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ConnectionsBismarck State Col lege

VOLUME 18 NUMBER 3 NOVEMBER 2014

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Interim BSC President David Clark met with employees Sept. 30 to deliver the annual State of the College address.

Fourth week fall enrollment stood at 4,002, down 60 students or a 1.5 percent reduction from last year. While the part-time enrollment of 1,699 students has remained steady the past three years, loss continues in full-time enrollment. Full-time students totaled 2,303 this fall compared to 2,416 in fall 2012. However, the dip follows sustained record-breaking enrollments over several years.

One contributing factor is aggressive recruiting and student benefit packaging by four-year institutions, Clark said. Another is that high schools are graduating fewer students. Statistics from the North Dakota University System office show high school graduation numbers have been dropping since 1999-2000.

“We are still the third largest college in North Dakota,” Clark said. “Budget-wise, BSC had a really good year, though we’re trending backward on tuition collection.”

Because full-time credit hours also dropped – the factor that determines reimbursement dollars from the Legislature – BSC has a potential $1.2 million reduction in its appropriation based on the current funding formula. To address this potential shortfall, the college will spend carryover funds from previous years and raise tuition 2.3 percent. BSC also plans to ask the Legislature to fully fund the governor’s school funding formula, freeze tuition at two-year colleges, and allow college employee compensation to remain competitive.

In terms of academics, more students are choosing technical programs over transfer programs leading to a baccalaureate degree. Men outnumber women 2,271 to 1,731. About 78 percent of the student body is from North Dakota. BSC draws the most students from Burleigh County, followed by Morton County, and then as a group – Mercer, McLean, Ward, Stark, Emmons and Stutsman counties. Nationwide, BSC has enrolled students from 48 other states, reflecting the reach of its online course and degree offerings.

Other accomplishments:

• Four out of five full-time students applying for a BSC Foundation scholarship receives one

• Graduation rate is 44 percent (22 percent nationally)

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• Student retention rate is 66 percent (55 percent nationally)

• First job placement rate is 97 percent (71 percent employed, 26 percent continuing education)

Three capital projects are underway. Construction on the expanded Student Union will continue into next year, but the new Mystic Marketplace food service opened this fall. Foundation and steel went up last summer for the Communications and Creative Arts Center at the corner of Edwards Avenue and Schafer Street. Ground was broken in early October for two student apartments south of the Career Academy to provide 128 additional beds on campus.

The BSC Foundation has purchased the Unisys commercial building adjacent to the Career

The Communications and Creative Arts Building is taking shape on the corner of Edwards Avenue and Schafer Street.

Students browse the enhanced offerings in the newly remodeled Mystic Marketplace.

Academy with an eye toward campus expansion. The current tenants have long-term leases so there are no plans for immediate occupancy changes.

“The land and use of the building is certainly in the college’s best interest from a strategic perspective,” Clark said.

Planning falls into what Clark said remains his focus as interim president – the 2013-2018 strategic plan, which includes prioritizing programs and services. All faculty and staff are currently involved in gathering data for this initiative. Other priorities are retention of employees and students, Academic Quality Improvement Program (AQIP)-driven projects, and working with enrollment management data.

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Bob Canter, a BSC custodian, grew to love planting native prairie in the town of Oregon, Wis., working as an electrician alongside the carpenter husband of

author Jackie Mitchard, Christopher Brent. The men volunteered to set seed all over the township just as Jackie’s book became a bestseller and the first selection for Oprah Winfrey’s Book Club.

Years later at BSC, Canter put his ecology interest to work on the Sustainability Team, which recently finished part of a rain-catch garden in a low area east of the National Energy Center of Excellence (NECE). Measuring 500 square feet, the row of native North Dakota plants sits slightly out of the pilot channel that carries surface water run-off away from campus.

