Graduates Horizons Bemidji State University Horizons Office of Alumni Affairs 1500BirchmontDriveNE#DPH Bemidji, Minnesota 56601-2699 FORWARDINGSERVICEREQUESTED N ON-PROFIT ORGAN. U.S.POSTAGE PAID Bemidji, MN 56601-2699 PERMIT NO. 9 PenaltyforPrivateUse A Publication for Alumni & Friends of Bemidji State University Vol. 13, No. 4, Summer 1998 quent trips to campus to interview candidates. Specializing in com- mercial lines of insurance and risk management services, Fed- erated Insurance has 1,300 em- ployees with Bemidji State alumni working in marketing, information systems, loss control, and risk management. “We see a fit with our company’s values and the students’ values,” Dawley said when discussing her company’s success in recruiting BSU students. “We’re often a good match because the reasons a student was attracted to BSU are the same reasons they’d be inter- ested in working at our company in Owatonna.” That sentiment was echoed by Ivan Reimer, human resource manager of Solvay Pharmaceu- ticals in Baudette where approxi- mately 10 percent of the company’s 200-member work force graduated from BSU. It is a fast-growing enterprise with quadruple the sales over the past five years and another 25 percent growth projected for 1998. The plant manufactures drugs for female health, mental health and gastro-intestinal use. As such, it needs employees with solid science backgrounds. “The appropriate degree is the one thing we’re looking for in a candidate while a desire to work in this field is another,” he com- mented. “Beyond those factors, one of the major reasons we recruit at Bemidji State is the type of per- son who attends the school. They are from Minnesota, understand and know the climate, and are fa- miliar with life in a smaller town. “We see BSU graduates as hav- ing a sound base of knowledge from their chemistry and scien- tific curriculum. More than any- thing, they’re eager to get to work. They seem to have a work ethic that is superior to what I’ve seen in other parts of the country.” For Tim Shears, president of MNN Radio Networks, his at- traction to BSU graduates can be related in two words, enthusiasm and confidence. Shears oversees a firm that runs nine different networks across the region and operates an all-news station in Minneapolis. Of MNN’s 38 full- time employees, seven earned degrees at Bemidji State. “BSU graduates tend to possess good, basic skills,” said Shears, who is a BSU alumnus. “But they also have a level of competency that allows them to survive, which comes from their experiences in the program, and they show pas- sion for the industry.” The demand for university graduates may be tied to the bachelor’s degree. Although there is a lot of attention paid to- day to specialist programs that can be completed in one or two years, many employers feel the bachelor’s degree is the degree of choice. “Nearly all of the positions in my area prefer a college degree, but don’t require it,” said Dawley. “At the same time, the vast ma- jority of our people have a four- year degree and there’s a reason for it. The employee with a bachelor’s degree has a broader perspective and a greater degree of maturity. They haven’t focused on one specific area. “The nature of the responsibili- ties for our programmers requires them to be general problem solv- ers and to work with people who have other ideas. The perspectives gained with a four-year degree will lead to better business solutions.” Reimer indicated that Solvay has not wavered from its require- ment for a bachelor’s degree for entry level in many facets of the firm while Shears felt the bachelor’s was even more impor- tant for the future. “Employees and employers need to evolve in this changing economy because the business we’re in today might not be the same business we’re in five years from now,” Shears said. “People will need to be generalists, to be able to do special skills and to articulate ideas, show initiative, think, and have the willingness as well as ability to change.” With 13 years in the career counseling area, Giauque sees an upside today in the way agencies, companies and school districts are changing to attract candidates. BSU Calendar June 19, 1998 Pabst/Skaar Memorial Golf Tournament, Bemidji Town and Country Club July 10, 1998 BSU Founders Walk Induction Ceremony August 7, 1998 Lady Beaver Golf Tournament, Bemidji Town & Country Club August 7-9, 1998 Hockey Reunion August 21-22, 1998 BSU Alumni Association Board of Directors Annual Retreat and Board Meeting, David Park House, Bemidji September 21-27, 1998 BSUHOMECOMING1998, “There’s No Place Like Home...coming 1998!” BSU BSU BS U BS U The Courting of Graduates (Continued on page 7) Becky Dawley conducts an interview on campus. “ S hawn Johnson started her job search during winter quarter. After the first three inter- views, she stopped looking. It wasn’t that the senior tech- nical illustration and graphic de- sign major from Bemidji was having a bad experience. It was the opposite; she was weighing offers from each of the firms. While alumni with memories of soft job markets may find this story unusual, many BSU gradu- ates in 1998 will relate experi- ences similar to Johnson’s. “The job market has turned around for students,” said Margie Giauque, director of career ser- vices. “We’ve seen a steady in- crease in interest by employers for BSU graduates, and in the past two years they’ve hit the campus pretty hard. Students are being courted.” On-site recruitment by poten- tial employers was at an all-time high for Bemidji State last fall, mirroring a phenomenon on col- leges campuses across the coun- try. Many businesses, agencies and firms have discovered that waiting until spring is too late, and winter is becoming somewhat problematic for certain majors. On the teaching side, Giauque noted that the market was tight in Minnesota, but jobs were avail- able if students were open to looking at all opportunities. The pursuit of both teaching and non-teaching majors has in- creased. During a job-fair in the Twin Cities sponsored by the state universities, 143 potential employers participated with 20 on a waiting list trying to get in. At the Minnesota Education Ca- reer Fair in Minneapolis, a record 146 school districts were there to look at candidates and many made job offers on the spot. Experts cite strong economies on the state and national levels as a primary reason for the high de- mand. Employment rates are also a factor; in Minnesota, the most recent figures showed unemploy- ment at an extremely low 2.5 per- cent compared to 3.6 a year ago. Becky Dawley, a BSU alumna who is vice president of informa- tion services at Federated Insur- ance in Owatonna, makes fre- N earlyallofthepositionsinmyareaprefer acollegedegree,butdon’trequireit.Atthe sametime,thevastmajorityofourpeoplehavea four-yeardegreeandthere’sareasonforit.The employeewithabachelor’sdegreehasabroader perspectiveandagreaterdegreeofmaturity.They haven’tfocusedononespecificarea.” Becky Dawley
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quent trips to campus to interviewcandidates. Specializing in com-mercial lines of insurance andrisk management services, Fed-erated Insurance has 1,300 em-ployees with Bemidji Statealumni working in marketing,information systems, loss control,and risk management.
“We see a fit with our company’svalues and the students’ values,”Dawley said when discussing hercompany’s success in recruitingBSU students. “We’re often agood match because the reasonsa student was attracted to BSU arethe same reasons they’d be inter-ested in working at our companyin Owatonna.”
That sentiment was echoed byIvan Reimer, human resourcemanager of Solvay Pharmaceu-ticals in Baudette where approxi-mately 10 percent of thecompany’s 200-member workforce graduated from BSU.
It is a fast-growing enterprisewith quadruple the sales over thepast five years and another 25percent growth projected for
1998. The plant manufacturesdrugs for female health, mentalhealth and gastro-intestinal use.As such, it needs employees withsolid science backgrounds.
“The appropriate degree is theone thing we’re looking for in acandidate while a desire to workin this field is another,” he com-mented. “Beyond those factors,one of the major reasons we recruitat Bemidji State is the type of per-son who attends the school. Theyare from Minnesota, understandand know the climate, and are fa-miliar with life in a smaller town.
“We see BSU graduates as hav-ing a sound base of knowledgefrom their chemistry and scien-tific curriculum. More than any-thing, they’re eager to get to work.They seem to have a work ethicthat is superior to what I’ve seenin other parts of the country.”
For Tim Shears, president ofMNN Radio Networks, his at-traction to BSU graduates can berelated in two words, enthusiasmand confidence. Shears overseesa firm that runs nine different
networks across the region andoperates an all-news station inMinneapolis. Of MNN’s 38 full-time employees, seven earneddegrees at Bemidji State.
“BSU graduates tend to possessgood, basic skills,” said Shears,who is a BSU alumnus. “But theyalso have a level of competencythat allows them to survive, whichcomes from their experiences inthe program, and they show pas-sion for the industry.”
The demand for universitygraduates may be tied to thebachelor’s degree. Althoughthere is a lot of attention paid to-day to specialist programs thatcan be completed in one or twoyears, many employers feel thebachelor’s degree is the degree ofchoice.
“Nearly all of the positions inmy area prefer a college degree,but don’t require it,” said Dawley.“At the same time, the vast ma-jority of our people have a four-year degree and there’s a reasonfor it. The employee with abachelor’s degree has a broaderperspective and a greater degreeof maturity. They haven’t focusedon one specific area.
“The nature of the responsibili-ties for our programmers requiresthem to be general problem solv-ers and to work with people whohave other ideas. The perspectivesgained with a four-year degree willlead to better business solutions.”
Reimer indicated that Solvayhas not wavered from its require-ment for a bachelor’s degree forentry level in many facets of thefirm while Shears felt thebachelor’s was even more impor-tant for the future.
“Employees and employersneed to evolve in this changingeconomy because the businesswe’re in today might not be thesame business we’re in five yearsfrom now,” Shears said. “Peoplewill need to be generalists, to beable to do special skills and toarticulate ideas, show initiative,think, and have the willingness aswell as ability to change.”
With 13 years in the careercounseling area, Giauque sees anupside today in the way agencies,companies and school districtsare changing to attract candidates.
BSUCalendarJune 19, 1998
Pabst/Skaar Memorial GolfTournament, Bemidji Town and
Country Club
July 10, 1998BSU Founders Walk Induction
Ceremony
August 7, 1998Lady Beaver Golf Tournament,Bemidji Town & Country Club
August 7-9, 1998Hockey Reunion
August 21-22, 1998BSU Alumni Association Board
of Di rectors Annual Retreatand Board Meeting,
David Park House, Bemidji
September 21-27, 1998BSU HOMECOMING 1998,
“There’s No Place LikeHome...coming 1998!”
BSUBSU
BSUBSU
The Courtingof Graduates
(Continued on page 7)
Becky Dawley conducts an interview on campus.
“
S hawn Johnson started her job search during winterquarter. After the first three inter-views, she stopped looking.
It wasn’t that the senior tech-nical illustration and graphic de-sign major from Bemidji washaving a bad experience. It wasthe opposite; she was weighingoffers from each of the firms.
While alumni with memoriesof soft job markets may find thisstory unusual, many BSU gradu-ates in 1998 will relate experi-ences similar to Johnson’s.
“The job market has turnedaround for students,” said MargieGiauque, director of career ser-vices. “We’ve seen a steady in-crease in interest by employersfor BSU graduates, and in thepast two years they’ve hit thecampus pretty hard. Students arebeing courted.”
