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Bemidji State University Horizons Bemidji State University Alumni Association 1500 Birchmont Drive NE, #DPH Bemidji, MN 56601-2699 218-755-3989 1-877-BSU-ALUM [email protected] http://info.bemidji.msus.edu/alumni Horizons NON-PROFIT ORGAN. U.S. POSTAGE PA I D Bemidji, MN 56601-2699 PERMIT NO. 9 Penalty for Private Use A Publication for Alumni & Friends of Bemidji State University Vol. 15, No. 2, WINTER 1999-2000 BSU BSU BS U BS U Artist, mathematician, public school teacher. These definitely aren’t the first words that come to mind when describing a person called to serve as a full-time reli- gious. Yet three graduates who trained for just such careers say they are still utilizing the lessons learned at BSU in their service to God every day. The three are among hundreds of BSU alumni whose search for a profession became a vocation. he’s always been sought out and asked to preach, even as a teen- ager. All the while he was doing his graduate work at BSU and dur- ing his teaching career, Eagen served as a youth pastor at churches in the Twin Cities area. Later, while filling administrative positions with Crown College at St. Bonifacius, he also served as interim pastor at several churches in the area. He said his ministry emerged as an outcome of this constantly being asked to preach more than from any conscious choice on his part. In 1982, he was ordained by the Northwestern Dis- trict of the Christian and Mission- ary Alliance. He also holds a doc- torate in education from Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX. “I feel people have enjoyed the type of preaching I do because I like very much to think and rea- son with them,” explained the ana- lytical Eagen. The Rev. Terri Cuppett, pastor of two small Lutheran churches in the Thief River Falls area, came to BSU intent on fulfilling her dream of becoming a public school teacher. She gained her bachelor of science degree in ’75, with a major in English and minors in German and speech/theater. But, as a visually impaired person, she struggled to get a teaching job. Cuppett has been blind since birth. She taught courses such as En- glish as a second language and worked as a tutor in Minnesota and Montana sporadically for several years, mostly employed in short- term government funded jobs. One day while thinking about joining a group doing some missionary teaching in Papua, New Guinea, Cuppett said she received her calling. “A quiet voice said, ‘well then, ordained ministry. Be a pastor,’” said Cuppett. “I really resisted it because I wanted so badly to be a teacher, but the quiet voice per- sisted. It said, ‘you will do both.’ It was there all the time, like beau- tiful music calling me to follow it.” Today, Cuppett uses her strong background in English and teach- ing to help make her an excellent preacher and writer as she serves as pastor of Calvary Lutheran, St. Hilaire, and as interim pastor of St. Pauli, rural Thief River Falls. She believes those who enter the min- istry as a second career bring a unique brand of experience and maturity to the job that can’t help but make a positive difference in their ministry. Based on her struggles to find teaching jobs, Cuppett expected that she might have trouble find- ing a parish to embrace a visually impaired pastor, but first had to complete work at a seminary. She attended Luther Seminary, St. Paul, and received a master of divinity degree from United Semi- nary in New Brighton before in- terning at Faith Lutheran Church, Hamilton, MT. “My confidence started to build and come back to me during this time,” said Cuppett. Many committee meetings and interviews later, in 1992, recom- mendations for Cuppett to be or- dained came from Luther Semi- nary, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Synod Com- mittee and, finally, the bishop. Still, she waited two more years before a congregation called her. As a pastor, Cuppett finds that her visual impairment actually provides unique opportunities to foster a special physical closeness with her congregation, whether it’s through members assisting at the altar with communion or volun- teering to drive her places. She has a seeing-eye dog that accompanies her everywhere and serves double- duty as a great icebreaker for those who may initially feel uncomfort- able about her blindness. “The most important thing is what you have to share, not han- dling all the mundane things,” said Cuppett. “I believe in a ministry that’s fully shared with the parish- ioners. I always tell them that it’s not just my ministry – it’s theirs too. They own it.” Others have found their way out Alumni Utilize Secular Training Alumni Utilize Secular Training (Continued on page 5) BSUCalendar January 11, 2000 San Diego/BSU Alumni Reception Admiral Kidd Club 6-8:30 pm January 15, 2000 Beaver Pride Winter Golf Classic, on frozen Lake Bemidji February 18, 2000 MMEA/BSU Alumni Reception, Minneapolis Hilton & Towers March 4, 2000 Opera Night, Bemidji March 12,13, 2000 BSU Winter Rendezvous, Laughlin, NV March 24,25,26, 2000 30th Anniversary Celebration of BSU Women’s Intercollegiate Athletics, BSU campus believe my basis in mathematics and teaching impacts my ministry today in many ways. I most enjoy the careful analysis and teaching of the Bible, including interpretation based on the original languages in which the Bible was written.” I They are chaplains in the armed forces, preachers, missionaries, priests, and ministers in a variety of fields. Sister Cecilia Schullo, O.S.B, whose days are punctuated with seven rounds of Gregorian chants, leads a structured, contemplative life as a Benedictine nun at the Abbey Regina Laudis at Bethle- hem, CT. As a graphic designer in the abbey’s print shop, Schullo said she constantly draws on what she learned at BSU. “I’m glad I finished my degree,” said Schullo, a ’92 graduate with a bachelor’s degree in art. “It really gives me some authority in my area. I feel I’d be scrambling all the time without that knowl- edge to draw on.” Dr. John Eagen, senior pastor of Grace Church, Edina, a non-de- nominational church serving an ever-growing congregation of 4,000, completed a master of sci- ence in education degree with a major in mathematics at BSU in 1972. He subsequently taught high school math and worked in college administration before entering his ministry full-time in 1987. “I believe my basis in math- ematics and teaching impacts my ministry today in many ways,” said Eagen. “I most enjoy the care- ful analysis and teaching of the Bible, including interpretation based on the original languages in which the Bible was written.” Although Eagen “thoroughly planned to be a mathematician,” Dr. John Eagen in Religious Life in Religious Life

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Artist, mathematician, publicschool teacher. These definitelyaren’t the first words that come tomind when describing a personcalled to serve as a full-time reli-gious. Yet three graduates whotrained for just such careers saythey are still utilizing the lessonslearned at BSU in their service toGod every day.

The three are among hundredsof BSU alumni whose search fora profession became a vocation.

he’s always been sought out andasked to preach, even as a teen-ager. All the while he was doinghis graduate work at BSU and dur-ing his teaching career, Eagenserved as a youth pastor atchurches in the Twin Cities area.Later, while filling administrativepositions with Crown College atSt. Bonifacius, he also served asinterim pastor at several churchesin the area. He said his ministryemerged as an outcome of thisconstantly being asked to preachmore than from any consciouschoice on his part. In 1982, he wasordained by the Northwestern Dis-trict of the Christian and Mission-ary Alliance. He also holds a doc-torate in education from TexasTech University, Lubbock, TX.

“I feel people have enjoyed thetype of preaching I do because Ilike very much to think and rea-son with them,” explained the ana-lytical Eagen.

The Rev. Terri Cuppett, pastorof two small Lutheran churches inthe Thief River Falls area, cameto BSU intent on fulfilling herdream of becoming a publicschool teacher. She gained herbachelor of science degree in ’75,with a major in English and minorsin German and speech/theater.But, as a visually impaired person,she struggled to get a teaching job.Cuppett has been blind since birth.

She taught courses such as En-

glish as a second language andworked as a tutor in Minnesota andMontana sporadically for severalyears, mostly employed in short-term government funded jobs. Oneday while thinking about joininga group doing some missionaryteaching in Papua, New Guinea,Cuppett said she received hercalling.

“A quiet voice said, ‘well then,ordained ministry. Be a pastor,’”said Cuppett. “I really resisted itbecause I wanted so badly to be ateacher, but the quiet voice per-sisted. It said, ‘you will do both.’It was there all the time, like beau-tiful music calling me to follow it.”

Today, Cuppett uses her strongbackground in English and teach-ing to help make her an excellentpreacher and writer as she servesas pastor of Calvary Lutheran, St.Hilaire, and as interim pastor of St.Pauli, rural Thief River Falls. Shebelieves those who enter the min-istry as a second career bring aunique brand of experience andmaturity to the job that can’t helpbut make a positive difference intheir ministry.

Based on her struggles to findteaching jobs, Cuppett expectedthat she might have trouble find-ing a parish to embrace a visuallyimpaired pastor, but first had tocomplete work at a seminary. Sheattended Luther Seminary, St.Paul, and received a master of

divinity degree from United Semi-nary in New Brighton before in-terning at Faith Lutheran Church,Hamilton, MT.

“My confidence started to buildand come back to me during thistime,” said Cuppett.

Many committee meetings andinterviews later, in 1992, recom-mendations for Cuppett to be or-dained came from Luther Semi-nary, the Evangelical LutheranChurch in America Synod Com-mittee and, finally, the bishop.Still, she waited two more yearsbefore a congregation called her.

As a pastor, Cuppett finds thather visual impairment actuallyprovides unique opportunities tofoster a special physical closenesswith her congregation, whether it’sthrough members assisting at thealtar with communion or volun-teering to drive her places. She hasa seeing-eye dog that accompaniesher everywhere and serves double-duty as a great icebreaker for thosewho may initially feel uncomfort-able about her blindness.

“The most important thing iswhat you have to share, not han-dling all the mundane things,” saidCuppett. “I believe in a ministrythat’s fully shared with the parish-ioners. I always tell them that it’snot just my ministry – it’s theirstoo. They own it.”

Others have found their way out

Alumni Utilize Secular TrainingAlumni Utilize Secular Training

(Continued on page 5)

BSUCalendarJanuary 11, 2000

San Diego/BSU Alumni Reception

Admiral Kidd Club

6-8:30 pm

January 15, 2000Beaver Pride Winter Golf Classic,

on frozen Lake Bemidji

February 18, 2000MMEA/BSU Alumni Reception,

Minneapolis Hilton & Towers

March 4, 2000Opera Night, Bemidji

March 12,13, 2000BSU Winter Rendezvous,

Laughlin, NV

March 24,25,26, 200030th Anniversary Celebration of

BSU Women’s Intercollegiate

Athletics, BSU campus

“ believe my basis in mathematics andteaching impacts my ministry today in

many ways. I most enjoy the carefulanalysis and teaching of the Bible, including

interpretation based on the originallanguages in which the Bible was written.”

