5718. n
Comparison of Immediate and Deferred Gift Annuity Payment
RatesAge Immediate Deferred to Age 6550 6.5% 16.3%55 6.7% 12.2%60
6.9% 9.1%
Joelyn Scriba has been named asthe acting dean of the Center for
Ex-tended Learning at Bemidji StateUniversity.
An associate professor of nursing,Scriba will serve as the
acting deanwhile Dr. John Quistgaard performs
Scriba Named Acting Dean for the Center for Extended Learningthe
duties of the acting vice presidentfor academic and student
affairs.
As the acting dean, she will be re-sponsible for leadership in
the devel-opment and administration of off-campus learning
programs, includingsummer sessions. Specific responsi-bilities
include oversight of the Ar-rowhead University Center (AUC);shared
leadership for cooperative ef-forts with community colleges;
de-velopment of distance learning op-portunities through various
media;and facilitating the conversion of ex-ternal studies courses
and summersessions to a semester based format.
Scriba joined the BSU faculty in1982 and served as the chair of
theNursing Department from 1983 to1995. During that time she
coordi-nated the preparation for accredita-tion by the National
League for Nurs-ing and served as the major writer onthe
project.
Over the past 15 years, she coor-dinated several cycles of
outreachprogramming through the AUC; wasa member of a system-wide
taskforce on nursing outreach program-ming; designed and initiated
imple-mentation of the RN baccalaureatecompletion program in
collaborationwith 14 northern Minnesota institu-tions; and worked
on collaborativeventures with several technical, com-munity and
tribal colleges through-out the region.
Prior to her arrival at BemidjiState, she was a faculty member
andchaired the Nursing Department atJamestown (ND) College.
Scriba has a bachelors degree fromJamestown College and a
mastersfrom the University of Washington.She has completed further
advancedstudy in adult and continuing educa-tion at Teachers
College of ColumbiaUniversity in New York. n
Baer Scholarship EstablishedDr. Linda Baer may be leaving
Bemidji State University, but her legacy
will live on. The Baer Scholarship has been created in her name.
Estab-lished within the BSU Foundation, this scholarship will
provide a $250 an-nual award to a student in their junior or senior
year with a declared majorand a GPA of 3.0 or better.
In addition, in order to be eligible the student must have a
leadership po-sition or a strong record of participation in
extracurricular activities, eitheron campus or in the community.
Preference shall be given to students whohave earned either the Boy
Scouts Eagle Scout Award or the Girl ScoutsGold Award.
The senior vice president for academic and student affairs at
BSU for sixyears and former acting president, Baer was named last
fall as the seniorvice chancellor for academic and student affairs
for the Minnesota StateColleges and Universities (MnSCU) system
office.
Interested students should contact the Admissions Office at
1-888-345-1721 for more information. n
n Ill always remember ourfamilys involvement. My wifeMary Lou
hand made ninety per-cent of the costumes and de-signed every one
of them. Mydaughter has worked on thescript for the past two years,
andboth of my children, Ahna andDavid, have performed in them.n
Which one is my favorite?Thats like asking which of your29 children
you like best. Myfavorite is always the one weredoing now.
he Madrigal Dinners will be staged in Bemidji for the 29th
consecutive year. In the last issue of HORIZONS, requests were made
for Madrigal memories to commemorate during this 75th anniversary
yearof the Alumni Association. Since that time, Dr. PaulBrandvik,
who has directed every Madrigal show atBSU, announced that he will
be retiring following thisyear. So he was asked to share some of
his memories.Thanks goes to all who submitted
remembrances,especially Adeline Beltz of Bagley, who will
receivetwo complimentary tickets for opening night.
n I remember one time we hadflaming cherries jubilee in
glassbowls. The flame floated in thecenter, and worked its way
tothe end of the bowl. They werecracking and it sounded
likegunshots going off one right af-te