On-site recruitment by poten-tial employers was at an all-timehigh for Bemidji State last fall,mirroring a phenomenon on col-leges campuses across the coun-try. Many businesses, agenciesand firms have discovered thatwaiting until spring is too late,and winter is becoming somewhatproblematic for certain majors.
On the teaching side, Giauquenoted that the market was tightin Minnesota, but jobs were avail-able if students were open tolooking at all opportunities.
The pursuit of both teachingand non-teaching majors has in-creased. During a job-fair in theTwin Cities sponsored by thestate universities, 143 potentialemployers participated with 20on a waiting list trying to get in.At the Minnesota Education Ca-reer Fair in Minneapolis, a record146 school districts were there tolook at candidates and manymade job offers on the spot.
Experts cite strong economieson the state and national levels asa primary reason for the high de-mand. Employment rates are alsoa factor; in Minnesota, the mostrecent figures showed unemploy-ment at an extremely low 2.5 per-cent compared to 3.6 a year ago.
Becky Dawley, a BSU alumnawho is vice president of informa-tion services at Federated Insur-ance in Owatonna, makes fre-
N early all of the positions in my area prefer a college degree, but don’t require it. At thesame time, the vast majority of our people have afour-year degree and there’s a reason for it. Theemployee with a bachelor’s degree has a broaderperspective and a greater degree of maturity. Theyhaven’t focused on one specific area.” Becky Dawley
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Bemidji State University
Horizons
Distinguished
Vol. 13, No. 4, Summer 1998
Produced by the News and PublicationsOffice and the Alumni Office at BemidjiState University, HORIZONS is pub-lished quarterly and distributed withoutcharge to BSU alumni, students, faculty,staff and other friends of the University.BSU is an equal opportunity educatorand employer.
Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Al NohnerDesigner . . . . . . . . . . Kathy Berglund
Photographer . . . . . . . . . John Swartz
President . . . . . . . . . Dr. Jim BensenAlumni Director . . . . . . . Sue Kringen
Contributing Writer . . . . . Jody Grau
Editorial Assistance . . Peggy Nohner
Editorial Board: Dr. Jim Bensen, BSUpresident; Dr. David Tiffany, vice presidentfor University advancement; Al Nohner, di-rector of news services and publications;Sue Kringen, director of alumni relations.
After serving a few years as afield representative for the Min-nesota Farmers Union, he and hiswife purchased a farm in 1950.When first starting out, he took avariety of jobs to stay in opera-tion amid the fluctuations of goodharvests and bad harvests, highcrop prices and bottomed-outcommodity markets, and the un-certainties provided by theweather. His work experience in-cluded stints as a logger, machin-ery salesman, carpenter and con-struction foreman.
In 1961 Bergland was namedchairman of the Minnesota Agri-cultural Stabilization and Conser-vation Service, an arm of the U.S.Department of Agriculture. Twoyears later he was promoted toMidwest regional director of theservice.
He ventured into politics for thefirst time in 1968 by challengingOdin Langen’s 10-year hold onMinnesota’s 7th CongressionalDistrict seat. A narrow loss thatyear was enough impetus to re-group for the 1970 campaign,when he defeated the incumbentLangen by 15,000 votes.
Reelected three times, hisgreatest margin of victory was1976 when he won with 73 per-cent of the total ballots cast. Hewas assigned to committees onagriculture, small business, andscience and technology.
The inconstancy of farming lifewas instrumental in molding his
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1990sPaul R. Johnson (’95) is employed with FiskarsInc. in Cross Plains, WI, as a model maker in thecompany’s research and developmentdepartment. He builds prototypes for newproducts ... Stephanie Jasperson (’96) teachesfifth grade at Red Lake Elementary School ...Lisa Falk (’95) lives in Crookston where she isthe director of the junior high band ... Dana(Mord) McCabe (’92) was married in ‘95 andlives in St. Cloud ... Karen Hall (’96) of East GullLake is enrolled in graduate studies at St.Scholastica College working toward a master’sdegree in nursing with the goal of becoming afamily nurse practitioner ... Marlyce Rieck (’93)of New London teaches high school band andmiddle school music for the New London-Spicerschool district ... Ann Marie (Clough) Perreault(’94) of Circle Pines married Barry Perreault inJune of 1996 and now teaches first grade inColumbia Heights ... Barry Perreault (’94)teaches sixth grade in Coon Rapids. He marriedAnn Marie Clough in 1996 and the couple lives inCircle Pines ... Valerie Jones (’92) of Baxter willsoon complete her 12th year of employment with
St. Joseph’s Medical Center ... Alyssa Konecne(’96) recently had a daughter ... Nicholas D.Walk (’96) has been employed for three years byErskine Manufacturing as its purchasing agentand CADD technician. He and Gina Marion planto be married Aug. 15 ... Garrett W. Lathe (’96)of Bemidji teaches choir at Bagley ... Brad Spry(’92) renovated his State Farm Insurancebuilding in Walker this winter, a project whichexpanded available office space from 400 to1,000 square feet. Spry bought the building in1992. It previously housed an apartment as wellas the insurance office ... Kara Bernard (’93) ofCoon Rapids currently works for Norwest Bankbut plans to return to St. Mary’s University tocomplete her master’s degree in psychology ...Rick Berndt (’91) opened his own store, PetZone, in Bemidji. The Pet Zone specializes infresh water and salt water fish ... Brian Schaefer(’96) recently took a position with Pro-WestAssociates Inc. after spending the previous 18months working for the Chippewa NationalForest ... Brent Oie (’95) and Michelle Nathe(’95) were married in April of 1997 and now livein East Gull Lake where Michelle is employedwith the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency ...
Mary Welliver (’91) is currently employed as apsychometrician in Brainerd ... Robb Johnson(’90) works as a teacher and coach in Roseau ...Theresa Leider (’96) is a patrol officer with theHutchinson Police Department ... M. ElaineBonnell (‘94) writes that she has the “ideal” jobas an ESL teacher at the Warroad Middle School... Jennifer Sanford (’94), executive director ofthe United Way of Bemidji, recently commentedon the Ninth Annual Volunteer RecognitionAwards Luncheon, saying, “ It is important thatvolunteers be recognized for the work that theydo, not only for their sake but so that others willsee how important volunteer service is to ourcommunity.” ... Michael Jobin (‘95) is living inProctor ... Karl Knudsen (’96) of Owatonnaplans to begin working on a master’s degree thisfall ... Devlyn Brooks (’97) started a regionalnewspaper in Fertile this winter. The AgassizShorelander features some Associated Pressmaterial and will provide stronger coverage ofthe Maple Lake area than that given by othernewspapers in the area ... Scott Gurtin (’93) ofPhoenix, AZ., is a fisheries biologist with theArizona Game and Fish Department. Heconducts research on endangered speciesincluding the razorback sucker in the ColoradoRiver ... Eric L.H. Johnston (’94) ofFarmington works in sales administration atEcolab in St. Paul. His hobbies include hockey,golf, softball and snowmobiling ... Mike Lundin(’96) of Cottage Grove plans to attend graduateschool at the University of Minnesota this fall.
Where We Are ... What We’re DoingHe is involved with the Minnesota Opera Chorusand Minnesota Chorale ... Allison Kaul (‘93)and Christopher DeLeone (’95) were marriedAug. 9 in Bemidji. The couple lives inVancouver, WA. Allison is employed as a tradeshow and museums exhibit accounts managerfor Exhibitgroup/Giltspur in Portland, OR, andChristopher is a regional manager for AdvanceMachine Company ... Karla Gransow (’94) ofBoone, IA, married Craig Steward, a graduate ofthe University of South Dakota, last spring.Karla works as a one-on-one associate at theUnited Community School in Boone ... KimFreer (’96) of Ridgecrest, CA, is an elementaryteacher for severely emotionally disturbedstudents at the Sierra Sands Unified SchoolDistrict ... Chean Teong (Alan) (’93) ofWorcester, MA, will continue his graduatestudies this fall at Hilberry Theatre GraduateRepertory Company of Wayne State Universityin Detroit, MI. He’s been awarded a full graduateassistantship in costume design ... BrandonSnodgrass (’96) teaches fifth and sixth grades atthe Koyuk School in the Bering Strait SchoolDistrict at Koyuk, AK. “I’m at the Arctic Circleand it’s warmer here than in Bemidji,” writesSnodgrass ... Michelle Meerdink (’97) isemployed with Bawden Printing in Eldridge, IA,as a senior customer service electronic technicalspecialist. Meerdink and her husband of twoyears, John, are building a log home on theWapsicon River in Long Grove, IA, and she isworking on her master’s degree in the evenings.John is a journeyman lineman for Eastern Iowa
ALL CITIES ARE LOCATED IN MINNESOTA UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
Light and Power ... Mike Crocker (’91) ismoving to Phoenix, AZ., where he will beassisting current church members in theorganization of a new church. Since graduating,Crocker has worked as a sports editor inCrookston and at Marshall and then took aposition with the Dayton’s Corp. in Minneapolis.... Patrick Rendle (’95) coached the HibbingGirls Hockey Team to second place in the 1997-98 High School Hockey Tournament ... JasonMack (’94) served as assistant hockey coach atEast Grand Forks where their team made ashowing at the 1997-98 High School HockeyTournament ... Sarah Broman (’95) lives inCrystal and just completed her third year ofteaching math at Spring Lake Park ... Melissa(Larson) Brelje (’92) lives at Sunfish Lake andenjoys her teaching career ... Anita Jwanouskos(’93) and her husband John Jwanouskos (’94)live in Ruckersville, VA, where Anita is a flightattendant for USAirways and Doug is a customframer ... Greg Johnson (’90), of Park Rapids, iscurrently employed at Blueberry Pines GolfCourse near Park Rapids. He and his wife, Anita,have four children ... Michael Landberg (’93)lives in Shoreview ... Judy (Niskanen) Hovey(’92) teaches reading and computer in grades K-6 at Fairfax Elementary in Herrick, SD ... CurtNelson (’91) and his wife, Kim, live in Brainerdand are expecting their fourth child in August ...Jackie Riewer (’93) teaches fourth and fifthgrades at Princeton ... Jeffrey L. Parkinen (’93)is a security policeman in the U.S. Air Force. He
2,500,000 of the poorest peoplewhile cutting or reducing benefitsto others who were less needy;and promoted better agriculturalpredictions based on past weatherpatterns rather than an assump-tion of normal weather.