IThey are chaplains in the armedforces, preachers, missionaries,priests, and ministers in a varietyof fields.

Sister Cecilia Schullo, O.S.B,whose days are punctuated withseven rounds of Gregorian chants,leads a structured, contemplativelife as a Benedictine nun at theAbbey Regina Laudis at Bethle-hem, CT. As a graphic designer inthe abbey’s print shop, Schullosaid she constantly draws on whatshe learned at BSU.

“I’m glad I finished my degree,”said Schullo, a ’92 graduate witha bachelor’s degree in art. “Itreally gives me some authority inmy area. I feel I’d be scramblingall the time without that knowl-edge to draw on.”

Dr. John Eagen, senior pastor ofGrace Church, Edina, a non-de-nominational church serving anever-growing congregation of4,000, completed a master of sci-ence in education degree with amajor in mathematics at BSU in1972. He subsequently taught highschool math and worked in collegeadministration before entering hisministry full-time in 1987.

“I believe my basis in math-ematics and teaching impacts myministry today in many ways,”said Eagen. “I most enjoy the care-ful analysis and teaching of theBible, including interpretationbased on the original languages inwhich the Bible was written.”

Although Eagen “thoroughlyplanned to be a mathematician,”

Dr. John Eagen

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SportsSports1999-2000

Men’s BasketballDave Gunther heads into his fifth season as the head coach for the

Beaver men’s basketball team. Three of five starters and six letterwinnersare listed on the roster, including Mac Smith (Burnsville), the NSIC’stop rebounder from last season, and Larry Smith (Minneapolis), whoscored an average of 12.6 points per game despite battling injuries formuch of last season. Pictured above: Senior players (left to right) SethGreenwaldt, Colby Bragg, Larry Smith and Mac Smith.

Men’s HockeyThe Beavers enter their first-full season of NCAA Division I play by

joining the newly formed league College Hockey America, which in-cludes Army, Air Force, Niagara, Findlay of Ohio, Alabama-Hunts-ville, and Wayne State (MI). The Beavers return the top five scorersfrom a year ago as well as senior goalie Adam Pavlatos (Duluth), whohas 48 wins in a Beaver uniform. Coach Bob Peters’ crew will needthat experience to survive a 1999-2000 campaign that features 17 CHAoutings, nine games versus WCHA teams, two trips into the CCHAranks, and two games versus ECAC teams.

Men’s GolfLed by Ryan Holte (Hawley),

the BSU men linksters picked uptheir third consecutive NSICchampionship trophy this fall indramatic fashion. The winnerwasn’t determined until a two-hole, 10-golfer playoff round wasfinished. Holte won the NSIC In-dividual Championship, also in aplayoff, and was named to the all-conference team with three otherBSU players. It was coach DonNiskanen’s third title.

Women’s Soccer / 3-17, 2-7 NSICBemidji State wrapped up its

first season under head coachEricka Pickett with the school’sfirst NSIC win and the mostwins in a season since the pro-gram began in 1996. FreshmanBecky Elk (Elgin, IL) was thesole all-NSIC performer for theBeavers this season.

who topped 1,000 career points ayear ago; Peggy Hammel-Moran(Stewartville), who needs just fourpoints to reach 500 for her career;and Jennifer Ohme (Bloomington),who had stretched her assist streakto 69 straight games in 69 startsbefore being sidelined by an injurylast year. Pictured above: Seniorplayers (front, left to right): ErinWalker, Danielle Daniels, JenniferOhme. Back: Katie Olson, ChristineSchulze, Peggy Hammel-Moran.

Women’s GolfTina Burlingame (Bemidji) was

named NSIC player of the year af-ter leading the Beavers to theirfirst-ever conference title this fall.Burlingame recorded a 165 to topthe field at the league event andwas joined on the All-NSIC squadby three BSU teammates.Women’s golf was reinstated in1996 at BSU and is coached byJim Mergens.

Football / 8-3 overall, 6-2 NSICThe Beaver football team lived up to its pre-season billing by win-

ning eight games, a feat accomplished only one other time in BSUhistory. Their 6-2 conference mark was good for a second-place tie.During the season, 13 new records were set. Halfback Chris Meyer (E.Grand Forks) finished his career at BSU with 41 touchdowns and 3,887yards while quarterback Ben Morie (Rohnert Park, CA) set new stan-dards in single season passing yards (2,323), single season (21) andcareer (35) TD passes, and single season total offense (2,493). Picturedabove: Coach Jeff Tesch with senior quarterback Ben Morie.

Volleyball / 25-7, 13-5 NSICBemidji State reached the 20-

win plateau for the second time inthree years as head coach DonnaPalivec now has 101 wins in sixseasons at BSU. Senior PeggyHammel-Moran (Stewartville) be-came the school’s all-time killleader during the season and seniorMichele Dinius (Monticello)moved into second for all-time as-sists and all-time digs. Moran andDinius wrapped up their respectivecareers by becoming only the sec-ond and third players in BSU his-tory to top the 1,000-milestone intwo separate statistical categories.Pictured above: Peggy Hammel-Moran (left) and Michele Dinius.

New is the operative word for the BSU women’s ice hockey programthis year as the team competes in the inaugural season of the Women’sWestern Collegiate Hockey Association. Joining the Beavers in theNCAA Division I circuit will be Wisconsin, Minnesota, UMD, St. CloudState, Ohio State, and MSU Mankato. While the top scorer returnsfrom last season, 23 newcomers dotted the pre-season roster for sec-ond-year head coach Ruthann Cantile.

Women’s Basketball

Women’s Hockey

For the first time in her 10-year tenure as head women’s basketballcoach, Doreen Zierer will be looking at an all senior starting lineupthis season. The talent-rich squad returns five starters and 10letterwinners from a year ago, including Erin Walker (Madison, WI)

Women’s Cross CountryBemidji State placed 14th in the

1999 NCAA Regional with LeahPolzine (Henning) topping BSU’sentrants with a time of 24-minutes,51.7-seconds. During the season,the runners enjoyed one of theirbest outings at the NSIC champi-onships where they finished fifth.

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Where We Are ... What We’re Doing

ALL CITIES ARE LOCATED IN MINNESOTA UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.

Vol. 15, No. 2, Winter 1999-2000

Produced by the News and PublicationsOffice and the Alumni Office at BemidjiState University, HORIZONS is publishedquarterly and distributed without chargeto BSU alumni, students, faculty, staff andother friends of the University. BSU is anequal opportunity educator and employer.

Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Al Nohner

Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . Kathy Berglund

Photographer . . . . . . . . . . . John Swartz

President . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Jim Bensen

Alumni Director . . . . . . . . . Sue Kringen

Writer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jody Grau

Editorial Assistance . . . . . Peggy Nohner

Editorial Board: Dr. Jim Bensen, BSUpresident; Dr. David Tiffany, vice presidentfor University advancement; Al Nohner,director of news services and publications;Sue Kringen, director of alumni relations;Jeff Totten, assistant professor of businessrelations; Dr. Gerald Morine, professor ofchemistry.

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1940sPhyllis A. Larson (’42) spends her winters in Newportand summers on Star Island in Cass Lake.

1950sVerlette Thiessen Nyland (’55) of Bemidji has beenretired from her 38-year-career as an elementary teacherfor 19 years. These days she spends her time doingchurch work and contributing as an active member toDelta Kappa Gamma Society International and theAmerican Legion Auxiliary. She’s also a weaver andenjoys decorative painting in addition to many otherhobbies ... Robert W. Fiskum (’58) retired in May fromhis position as University of Wisconsin-Whitewatersoccer coach. Today he’s overseeing the construction ofa vacation home on 75 acres in the Ozark Mountains ofArkansas ... Florence Isaacson (’67) and her husband,Roger, spend part of each year at homes in Grand Rapidsand Mesa, AZ.

1960sDale Captain (’64) retired this summer from hisposition as superintendent of Isle schools, concluding

almost a decade at Isle. Captain raised his family in LongPrairie where he taught fifth grade for 13 years and thenserved as elementary principal for five more years. In 1982he moved to Fairfax where he was both schoolsuperintendent and elementary school principal. He tookover as superintendent at Isle in 1990 ... Kurt Kahlenbeck(’69) took over this fall as principal of Wheaton HighSchool. He comes to the new job following a stint asheadmaster at Kyoto International School in Japan ... AlFoley (’67) is the new superintendent of schools at RedLake Falls. He began his career teaching science for 10years at Foley, and for the last six years he’s been theprincipal at Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton ... Roy Berg (’67)was a featured soloist at the Organs in Revue program heldAug. 12 at Wesley United Methodist Church in Hibbing.He is a piano technician, choir director at Wesley and anactive performer ... Helen Grand (’67) and her husband,Paul, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary thissummer ... Wes Hanson (’68) recently moved toOklahoma City, OK, where he accepted a position asprofessor of biology at Southern Nazarene University,Bethany, OK, ... Rachel Peterson (’65) is teaching in anew after-school program at Warren and AlvaradoElementary Schools called “kids.com.” Children in grades

K-6 will use computer software to help bring their readingand math skills in line with what is expected for the variousgrade levels. Peterson has had a number of teaching andprogram assignments in Warren schools during the past sixyears and, in addition to her new duties, will continue thisyear as the adaptive physical education teacher for all gradelevels ... Terry Fredin (’69) and Karen Fredin (’68) livein Windom where Karen works in the personnel departmentof HSI, a company she’s been with for 17 years. Terry isentering his eighth year of teaching construction trades,metals and drafting at Windom High School and workswith his son, Bill, in the Fredin Construction business. Heis also in his 10th year as tournament coordinator forMinnesota Hockey District IV and continues to have anactive interest in auto racing ... Robert Stefanich (’65) ofBabbitt has retired after 34 years of teaching elementarygrades, spending the last 31 years of his teaching career inBabbitt. He plans to spend more time skiing, hunting andtraveling ... Robert Scarpino (’69) of Port Clinton, OH,has retired from the U.S. Coast Guard and now works part-time delivering papers. His wife, Jan, is employed as a

receptionist in a doctor’soffice ... Grace E. Olson(’60) operates Olson’sLodge, Park Rapids, andworks as a substituteteacher at Park RapidsMiddle School. Olson’sLodge celebrates its 60thanniversary this year.