Canter installed the rain garden last summer, volunteering evenings and weekends. He took the project over from Crystal Forster, a former BSC employee, who proposed the rain garden as a BSC Office of Innovation Wild Endeavor in fall 2013. Her idea was funded with a $5,000 grant.

“I tried to be true to her intentions,” Canter said. “Planting is my passion – and like asking an artist why they do art – I just have to.”

Forster’s intention was to reduce and slow storm and sprinkler runoff entering the river thereby decreasing run-off pollution and enhancing the natural processes that remove contaminants. The garden also increases plant and biodiversity on campus, creates an outdoor science lab, and is an example of sustainability practice to the community.

Canter took the community example further and involved the City of Bismarck storm water engineer and National Resources

Conservation Service (NRCS) of Burleigh County. With soil and perk testing, they found the whole basin could support a rain garden. Another 4,000 square feet is planned plus a walking path. NRCS is contributing other plant species next summer to supplement Canter’s winter seedlings, which will be grown at BSC.

The rain garden has plants that need constant wetness and others that can be flooded occasionally and still survive. Some will set roots down five to 15 feet, providing a path for water to drain. Using native plants for soil infiltration is cutting-edge conservation, Canter said, and BSC’s project could be a demo site for convincing local land developers of the value of rain gardens and bio swales.

The Sustainability Team hopes to expand curbside rain gardens across campus, said Jean Rolandelli, team chair and associate professor of biology. Already planned is an outdoor learning center in the coulee south of the Career Academy. That space is designated for native prairie plants, a walking trail, sculpture garden and rain garden.

Rolandelli said a main principle of sustainability is increasing biodiversity. The team’s installation of a peregrine falcon site near the Missouri River can integrate with the NECE rain garden and become part of the cycle of life there.

“By doing that on campus, we are inviting other insects, butterflies, birds and other creatures to come and live in our space,” she said. “When you increase plant species, you increase other species.”

In just one summer, that appears to be working. Canter said “plants covered with insects – that was the best part for me.”

Students browse the enhanced offerings in the newly remodeled Mystic Marketplace.

BSC promotes sustainability with rain-catch garden

Among the plantings in the BSC rain-catch garden are big bluestem grass, Indian grass, some flowering grass species, marsh milkweed and anise hyssop.

Bismarck State College is committed to sustainability and made its largest commitment with an entire building. The National Energy Center of Excellence was the first “green” structure in the North Dakota University System. A large portion of its structural materials contain products made with recycled fly ash from coal-fired utilities. BSC also offers a Sustainable Construction Technology program.About the Sustainability TeamThe Sustainability Team at BSC promotes sustainable practices across all campus operations. It oversees an efficient recycling program, sustainable-practice education, and outreach to BSC students, employees and the community. Learn more at bismarckstate.edu/about/sustainability.


New initiative focuses on humanities

Innovation has come to BSC the past decade in many new programs, a nationally recognized energy center, and topical symposiums filled with

acclaimed national figures. BSC did the unexpected for a two-year college by presenting symposiums with content that provided a professional and university-caliber experience for students and the community.

BSC continues to do more than what a community college typically offers this fall with The Dakota Interviews. The project, headed by Clay Jenkinson, will bring focus to BSC’s liberal arts transfer programs and promote the value of studying the arts, science and humanities.

Jenkinson has an eight-year association with BSC as a presenter, symposium facilitator, and co-participant with former and future BSC President Larry Skogen in the Conversations at BSC series. An author, speaker, filmmaker, essayist, historical performer, and director of The Dakota Institute of the Lewis & Clark Fort Mandan Foundation, Jenkinson has devoted his professional career to public humanities programs.

“We’ve undertaken a humanities initiative here that includes symposiums, ArtsQuest, Conversations at BSC, and now The Dakota Interviews in an attempt to enliven and share the humanities from within a two-year college,” Jenkinson said. “This endeavor fulfills one of Dr. Skogen’s missions to make BSC a cutting edge institution within an emerging global community.”