After serving the Carter admin-istration, Bergland became presi-dent of Farmland World Trade, aninternational trading arm ofFarmland Industries of KansasCity. Two years later he was ap-pointed general manager of theNational Rural Electric Co-op-erative Association and remainedactive in that post until retiringin 1993.
Now living on the home farmin northern Minnesota, Berglandwas elected to the Board of Re-gents of the University of Min-nesota in January of 1997 andchairs the committee on financeand administration. ■
approach to life, his politics, andhis commitment to making thingsbetter for rural communities. Hegained a reputation as a defenderof higher crop support prices, agrain-reserve plan, and increasedfood aid for the poor.
By his third term, Bergland be-came a congressional leader informulating farm policy and ad-vocating for protections from theboom and bust cycles thatplagued small farmers. Knownfor his regular attendance andfirm grasp of issues, he was rec-ognized for his ability to negoti-ate compromise solutions to com-plicated and often politically deli-cate agricultural problems.
He was a congressional adviserto the 17th session of the Foodand Agricultural Conference inRome and was a delegate to theUnited Nations Conference onTrade and Development.
Following the election ofJimmy Carter as president in1976, Bergland became the firstfarmer named as the secretary ofagriculture in more than 30 years.During his four-year tenure on thecabinet, he was seen as an admin-istrator who balanced the needsof the farmer with those of theconsumer.
Along the way, he streamlinedthe department by abolishing overten percent of agricultural’s advi-sory committees; revamped thefood stamp program to benefit
1998 Distinguished MinnesotanBob BerglandBob Bergland,
former U.S. Con-gressman fromNorthwest Minne-sota and formersecretary of agri-culture in theCarter administra-tion, has beennamed the recipi-ent of the 1998D i s t i n g u i s h e dMinnesotan Awardfrom Bemidji StateUniversity.
Bergland is the18th recipient ofthe award, whichis annually pre-sented to a currentor former resident
of the state who has performedexemplary service to the peopleof Minnesota or the UnitedStates. He received the awardprior to spring commencement atBSU.
The descendant of Norwegianimmigrants who settled in thenorthern part of Minnesota in the19th century, Bergland was bornand raised in Roseau, where heattended public schools andgraduated from high school in1946. He then enrolled at theUniversity of Minnesota wherehe completed its agriculturalprogram.
Bob Bergland
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returned to the states recently following a tour ofduty in Saudi Arabia ... Scot Parry (’91) andDenise Parry (’91) live in Norwalk, IA, whereScott teaches sixth grade math and coachesvolleyball and track at Norwalk Schools andDenise works for Blue Cross & Blue Shield ofIowa. They have two daughters ... Juli B.Serratore (’93) teaches early childhood specialeducation at Redwood Falls ... Dean Halvorson(’91) of Ham Lake works for Anoka CountyCorrections and coaches baseball at Blaine HighSchool ... Amy Calhoun (’96) lives inOrangeburg, SC, where she works as a certifiedathletic trainer and is pursuing her masters innutrition at South Carolina State University ...Brenda Smuk (’93) has a new job working withhomeless and low-income people in Chisholm ...Paige Lindberg (’96) is teaching in Worthingtonand plans to take a group of students to Germanyduring the summer of 1999 ... Jason Saari (’93)is a program analyst for the Department of Trade& Economic Development in St. Paul ... Paul A.Hetland (’95) lives in Stillwater and works as alegislative assistant in the Minnesota House ofRepresentatives. In November he married MaryKelly, who is also a legislative assistant ... LisaM. Tvedt (’90) lives in Plummer and works inthe service and warranty section of Arctic Cat ...Jeff Hanson (’93) and his wife, Susan, weremarried Feb. 16, in Maui, HI ... Deana Kruse(’90) is a support manager for Wal-Mart inBarabou, WI, and has a 16-month-old son ...Jason Fantz (’90) teaches science, health andphotography in Point Hope, AK ... Nicole C.
(Tanner) Harmer (‘95) teaches biology atBrainerd High School. She and her husband,Bart, had their first child, a son, last February ...Donna Westlund (’96) lives in Strathconawhere she is employed as an outreachindependent living specialist with OptionsResource Center for Independent Living, aposition she’s held since August, 1996.Westlund is a licensed social worker providingservice to persons with disabilities in Roseau,Marshall, Pennington and Kittson counties ...David Rue (’96) of Winsted has been teachingfor the past two years ... Shelly Niwobner (’91)of Scribner, NE, was recently married ... RobinReed (’95) lives in Minneapolis and works as anaccountant in Norwest’s employee benefitsdepartment. Reed plays with the RobbinsdaleCity Band ... Jill C. Moe (’95) of Menomonie,WI, received her master’s degree in vocationalrehabilitation and is working with theUniversity of Wisconsin-Stout in itsRehabilitation Institute ... Sara Boettcher (’94)lives in Mankato and is a graphic designer atCorporate Graphics Commercial, a largeprinting company ... Ranae Tenold (’95) is asenior accounting clerk in the facilitiesaccounting department of Carlson WagonlitTravel Corporate Headquarters. Tenold lives inCoon Rapids and is a member of the North 40Kikkers Country Dance Team which willcompete in May at Star of the Northland DanceCompetition at Mystic Lake Casino in PriorLake ... Tom Gregory (’97), was recently hired
as Deephaven’snew communityservice officer afterworking in thecommunity as anintern for about ayear ... LindaJames (’94)representedHarmony Co-opNatural Foods at arecent health fair atBSU entitled “AHealthy O’Day for
a Healthy O’ Life” ... Jennifer Karina (’95)took a position in February with the AreaAgency on Aging as information and assistancespecialist. Karina has a degree in social work andspent close to a year working as an advocate atthe battered women’s shelter in Bemidji.Karina’s immediate goal is to inform everysenior in the organization’s five-county areaabout the Senior Linkage Line. Because they areso often isolated, a major concern is reachingseniors in rural areas, she said ... Melissa Neppel(’97) of Hawthorne, NV, works as a specialeducation teacher in the fourth and fifth grades.She is working on her special education licenseand coaches little league softball ... Karey Lyon(’95) has been named coordinator of a newbroad-based community involvement project inKoochiching County designed to reduceadolescent pregnancy by reducing the number ofadolescents who engage in sexual intercourse.
Koochiching was awarded one of 24 grantsfrom the Minnesota Department of Health toimplement the program called MinnesotaEducation Now and Babies Later ... DaveCowlishaw (’95) is the new chief of police inBertha. He worked as a jailer in Bemidji forthree years and then became a deputy sheriff inKittson County prior to accepting his newposition. Cowlishaw said he “always wantedto be either an astronaut or police officer” ...Nancy Ann Marcotte (’92) plans to bemarried June 27 to Jeffrey Williams. Marcotteis a school social worker with the OwatonnaPublic Schools ... Jen Thoen Swenson (’97)has accepted the position of development andalumni director for the Minnesota Daily, theUniversity of Minnesota campus dailynewspaper. She will also serve as the executivedirector for its foundation ... Kim Freer (’96)teaches nine emotionally disturbed boys forthe Sierra Sands Unified School District inCalifornia. She attends both ChapmanUniversity and California State University ofBakersfield in the evenings. After graduation,Freer spent two years working for Bi-CAP inBemidji with at-risk teens who had droppedout of school ... Scott Kramer (’97) plans tomarry Kelly McAllister this August in Nevis ...Bert Brandt (’96) and Kristin Brandt (’96)recently moved to Wheaton, IL, where Bert isworking as a project manager for Paul DavisSystems and Kristin works as a paraprofes-sional substitute teacher and head
cheerleading coach at Glenbard West ... Julie(Rodenberg) Leppala (’91) of Maplewood isemployed as desktop publishing departmentsupervisor at an agricultural manufacturingcompany in St. Paul and her husband, Randy,works in the water department of an environ-mental engineering firm. The couple has a one-year-old son ... Travis Wavrin (’92) is the newpresident of the Greater Zimmerman AreaChamber of Commerce. He is a personal bankerfor the Princeton Bank and an investmentrepresentative for PrimeVest.
1980sSarah Aamot-Lundin (’89) of Cottage Grove isfinishing her master’s degree in choralconducting at St. Cloud State, sings withMinnesota Choral and teaches private voicelessons ... JoAnn Orpen (’89) of Silver Bay hada baby a year ago and named her Laura ... DaveHaaversen (’86) of Two Harbors announces theaddition of a new baby to his family ... MikeGangl (’81) is employed as a child supportofficer with Crow Wing County Social Servicesin Brainerd ... Karla Zellmer (’84) has beenworking with Russell & Herder Advertising inBrainerd for the past three years. She’s beenmarried to Craig Zellmer for 13 years and thecouple has two children, ages 11 and 8 ... PaulaFeldt (’87) of Savage has worked for AetnaHealth Plans for the past eight years. Her son,Connor, is 2 ... Wanda McNallan (’87) of CoonRapids works part-time as a therapist and is
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“By recommendation of the Di-vision I Exploratory Committee,we have decided to go forwardwith our commitment to movingthe Bemidji State Universitymen’s ice hockey program to Di-vision I,” said Dr. Jim Bensen,Bemidji State University presi-dent. “Based on the results of ourfund raising efforts and the re-sponse from the community andour alumni, we have every confi-dence that Bemidji State will havethe necessary support to fund aquality Division I men’s icehockey program.”
The decision by Bemidji Stateto join the University of Minne-sota, the University of Minnesota-Duluth, St. Cloud State Univer-sity and Mankato State Universityas the only Minnesota schoolswith NCAA Division I ice hockeyprograms was made following a60-day campaign to raise fundsneeded to support the move. SinceBemidji State announced its
“Drive to DI” on April 2 with a$175,000 goal, 75 percent of thefunds needed have been pledged.
“The response to our fund-rais-ing drive has been overwhelm-ing,” said Dr. Dave Tiffany, vicepresident for university advance-ment. “And there are severalmore contacts to meet with.”
A volunteer committee was or-ganized to assist in the fund-rais-ing efforts, and has agreed to con-tinue working until the goal isreached. Adding to the momen-tum of the drive has been strongsupport from BSU alumni, manyof whom played hockey, as wellas fans. Season ticket reserva-tions are far ahead of schedule,and an estimated 250 reservedseats are still available.
“This is a natural evolution forour program,” said BSU athleticdirector for hockey and men’shead ice hockey coach R.H.“Bob” Peters. “Our tradition hasendured and prospered since
Beaver hockey program and playedon the inaugural team. “I remem-ber meeting with Jolly (H.J.)Erickson (former BSU footballcoach and athletic director) overcoffee in the student union. I saidto him ‘You know what this uni-versity needs is a darn good hockeyteam.’