1970sDebbie (Bryant) Davis (’76) of Albuquerque, NM, is thecompliance officer at the New Mexico Mortgage FinanceAuthority, where she has worked for the past 13 years.She is responsible for assuring compliance for the federallow-income housing programs that MFA administers forthe state. Her daughter, Quinn, is a freshman in highschool ... Alan Hoffman (’73) of Broken Arrow, OK,works in computer sales for Uniview Technologies andhas his own computer help home-based business. His wifeworks for Broken Arrow Schools Nutrition Department.The couple has a daughter who is in seventh grade ...Scott Harstad (’78) of Plymouth works as a technicalconsultant and is a Plymouth City Council member and ascout leader. He’s married and has two children ... RogerJohnson (’73) and Stephanie Johnson (’73) live inPullman, WA. Roger was recently named station managerof Northwest Public Radio, a 12-station network based inPullman that serves listeners in Washington, Oregon,Idaho and British Columbia. Stephanie is a librarian atLapwai Elementary School in Lapwai, ID ... ConnieDaigle (’73) of Grand Rapids received a master’s degreein education from Hamline University Graduate School ofEducation May 22. Her thesis was on recognizingcommunity in a middle school classroom ... Sandee(Seaton) McLaughlin (’71) of Baldwin, WI, iscomfortably settled in a 1904 Victorian home andtraveling to find the “perfect” retirement home on thebeach. She’s employed as a legal secretary for Collins,Buckley, Sauntry & Haugh, St. Paul, and has two grownchildren, a son and a daughter ... Ralph Rokke (’73) and

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Susan HauserSusan Carol Hauser, assistant

professor of English, teaches awriters’ workshop entitled “Writ-ing for Love, Writing for Money”which seems a concise summationof her own experience.

While the Minneapolis nativedescribes herself as starting out asa poet, a tour of her writing careermeanders through journalism, tech-nical writing, research, commen-tary and instructional writing. Al-though she’s been working atBemidji State University in a vari-ety of positions for at least 15 years,she’s focused on teaching Englishfull-time for the past two.

Hauser has published six booksand draws her inspiration primarilyfrom nature and human nature anddescribes her writing as “mostlypersonal essay.” A new book abouthow to write a personal memoir isscheduled for publication next year.

“New, emerging writers shouldtry to get published. It’s important,”said Hauser. “Composers are en-couraged to perform their music forothers and artists frame their worksfor display. Publishing serves as thewriter’s frame. It gives our workpermanence and helps it find theright audience.”

In her most recent book,“Sugartime: The Hidden Pleasuresof Making Maple Syrup, with aPrimer for the Novice Sugarer,”

Hauser reflects on Native Ameri-can traditions and on the processshe uses when making maple syrupin northern Minnesota. She writesabout the joys of collecting the sapand what she has learned over theyears about cooking it down intosyrup, at the same time describingand celebrating the turning of theseasons.

Dr. Evan HazardDr. Evan Hazard, professor

emeritus, retired from 36 years ofteaching biology at BSU in 1994,but a book he published in 1982,“The Mammals of Minnesota,”continues today to be regarded asthe definitive state manual on thetopic.

Hazard was approached by theUniversity of Minnesota Press towrite the book in 1975 because itwas needed. Hazard said the bookcovers every species of mammalknown to once or currently exist inthe state. It’s used as a referencemanual by the Minnesota Depart-ment of Resources, as a textbook,and, according to Hazard, as an“identification manual for laypeople interested in critters.”

Writing the book turned out tobe good training, said Hazard, be-cause he used much of what helearned in the writing and editingprocess in a new class he subse-quently initiated at BSU called the

literature of biology. The classstressed concise, direct, carefullycited scientific writing.

Today, Hazard writes daily andis enjoying it more than ever be-fore, but his audience has changeddramatically. He writes a columnfor the Bemidji daily newspaperand writes sermons used as a regu-lar lay speaker at his church. Ifthere should ever be another bookin his future he predicts it will beabout the relationship of science,evolution and faith.

Dr. Dan GartrellThe textbook “A Guidance Ap-

proach for the Encouraging Class-room” by Dr. Dan Gartrell is in itssecond edition, and he is workingon a new book scheduled for pub-lication in the spring of 2000.

“My goal is always to write areadable book that deals with somebig issues,” said Gartrell.

Gartrell has been at BSU since1969 and currently serves as direc-tor of the Child DevelopmentTraining Program and professor ofearly childhood and elementaryeducation.

His first textbook served as anintroduction to the theory and ap-plication of guidance, as a replace-ment for traditional classroom dis-cipline in teaching children ages 3to 8. Conflict management, culturalsensitivity, parent-teacher partner-

ships and developmentally ap-propriate practices in the classroomare central concepts of the book.

Originally titled “A GuidanceApproach to Discipline,” the sec-ond edition of the book was re-named, eliminating all reference todiscipline because, Gartrell noted,conventional forms of disciplineslide too easily into punishment.“The emphasis with very youngchildren needs to be on teachingthem the life skills they’ll need tosucceed in a life-long learning ex-perience.”

Gartrell’s new book uses an-ecdotes of children and adults toprovide teachers with practicallessons and perspective and is en-titled “Conversations with Chil-dren: Building the Encouraging

PublishedPublished Works of FacultyInstruct and Inspire

Grace E. Olson

A good book stimulates the imagination and challenges the reader to grapple with new information andideas, and a talented writer successfully engages the reader, whether the book is one of instruction, refer-ence, self-exploration or fiction. BSU is fortunate to be able to claim among its faculty many talented writerswho have published books qualifying as both instructional and inspirational. This article is the first in aseries to appear in HORIZONS on faculty who have published books. This installment focuses on non-fiction.

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“ ew, emerging writers should try to getpublished. It’s important. Composers are

encouraged to perform their music for others andartists frame their works for display. Publishingserves as the writer’s frame. It gives our workpermanence and helps it find the right audience.”

Susan Carol Hauser

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RetireesBemidji State University

Kathi (Vogt) Rokke (’73) live inMinneapolis. Ralph is a pastor at SaintJames Lutheran Church in West St.Paul and Kathi is a children’s librarianat Minneapolis Children’s Hospital.Their daughter, Shari, is a freshman atBSU ... Maureen McCall (’74) ofWhite Bear Lake has been a socialworker for 23 years ... Lucia Sexton(’74) of Arlington Heights, IL, hasbeen teaching K-5 music for the past five years ... MarkCarlson (’75) and Nan Carlson (’76) of Golden Valleypurchased IMS Minnesota, a small local distributorship ofASCOM National Management Systems. The company has11 employees ... Bev (Olson) Darling (’74) of Plano, TX,has been married for 26 years and has three sons, theyoungest of which is a high school senior ... Nick Packard(’79) was installed as pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic Churchof Chokio and St. Charles Catholic Church of Herman inAugust. He’s been a priest since 1987 and during the past 10years served as pastor of St. Rita’s at Hillman and SacredHeart of Wahkon ... Gayle McConnell (’74) of Drayton,ND, has retired from teaching business education at theDrayton High School ... David Stadum (’74) of Chatfieldworks as a special education lead teacher and is finishingcoursework needed to get his administrative license. He hastwo sons, a sixth-grader and seventh-grader ... SharonBotelle-Sherman (’74) of Woodbury, CT, is employed as acommunications coordinator at Anthem Blue Cross andBlue Shield of Connecticut, North Haven, CT ... Merrily-Ann Leong (’74) of Honolulu, HI, and her husband recently

spent three weeks vacationing in France ... Karen Midthun(’71), a Cuyunna Range Elementary School fifth-gradeteacher, was selected by her peers as the 1999 Crosby-Ironton Teacher of the Year. She has taught in Crosby-Ironton schools since 1971 and lives just north of Crosbywith her husband, Mike, and their two sons, Adam andDavid. She’s active in the community, serving with the GradBlast Committee, Safety Town and Immanuel LutheranChurch of Crosby ... Bill Leff (’73) has been named vicepresident of Northwest Technical College’s Detroit Lakescampus. Most recently, Leff had served as dean of studentservices at the Detroit Lakes campus. In his new position hewill be responsible for the overall operation of the campus,including student services, community relations and thephysical learning environment ... Lloyd Styrwoll (’71) isthe new superintendent of schools in the Grand RapidsSchool District. His wife, Linda, is a part-time teacher in thedistrict and the couple has three children, a college junior, ahigh school senior and a ninth-grader ... Randy Bowen(’73) of Hermantown is the new principal of Willow RiverHigh School. For the past 25 years he’s taught science at

Hermantown High School. He also coachedfootball there for 24 years. Bowen and hiswife, Marlene, have two children, Matt, 20,and Leah, 18 ... Daniel Wilde (’70) ofTurlock, CA, is the support servicesmanager for the city of Turlock. He’s beenmarried for 16 years and his hobbies includeflying ultra-light airplanes, kayaking andhiking ... Ron Tveit (’74) was selectedteacher of the year at Warroad schools. Heteaches Minnesota history to sixth-graders

and during his 25-year teaching career he’s spent 20 ofthose years coaching minor league hockey and seventh-and eighth-grade football ... John J. Makowski (’70) andNancy K. (Oistad) Makowski (’70) live in Portland, MI,where John has worked as a prison warden for 15 yearswith the Michigan Department of Corrections. Nancy isemployed as a counselor and testing coordinator atCentral Montcalm HighSchool. The couple hastwo daughters, Beth, 19and Sarah, 17 ... AlanPendleton (’77) ofRamsey was appointedthis fall as the new 10thJudicial District judge inSherburne County. Hisappointment is the first of13 new district courtjudgeships created by the1999 Minnesota Legisla-ture. Pendleton had been

an assistant Anoka County attorney and has beenemployed with the county from 1984 to 1986 and againfrom 1988 to the time of his appointment. He and hiswife, Sarah, have three young sons ... Jerry Adam (’76)of Keewatin was recently promoted by National PelletSteel Co. to the position of division manager-mine fromhis previous position as area manager-mine maintenance... Gary M. Salmela (’71) of Soudan is president of thelocal chapter of the Lions Club ... Terry Cuthbertson(’71) of Topeka, KS, was selected as the director ofinformation and business management for the VA EasternKansas Health Care System in September ... Carol Aenne(’77) took over at the beginning of this school year asprincipal of Clearbrook-Gonvick High School.