The Dakota Interviews involves extended interviews and videotaping of 100 people of every background – farmers, homemakers, artists, welders, teachers, CEOs, business owners, young and old – to find out what people are thinking about themselves and the state in which they live.

“Eventually it will become an oral history of our time, an encapsulation of North Dakota at a certain point in history,” Jenkinson said. “We don’t have a good way of polling here, and I want to capture how people feel about who they have been and will be in this time of rapid change.”

This archive could be valuable for the state’s history, while also engaging students and faculty and maximizing the media facilities at BSC, said Jenkinson, now a part-time BSC employee with an office in Continuing Education. Through the BSC website and social media outreach, The Dakota Interviews will be accessible globally, providing afar reaching public service for North Dakota.

Jenkinson plans to maximize BSC’s fully equipped media studio, where journalism and communications students learn video production, create the MystiCast campus news program, and stream The Myx radio. BSC videographers Dusty Anderson and Cole Bernhardt will supervise The Dakota Interviews filming and have the opportunity to produce a high quality TV series that could be shared with Dakota Media Access and maybe public television.

Clay Jenkinson received the National Endowment for the Humanities highest award, the Charles Frankel Prize (now the National Humanities Award), from President

George H. Bush in 1989. He was the first public humanities scholar to present at the White House, where he portrayed Thomas Jefferson at a gathering hosted by President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton. A leader in the Chautauqua movement, he travels extensively as an historical performer interpreting eight renowned individuals. Jenkinson was a major contributor to the Ken Burns public television series, “Thomas Jefferson” and “The Roosevelts: An Intimate History.” He is chief consultant to The Theodore Roosevelt Center at Dickinson State University and annually moderates the Theodore Roosevelt Symposium. His film directing credits include documentaries on Gov. Art Link, Gov. William Guy and philanthropist Harold Schafer. Jenkinson is a Rhodes Scholar and Danforth scholar. He has a master’s degree from the University of Oxford, Oxford, England, and undergraduate degrees in English and English literature from Vanderbilt University and University of Minnesota. Learn more at Jeffersonhour.com.

Clay Jenkinson

Jenkinson has a long relationship with public radio. His weekly syndicated program, “The Thomas Jefferson Hour,” has a national listening audience on NPR and iTunes. As part of BSC’s humanities initiative, Jenkinson wants to originate his radio broadcast from BSC at some point.

“I’m hoping ‘The Jefferson Hour’ will bring attention to the work we are doing here,” he said. “I have a community around the country that responds and listens to the show. And if it emanates from BSC, it will be clear the program comes from the banks of the Missouri River and the campus of Bismarck State.”

ArtsQuest, Conversations at BSC, and now The Dakota Interviews...enliven and share the humanities from within a two-year college.

—Clay Jenkinson


Winnifred Hedahl: Honoring the past, supporting the future

Raised in Starkweather and Bismarck, N.D., Winnifred (Coyne) Hedahl spent the early 1940s earning a nursing

degree from St. Mary’s School of Nursing in Rochester, Minn., and then serving the U.S. Navy Cadet Nurse Corps in San Diego, Calif., until the war ended.

In 1946, she returned to Bismarck for what she expected to be a short visit with her mother. Instead, she stayed in Bismarck the rest of her life, taking a job as a nurse at Quain & Ramstad Clinic and, not long after that, marrying Neil Hedahl.

Her formal employment as a nurse was short, but she said, as the mother of five children, she frequently used her nursing knowledge and skills. When she decided to establish a scholarship at BSC in 2012, she hearkened back to that early education and profession, establishing the Winnifred Coyne Hedahl Student Nurse Scholarship.

Last summer, she addressed her inspiration for the scholarship.

“When I decided to start a scholarship for student nurses here at BSC, I told my family I could surely have used such a scholarship when I started out. Now perhaps I can enable another young person to have a wonderful education as I did as a nurse.”