“It’s tremendous to see how suc-cessful the program has becomethrough the years, and how muchsupport there is at this critical pointin the program’s history.”
The team persevered throughthe challenges of a collapsed in-door facility and the slushy con-fines of a semi-frozen LakeBemidji for competition beforeDr. Vic Weber revitalized theBeaver men’s ice hockey pro-gram in 1959 after an eight-yearabsence. Nine years later, Petersclosed out his second season atBSU by capturing the Beavers’initial NAIA National Champion-ship in the first-ever title game for
small college hockey.But that was just the beginning.
Peters continued to elevateBemidji State into a small collegenational power, guiding Beaverhockey teams to 12 more nationaltitles and 15 conference champi-onships. This decade, the Beavershave competed for the NCAA IINational Championship everyyear since the title series was re-instated in 1993, winning four ofthe six national crowns.
For most of this decade, theBemidji State men’s ice hockeyteam has competed on the NCAADivision II level. However, five ofthe remaining 12 Division II teams,including Bemidji State, have an-nounced plans for a move to Divi-sion I within the next two years.
“The first stage of our move toDivision I requires a tremendousamount of work,” Peters added. “Iam unequivocally committed to thedevelopment of a solid Division Ihockey program at Bemidji State.”
The Beavers will continue toplay at the John Glas Fieldhouse,with Division I Independent AirForce opening the 1998-99 homeseason Nov. 6-7. Bemidji Statewill compete for its final seasonin the Northern CollegiateHockey Association, closing outan 18-year affiliation with theleague. Additional Division I op-ponents are being explored forthe upcoming year, including thepossibility of a post-season tour-nament among the nation’s topfour independent teams. ■
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The Bemidji State Universitymen’s ice hockey program will bejoining the National CollegiateAthletic Association (NCAA) Di-vision I ranks.
The Beaver men’s team willplay an independent scheduleagainst NCAA I, II and IIIteams next season before start-ing its first full Division Ischedule in the fall of 1999.The BSU varsity women’s teamhas limited play planned fornext winter and will develop afull-schedule for the 1999-2000campaign. The women’s pro-gram will move to Division I assoon as an the opportunity be-comes available to them.
The remainder of the BSUmen’s and women’s programswill continue to compete on theNCAA-II level and be affiliatedwith the Northern Sun Intercol-legiate Conference.
1947, and this is thedawn of a new era.”
It was 1947 when BSUhockey player Ed Johnsonand head coach JackAldrich made school his-tory with the inauguralBemidji State Universitymen’s ice hockey team.
“I think the move toDivision I for BemidjiState is one of the great-est things to happen to theprogram,” said Johnson,the man who started the
his is a natural evolution for ourprogram. Our traditionhas endured andprospered since 1947,and this is the dawn ofa new era.” R.H. “Bob” Peters
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expecting her third child in May. Her sons areages 4 and 5 ... Scott Vogel (’88) has a son,Tristan, who was born Dec. 15, 1995 ... CarlaJohnson (’82) is among a group of 20 womenfrom the Bemidji First Lutheran Church whichmakes quilts for all church members graduatingfrom Bemidji High School. This year the groupwill complete 40 quilts ... Lil Spilde (’81)witnessed the recent signing of a proclamationfor Science Center Carnival Days in Bemidji ...Jim Scanlan (’82) served as head hockey coachat East Grand Forks for the team that went to the1997-98 High School Hockey Tournament ...Dwight Kalvig (’83) lives in Blackduck and isthe owner of Kalvig Associates Tax Preparationand Bookkeeping Services. He also coachesyouth baseball and softball ... Cindy Davis (’89)of Phoenix, AZ, works as a quality assurancetechnician at Schein Pharmaceutical ... SherylHartz (’85) teaches seventh grade science atNacogdoches, TX, and is mother to a two-year-old daughter ... Susan Sack (’81) of MapleGrove works as parish bookkeeper at St. Josephthe Worker Church. She’s lived in Maple Grovefor the past 15 years with her husband, Dave, andsons, Kyle and Jason ... Terry Gunderson (’83)lives in Maplewood and is communicationsdirector at the Minnesota Department of HumanServices. Her second daughter was born inJanuary, 1997 ... Jeff Downey (’89) andStephanie Downey (’88) live in Bemidji withtheir two daughters. Jeff, who worked as a social
worker, is retired and Stephanie works at theGilfillan Center ... Karen Hodgin (’82) lives inChaska and has two sons ages two and eight-months ... David Snetsinger (’88) works as arisk manager at the Shooting Star Casino, is chiefof the Twin Lakes Volunteer Fire Departmentand is a Mahnomen County commissioner ...Jane Harmon (’81) of Pengilly just accepted apresidency at the Adirondack CommunityCollege ... Brenda (Evenson) Johnson (’85)has worked for Dayton’s for the past 12 yearswhere she is currently a compensation specialistat the Minneapolis headquarters. She lives inBloomington with her husband, Keith, and 14-month old daughter ... Margaret (Kortes) Bahr(’87) of Bemidji just started a new job ascomputer site manager at the Red Lake Hospital... Tammi Brisson (’81) of Browerville teachesin a multi-grade fourth and fifth grade classroomin Staples. She has three children ... AnnaSchmierer (’84) of Torrey, UT, gave an artexhibition in July at the Fine Arts Gallery, SanJuan College, Farmington, NM ... Deborah(Brisson) VanSloun (’80) is a homeboundinstructor for the North Branch School Districtand lives in Forest Lake ... Brian O’Neill (’85)lives in Owatonna where he woks as a claimssystem project manager at Federated Insurance... Lucy Derosier Mazzoni (’81) and herhusband, Massoni Mazzoni, performed aconcert/clinic at Lafayette High School onMarch 18. The couple lives in Italy and areconsidered world class musicians ... Julie T.Granlund (’84) of Moorhead is senior
accountant for Lutheran Health Systems inFargo, ND ... Ken Gagner (’86) is teaching fifthgrade and coaching football and basketball inMorris where he lives with his wife, Jill, andthree children ... Joseph Dragich (’87) is ateacher and coach at Faribault Public Schools ...Michael Hedlund (’87) and Paula Hedlund(’86) live in East Grand Forks where Paula is ateacher and coach in the school district andMichael is a sergeant with the Grand ForksPolice. The Hedlunds are rebuilding their homewhich was lost to the flood of ’97. They have twochildren and a third due in July ... Jeff Sebenaler(’85) of Chanhassen was promoted to sergeantwith the Minnetonka Police Department. Jeffand his wife, Andrea, have a son who was bornlast September ... Marcella Hallan (’80) ofKeewatin retired from Itasca County HumanServices in 1994 and has been working part-timeas a home health aide ... Barb (Witt) Kavan(’80) of LeCenter teaches physical education atNew Prague Elementary . She has two adoptedsons from Romania, ages 10 and 9 ... John Bahr(’84) has been teaching elementary physicaleducation in Las Vegas, NV, for the past 13 years.He and his wife, Debbi, have been married for sixyears ... Becky L. Hanson (’88) of Savage is aquality assurance manager with Supervalu Inc.in Hopkins. She and her husband, Edward, weremarried in 1990 and have two children ... RockyLhotka (’87) recently published a technicalbook about computers. The hard-cover volumeis 614 pages long and is entitled “Professional
Visual 5.0 Business Objects.” It will be used bycomputer businesses, other businesses that usecomputers and by college professors. Lhotka isemployed with BORN Technology, Wayzata,but he wrote the book on his own time and it waspublished by WROX Publishing Co. in England... Jim Minerich (’87) was named Pequot Lakesteacher of the year in March by the Pequot LakesEducation Association. Minerich, a fourth-grade teacher, worked with the MinnesotaScience Best Practice Program as a trainer ofnational and state science standards. He wasalso a presenter at conventions of the MinnesotaScience Teachers Association and the NorthCentral Service Cooperative scienceworkshops. Minerich has worked with theJourney North program, which allows studentsto track the migration of animals in the worldusing the Internet and Global Positioningsystems. He lives in Breezy Point with his wifeSara ... Francine Fish (’87) bought LakeCountry Realty in Warroad in December. Herprior experience includes selling real estate forother companies, a stint as assistant to the Lakeof the Woods County zoning administrator and aposition with the real estate division of 3MCorporation in Minneapolis ... Candys Heide(’88) was recently hired as a credit analyst withthe First American Bank of Breckenridge. Shelives with her husband, Gary, and two childrenon a hobby farm in rural Kent ... DeniseJohnson (’89) married Chris Parson in PineRiver. Denise is a teacher at Nett Lake Schooland Chris is assistant foreman for Hill Wood
Products in Cook. The couple lives in Orr ... JeffHaukebo (’89), CPA, was recently promoted tomanager with the accounting firm of MillerMcDonald, Erickson & Moller. He manages thePark Rapids office of the company and alsoserves clients in the Bemidji area. Haukebo andhis wife, Betty, have two daughters and live inthe Park Rapids area ... Carrie Foster (’84) livesin Colton, CA. She works as a communitylecturer on health and nutrition with Loma LindaUniversity ... Jim Schwarz (’82) teachesindustrial technology at New Ulm Junior Highand coaches junior high and high schoolbaseball. He lives with his wife, Sarah, and threechildren ... David J. Hoaas (’82) was promotedto the rank of full professor of economics in theFrost School of Business at Centenary College,Shreveport, LA ... Barbara Novak (’80) ofBrooks is a technical writer of service manualsfor Arctic Cat Inc. ... Wendy (Witmer) Perry(’81) of Omaha, NE, teaches in the OmahaPublic Schools and plays violin and viola in aprofessional string quartet. She and her husband,Joel, have a daughter who is nearly three ... SallyMyrom (’80) of Redwood Falls is chairing acommunity center task force to build an $8milllion facility ... Jennifer (Longie) Vollom(’88), her husband, Tom, and two childrenrecently moved to Ramsey. Jennifer continuesher employment with the Federal DrugAdministration and Tom works with the Anoka-Hennepin School District ... Judy Appel (’81) ofStillwater has retired from teaching and now
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turer in the college classroom cantake many different turns. Thefollowing profiles illustrate threeroutes. One knew from the startthat college was where he wantedto be; another didn’t find out un-til later in her career that she andthe life of a professor were amatch; and external forces — alagging economy — was a factorin directing the third to a role hehadn’t first considered when en-rolling at BSU.
All three are now successful,considered to be among the lead-ers in their fields.
Dr. Gary FrazierFrazier currently holds the Ri-
chard and Jarda Hurd Chair inDistribution Management in theMarshall School of Business atthe University of Southern Cali-fornia in Los Angeles. He is aspecialist in distribution channelmanagement, sales force man-agement and marketing strategy.