1980sTerry Gunderson (’83) of Maplewood is director ofcommunications for the Minnesota Department ofHuman Services. She recently received an award forspeech writing from the Minnesota Association ofGovernment Communicators. She and her husband havethree daughters ... Kenneth Kalish (’82) of Blaine tookover Aug. 16 as associate director of the Master ofScience in Telecommunications program at St. Mary’sUniversity of Minnesota. He was formerly employed as aproject analyst for the Minnesota Department ofChildren, Families and Learning, where he worked withinmates at the Lino Lakes prison in the Computers ForSchools refurbishing program ... Tom Gerber (’83) livesin Omaha, NE, where he works as a webmaster for theUnion Pacific Railroad. He is married and has twodaughters ... Christopher Fettig (’86) of Bemidji, a vocal

music teacher for 13 years, is one of eight finalists for theMinnesota Teacher of the Year award. Fettig has taught atBemidji High School for the past 12 years, having spentone year in the Benson school district prior to that. He wasnamed Teacher of the Year for District 31 ... DeniseKallas (’87) of Batavia, IL, is starting a business sellinglawn furniture “durable enough to withstand Minnesotawinters outdoors.” She and husband, David, had theirsecond child in April while living in Mexico City,Mexico, where they stayed for about four years. Theymoved back to the United States in May ... Suzanne (Ott)Holland (’83) uses the on-air name of Kelly Stone in hermorning television news anchor position at WDAY/WDAZ in Fargo, ND ... Carol Guy (’83) and husband,Bruce, of Roseau recently bought a hunting cabin in thewoods to share with their two teenage sons ... Ken Boie(’89) of Belle Plaine is a telecommunications analyst forDelta Dental Plan of Minnesota. He lives with his son andtwo daughters ... Jill Radley (’86) of Thatcher, AZ, wasrecently hired as a social studies teacher after spendingthree years as a substitute teacher ... Carol Sigfrinius(‘83) of Grand Rapids received her master of arts ineducation degree from Hamline University GraduateSchool of Education May 22. Her thesis was onimplementing the multiple intelligence theory in thebusiness classroom ... Ann Haugo (’89) of Champaign,IL, completed her theater PhD at the University of Illinoisat Urbana-Champaign and is a visiting instructor this yearin the department of English and the Women’s StudiesProgram. She and her husband, Steve Pelphrey, have atwo-year-old son, Richard ... James Roo (’87) and KarenRoo (’86) live in Coon Rapids where both are teaching.

Retirees from Bemidji State Uni-versity in the past year included thefollowing individuals.

Dr. Dean Bowman, professor of so-ciology, retired at the end of springsemester. He came to BSU in 1979with assignments in sociology andanthropology. He participated in thecreation of the Peace and JusticeStudies Program in 1988 and servedas co-chair of the peace and justicestudies faculty committee.

Linda Brooks retired at the end ofspring semester after serving theUniversity in a variety of clerical andaccounting capacities since 1962.During her tenure on campus sheworked in the office of the dean ofinstruction, the placement office, thepresident’s office, the purchasingoffice and the accounting office.

Shari Chapman retired in Octoberfrom her position as a library tech-nician. She’d been employed in thatposition since 1975.

Bert Clark retired from the posi-tion of physical plant director inOctober. Clark started working atBSU as an account clerk in 1959. Heserved in a half dozen different ac-counting positions in the ‘60s and‘70s, was a business manager from1976 to 1983, and physical plant di-rector from 1983 until his retirement.

Dr. John Halcrow, professor ofeducation, retired at the conclusionof the 1999 fall semester. Halcrowjoined the BSU faculty in the fall of1969 to teach courses in professionaleducation and educational counsel-ing. He served as the education di-vision head from 1970-1971 and thechair of the Department of Educa-tion in the fall of 1995.

Bev Herr retired from her positionas general maintenance worker inJune, concluding almost 19 years ofemployment.

Jack Jacobsen retired at the endof spring semester after more than25 years at BSU. For 23 years he wasemployed in the Financial Aid Of-fice. He also served for two years asdirector of purchasing.

Dr. Kenneth Lundberg, professorof chemistry, retired this summer. Hestarted at the university as an asso-ciate professor in chemistry in 1968and chaired the Chemistry Depart-ment from 1976 to 1984 and againfrom 1989 to 1990. The acting deanof the Division of Science and Math-ematics in 1983, he assumed the re-sponsibilities of dean for the Collegeof Social and Natural Sciences in1990.

Steve Lunde, accounting supervi-sor/director of purchasing, retired inSeptember. He had worked in sev-eral different accounting positionssince he was first hired in 1973.

Dr. Alexander Nadesan, professorof political science, retired at the endof spring semester. He started at BSUin the fall of 1965 as an associateprofessor of political science. From1975 to 1987 and again in 1991-1992, he chaired the Department ofPolitical Science. He also directedAsian studies for 13 years and wasactive in the international studiesfield of emphasis. From 1992-1993and in the fall of 1997, he taught atthe Minnesota State University inAkita, Japan.

Dr. David Nordlie, professor ofsociology, retired at the end of springsemester. He arrived on campus in1970 and served 20 years as the chairof the Department of Social Rela-

tions and Services. He was also in-strumental in the development of anumber of programs including thesociology major, the social workmajor, the criminal justice major andthe master of arts degree in appliedbehavioral sciences.

Mark Paulson, assistant director ofadmissions, retired last winter afternearly 30 years on staff. He joinedBSU in 1968 as the director of thefederally funded Northern Minne-sota Youth Development Project. In1970 he became assistant director ofField Services, counseling prospec-tive freshmen and transfer students.Two years later, alumni relationswere added to his responsibilitiesand in 1981 he was named directorof alumni affairs and the liaison withthe BSU Foundation, a position hefilled until 1989 when he wasgranted an extended leave fromBSU. He returned in 1992 as assis-tant director of admissions.

Gerald Schnabel, professor of his-tory and coordinator of religiousstudies, retired at the end of springsemester. He was a member of theHistory Department since 1967.Schnabel served as coordinator andchair of the Religious Studies Pro-gram since it was established in1969. He also served as a memberof the Honors Council.

Bea Schulke retired in Augustfrom her position as administrativesecretary. She’d been employed in avariety of clerical positions at BSUsince 1975.

Al Thorson, general maintenanceworker, retired in February, havingbeen employed in that position since1988.

Alan Pendleton

Bill Leff Lloyd StyrwolRandy Bowen

Vice President TiffanyAccepts Position inPennsylvania

Dr. David Tiffany, Bemidji State Uni-versity vice president for advancement,has resigned to accept a similar positionat California University of Pennsylvania(CUP).

“It would be impossible to list all thegood things Dave has done for BemidjiState,” said Dr. Jim Bensen, BSU presi-dent. “He virtually nurtured our outreacheffort through its infancy to a point where

it now plays significant roles in supporting the University with addi-tional funds, providing strong connections with the community and re-gion, and in helping guide the institution in its decision making processes.”

Tiffany was Bemidji State’s first vice president to serve solely in theadvancement area with responsibilities in fund raising, alumni affairs,and public relations. When he arrived on campus, the BSU Foundationhad endowed funds of $490,000 and assets of $650,000. Endowmentsnow exceed $5.5 million and the assets more than $7.7 million.

During his tenure on campus, Tiffany was instrumental in establish-ing the 3M Chair of Accounting, acquiring the David Park House toprovide space for foundation and alumni operations, initiating the Full-Tuition Scholarship Program, aiding the move of BSU hockey to NCAADivision I, forming the Beaver Pride organization for athletics, plan-ning and starting the campaign to support the American Indian ResourceCenter, and raising funds for the newly remodeled A.C. Clark Library.

Tiffany was also active in the community. He is a musician in theCommunity Band and JackPine Brass Quartet, president of the BemidjiRotary Club, past president of the Bemidji Visitors and ConventionBureau, and former member of the Bemidji Area Chamber of Com-merce board.

“The major reason for leaving is that my wife and I will be muchcloser to our families, especially our grandchildren,” Tiffany said ofthe move to California University of Pennsylvania, a state universitywith an enrollment of 5,500 located 30 miles south of Pittsburgh. “I’mlooking forward to some new challenges at a campus that has manysimilarities with BSU.”

A national search will be conducted to fill the position in early sum-mer. During the interim, staff within the division will assume somenew responsibilities.

Al Nohner, director of News and Publications, will pick up addi-tional responsibilities in marketing and public relations. Sue Kringen,as acting executive director of the BSU Foundation, and Tricia Bunten,as director of development and annual giving, will staff BSU Founda-tion and Alumni Association needs, coordinate events and superviseoffice personnel in the Park House.

Carl Baer, a past president of the BSU Foundation, will provide ser-vices for three off-campus activities: the American Indian ResourceCenter, a capital campaign that will be conducted under the directionand in support of the American Indian Resource Center campaign cabi-net and its executive committee; governmental relations for the MnSCUsupplemental appropriation; and work with Northwest Technical Col-lege as well as the MnSCU system office on the 2000 bonding request.

Questions relating to foundation or alumni activities can be referredto Kringen or Bunten at 218-755-2762 or 1-877-BSU-ALUM.