Winnifred is one of several members of the Hedahl family to support BSC throughout their long association with the college. Winnifred’s husband Neil attended BSC from 1941-43 prior to serving in the Army in World War II, and was a member of the BSC Foundation board. Neil died in 1986 and, shortly thereafter, the Neil Hedahl Memorial Scholarship was established to honor him. Neil’s sister Beulah was a member of BSC’s first graduating class and was named an outstanding alum in 1980.

Over the years, several of the Hedahl children and grandchildren took classes at BSC. In particular, son Dick Hedahl, president of Hedahls Inc., took Calculus through BSC and has served on the Foundation Board of Trustees since 2011; and daughter Jane (Hedahl) Schreck also took calculus through BSC and is now a professor at BSC.

In addition to the generosity and involvement of individual family members, the family business, Hedahls Inc., has been highly supportive of BSC’s automotive programs, providing thousands in equipment and in-kind donations.

Winnifred passed away in August of 2014 at age 91. Her family reports that establishing the scholarship was a source of great pride and joy to her.

When I decided to start a scholarship for student nurses here at BSC, I told my family I could surely have used such a scholarship when I started out. Now perhaps I can enable another young person to have a wonderful education as I did as a nurse.

—Winnifred Hedahl


BSC ranked fifth nationally for granting engineering-related degrees

BSC documentary earns accolade

Bismarck State College was ranked fifth among two and four-year institutions granting associate degrees in engineering technologies and engineering related

fields in the August 18 issue of Community College Week, an independent, national publication covering community, technical and junior colleges. The ranking included BSC’s energy programs and other engineering-related degree programs.

Data from the U.S. Department of Education was analyzed and compiled by Community College Week to determine the top degree producing community colleges across the nation.

“It is exciting for BSC to receive recognition for having one of the highest number of graduates in energy and other engineering-related programs in the

Bismarck State College’s documentary film, Celebrating 75 Years: The Story of Bismarck State College, won a silver Medallion Award from District 5 of the

National Council for Marketing & Public Relations (NCMPR).

The documentary was produced as part of BSC’s yearlong celebration of 75 years of education and community. The BSC production team interviewed 57 employees, alumni and friends of the college over the course of nine months collecting 40+ hours of footage that was edited down to 108 minutes.

The film premiered on campus in January and is now available for viewing on BSC’s YouTube channel. You can find a link at bismarckstate.edu.

U.S.” said Kari Knudson, vice president, BSC National Energy Center of Excellence. “The results reflect our focus on student completion and the quality of our programs.”

BSC was ranked sixth in this same category last year. For more information about the rankings, see the Aug. 18 archived issue of Community College Week at ccweek.com.

Medallion Awards The NCMPR District 5 Medallion Awards recognize outstanding achievement in communications at community and technical colleges in Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, the Canadian province of Manitoba, Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands. It’s the only regional competition of its kind that honors excellence exclusively among marketing and public relations professionals at two-year colleges.

BSC program honored with merit award

Students in the Surgical Technology program at Bismarck State College achieved a 100 percent pass rate in the most recent

national Certified Surgical Technologist exam cycle for licensure.

BSC received national recognition and a merit award from the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting in acknowledgement of student excellence. This is the sixth straight year the Surgical Technology program has earned a 100 percent pass rate.

The Certified Surgical Technologist designation is the foremost credential for surgical technologists in the nation and required

for employment at many local, state and national health care organizations. Graduates obtaining national certification demonstrate basic competence for safe patient care in the operating room.

Besides Surgical Technology, BSC offers an array of health programs including Nursing, Medical Laboratory Technician, Paramedic Technology, and Phlebotomy Technician. For more information, visit bismarckstate.edu/academics.