In the past 20 years, he hasbeen a leading contributor in jour-nals of marketing and marketingresearch. He serves on five edi-torial review boards, is a reviewerfor 11 journals, and has authoredor contributed to 13 books. As aconsultant and executive educa-tor, he has worked with AT&T,General Motors, DuPont, 3M andmany other companies.
“It is a challenge keeping themall in the air at the same time, andyou have to be careful how youbalance them throughout the year.But if you do a good job, it’s syn-ergetic; as one improves, they allimprove. And every now and thenyou get the chance to have a verybig impact on a young person’scareer, and that’s very satisfying.”
Dr. Dave CzarneckiCzarnecki is a professor of bi-
ology at Loras College inDubuque, IA. At Loras, he is thecurator of the school’s diatom cul-ture collection, which is the larg-est such living collection any-where. The cultures have beensent worldwide for various re-search applications and have beenused on a two shuttle space flightswith a third planned for this fall.
He is a prolific researcher witharticles published in journals re-lating to botany, natural sciences,biology, phycology, limnologyand microscopy. In the last de-
cade, he had 36 articles publishedin technical publications. Hismajor research interest is the dia-tom, a type of algae that is prob-ably the single most importantphotosynthetic plant on earth,producing up to 25 percent of theoxygen people breathe.
“I remember exactly when Ibecame interested in this field,”said Czarnecki, who came toBSU from Chicago. “I was tak-ing a water sample through theice on Lake Bemidji for a limnol-ogy class. Under the microscope,I saw this bright orange circle - itwas a diatom. It was one of thoselife changing experiences. I won-dered what this was, and howcould it survive in those cold wa-ters 30 feet below the ice.”
The diatom hooked Czarneckiand set his career course. Alwaysinterested in research and teach-ing, he knew from the start thathe wanted to be on a college cam-pus. After receiving undergradu-ate degrees in biology and chem-istry, he became a teaching assis-
Teaching and Bemidji StateUniversity. Mentioning thosewords in the same sentencebrings certain images to the mind.
Perhaps it’s the sight of a per-son sitting on the floor, sur-rounded by six-year-olds, andreading a story about the latestescapade of Curious George.
Or it might be the middleschool social class where the in-structor is running between mapsand globes and projected imageson the screen to show how theIndustrial Age could do the physi-cally impossible — make theworld smaller.
Then again it could be thecoach, working with a 15-year-old on a spin move in the lane thatwill one day result in the winningpoints of a basketball game.
Images that don’t readily ap-pear when relating teaching withBSU are those associated withpost-secondary education, thesights involving classrooms andresearch centers at colleges anduniversities across the country.Yet they should.
Bemidji State alumni workingas staff or professors on campusesnumber in the thousands. Theyencompass all facets of collegelife, from college presidents toadmission counselors. And theyare educators, highly respectedprofessionals in their disciplines.
The transition from being thenote-taker to becoming the lec-
University
Dr. Gary Frazier Dr. Dave Czarnecki
Frazier started at BSU as a po-litical science major, planning ongoing to law school and, eventu-ally, into politics. He soon discov-ered it wasn’t for him andswitched to history. Still uncer-tain, he took a year off to makesome money working in cus-tomer service and sales.
“I found I was interested inbusiness,” he said. “In the fall ofmy junior year I took a market-ing course and decided this wasmy life.”
From Pelican Rapids, Fraziergraduated with business and his-tory degrees in 1975, a year note-worthy for its soft job market.
“I didn’t have too many inter-views because there was a reces-sion,” Frazier remembered. “Ithought a master’s might improvemy chances, so I hedged my betsand applied to graduate school.After one semester, I knew Iwanted to be a college professor.”
Frazier earned both M.B.A. anddoctorate degrees from IndianaUniversity. He taught at the Uni-versity of Illinois from 1979 untiljoining the USC faculty in 1984.
“I’m lucky,” he commented. “Ilike what I do most of the time.As an academic, I’m constantlybalancing the four balls that arepart of my work: research, teach-ing, service to the profession andconsulting.
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on formulating cosmetics at home using all-natural ingredients ... Barbara AnneThompson (’88) of Las Cruces, NM, isattending college on the GI Bill, havingcompleted a stint with the U.S. Air Force duringwhich she worked as a graphics technician insupport of Provide Promise/Deny Flight in1993-94 and spent 11 months at various airbasesin Italy, Germany, Turkey and England ... CarlosTrejo (’83) of Caracas, Venezuela, recentlyreceived his graduate degree in financial law ...Dawn Kalvig (’84) was recently honored alongwith fellow Howard Lake-Waverly-Winstedmusic educators when they received the 1997Exemplary Music Award during the MinnesotaMusic Educators Convention. Kalvig has been
teaching music for 14 years ...Diane Field (’81) is one of threerole models honored by the Landof Lakes Girl Scout Councilrecently as this year’s Women ofExcellence. Field is the executivedirector of the Bemidji Area ArtsCouncil. She has also volunteeredmany hours to Job’s Daughters, anorganization which she said hasmade a signifcant difference in herlife as well as the lives of two ofher children.
1970sKen Bungert (’77) of Topeka,KS, director of certification and
teacher education, was appointed in Novemberto the NCATE Unit Accreditation Board ...Kathy (Haase) Ungerecht (’79) lives inBigfork. She recently moved from teachingEnglish to a counseling position and is workingtoward her sixth year licensure ... Jeffrey L.Galle Jr. (’78) writes to say that the school inwhich he works, the Southwest Star ConceptSchool at Heron Lake, is now housed in a brandnew facility ... Kathleen Louise Eberline (’76)married Kenneth Colin Smith of Sydney,Australia, last December in New York, NY.Following graduation, Eberline was a speechpathologist with the Bemidji School Districtuntil 1984. She was later employed as a speechtherapist and actress in New York. The groom isa director for Pfizer Pharmaceuticals and iscurrently working in Hong Kong where thecouple currently lives ... Jan Kolles (’78) livesin Minneapolis and is a member of theMinnesota Chorale ... Pete Olson (’79) ofBecker has a son and a daughter and is takinggraduate classes (“again”) ... ChristineChastek (’77), a member of the Midwest GangInvestigators Association, was the featuredguest speaker at a workshop sponsored inFebruary by the Bemidji Chamber of CommerceRetail Trade Council. Chastek brings her ownpersonal experiences to her presentation, havinggrown up in inner-city Chicago ... Dave Wentzel(’76) lives in Brainerd with his wife and threechildren ... Ruth Blom (’78) was installed inJanuary as the director of youth and family
ministries at St. Philip’s Lutheran Church,Hastings. Blom served for the past seven-and-a-half years as youth director at an ELCAchurch in East Grand Forks. In her newposition, Blom will direct all facets of youthministry and Christian education for all ageswith the goal of getting more families involvedin both ... James Thorne (’71) is the newbusiness manager for School District 879 atDelano. Thorne held a similar position in thePark Rapids School District from 1979 untillast August. Thorne is married and has twogrown daughters and a son in eighth grade ...Lynae Gieseke (’78) of Eagan recentlyaccepted the position of executive director ofthe Minnesota Valley Humane Society. She hadbeen an active volunteer in the organizationprior to being offered the position and has beena property manager for United Homes Corp. inEagan. Prior jobs include being self-employedas a small-business consultant; an auditor forAmerican Bank Corp. in St. Paul and with asavings and loan company in Des Moines, IA; areviewer with Farm Credit Services in St. Paul;and as business manager for her husband’srehabilitation consulting business ... RogerWeberg (’70) of Bemidji , a Cincinnati Redsbaseball scout, has been promoted to aninternational scout, scouting central Canadianprovinces in addition to his stateside duties.Weberg, a former pro-player, has been scoutingfor 41 years with several major league clubs ...Dr. Richard H. Smith (’70), Jamestown (ND)College’s internationally-known choral
director, announced his retirement at the end ofthis school year. Smith, who underwent kidneytransplant surgery in 1997 when his wife, June,donated one of her kidneys, is also one of thelongest living liver transplant survivors in thecountry following his successful surgery in1981. Smith joined the faculty in 1969 toconduct the choir and teach courses. He servedas chairman of the music department from 1973– 1983. He was named academic dean ofJamestown College in 1983 and was instrumen-tal in supervising the renovation of the college’sscience facilities in Orlady Hall in 1988. Heresigned as academic dean in 1996. Smith andhis wife plan to move to their lake home inHackensack and to spend more time with theirchildren and grandchildren ... Chuck Scanlon(’75) coached the Apple Valley Girls HockeyTeam to the championship in the 1997-98 HighSchool Hockey Tournament ... John Birrenkott(’74), head hockey coach at Anoka, took histeam to the 1997-98 High School HockeyTournament ... Muff Magelssen (’74) served asan adjudicator at the annual keyboardists’ musicfestival held in February in Park Rapids ... PaulGiven (’76) is an executive search consultantwith Saxon Associates, Inc. of Scottsdale, AZ,where he lives with his wife, Lisa, and daughter.Prior experience includes many years in uppermanagement with Northwest Airlines ... NancyHagen Staiger (’76) of Moorhead is in theremodeling business, specializing in woodwork.She is mother of six, three of which are foster
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writes a newspaper column entitled “Teacher, Ilove you” ... Suzanne Elwell (’83) and JimElwell (’83) of Mountain View welcomed theirsecond son into the world on Jan. 22 ... BethKoenck (’87) works for the Federal Bureau ofPrisons at the Federal Medical Center inRochester as a recreation specialist ... Debra(Morgan) Woodburn (’83) of San Antonio,TX, is the dean of student success at NorthwestVista College. She and her husband, Richard,have a 20-month-old daughter ... BruceDahlman (’84) of Olympia, WA, recentlybecame system administrator for theWashington State Department of NaturalResources GIS System ... Diane Sauer (’85)teaches a community education class at Laporte
Diane Sauer (ctr)
tant at BSU while earning amaster’s degree with specializa-tions in plant physiology andaquatic biology. He worked andcontinued his studies at NorthernArizona University, where he re-ceived a doctorate in botany.
He has been at Loras since 1984and teaches advanced courses in thesummer through programs at theUniversity of Minnesota, IowaState University and other colleges.
“The most satisfying part of myjob is watching the light bulbs turnon in some of the kids,” he said.“On the college level, you alsoneed to be actively engaged in re-search in your field. Fortunately,the type of research I do doesn’trequire a massive institutional in-vestment or a large facility, so Ican do it at a small college.