Dr. David Tiffany

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James teaches business education in an at-risk program atthe high school and Karen teaches physical education andserves as head hockey coach, also at the high school. Theyhave three children; Taylor, 5, Carter, 3, and Jordan, four-months ... Mark Nohner (’80) and Susan Nohner (’80)live in Baudette. Mark recently received the MilkenFoundation Award, which includes a cash award of$25,000. Susan teaches early childhood special educationat Lake of the Woods School. The Nohners have twochildren, Lynne, 15, and Karie, 10 ... Michael Pratt (’89)of Rock Hill, SC, was promoted in October toadministrative assistant to the superintendent of ChesterCounty School District in Chester, SC. Previously he’dserved for three years as assistant principal at Chester ParkElementary School, the largest elementary school in thestate. Michael and his wife, Lipi, also announce theFebruary, 1999, birth of their second son, Heath Michael... Lesli (Chinnock) Anderson (’84) of Minneapolis isworking as a veterinary assistant at Minnehaha AnimalHospital in Minneapolis ... Nancy DeVriendt-Klassen

(’88) of Carlton worksfull-time and has threechildren, ages one, threeand six ... Kathy AnnBolduc (’87) works part-time in customer serviceat Fairview NorthlandRegional Hospital,Princeton. She is alsocofounder of TheraSimplicity, Inc., acompany specializing in

computer software tools for occupational, physical andspeech therapists. She lives with her husband, Tom, andtheir three children just south of Princeton ... Rosa(Bailey) Jones (’86) and Ron Jones (’86) live in Fridley.Rosa is starting her eleventh season on the stats crew forthe Minnesota Timberwolves and worked this summerfor the WNBA Lynx as an official scorer and scoreboardoperator. Ron is employed as a senior systems analyst for3M in the pharmaceuticals department ... Amy(Eisenrich) Bofferding (’88) of Bemidji is resigning herposition with Paul Bunyan Telephone, where she’sworked for the past 11 years. She plans to devote moretime to her family which includes two sons, ages six andfour, and a four-month-old daughter ... Craig Hegna(’89) and Wanda (Cederholm) Hegna (’89) live in EastBethel. Craig is a senior consultant with Leggette,Brashears and Graham, Inc., where he’s been employedfor 10 years. Wanda has left her news reporting career tostay home with the couple’s daughters, five-year-oldJennifer and two-year-old Jamie ... Teresa (Peterson)Johnson (’85) of Shakopee works part-time as the K-12parent involvement coordinator and has two children ...Dale Erickson (’87) and Barb Erickson (’88) live inRochester where Dale works with Analyst Internationalas a programmer ... Chris (McGavran) Ketay (’83) ofEmporia, KS, and her husband, Mike, work at EmporiaState University. They previously spent 10 years inDenton, TX, at the University of North Texas. The couplehas three children, Kellie, 9, Christopher, 7, and Caryn, 5... Jean Weyer (’81) is teaching second grade inMenahga. She spent the past nine years working at St.Ann’s Catholic School in Wadena, including one year as

an administrator ...Gerald Hoyum (’89) ofKelliher is the new MMI(BRIC) teacher at CassLake-Bena schools. Hepreviously taught specialeducation at Kelliher.

1990sRobb Johnson (’90) is

acting as the Roseau High School choir director this year.He’s spent the past nine years as Roseau’s elementarymusic director... Ann Katzmarek (’95) of Crystal hasbeen teaching in the Twin Cities area for five years. Shecurrently works in the Wayzata school district teachingfifth grade and coaching tennis and girls hockey ... TaraKlander (’98) and Kelly Klander of Bemidji announce the

Aug. 12 birth of adaughter ... Todd Folstad(’96) of Bloomington isemployed as a pharmacybenefits manager withDiversified Pharmaceuti-cal Services in WestBloomington. He recentlyperformed with the alumnichoir in St. Paul ... Jill(Saulsbury) Mahoney(’94) and Chris Mahoney(’94) of Jamestown, ND,announce the Sept. 30,1998, birth of a daughter,

Halsey Roe Mahoney ... Kerri (Franzen) Bilben (’96) ofElko, NV, has been teaching the past four years at WellsHigh School in Elko County, NV. As an assistant marchingband director at Elko High, Bilben traveled with the bandto the 1999 Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, CA.The band also marched in a parade at Disneyland on NewYear’s Eve and plans to perform in the Bands of AmericaRegional this year in Las Vegas, NV ... Christopher Fiske(’93) of Rapid River, MI, is working toward the completionof his master’s degree in theology at Luther Seminary, St.Paul. Fiske works for Skyway Airlines in Escanaba, MI.He’s married to Julie (Blekeberg) and the couple has a 19-month-old son, Marshall ... Kyle J. Witherow (’93) ofWoodbury planned a fall wedding to Tracey Stanich.Witherow is employed with Lakeville Public Schools,recently completed a master’s in arts education and iscurrently working on his license in public schooladministration at Saint Mary’s University ... Barb Owen-Boerger (’94) is the lifestyle education assistant at St.Luke’s Hospital Center for Holistic Healthcare, Duluth.She and her husband moved to Duluth four years ago ...Roxanne Fenson (’91) and Peter Fenson (’92) of Bemidjiannounce the July 22 birth of a son ... Daniel Beattie (’97)of Arlington, VA, is research assistant to the chairman atthe National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, DC, afederal agency that supports the visual, literary andperforming arts ... Dean Sether (’94) and Charlene Setherof Bemidji announce the July 27 birth of a daughter ...James Hagen (’95) of Grand Rapids received his master ofarts in education degree from Hamline UniversityGraduate School of Education on May 22. His thesis wason graphing calculators in the pre-algebra classroom ...

Diane Rutherford (’90) of Pengilly received her master ofarts in education degree from Hamline UniversityGraduate School of Education on May 22. Her thesis wason implementing the multiple intelligence theory in thebusiness classroom ... Mike Snyder (’93) and his wife, Jill(Regan) Snyder (’94), recently moved to Sioux Falls, SD.Mike is employed by the Sioux Falls Stampede HockeyTeam of the United States Hockey League as the team’smedia relations manager and also serves as the radio play-by-play announcer. Jill now works in customer relations atCitibank, having spent the past three years in televisionproduction. Mike and Jill celebrated their fifth anniversaryin October ... Jim White (’94) of Barnesville has beenemployed for the past year and a half as an exercisephysiologist with the Meritcare Hospital system in Fargo,ND. He works in the cardiac rehabilitation departmentwith patients recovering from heart and lung problems. Hiswife, Karen, is a product engineer at Imation Corporationin Wahpeton, ND ... Jennifer Karina (’95) of Bemidjirecently married Paul Anderson (’97), also of Bemidji.Jennifer is employed at Headwaters RegionalDevelopment Commission and Paul works at NorthlandFishing Tackle ... Dawn Hamilton (’92) and JamesHamilton of Bemidji announce the Aug. 9 birth of adaughter ... Heather Strandlien (’98) and Cory Strandlienof Shevlin announce the Aug. 10 birth of a daughter ...Pamela Haiby (’93) and Scott Haiby of Blackduckannounce the Aug. 10 birth of a son ... Kari J. Chaffee(’98) is a graduate student at the University of Nebraska,Omaha, in career studies and development. She runs withthe BSU Alumni Team in the Grandma’s Marathon at

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became obvious to them both thatSchullo’s real interest centered on anewfound fascination with theologyand the abbey. When he invited herto accompany him on a return visit,Schullo booked a flight planning tospend two weeks.

“I didn’t ever want to leave,” saidSchullo. “I cancelled all my classesat BSU and signed up for a year-longinternship at the abbey.“

She came back to BSU to com-plete her bachelor’s degree in artbefore returning to the abbey as a

Chant,’” which it also sells. The mo-tivation for recording the agelessGregorian chants was, however,more based in the desire to share themusic than to create an income, saidSchullo, who designed the CD cover.The sisters of Regina Laudis performthe ancient chants seven times eachday, once in the middle of the night.It’s their form of prayer.

“Outreach is not our focus,” ex-plained Schullo. “Our way of life isone of work and prayer. We focuson contemplative religion. I guessyou could say we’re the place whereothers come back to in order to findtheir center.”

The abbey has guesthouses ca-pable of holding about 25 at a time.Visitors are asked to write a letter tothe abbey’s guest department ex-plaining why they wish to visit andhow long they’d like to stay. Im-promptu visits are discouraged, al-though Schullo said a friend of herscaused quite a stir one day by show-ing up unannounced at the front dooron his motorcycle.

In stark contrast to Schullo’s mo-nastic existence, Dr. Eagen set hissights on reaching out to the wholeworld with his Biblical message andgrowing his home church congrega-tion from 4,000 today to 25,000.

Jean Weyer

Kathy Bolduc Halsey Roe Mahoney

Classroom.” The book includes 165 stories aboutactual student-teacher interactions collected from60 contributors, the large majority of whom werestudents in Gartrell’s early childhood classes. Hisfirst book had included a couple dozen anecdotesand Gartrell, wanting to expand on that, found awilling publisher in Redleaf Press, St. Paul.

Looking to the future, Gartrell said he hopesto write another book dealing with how childrencope with and learn to appreciate human differ-ences.

Faculty books that are currently used in BSUcourses are usually available, or can be ordered,through either of the two bookstores in Bemidjithat stock textbooks; Wallace University Book-store, located on campus, and Beaver Bookstore.Other books by faculty writers may be found atHarmony Natural Foods Co-op in Bemidji or ac-cessed through any of the major booksellers.

Dan Gartrell“A Guidance Approach for the Encouraging Classroom,” second

edition, Delmar-ITP/Thompson, Albany, NY, 1998.

Susan Carol Hauser“Sugartime: The Hidden Pleasures of Making Maple Syrup, with a

Primer for the Novice Sugarer,” The Lyons Press, 1997.

“Full Moon: Reflections on Turning Fifty,” Papier-Mache Press, 1996.

“Nature’s Revenge: The Secrets of Poison Ivy, Poison Oak, PoisonSumac, and Their Remedies,” Lyons & Burford, 1996.

“Girl to Woman: A Gathering of Images,” Astarte Shell Press, 1992.

“Which Way to Look,” Loonfeather Press, Bemidji, 1992.

“Meant to Be Read Out Loud,” Loonfeather Press, Bemidji, 1992.

Evan Hazard“The Mammals of Minnesota,” University of Minnesota Press, 1982.

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Alumni Utilize Secular Training(Continued from page 1)

Eagen keeps up an impressiveschedule of foreign tours; minister-ing to and preaching at sisterchurches scattered around the globeand was recently preparing for a tripto Vietnam. The church supports 80missionaries as part of its worldstrategy.

“People need to hear the goodnews and learn the way to heaven,”said Eagen who preaches five ser-mons to seven congregations atGrace Church each Sunday. He or-ganizes his sermons in series of 10to 30 related topics, tapes every ser-mon and makes them available for anominal fee in the church’s book-store. About 120,000 of the tapes arepurchased annually.

of secular life relatively clear of thestumbling blocks Cuppett encoun-tered.