BSC Foundation awards scholarshipsAcademicAcademic Honors Scholarship

Tesa Curtiss .................................... BismarckJacob Little ..................................... BismarckLanden Schmeichel ........................ MandanSabrina Skarsgard .......................... Stanley Abigail Zentner .............................. Omaha, NE

Chris Albin Memorial Scholarship

Mitchell Bettenhausen ................... Glen Ullin

American Legion Auxiliary, Lloyd Spetz Unit No. 1 Scholarship

Mahri Schumacher ......................... Moorhead, MN

Alec Anagnost Memorial Scholarship

Britnee Weisz ................................. Bismarck

Patrick Atkinson Scholarships for Enriching ND Scholarship

Kylie Helm ..................................... BismarckElicia Jacobson .............................. MandanKinzie Koch ................................... BismarckHailey Whitman ............................. Bismarck

Myron Atkinson Jr. Scholarship

Rachel Schroeder ........................... Dickinson

Myron Atkinson Sr. Memorial Scholarship

Daniel Skoglund ............................ Beach

Frank Bavendick Scholarship

Kole Bauer ..................................... BismarckLachelle Bumgarner ...................... WahpetonHaley Butterfield ............................ DickinsonErron Collins ................................. MandanAddie Eamon ................................. JamestownRebekah Ellis ................................. Billings, MTKeisha Engelhardt ......................... BismarckMacKayla Feeney ........................... BismarckSydney Gangl ................................. DickinsonBrandon Geiszler ........................... BismarckRachael Hansana ............................ HazenMacKayla Howling Wolf .............. MandanLane Huck ...................................... WillistonKeely Hutchens ............................. DickinsonJovahn Jefferson ............................ Brooklyn Park, MNDelrae Latendresse ........................ TownerJonathan Layne .............................. Toronto, OntarioEmmanuel McCullough ................ Crookston, MNMitchell McDonald ....................... St. Paul, MNTyler Mitchell ................................. Justice, ILAshley Mormann ........................... BismarckCody Nelson .................................. BeulahMitchell Newhouse ........................ Rapid City, SDGrant Nygaard ............................... BismarckKari Overby ................................... JamestownChai Pappa ..................................... StanleyAvery Privratsky ............................ DickinsonAlexandria Reisenauer ................... BismarckSierra Rohr ..................................... Dickinson

Katelyn Schaffner .......................... BismarckRachel Schroeder ........................... DickinsonKarlie Schroeder ............................ New SalemTyler Sumpter ................................ Nixon, NVCourtney Trolliey ........................... BismarckSamantha Wolf .............................. BismarckTanner Wolf ................................... Bismarck

Ronald R. Becker Memorial Scholarship

Abby Larshus ................................. Bismarck

Bismarck Public Schools Outstanding Student Scholarship

Jordan Arndt .................................. BismarckNicholas Perrin .............................. BismarckHailee Thomas ............................... LincolnPaige Weigel ................................... Bismarck

David & Myrna Blackstead Scholarship

Michael Tschosik ........................... Bismarck

Paul & Judith Bodmer English Scholarship

Jana Hathaway ................................ Bismarck

BSC Alumni Association Scholarship

Heather Kaiser ............................... Bismarck

BSC Foundation Scholarship

Ellen Bane ...................................... LigniteEdward Herdebu ........................... BismarckSeth Johnson .................................. BismarckTeddie Lawler................................. Bismarck

BSC Foundation Ball Scholarship

Erika Eckholm ............................... Bismarck

BSC Legacy Scholarship

Tienna Johnson .............................. Wilton

Georgiana Borden Memorial Scholarship

Sierra Rohr ..................................... Dickinson

Ervin & Dorothy Bourgois Memorial Scholarship

Tawney Hager ................................ BismarckKaitlyn Hayes ................................. BismarckSydney Miller ................................. BismarckDerik Schaner ................................ MandanAustin Schauer ............................... Bismarck

Walter L. & Lucille Braun Scholarship

Logan Backman ............................. WiltonBreck Hendrickson ........................ BismarckJessica Kleinsasser ......................... MenokenNicholas Perrin .............................. BismarckLaura Zacharias ............................. Garrison