“But I never felt I could strictlydo research and I couldn’t behappy just teaching. You have todo the first to know what you’reteaching.”
Dr. Linda (Christofferson)Shadiow
Shadiow is a professor of edu-cational foundations and Englishin the Center for Excellence inEducation at Northern ArizonaUniversity in Flagstaff. Her re-search interests include curricu-lum foundations, postmoderntheory, and educational ethics.
A prolific writer, she has bookchapters, monograph chapters, ar-ticles in refereed journals, bookreviews, television shows, andeditorial work as part of her cred-its. As a speaker, she has presentedkeynote addresses at conferencesin 13 different states and was se-lected to present the address atNAU’s commencement in 1997.
She is on the board of examinersfor the National Council for Ac-creditation of Teacher Educationand chairs the code of professionalethics committee for the NationalCouncil of Teachers of English. In1996, she received the universityScholar of the Year Award from theNAU chapter of Phi Kappa Phi.
Shadiow’s path to the univer-sity classroom went through highschools in Minnesota and Mon-tana, where she taught English,speech and theater.
“I never really thought ofgraduate school, but enrolled be-cause I wanted to be a better highschool teacher,” said Shadiow,who was originally fromHibbing. “After I received themaster’s from Montana State, Iwas ready to go back to highschool but my name came up toserve an interim assignment asthe K-12 language art supervisorwith the Montana Office of Pub-lic Instruction.”
Shadiow spent two years work-ing at that post in policy and cur-riculum. Torn between being aschool administrator or a teacher,she entered a doctoral program atArizona State University.
“Once into my graduate work,I found I really wanted to be aprofessor,” Shadiow commented.“I realized that the opportunity tobe a good teacher as I defined it— keeping up in the field, beingwidely read, participating in na-tional conversations in the disci-pline, and teaching fewer yetmore intense classes — wasavailable on the college level.”
Dr. Linda Shadiow
Shadiow, who was at MontanaState prior to moving to NAU in1985, encourages all teachers toadvance their professional abili-ties with continued studies.
“First of all, the road to ad-vanced degrees is not a long road.It’s an opportunity to think aboutthe reasons you went into teach-ing in the first place. Getting thedoctorate doesn’t necessarilymean teaching on the collegelevel. I have many friends whoearned the Ph.D. and chose to stayon the K-12 level. It just opensup so many more options.” ■
gible candidates must have graduated from Bemidji State and earned a teacher of the year designa-tion or similar honor from a school district or other organization.
The 1998 recipients joined the previous 17 inductees with their pictures displayed in the BemidjiState University Education-Art Building to provide current students with exceptional role models.The inductees included: Patricia Hughes, a teacher in the Kelliher Public School system for 30 years,instructing both English and German. Delphine Jacobsen, elementary teacher and reading instructorfor 35 years in Bloomington, Coleraine and Bemidji. Kathy L. Pearson, an elementary educationteacher for 20 years in Bemidji. Laurie Jo Pieper, a fourth-grade teacher at Lake of the Woods Inde-pendent School District for the past 16 years. Jim Wheeler, current assistant principal at the GrandRapids Middle School who has been in education for 21 years, as a teacher for 14 years at Gonvick,Red Lake and Fosston, and as a high school principal in Eveleth, Waubun and Grand Rapids. NeilWitikko, German and English teacher at Hermantown High School. ■
Six alumni were in-ducted in the Teacher ofthe Year Hall of Fameduring ceremonies oncampus last spring.
Sponsored by theBSU Department ofProfessional Education,the Teacher of the YearHall of Fame honorseducators and adminis-trators who demon-strate excellence inteaching students ormanaging schools. Eli-
Teacher of the Year Hall of Fame Inductees (left to right): Laurie Jo Pieper, Delphine Jacobsen,Kathy Pearson, Jim Wheeler, Patricia Hughes, Neil Witikko.
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children ... Rosalie Schmith (’74) teaches atSebeka Public Schools and writes that graduationfrom BSU seems “only yesterday” ... MichaelBielecki (’78) of Gilroy, CA, is a San Jose Policelieutenant. He has three sons ... PamelaRodriguez (’78) of Elk Grove,IL, recently beganteaching in an MSW program ... Bill Ress (’76) ofCorrales, NM, was recently married and is thedirector of education and training for a healthcare company ... Marcia Ford (’79) of CoonRapids is an aquatic coordinator and teacher forColumbia Heights Schools. She has six-year-oldtwin boys ... Gregg A. Potter (’71) of Missoula,MT, is a landscape and grounds technician for theUniversity of Montana and a private contractorfor landscaping and grounds maintenance ... BobShadiow (’70) of Flagstaff, AZ, is a counselor atDeMiguel Elementary School ... Bob Sollom(’72) and Cathy (Lewis) Sollom (’72) live inStafford, VA. Bob works for the U.S. MarineCorps as a total quality leadership coordinator atQuantico, VA, and Cathy works for the MarineCorps as a regional program manager for theMiddle East and Pacific region. They have threechildren ... Connie (Dufault) Ross (’75) ofOakes, ND, works as a child care provider andstarted a girls T-ball and softball program in hercommunity. She and her husband have fourchildren ... Janet Skinner (’72) of Mountain Ironis enjoying retirement with her husband, Dale,and is an active volunteer ... Denise (Mayasich)Bacon (’78) of Cambridge is a social worker for
Cambridge Medical Center and chairs the IsantiCounty Caregivers Advisory Board. She is alsosecretary of the Healthy Seniors Board ofDirectors. She and her husband, Larry, have twosons ... Tom Harford (’75) lives in Topeka, KS... Marlene Bowen (’73) lives in Duluth ...William J. Schneider (’76) of Bemidji retiredfrom a 30-year teaching career in 1996, 24 yearsof which were spent teaching at the NorthwestTechnical College ... Rick Koivisto (’74) ofPlummer recently became engaged to JanetBerberich. He’s finishing his 24th year ofteaching fourth grade in Plummer and has beenthe girls basketball coach there for 22 years ...Richard G. Lyttle (’72) of Meeker, CO, is vice-president of his local historical society and isinvolved with high school educationcommittees ... Kirk W. Myers (’72) lives inRemer ... Cynthia (Tangen) Johnson (’72) ofPrior Lake is teaching special educationstudents in District 917 at Rosemount ... KarenSchrader (’76) lives in Warroad ... DavidSchimpp (’72) and Jocelyn Schimpp (’71) livein Remer where both hold teaching positions.David teaches industrial technology at Hill Cityand Jocelyn teaches kindergarten in the Remer-Longville schools ... Roger Lindroos (’77) ofMenahga reports that he is retiring on June 30 ...Donald E. Johnson (’73) of Chetek, WI, hasbeen a teacher in Chetek for 25 years. His son,Casey, won the 112 pound Division 2 weightclass at the Wisconsin State WrestlingTournament as a sophomore ... Linda
(Cardona) Kozicky (’76) lives in Chaska andworks as a registered nurse at MethodistHospital in St. Louis Park. She has threechildren, ages 14, 13, and 10, and keeps busywith soccer, scouting, baseball and sewing ...Rosemary (Chianelli) Onstad (’70) of CoonRapids has been teaching for 28 years at EarleBrown Elementary School in Brooklyn Center.In 1994 she married Neil Onstad, who is also anelementary teacher ... Dave Schoeck (’74) isteaching in Hancock. He retired from coaching
after Hancock won the ’97 Boys Class A Title ...Ardele Kimball (’76) of Aitkin retired fromteaching after 28 years and now works part-timeat her son’s antique shop ... Mary GrossErickson (’72) is living in Mountain Iron ...Dave Braaten (’74) has retired from teachingand coaching and recently moved into atownhome on a lake outside of Grand Rapids ...Jude Boulianne (’71) coached a Lorette HighSchool team to a win at the boys Manitoba High
School Hockey Tournament ... James Tuorila(’79) of St. Cloud would love to see the ’78 BSUIntramural Football champs get together athomecoming this year, the 20TH
anniversary of
the team’s championship.Craig Thielke (’75)lives in Robbinsdale ... Donald G. Hansen (’77)of Slayton is vice-president of the Currie StateBank. He has three sons, ages 17, 16 and 7 ...Carol (Finkbiner) Counter (’77) works as anoffice manager for a computer company andsings with the Gwinnett Choral Guild. The
Founders
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The sevenbought 93 acresof land, extend-
ing from Dia-mond Point to the
inlet of the Missis-sippi River on Lake
Bemidji. By 1896 thevillage of Bemidji was sur-
veyed, platted and incorporatedwith Bixby serving as the chairmanof the board.
The lots were sold for $75 to$100 each. Most commercial lotswere for hotels, restaurants,saloons, gambling and gaminghouses, and other establishmentscommon to a growing loggingtown.
At the first stockholder’s meet-ing, Bixby reported that BeltramiCounty would split from BeckerCounty and a search was under-way for the county seat. To helppersuade the legislature, Bixbysuggested donating a lot for thenew courthouse.
The tactic proved successful,and provided the basis for otherdonations to attract desirable el-ements to the growing commu-nity. An elementary school, highschool, a hospital, a larger court-house, a jail and a sheriff’s housewere all built on donated land.
The ploy was especially impor-tant to the establishment of a new
state normal school in northernMinnesota, but not before Bixbywould use his influence to putBemidji in a position to be con-sidered for the facility.
The legislature had voted in1909 to place the normal schoolin Cass Lake. Bixby then con-vinced the governor to veto thebill. When the issue came beforethe legislature again, Bixby andthe Bemidji Townsite Companyoffered lakeshore property for thenew school. State lawmakers thenvoted to have the Normal Schoollocated in Bemidji.
Bixby was instrumental inmany other endeavors thatproved instrumental to thegrowth of Bemidji. He wasamong the founders of the localcommercial club to promote eco-nomic development and tourism;helped influence the routing ofGreat Northern and Northern Pa-cific railways through the com-munity; and persuaded hoteliersto build elegant establishments inthe city.
He was also behind one of thegreat myths of the region. Dur-ing his early involvement withBemidji, Bixby often visitedFreeman and Betsy Doud on theirhomestead. He would collectsmall quartz rocks from a sandypoint on the land, and take them
to St. Paul, where newspapersprinted articles about preciousgems being found in Minnesota’snorthernmost village. The landwas eventually called DiamondPoint.
Aside from this diversion fromreality, Bixby was generally con-sidered a forward-thinking entre-preneur. He built a summer homeon the north side of the lake andoften spoke on his favorite subject.