Schullo first set her feet on thepath to the monastic abbey, whichshe now calls home, in the BSUcomputer lab. There she met a youngman who needed help with a resume,one that made reference to theologi-cal studies in Italy and mentioned astay at the Abbey Regina Laudis.

Schullo dated the person for awhile, but invariably the discussionswere directed to the abbey. Soon it

novice. Now, sixyears later, she’staken her first vowsand can’t imagine liv-ing anywhere else.

Although Schullowas raised Catholic,pursuing a serious re-ligious life was neversomething she con-sidered, and “being anun was totally not inthe picture.”

“Right away I wasamazed by the nuns atthe abbey and thethings they accom-plished every day,whether it was whiz-zing around on a trac-tor or working on aFulbright,” saidSchullo. “It was avery alive place, andI wanted to be a partof that and giveit to other people.There’s really anamazing freedom inmonastic life, whichyou wouldn’t expect.Life inside follows avery different kind ofrhythm than what

most Americans areused to. It surprised mehow sort of normal andright it felt. ”

Schullo’s commu-nity of about 40 nuns iscloistered and followsthe monastic rules ofSt. Benedict. The abbeyis self-sustaining throughits farming and sale ofthe artwork created byits members. The com-munity recorded a com-pact disc a few yearsago, “Sisters in

Grace Church is breaking groundin Eden Prairie, beginning construc-tion of a new $65 million campusdesigned to draw and hold the20,000 new members of the congre-gation that Eagen anticipates.

“We’re a non-denominational,independent church with a congre-gation whose religious backgroundrepresents 65 different denomina-tions,” said Eagen of his flock.

Asked how much time he spendson administration, Eagen repliedthat he hires others to tend to thosematters.

“I preach. And I serve as pastorto the leaders of our church whominister to the rest of our congre-gation, and I provide overall visionto the church,” said Eagen of hisrole as senior pastor to such a largechurch.

Left: The Rev. Terri CuppettBelow left: Dr. John EagenBelow right: Sister Cecilia Schullo

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In Memoriam

Sally James-Lehmann (former faculty)

Jim Cecil (former faculty)

Douglas Verrill (’52) ofInternational Falls

Patricia Corrin (’73) of Scottsdale, AZ

Wava Lindstrom (’33) of Guthrie

Ann Zbikowski (’85) of Bemidji

Marcia Lally (’74) of West Creek, NJ

David Lindberg (’67) of Cannon Falls

Dr. Robert Decker (former president)of Ventura, CA

Roger Lillquist (’77) of Wadena

Richard Guralski (’72) of Virginia

Ruth Edevold (’70) of Bemidji

Charles Blanchard of Appleton, WI

Daryl Latterell (’71) of Kelliher

Mike Paulson (’76) of Emerado, ND

William Andrey (’73) of Park Ridge, IL

Jeannette Zajicek (’42)of Bowling Green, FL

Irene McWalter (’35) of Park Forest, IL

Ann Sadar (’61) of Virginia

Olive Muser (’30) of Carlsbad, CA

Daniel Dressen (’72) of Belle Plaine

Gerald Nelson (former faculty)

Where We Are ... What We’re Doing(Continued from page 5)Duluth each year ... Nicole Philion (’98) has been hired toteach fifth and sixth grades in the Win-E-Mac SchoolDistrict. She also serves as head coach of the district’svolleyball program ... Rob Nudell (’98) took over inAugust as principal of Atkinson Elementary School,Barnesville. Last year, Nudell served as elementaryprincipal in the Remer-Longville school district. Prior tothat he spent about seven years teaching third- throughsixth-grades ... Kristine Jobe (’97) is teaching arteducation for grades K-12 at Milaca Public Schools ... KimBettcher (’96) has joined the staff of the Perham AreaCommunity Center, as the aquatics programming director.She and her husband, Josh, live in Detroit Lakes ... MelissaK. (Baker) Warren (’91) of Bloomington was recentlypromoted to senior quality analyst and supervisor of theQuality Center at State Farm Insurance, Bloomington. Herhusband, Michael, a Bemidji native, runs his own computerbusiness and custom builds Redline computers ... BrianEdlund (’93) and Sandy (Berg) Edlund (’93) live inBenson where Brian has worked for four years with theBenson Public Schools as an eighth-grade earth scienceteacher and head of the school astronomy club. Sandy iscurrently employed as a cake decorator at the BensonBakery. The couple has been married since 1991 and has aseven-year-old son, Brandon ... Tim Struck (’92) works asan employee benefits consultant with the Alliance BenefitGroup, Albert Lea. He was working to complete hisdesignation as a chartered retirement plan specialist thisfall. Struck and his wife, Aimee, have two sons, ages six andtwo ... Steve Pelphrey (’91) of Champaign, IL, is the labmanager at Isotech Laboratories,Inc., in Champaign. Heand his wife, Ann Haugo, have a two-year-old son, Richard

... Bryan Hammitt (’96) and his wife, Kristina VanWilgen-Hammitt (’96) of Bemidji both teach at BemidjiHigh School and are parents to an eight-month-old son,Tanner. Bryan teaches machine tool tech and Kris teachesfreshman and sophomore science ... Gregory J.Anderson (’93) of Rochester is employed as a teacher/naturalist at Quarry Hill Nature Center at Rochester ...Barry Perreault (’94) and Ann Marie Perreault (’94)live in Circle Pines. Barry teaches sixth grade in Blaineand Ann Marie teaches first grade in Columbia Heights ...Jessica Franzen (’96) and Kristopher Franzen (’95)live in San Jose, CA, where Kristopher works for theBerryessa Union School District as a kindergartenteacher. Jessica attends Golden Gate University School ofLaw in San Francisco, CA ... Ryan Brovold (’95) isemployed as the network administrator at SuburbanRadiologic Consultants in Bloomington. This summer hetaught computer classes at KRS Computer and BusinessSchool. His wife, Kristin, is the patient services managerfor the Leukemia Society of America, St. Louis Park. TheBrovolds live in Minneapolis with their 16-month-olddaughter, Erica, and anticipate the birth of a baby inMarch ... Chad Feldman (’96) is the new director of theKilowatt Community Center at Granite Falls. His wife,Tricia, is a teacher for the hearing impaired in the Willmarschool system ... David Pelowski (’94), a partner inAssociates in Eye Care of Pine River, recently announcedthe expansion of his optometry practice and a move tonew offices at 424 Barclay Ave. ... Susan (George)Follman (’94) was hired this fall as a math teacher inDistrict 777 in Benson... Andrea (Abbott) Bieberich(’92) earned her doctorate in child clinical psychology atthe University of Memphis in 1998. She works in Eden

Prairie as a child clinical psychologist ... KimOlson (’90) of Milan teaches at Kid’s CornerPre-school and works as a facilitator for EarlyChildhood Family Education classes as well assubbing as an elementary teacher. She has alsoserved as co-chair of the Appleton and MilanElementary Schools PTA for the past two years.She and her husband, Rick Olson (‘88), live ona farm with their son, Ben, 5, and daughter,Ashley, 9 ... Bruce Guy (’96) and his wife,Carol, recently bought a hunting cabin in thewoods to share with their two teenage sons ...Kris (Fredin) Vipond (’92) ofSibley, IA, works for the city of Worthington, IA, in theaccounts payable department. Her husband, Gary, worksfor Union Camp Packaging in Sibley. The couple has twodaughters, Jennifer and Stephanie ... Jeff Pelland (’90)and Kelli Pelland (’91) of International Falls announcethe March 10 birth of a daughter, Magen Jo Lin. They alsohave a three-year-old daughter, Mattison ... SharonMealey (’90) of Grinnell, IA, has been working for GTEfor the last nine years. Her current position is in residentmanagement for Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska ... JeffBluth (’93) and Tracy Bluth (’92) of Brainerd announcethe Sept. 30 birth of a daughter, Alexa Frances. Thecouple also has a three-year-old, Karlee ... AnitaJwanouskos (’93) and Doug Jwanouskos (’94) live inRuckersville, VA. Anita is a flight attendant and waselected vice-president of LEC with her union, theAssociation of Flight Attendants. Doug is a graphicdesigner ... Jayanthy Maniam (’98) of Malaysia ismarried and is working for a private institution, SunwayCollege, as a lecturer, certified JavaScript trainer and

computerized accounting trainer in FACT and UBS ...Norm Gallant (’99) is the new junior high football coach,assistant wrestling coach and sixth grade teacher in theWadena-Deer Creek School District ... Joan Kraft (’92)of Apple Valley received a masters in sociology fromMinnesota State University-Mankato earlier this year ...Valerie Opheim (’98) of Fergus Falls teaches secondgrade at Adams Elementary, Fergus Falls ... Don Bjerke(’93) accepted a position teaching computer applicationsthis fall at Canby High School. He spent the past fiveyears teaching in Price, UT ... Jennifer Anderson (’99)teaches eighth grade at Isanti Middle School. She workedfor the West Publishing Company for a number of yearsand just recently finished her middle school endorsement... Gene Lunsetter (’93) is the new K-12 music teacher atGrygla. He taught music the past two years at Thief RiverFalls and prior to that at Plummer and Ponemah ... AmyTrudeau (’96) is the new fourth- and fifth-grade teacherat St. Joseph’s. She moved from Winona, where she was asubstitute teacher for a year, and now lives in Red Lake

Falls with her husband, Brent, and their 17-month-olddaughter, Gillian ... Leslie Rogalla (’96) is Plummer’sfull-time special education teacher. She recently taught fora year and a half at Franklin Elementary School in ThiefRiver Falls. Her husband, Carter, is a business teacher atLincoln High School, Thief River Falls ... MarkThompson (’98) of Columbia Heights recently completeda major in mortuary science at the University ofMinnesota and is employed by the Methven-TaylorFuneral Home in the Twin Cities. His wife, Melissa, worksas an accountant ... Chris Hautala (’91) is the Title Iinstructor at Boase Elementary School in Hoyt Lakes. Forthe last seven years she was the Title I, Early ChildhoodFamily Education and learning readiness teacher at theTower-Soudan School District. She and her husband,Scott, have two daughters, Lindsey Jo, 4, and Allyson, 17-months ... Rachel Lee (’99) began teaching specialeducation at Menahga High School this fall. She is alsocoaching the B- and C-squad volleyball teams and, in thespring, will coach seventh- and eighth-grade softball ...