Richard Brown Memorial Scholarship

Devin Stelter .................................. Bismarck

Michael & Peggy Bullinger Scholarship

Andrew Mantz ............................... Bismarck

Capital City Lions Scholarship

Jennifer McConnachie................... Bismarck

Cash For Our Kids Scholarship

William Binstock ........................... MandanErron Collins ................................. MandanAshley Diehl................................... MandanBreana Hoynes ............................... BismarckJoshua Jyring .................................. BismarckHunter Leno .................................. BismarckKalyn Omlid .................................. Bismarck

Pat Higgins Caudel Scholarship

Sarah Hoekstra............................... Bismarck

Century Booster Bust Scholarship

Paige Weigel ................................... Bismarck

Jim Christianson Scholarship

Garrett Compton ........................... Billings, MT

Marc & Betty Christianson Memorial Scholarship

Samantha Batsch ............................ GackleLaura Duchsherer .......................... BalfourRobert Richter ............................... MenokenShania Wilson ................................ Bismarck

Cecilia Deichert Scholarship

Aurora Niblick ............................... Bismarck

Warren DeKrey Scholarship

Ambre Thingvold .......................... Billings, MT

Gordon Dietrich Scholarship

Adam Long .................................... Berlin

Pat & Mary Dirk Scholarship

Katelyn Schaffner .......................... Bismarck

Doosan Scholarship sponsored by Bobcat Company Scholarship

Nick Nustad ................................... Bismarck

Alex Binstock Ellen Bane


AcademicJames & Mildred Duffy Memorial Scholarship

Allyssa Albrecht ............................. Wilton

Edwin & Dorothy Edlund Memorial Scholarship

Brian Bloms ................................... Bismarck

Heber Edwards Memorial Scholarship

Daisy Tripp .................................... Denhoff

Judith Ekberg Johnson Scholarship

McKenzie Larson .......................... Burlington

William & Marietta Ekberg Scholarship

Kaitlyn Olson ................................ Bismarck

Cheryl Elsbernd Scholarship

McKenzie Schick ........................... Herreid, SD

Marvin E. & Lois J. Erdmann Scholarship

Kendra Weigel ................................ Napoleon

Richard Espeland Scholarship

Travis Fritel .................................... Rolette

Explore BSC! Day Scholarship

Nathan Fitterer .............................. Bismarck

Walt & Norma Fiedler Memorial Scholarship

Taylor Ellefson .............................. Cooperstown

Burt Finney Memorial Scholarship

Jonathan Sevlie .............................. Red Wing, MN

Gate City Bank Scholarship

McKenna Flyberg .......................... Linton

Gateway HealthMart Pharmacy Scholarship

Michael Kuch ................................. Bismarck

Florence P. George Memorial Scholarship

Elizabeth Fettig .............................. Bismarck

John Giese Scholarship

Kathryn DeWitt ............................. Bismarck

Frank Gilchrist Memorial Athletic Scholarship

Tanner Purintun ............................ Hazelton

Jennifer Gladden Memorial Scholarship

Miriah Phillips ................................ Minot

Ray Grabar Scholarship

Valerie Needham ........................... Bismarck

Great Plains EmPower ND Energy Conference Scholarship

Robert Sauer .................................. Elgin

Leslie Gullickson Memorial Scholarship

Dylan Helbling ............................... Bismarck

Bonnie Guttormson Scholarship

Tanner Purintun ............................ Hazelton

Harvey Harris Memorial Scholarship

Alyssa Buetow ................................ Bismarck

Steven Harris Memorial Scholarship

Rebekah Ellis ................................. Billings, MT

Winnifred Coyne Hedahl Memorial Student Nurse Scholarship

Anna Hopkins ................................ Bismarck

Dr. Beulah M. Hedahl Memorial Scholarship

Levi Nistler .................................... Bismarck

Neil Hedahl Memorial Scholarship