“Bemidji will become Minne-sota’s favorite summer and healthresort, and the summer sojournerwill find ready, at hand, an infi-nite variety of ways and meanswith which to while away the longhours of a summer’s day,” he wasquoted as saying at the grandopening of the Markham Hotel.“The devotee of rod and reel andthe chase could scarcely choosea more inviting point than thatoffered by Bemidji.”
emidji will become Minnesota’s favorite summer and health resort, and the summersojourner will find ready, at hand, an infinitevariety of ways and means with which to whileaway the long hours of a summer’s day”
Bixby Addedto Founders’ Walk
Typically, Bixby then an-nounced that the Townsite Com-pany would work with business-men to build a new town hall, afire hall, and an opera house.
While other cities were strug-gling to move forward, Bemidji’sdevelopment was being charted,planned and built to includeschools, churches, the operahouse, jails, and other things thatset the town apart from othernorthern Minnesota settlements.
The work of Bixby, who diedin 1922, and the early TownsiteCompany helped give Bemidji astandard of quality that influ-enced the life of the community.
Following the ceremonies atthe Alumni Arch and Founders’Walk, a reception will be held inthe David Park House adjacentto the BSU campus. ■
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Tams Bixby
1978 Intramural Championship Football Team; Pictured left to right; Front Row 1: Jerry Erdahl, Kent Hauston, Rich Sorem, Jim Erdahl, Mike Militor, Mike Heffernan, Pete Ryan.Middle Row: Mark Miller, Dave Graber, Bill Wassink, Jery Holforty, Rick Lappi. Back Row: Mark Pannkuk, Jim Wood, Steve Gruber, Jim Tuorila, Dan Devriew, Kurt Persson.
Reunion of 1978 Intramural Championship Football Team. Jim Tuorila is organizing a reunion of the 1978 intramural football championshipteam. The reunion will take place September 26-27, 1998, during BSU’s Homecoming celebration. Team members, mark your calendars and plan toattend! More information will be mailed to you in the near future!
ams Bixby, one of the early entrepreneurs who helpedmove Bemidji from a collectionof homesteads to a city, will beadded July 10 to the Founders’Walk during 11 a.m. ceremoniesat the archway that serves as theentrance to Deputy Hall on theBemidji State University campus.
Founded in 1993, the Founders’Walk recognizes individuals whowere instrumental in the develop-ment of the University. Locatedon the Alumni Arch that serves asthe main entrance to BSU, theFounders’ Walk currently in-cludes A. P. Ritchie, Judge LloydPendergast, Leonard Dickinson,A. P. White, and the Baer family.
Bixby first became interested inthe Bemidji area when he servedas the secretary to David Clough,the Minnesota governor, in 1894.He noted that settlers were com-ing to build homesteads inBeltrami County, and in 1895 hejoined with six other individuals inestablishing the original townsite.
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The Heritage Club,
Terry Del Monte (’72)Madie Holty (’34) of BagleyDennis Frederick (’81) of Sauk RapidsCarol Osborne Bentrud (’52) of New
BrightonDoug Stevens (’88) of BemidjiJoyce K. Ranger (’42) of HibbingSam Sandeen (’54) of BagleyEloise Segersten (’72) of CrosbyQuentin Doty (’34) of Little FallsThala Anderson (’74) of Zuni, NMClifford Larson (’32) of San Jose, CATerry Merfeld (’65) of ElyVerna Clark (’46) of Roscommon, MILaura Killmer (’33) of BrainerdEdna Stilwell (’31) of Rock Hill, SCSteven Hake (’78) of BemidjiRichard Hill (’73) of East Grand Forks
IN MEMORIAM
a newsletter... .
group has a Carnegie Hall performance slatedfor May and performed in St. Petersburg,Russia, two years ago ... Merna Johnson (’73)of Grand Rapids has been retired for 11 yearsfrom her position as a social services director ...Gay Lowth Grimsrud (’75) has worked for thepast 20 years as an office manager for a Forddealership in Townsend, MT ... Vern Boyer(’75) and Linda (Murray) Boyer (’75) live inLaurel, MT, where Vern works for a Kenworthdealership and Linda teaches Spanish at aCatholic High School. The couple has twochildren, ages 17 and 14, and loves to camp inMontana ... Gregg Hanson (’70) of Willmar isa CEO with Hanson Silo Co. and designed anew Mega-Trac silo unloader. He serves as adirector on boards for First American Bank,West Central Youth for Christ, Praise FM Radioand Minnesota Technology ... Michael Hewitt(’79) of Tucson, AZ, finished his Ph.D. at theUniversity of Arizona in 1991 and has sincebeen working as the director of exercisephysiology at Canyon Ranch in Tucson ...Donna (Schultz) Walters (’71) of Sauk Rapidshas been teaching physical education for 27years in the St. Cloud School District ... LauraGaines (’73) of Mahwah, NJ, is planning a tripto China ... Laurie (Bottem) Kelly (’78) wasselected as coach of the year for the state ofMontana after her team won the Montana StateHigh School Volleyball Championship. “Iaccept my award on behalf of the people atBemidji State University who guided me to all
these adventures in life,” wrote Kelly. Herdaughter, Kamber, was selected Montana’svolleyball MVP. She is a high school freshmanand a setter on the team ... Mary Lenz (’76) wasselected for inclusion in the fifth edition of“Who’s Who Among American Teachers,1998.” She is a fourth-grade teacher at St. PhilipSchool in Litchfield. Only 5 percent of thenation’s teachers have been selected for thishonor ... Doug Bloom (’77) has been namedteacher of the year by the North BranchEducation Association ... Gary P. Johnson(’74) of Potlatch, ID, works for WashingtonState University in the Chemistry Department.He completed a master of sciences degree at theUniversity of Idaho in 1978, taught in Erie, PA,for a year, and has been teaching at WSU since1979 ... Elaine Love (’72) was selected asteacher of the year by the Frazee EducationAssociation. She teaches fifth-grade ... RuthEdevold (’70) is one of three role models whowere recognized by the Land of Lakes Girl ScoutCouncil recently as this year’s Women ofExcellence. She is the first and only executivedirector of the Northwest MinnesotaFoundation. Officed in Bemidji, the organiza-tion has more than $20 million in assets and itgrants nearly $2 million a year to supportcharitable activities and to improve the qualityof life for people in a 12-county area ofnorthwest Minnesota.
1960sClare Elmer Kapphahn (’60) retired in Juneof ‘95 and lives in Willmar. All three of theirsons have attended BSU ... RichardHoutkooper (’68) of Clearbrook has a newgranddaughter ... Jim Anderson (’68) and Pat(Collins) Anderson (’68) have been married30 years and live in Brainerd. Jim worked 20years with the Holiday Inn and is active in musicgroups at church and in the community. Patwrites that she is, “still knee deep in dogs andstill loves playing percussion.” ... TomSaterdalen (’64), head hockey coach atBloomington Jefferson High, took his team tothe 1997-98 High School Hockey Tournament... Gary Zitzer (’68) recently retired from acareer with the Crookston Park and RecreationDepartment where he had worked since ’71.Zitzer found satisfaction in seeing thedevelopment of children as they succeededthrough the programs. “I liked working withthese kids and watching them grow up into goodathletes, good citizens.” ... Dr. James R.Belpedio (’64) of Worcester, MA, is a professorof history, government and humanities atBecker College. He and his wife, Lesta, havefour children and are expecting their firstgrandchild soon ... Anthony Szymczak (’64)and Carol (Fortier) Szymczak (’69) are bothteaching fourth grade in Park Rapids. Theirdaughter, Amy, was recently married, and theirson, Ed, is a sophomore in high school ...Elizabeth Joiner (’68) is a magnet resource
The Heritage Club,a giving club....
Ray and Diana Jensen
teacher in the Sacramento City Unified SchoolDistrict in Sacramento, CA ... Mary (Gravel)Budge (’60) is retiring after 35 years ofteaching, 29 of which were in the Edina PublicSchool System ... Jerry Riewer (’60) and hiswife, Maryann, have three children and sixgrandchildren and live in Staples ... Doris(Horns) Brown (’61) of Blaine writes to sayshe’s still living on an acreage in a growingsuburb ... Larry Erie (’62) of Pinewoodcontinues volunteering to work with youngstersin the area ... Lois Filla (’69) of Littlefork isretired and enjoys traveling ... Paula Anderson(’65) of Blackduck retired after 33 years ofteaching and now enjoys traveling .. David
Lillquist (’66) and Linea (Lindstrom) Lillquist(’68) live in Fayetteville, AR, where David ismanager of quality assurance for Vlasic FoodsInternational and Linnea teaches sixth grade atWashington Elementary School. The couple hastwo daughters ... Rita (Sullivan) Pond (’66) ofWaianae, HI, and her husband, Ted, both recentlyretired from working as real estate brokers andare enjoying golfing and traveling ... Lee Valsvik(’60) and his wife, Pat, live in Ponsford and spendthe winters visiting their son in Florida and theirdaughter in California. Lee retired from teachingin ’93. The couple has three grandchildren ...John Bianchi (’62), principal at BloomingtonJefferson High School, will end a 36-year career
with the school district when heretires at the end of this school year.He plans to pursue a new career inhuman resources, media relations,public relations or sales ... PatKelly (’69), North Country HealthServices Foundation vicepresident of development atBemidji, recently was on hand toaccept a $5,000 donation fromOttertail Power Company to beused to expand the hospital’sdialysis unit to include a seventhstation with isolation capabilities... Ray Jensen (’62) and DianaJensen (’59) of rural Solway havebeen working to turn their 200acres into a model of good
Commitment to Education Alivefor 70 Years
Harry Moore’s formal education ended in the fall of1928 after graduating from high school. He hadn’tplanned it to happen that way because he had every-thing set to go to the University of North Dakota.
Then things changed. The bank in the town ofDrayton, North Dakota, where Harry was born andraised, closed its doors, taking with it all of the moneyHarry had planned to use for college tuition.
Rather than heading to the classrooms on campus,Harry went to work.
While circumstances didn’t allow Harry the oppor-tunity to go to college, he never lost his belief in thevalue of a college education. He instilled that belief inhis four children, and made sure they all got the op-portunity he missed.
Two of his children, Pat and Lois, attended BemidjiState University; his son Bob graduated from WestPoint; and his youngest daughter Margaret graduatedfrom the University of Minnesota after spending herfirst two years at BSU.
Recently, when Harry was making plans for his es-tate, he again recognized the importance of educationby establishing a charitable remainder trust for BemidjiState University. Eventually, the money in the trust willprovide scholarships to support students at BSU.