Pioneers of BSU Women’s Athletics Honored

Norm Gallant Rachelle LeeAmy Trudeau Mike Bauck

1999 BSU Outstanding Alumni1999 Bemidji State University Outstanding Alumni Awards were presented during theAlumni Honors Luncheon held during homecoming festivities. Award winners were in-troduced during half-time festivities of the homecoming football game and included (leftto right) BSU President Dr. M. James Bensen, Outstanding Alumni Award winners JohnBuckanaga ’59, Dale Carlson ’60, Michael Ford ’62/’65, Delphine Jacobsen ’63/’72, PatKelly ’69/’74, Larry Womack ’72, and Sue Kringen ’72, director of alumni relations.

Five pioneers of BSU women’sathletics were honored at thewomen’s hockey season opener Oct.29 as they took to the ice in a cer-emonial face-off to commemorate 30years of women’s athletics at BSU.

Joining BSU President JimBensen on the ice for the special faceoff ceremony prior to the BSU ver-sus Wayne State game to be recog-nized for their achievements wereBetsy McDowell, Pat Rosenbrock,Ruth Howe, Marjory “Mardy” Beckand Myrtie Hunt.

McDowell, professor emeritusand former BSU field hockey coach,currently serves as a Beaver Prideboard member.

Rosenbrock, BSU’s first gymnas-tics coach, also coached track andvolleyball and currently chairs the30-Year Anniversary Committee.

Howe, professor emeritus and aformer basketball and tennis coach,is one of the founders of the LadyBeaver Golf Tournament. Nowknown as the First National BankWomen’s Athletics Golf Classic, theannual tournament has become thelargest fundraiser for BSU women’sathletics scholarships.

Beck, professor emeritus, was thefirst president of the Minn-Kota andNorthern Sun Women’s AthleticConferences and also served as the

first president of the Minnesota As-sociation of Intercollegiate Athleticsfor Women.

Hunt, professor emeritus andformer tennis coach, was also theoriginator of the first dance showswhich have since evolved into thepopular “Funtastic Dance Follies.”

It was the fall of 1969, three yearsprior to the passage of Title IX, whenBSU elevated its women’s extramu-ral sports program to a full-fledgedintercollegiate varsity athletic pro-gram and began competing in thenewly formed Minn-Kota Confer-ence for women.

In its inaugural season, BSUwomen’s athletics offered seven pro-grams - basketball, volleyball, fieldhockey, gymnastics, track, tennis andswimming. Currently, the universityoffers nine women’s athletic pro-grams, with the most recent additionof women’s hockey.

In the last 30 years, more than1,000 female student-athletes havecompeted in varsity intercollegiateathletics at BSU. “Honor the Past,Celebrate the Present, Secure theFuture” is the theme of the 30th An-niversary Celebration with eventsand festivities taking place through-out the year and culminating with ahuge weekend of events scheduledfor March 24 - 26.

Honored recently for their pioneering efforts in BSU’s women’s athletics were (left to right)Betsy McDowell, Pat Rosenbrock, Ruth Howe, Marjory “Mardy” Beck and Myrtie Hunt.

Nominations invited for OutstandingAlumni and Athletic Hall of Fame

Nominations are now being accepted for candidates to be consideredfor the 2000 Outstanding Alumni Award and for induction into the BSUAthletic Hall of Fame.

The Outstanding Alumni Award is presented annually during Home-coming and is the highest honor presented by the Bemidji State Univer-sity Alumni Association. The recipients of the award bring recognitionto their alma mater through distinguished and professional achievementsand are honored for exceptional service and contributions to BSU and totheir community, state and nation. All nominees must have graduatedfrom BSU at least 10 years ago. Nominations will be accepted until Feb.1, 2000, and can be made by anyone except an immediate family mem-ber. Current members of BSU faculty and staff and current members ofthe Board of Directors of the BSU Alumni Association are not eligiblefor consideration. A nomination form can be obtained by calling theAlumni Office at 1-877-BSU-ALUM (toll free) or 218-751-3989.

Nominations for the Athletic Hall of Fame must be in writing and willbe accepted until Jan. 1, 2000. Nominees must have earned an athleticletter at BSU, must have attended BSU for at least two years and nothave graduated from another University. They must have attended BSUat least 20 years ago. Previous coaches and/or administrators who madesignificant contributions to the development and success of BSU athlet-ics may also be considered. Selections will be based on merit in fourcategories: athletic accomplishments while at BSU; post-collegiate pro-fessional accomplishments; service and contributions to community stateand nation; service to BSU. Further information is available by contact-ing the BSU Alumni Association Office at 1-877-BSU-ALUM (toll free)or 218-755-3989; or by calling Bob Peters, athletic director for hockey,or Doreen Zierer, director of NSIC athletics, at 218-755-2940.

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Lana Kivi (’91) has been named academic associate atNorthwest Technical College, Bemidji. Kivi, who is aninstructor in the accounting and legal secretary programand the business division chair, will split her dutiesbetween her new responsibilities and her current teachingposition. She is also co-owner of KB Professionals, Inc., abusiness support service in Bemidji that providessecretarial, accounting and computer services. Kivi andher husband, Ron (‘70), also an instructor at NTC, havetwo grown sons who live in Minneapolis ... Stacey Beyer(’95) and his wife, Tamara, recently moved to Hoffmanwhere they purchased Beyer’s Auto Center from hisparents, Gladwin and Pam Beyer, who had owned thebusiness for 28 years ... Jennelle Lowes (’95) is the newspecial education teacher at Lake of the Woods Schools.She is married to Darren Lowes and they have a 13-month-old son, Dylan ... Suzanne Goodwin (’99)

accepted her first teaching assignment this fall as a third-grade teacher at Cass Lake-Bena Schools ... Bill Kane(’92) is a new fifth-grade teacher at Cass Lake-BenaSchools. He and his wife, Luann (‘82), also a teacher, havetwo children, Erin and Terri ... Nikki Frank (’98) acceptedher first full-time teaching assignment this fall as a Title Iteacher for Cass Lake-Bena Schools. Previously she’dserved as a long-term substitute teacher and did her studentteaching in Cass Lake ... Brad Blooflat (’96) is the newphysical education/ALC teacher at Cass Lake-BenaSchools. He’s previously taught at Menahga and Walkerschools ... Rebecca Leach (’93) is a new fifth-gradeteacher at Cass Lake-Bena Schools. She has two childrenand previously taught at Red Lake for five years ... MikeBauck (’94) is the new business education teacher atBertha-Hewitt High School. He previously had a long-term substitute teaching position at Park Rapids and was astudent teacher at Detroit Lakes. He and his wife, Teri,have a two-year-old son, Zachary ... Gretchen Gehl (’93)is the new fifth- and sixth-grade teacher at Sauk Centre

Stacey and Gladwin Beyer

Pat Rendle

Public Schools. In herseventh year of teaching,Gehl has taught for threeyears on the White EarthIndian Reservation inNorthern Minnesota, oneyear in Faribault and twoyears as a substitute inLakeville, Farmington andNorthfield schools ... PatRendle (’95) was recentlyhired as the new GrandRapids Middle School

assistant principal. He’s been teaching for 10 years andmost recently served as a social studies teacher in Hibbing,where he also coached boys and girls hockey and football.He and his wife, Val, have two children, Bridget, a junior inhigh school, and Sam, a third-grader ... Michelle Varriano(’97) teaches second grade in Laporte ... LeEarl Rugland(’98) is employed as a long-term substitute physicaleducation teacher at Roseau Elementary School ... JaniceMusburger (’94) was recently hired as the new executivedirector of Elder Services Network, with offices in Hibbingand Virginia. ESN is a non-profit organizationwhich provides leadership and communication, enhancesnetworking and facilitates quality service delivery to seniorcitizens ... Nichole Christofferson (’98) has joined thekindergarten teaching staff at Menahga Elementary School.She has a daughter, Kelsey, in kindergarten ... Sandra Juni(’92) is employed with Cedar Hill Music Studio, New Ulm,teaching family music for babies and toddlers and prenatalmusic classes. The studio strives to create an environmentthat nurtures the total development of children from prenatal

Attending BSU is a family tradition in Bemidji’s Karger family. All six family members holddegrees from the university. Mardy Karger (’72) is enjoying his 27th year with Paul BunyanBroadcasting, Bemidji, and his wife, Lynn Karger (’91), is employed as an English, advanceplacement English and drama teacher at Bemidji High School, where she also serves as speechcoach. Brodie Karger (’94) holds a sales position with the Medical-Ultrasound Division ofGeneral Electric, Milwaukee, WI. Lyan Karger (’96) is employed as a police officer in Clayton, asuburb of St. Louis, MO. Marnie Karger (’99) teaches high school English in the Madison, WI,area, and Bonner Karger (’99) is employed with the Rayovac Corporation in Madison, WI.

to age seven, as well as providing private piano and voicelessons ... Trudy Anderson (’95) is an early childhoodspecial education instructor at Long Prairie schools. Shepreviously taught four years at the Wadena-Deer CreekElementary School ... John Hanson (’91) is a projectengineer with Harmony Corporation, Houston, TX. Heand his wife, Linda, have two children, Brooke, 4, andPaige, 3 ... Derek Gabardi (’99) was hired this fall as aneighth- and ninth-grade math and science instructor at

Gift of AppreciatedStock Maximizes

BenefitsAs a senior citizen and lifelong

learner, Gurnee Bridgman fin-ished a master’s degree in biol-ogy last spring.

“As one grows older, it paysto keep your mind active,”Bridgman said recently. “It’s alsonice to study and learn in areasthat are of interest to you.”

Achieving his master’s wasn’tthe end of school for Bridgman,though. He enrolled again thisfall to take additional classes.

In addition to taking advantageof the academic opportunities atBSU, Bridgman also makes gooduse of the recreation facilities oncampus. “Keeping your body ac-tive is as important as keepingyour mind active,” he said.

Bridgman’s ties to the Univer-sity go farther back than his yearsas a student. Bridgman’s motherwas an artist in residence at BSUmore years ago than he cares toremember.

Because of his close ties to theUniversity and a strong beliefthat everyone should pay theirdues to society, Bridgmanwanted to leave a legacy thatwould pay dividends forever.Last fall, he started a scholarshipfor students majoring in biology,funding it with stock that haddramatically increased in valuesince he bought it many yearsago. By making a gift with ap-preciated stock, Bridgman willget an income tax deduction forthe stock’s full value as of thedate it was given to the Univer-sity, and he will owe no capitalgains on the appreciated growth.This is true for all charitable giftsmade with appreciated stock.

Using stock allowed Bridgmanto make a much larger gift to theBSU Foundation than he mightotherwise have been able to afford.

If you’ve been thinking aboutmaking a charitable gift, considerusing appreciated stock. Discussit with your financial advisor.

The Bemidji State UniversityFoundation has initiated an elec-tronic banking service to make sup-port of BSU easier and more cost-effective. Electronic Fund Transferis a convenient, economical and se-cure way to support BSU.

Individuals can automaticallytransfer their annual gifts from abank account to the BSU Foundationin monthly installments. As withother types of EFTs, such as the di-rect deposit of a paycheck to a bankaccount, the transfer is completedwith maximum security and protec-tion of privacy.

Many people already makemonthly mortgage, car, and utilitypayments through automatic deduc-tion. Now an annual gift to BSU canbe spread out over 12 monthly gifts.

HOW EFT WORKSA single form is completed to au-

thorize the BSU Foundation to in-struct a bank or savings institution

Electronic Banking Makes Givingto make gift payments from the ac-count indicated. The form is sent,along with a voided check or depositticket, to the BSU Foundation.

Within the next two months, indi-viduals will begin to see the deductedamount on their account statement(deducted on the 15th of each month).The deduction will continue untilcancelled or changed.

A gift receipt from the BSU Foun-dation will be sent at the end of thecalendar year indicating participation.

Advantages for Individuals -Advantages for Bemidji State♦ An annual gift may be easier tobudget when it’s spread over a fullyear. It also provides a record ofcontinuous support.♦ Using EFT will reduce theUniversity’s mailings and processingcosts, thus maximizing a gift.♦ People are in control of theirmonthly gift and may cancel orchange the amount at any time,simply by dropping a note to the BSUFoundation.

BSU Foundation EFT Authorizat ion FormName(s) ___________________________________________________Address ____________________________________________________City __________________________ State ________ Zip ____________Home telephone _____________________________________________Business telephone ___________________________________________E-mail address ______________________________________________Name of Your Financial Institution ______________________________I authorize the Bemidji State University Foundation to deduct$______________ per month ($5 minimum) from my:

Account Number ________________________________________________ Savings Account ____ Checking Account

Please use my gift for:____ The University Fund (Bemidji State University’s greatest needs)____ Designated to: ________________________________________

Authorized Account Holder Signature ____________________________Date _________________Joint Account Holder Signature _________________________________Date ________________

___ Please increase my monthly deduction by ____ percent annually inJuly (beginning of the Foundation’s fiscal year).

Important: Please attach a voided check or a deposit slip from your accountto this form and mail them to the address below. Please allow 30 to 45 daysfor processing.

Thank you for supporting BSU!Bemidji State University Foundation, 1500 Birchmont DR NE DPH,Bemidji, MN 56601-2699, (218) 755-2778 or 1-888-234-5718

Easier Than Ever

Michelle Varriano Nichole Christofferson

Nashwauk-Keewatin schools ... Jamie Jensen (’98) hasbeen hired as a full-time long-term substitute teacher ofhome economics at Nashwauk-Keewatin schools ... SallyBeito (’90) was hired this fall to teach sixth-grade readingand special education at Middle River. She also coachesseventh- and eighth-grade speech. Sally lives with herhusband, Peter, and their four children on a farm inJuneberry. She previously taught at Mentor Public Schooland Paul Bunyan Elementary, Bemidji.

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In an effort to bring alumni fromaround the globe back together, BSUis announcing the publication of anall-new alumni directory. Scheduledfor release in the fall of 2000, the“Bemidji State University AlumniDirectory” will be the most up-to-date and complete reference evercomplied on our more than 30,000alumni.

The alphabetized BiographicalSection will feature complete indi-vidual profiles and will include suchdata as current name, names ofspouse and children, name used as astudent (if different), city and stateof residence, phone number, e-mailaddress and detailed business infor-mation. Listings will also cite classyear(s) and degree(s) earned at BSU.

Finding an old friend with the2000 edition will be easy. In addi-tion to the Biographical Section, de-scribed above, alumni will be cross-referenced by class year, geographiclocation and occupation. Plus, allalumni providing an e-mail addresswill be listed alphabetically in aseparate E-mail Section.

Bemidji State University has cho-sen Bernard C. Harris PublishingCompany, Inc. to produce the direc-tory. With more than 35 years in theindustry and a reputation of excel-lence, Harris Publishing is sure toagain produce a directory of thehighest quality for BSU graduates.

Harris Publishing will soon beginresearching and compiling the datato be included in the directory bymailing a questionnaire to all alumni.Please be sure to complete the formand return it promptly. (If we don’thave your current address, pleasecontact the Alumni Association assoon as possible so we can make sureyou receive a questionnaire.)

With your participation, the all-new edition of the directory is sure tobe a great success. Look for moredetails about the project in futureissues of this pub-lication.

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CommuniquesAND SUE KRINGEN, DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONSfrom alumni

Winter RendezvousMarch 12-13

The fourth annual BSU Winter Rendezvouswill take place on March 12-13, 2000, inLaughlin, NV. The event, sponsored by theBSU Alumni Association, includes an open-ing reception, lodging at the Colorado BelleHotel and Casino, a BSU winter golf classictournament and a finale banquet and awardsceremony. Alumni and current or formerBemidji residents are invited to participate.Look for registration information in the mailor, for further information, contact the BSUAlumni Office at 1-877-BSU-ALUM.

Debra Kellerman, BSU Alumni Association Board secretary-treasurer, presents BSUPresident, Dr. M. James Bensen, a “check” in the amount of $659,455, which representsthe cumulative giving for the past fiscal year of all BSU alumni in support of scholarshipsand programs supporting BSU, its students, programs and services. BSU alumniincreased giving to the institution by almost 100 percent over the previous year.

Input Sought inAccreditat ion

ProcessBemidji State University is

inviting alumni, faculty, staff,students and members of thegeneral public to provide com-ments about any aspect of theUniversity as part of the ac-creditation process now under-way through the North CentralAssociation.

Among the topics that maybe addressed are planning ini-tiatives, mission, utilization ofresources, institutional effec-tiveness, institutional integrity,or any other topic of interest.

Comments that are submit-ted will be provided to a teamof evaluators from the NorthCentral Association of Col-leges and Schools in early2000 as partial fulfillment ofBemidji State Universityís ap-plication for continued ac-creditation.

Accreditation by the NorthCentral Association is onemethod used to verify that theUniversity meets or exceedsestablished standards for qual-ity and happens every tenyears. More information aboutthe University, North CentralAssociation, and the accredi-tation process can be found atlinks in http:/www.bemidji.msus.edu/, may be obtained bycalling 218 755-2000, or canbe received by writingBemidji State University, 1500Birchmont Drive, Bemidji,MN 56601.

Comments may be sent bymail to Dr. Ivan Lee Weir, Of-fice of Research and Assess-ment, Bemidji State Univer-sity, 1500 Birchmont Drive,Bemidji, MN 56601 (email:[email protected]).

Submissions should be iden-tified with the words AC-CREDITATION COMMENT.Persons who comment mustidentify themselves; however,their identities will not be re-leased to North Central evalu-ators nor any other individu-als unless required by state orfederal law.

Allan Oman (right), the outgoing BSU Foundation president, wel-comes Barb Smith as the new president of the foundation board.Smith is a senior vice president at Norwest Bank in Bemidji and hasbeen a member of the BSU Foundation board since 1994.

all BSU alumni

Alumna Scores High on CPA ExamSarah Forsman, a 1999 Bemidji

State University accounting gradu-ate from Ely, was recognized by theMinnesota Society of CPA forachieving one of the highest scoresin Minnesota on the Certified Pub-lic Accountant (CPA) examination.

Forsman scored among the top tenin Minnesota out of 630 candidatessitting for the exam in May. She iscurrently employed with KPMGLLP, a CPA firm in Minneapolis.

To receive state or national rec-ognition, an individual must pass allfour parts of the CPA exam on thefirst try. Of those tested withForsman, one third were taking it for

the first time and only 46 passed.The national average for passingthe exam the first time is 10 to 20percent.

The CPA examination is a re-quired national licensure exam forindividuals pursuing careers as pub-lic accountants.

Forsman is the tenth BSU gradu-ate since 1979 to receive state rec-ognition for performance on the test.Six of those award winners werefirst in the state of Minnesota. Sevenreceived national as well as staterecognition, with one placing sec-ond in the nation.

1959 Class Reunion Part icipantsParticipants of the Class of 1959 Reunion included (front row, left to right) Janice “Kitty” (Vincent) Garland, Helen (Efshen) Wagner, Fran Anderson, Marcia (Olson)Vena, Marie (Owen) Hansen, Janice (Johnson) Fiskum, Dolly (Oaks) Talbert, Elizabeth (Erickson) Wolf. (Back row): Linda (Lee) Love, Pat (Conley) Green, KenHenrikson, Bobbie (Miller) Keenan, Duwayne Syverson, Jim Sharp, Tom Lapp, Kermit Anderson, Larry Golden, Bill “Huntz” Wagner, Jim Bensen, Bob King (Notpictured John Buckanaga).

Alumni CareerNetwork is OnLineThe new Bemidji State University

Alumni Career Network is online.Alumni of Bemidji State Universityare highly encouraged to volunteerto be a part of the exciting programwhich can provide to BSU studentsand alumni assistance in a variety ofareas, including career informationand advice, networking, job searchstrategies, potential employers….and more. Log in at: http://ea.bemidj i .msus.edu./cservices/description.html

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