A Drayton native, Harry moved to Bemidji in 1947,where he and his late wife Harriet raised their family.Harry moved to Grand Forks in 1984 when he marriedhis second wife, Elynor. They now split their timebetween Arizona and Grand Forks, where they are
still picking up thepieces after havingtheir house severelydamaged in lastyear’s flood.
Individuals inter-ested in showingtheir commitment toeducation like Moorehas done through acharitable remaindertrust can contactthe BSU Foundationat 218-755-2876 or1-888-234-5718. ■
In addition to starting the recruit-ment process earlier, Giauque saidthat tactics include sponsoringsocial events for students, entic-ing them with signing bonuses,and offering jobs on the spot.
Graduates are taking advantageof the high level of attention bypreparing well in advance for thecareer search. They attend semi-nars on everything from writinga resume to surviving the inter-view process. Even though jobprospects are good, getting theoffer with the right company isnot a guarantee.
“They know that recruiters arelooking for people who are well-prepared,” Giauque mentioned.“The companies want to hire pro-fessionals, and students have tolook and act in the appropriatemanner.”
Which is one part of the jobsearch process that hasn’tchanged over time. ■
“How do I make sure the people I care about, like my children andgrandchildren, get the benefit of my life’s hard work, not Uncle Sam?”
“I know we should have a will, but we’ll get to that sometime soon.What’s the rush?”
“What is the difference between the gift tax and the unified tax credit?”“I want to help out the charities that are important to me, but how can
I do that and make sure I still have enough income for myself?”Alumni who have had any of these thoughts need to receive the BSU
Foundation’s newsletter, the Heritage Club. It is full of information onestate and financial planning designed specifically for BSU’s alumniand friends. Each quarterly edition contains several articles addressingissues like those raised above.
Individuals who want to be on the mailing list for the Heritage Clubnewsletter can call the BSU Foundation. Those living outside of Bemidjican call toll free at 1-888-234-5718; the local Bemidji number is 755-2876. Don’t delay - there’s free information waiting for you today.
The BSU Foundation has a new giving club called the Heritage Clubthat will recognize people who have made deferred gifts to BSU.
Donors providing a deferred gift make provisions for the gift now,but the funds will not come to BSU until sometime in the future.Deferred gifts include provisions in a will for BSU, insurance policiesthat have named the BSU Foundation as the beneficiary, charitable giftannuities, and charitable remainder trusts.
Individuals who have made a deferred gift to BSU should informthe BSU Foundation so they can be recognized through this exclusivegiving club by returning the form below.
More information on deferred gift options are available by contact-ing Marla Huss, director of development for the BSU Foundation at1-888-234-5718 or 755-2876. ■
The Courting of GraduatesContinued from page 1
Harry Moore
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I have made I am considering I would like more information about charitable gift annuities that wouldprovide a lifetime income for myself and/or someone else.
I have named BSU as a beneficiary in a life insurance policy.. I have included BSU as beneficiary in a charitable remainder trust.
Name ___________________________________________________________
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THERE’SNO PLACELIKE
Communiquesfrom the Alumni Office
(Continued from page 7)
Calling All Outstanding Mass Communication AlumniThe good news is that the Department of Mass Communication has mounted an Outstanding Alumni plaque
in the second floor hallway of Bangsberg Hall to recognize those alumni so honored. The bad news is that theirrecords are incomplete, and they can’t find the names of several whom they have recognized as outstandingalumni. The names and years they have records of are: Joe Rossi, 1992; Brian Peterson, 1993; Jim Nielsen,1995; Karl Reichert, 1996; and Carol Russell-Phelps 1998. If you were, or know of someone who was, namedOutstanding Mass Communication Alumni for a year other than these five, please send the information to RoyBlackwood, Chair of the Department of Mass Communication, call him at 218/755-3926, or e-mail him [email protected]. Thanks for your help.
Last Chance for Phase One of Alumni Patio and Foundation WalkGroundbreaking for the long-awaited Bemidji State University Alumni Patio and Foundation Walk is sched-
uled for this spring. Construction will take place throughout the summer with a formal dedication planned duringBSU Homecoming 1998. In order for alumni and friends of Bemidji State University to participate in Phase Oneof the Alumni Patio and Foundation Walk project, personalized patio pavers must be ordered no later than July 1.One final wave of brochures describing the project will be mailed out in June. It will include order forms forpurchasing a patio paver; pavers can also be ordered through the BSU Alumni Offices for $100 each. For moreinformation relating to the patio and walkway project, contact the BSU Alumni Office at 1-888-234-2687.
1998 BSU Winter Rendezvous a Huge SuccessOn March 15-16, 110 alumni and friends of Bemidji State University convened in Laughlin, Nevada, to
participate in the second annual BSU Winter Rendezvous. The event was a huge success because of the hardwork of some key volunteers. BSU alumnus, Bill Howe ‘51, coordinated another successful BSU Winter Ren-dezvous Golf Classic held at the Mojave Resort Golf Club with 12 teams participating. Jack and Joyce St.Martin handled all the arrangements with the Colorado Belle for rooms and banquet facilities.
Other highlights of the event included a jet boat ride down the Colorado River for non-golfers, an energeticpresentation by BSU President Jim Bensen, and a visit by an unexpected and entertaining guest, St. Urho (aka:Harvey Westrom). The BSU Spirit Award was presented to Bill Robertson, and Gordie Nei won a door prize
conservation practices. They were recentlyhonored for their efforts by the Beltrami Soiland Water Conservation District, whichnamed them outstanding conservationists for1997. The Jensens have planted more than3,500 trees and shrubs on their land, more than260 different varieties of plants and trees.Their land is within sight of the MississippiRiver in the southwest corner of BeltramiCounty.
1950sDavid Thireault (’53) is enjoying life inBlackduck ... Lyle Dally (’54) and his wife,Jeanne, own and operate the PatagoniaMarket, the only grocery store in Patagonia,AZ, ... Bonnie M. Luedtke (’54) of MissionViejo, CA, retired from teaching 10 years agoand now enjoys traveling and spendingsummers in Minnesota on Rush Lake nearPerham ... Myron J. Spitzer (’53) of Hebron,ND, enjoys hunting, fishing, gardening andtraveling. In fact, he enjoys retirement so muchhe writes that he “should have retired 50 yearsago” ... Travis B. Olson (’50) of Hendrumcontinues teaching at Norman County WestHigh ... Edna Pearson (’58) of McIntosh isretired and enjoys volunteer work, church andhobbies ... Elroy E. Evans (’59) of Wadena isretired and travels and visits relatives often ...Charles Broekemeier (’55) of Cross Lakeretired in 1991 after teaching for 34 years ...
Ivy (Hanson) Johnson (’56) of St. Charles,IA, enjoys her retirement and keeps busytutoring two hours daily, skiing in the winterand traveling ... Burt Fisher (’50) ofScottsdale, AZ, was a computer specialist forMotorola for many years before retiring. Henow keeps busy hiking the desert andmountain trails in Arizona. He and his wifealso enjoy annual visits to two timeshareresorts ... James Jenner (’57) and Marlene(Wrege) Jenner (’56) are retired and live inSun City, AZ. Jim taught high school -history, geography, anthropology, basketballand tennis - from 1957 to 1990. He wasinducted into the Teacher of the Year Hall ofFame at BSU in 1995. Today, he enjoyscaring for his horses, playing tennis andgolfing. Marlene is very active in churchactivities and the Sun City Singing Group.
1940sJoyce (Dunlap) Doyle (‘49) and her husbandspend winters in Sun Lakes, AZ, andsummers at their lake cabin at South Haven.
1930sRebecca (Corbit) Stetzler (’37) of Menahgais enjoying a new house and garden. She isinvolved in Menahga Horticultural Societyprojects and writes a column in her localnewspaper about gardening. This year shetook a trip to Alaska. ■
LEFT: Taking home first place honors for the second annualBSU Winter Golf Classic were (left to right) Ray Lynch, BobKennedy, Chan Bailey and Tom Corrigan.
ABOVE: Bill Howe gives out final instructions prior to theBSU Winter Golf Classic while Jack St. Martin, ChetSwedmark and Wally Solland listen.
HOME...coming...comingSeptember 21-27, 1998
“There’s No Place Like Home...coming, 1998”is the theme for Bemidji State University’s 1998 Home-coming celebration.
It promises to be another exciting weekend withchanges to the look of Homecoming. All alumni eventswill be held on campus in the Beaux Arts Ballroom,including the Athletic Hall of Fame induction cer-emony, the annual Alumni Honors Luncheon, the post-game reception, and the traditional Homecomingdance.
In addition, reunions of the classes of 1948, 1958,1973 and 1988 are being considered, as is the formaldedication of the Alumni Patio and Foundation Walk.
A major change in Homecoming 1998 will be thedropping of the parade from the schedule of events.The Alumni Association felt the quality of the paradewas diminishing because of a lack of participation byarea high school bands. As a result, the decision wasmade that the association would no longer be respon-sible for coordinating the parade. Additionally, finan-cial resources are invested by the Alumni Associationinto the parade and the board of directors felt thosedollars could be more wisely invested elsewhere.
More information relating to Homecoming 1998 willbe included in the next issue of HORIZONS and bro-chures will be mailed to all active members of thealumni association.
For additional information, contact the Bemidji StateUniversity Alumni Office by calling 755-3989 (local)or 1-888-234-2687 (toll free). ■
donated by Donald and Lani Kassube: a two-day fishing tripin Alaska. The event continues to grow and all participantsare eagerly looking forward to the 1999 Rendezvous, whichwill take place March 14-15. Because they were so accom-modating, the group will return to the Colorado Belle.
For further information relating to the 1999 BSU WinterRendezvous, contact the Bemidji State University AlumniOffice at 1-888-234-2687.
Its not too late... The Annual Fund year closes on June 30,1998 but there is still time to make your gift to help support current and future BSU students.Gifts received by June 30, 1998 will be recognized in the Foundation's annual report. We have
almost reached our goal but we need your help!
Fill out the following pledge form and mail it back today! Your gift will make a difference! Yes, I/we want to help make a difference in the lives of BSU students!
I/we would like our 1997-98 gift used as follows:_____ BSU Annual Fund _____ Designated to: _______________________________________
Gift Amount: $ __________ Other $300 $150 $75 $30
Enclosed is my/our check (Payable to: BSU Foundation) Please charge the above amount to my/our MasterCard VISA
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My employer will match my gift. The matching gift form is enclosed.
Please mail to: BSU Foundation, 1500 Birchmont DR NE DPH, Bemidji, MN 56601-2699Or Fax to: BSU Foundation, 218-755-4146
Or make your pledge online at: http://info.bemidji.msus.edu/foundation
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