McKenzie Rohr .............................. Dickinson

Raymond Heid Memorial Scholarship

Alexandrea Archambault .............. Fort Yates

Barbara Nielsen Heinle Scholarship

Tiahna Wagner ............................... Bismarck

Tim Hennessy Scholarship

Austin Tweet ................................. Mandan

High School Energy Articulation Scholarship

Trevor Lacher ................................ Bismarck

Bryce & Maxine Hill Scholarship

Brandon Hauck .............................. Dickinson

Ken Hoff Athletic Scholarship

Trey Harrison ................................. Richmond, VA

Ray & Gertha Hoffman Scholarship

Samantha Johnson ......................... Bismarck

Michael Hummel Scholarship

Alexandra Davis ............................ Bismarck

Niles & Ginger Hushka Scholarship

Christopher Schatz ........................ Steele

Chuck & Carol Iten Scholarship

Andrew Beckert ............................. BismarckPaige Weigel ................................... Bismarck

Tom Jack Memorial Scholarship

Chai Pappa ..................................... StanleyAshley Thorpe ............................... Bismarck

John P. Jackson Memorial Scholarship

Aaron Schenfisch ........................... Makoti

Carrie Jennings Memorial Scholarship

Steven Weigel ................................. Kintyre

Jerome’s Distributing Athletic Scholarship

Scott Nagel ..................................... Bismarck

Kadrmas Lee & Jackson Engineering Scholarship

Gavin Amdahl ................................ Breckenridge, MNKatie Williams................................ Bismarck

Norman Kamins Memorial Scholarship

Tyler Schimke ................................. Hurdsfield

Thomas Kleppe Memorial Scholarship

Kyle Roth ....................................... Strasburg

Frank Koch Scholarship

Derek Boeshans ............................. Bismarck

Dr. Eugene and Carol Kralicek Memorial Scholarship

Trevor Zacher ................................ Beulah

Ed Kringstad Memorial Scholarship

Erron Collins ................................. Mandan

Ken LaMont Memorial Scholarship

Courtney Goetz ............................. Mandan

BSC Foundation awards scholarships – cont’d.

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Peter & Marcella Lang Memorial Scholarship

Alexandria Reisenauer ................... Bismarck

Leona P. & Francis A. Larson/ JC Penney Scholarship

Alissa Kadrmas .............................. WashburnJohanna Long ................................. Berlin

Sidney J. Lee Memorial Scholarship

Roxanne Daeley ............................. Sherwood

Dr. Kermit Lidstrom Memorial Scholarship

Peyton Lind .................................... Bismarck

Evan E. Lips Memorial Scholarship

Scott Nagel ..................................... Bismarck

David Ludwig Scholarship

Leslie Beaudoin.............................. Bismarck

Susanne Delaney Mattheis Memorial Scholarship

Maria LeFevre ................................ Jamestown

Sam McQuade, Sr. Charity Softball Tournament Scholarship

Mikaila Wax .................................... Bismarck

Sam & Bertha Merritt Memorial Scholarship

Paige Feist ...................................... KintyreStacy Opp ....................................... Bismarck

Dennis F. Meyer Scholarship

Matthew Richter ............................ Moffit

Henry & Agnes Miller Memorial Scholarship

Paige Kihle ..................................... Bismarck

William “Bill” Mills Memorial Scholarship

Austyn Trauger .............................. Bismarck

Roy & Patricia Mindt Scholarship

Tayte Bullinger ............................... Minot

MDU Resources Foundation Scholarship

Levi Bernhardt ............................... LintonAlex Binstock ................................. BismarckKevin Kalvoda ............................... BismarckSteven Schild .................................. Bismarck

Dr. James Moses Memorial Scholarship

Nathaniel Knopik .......................... Dickinson

James Murdoch Memorial Scholarship

Kyler Vogel .................................... Mandan

LeRoy Nayes Memorial Scholarship

Leslie Beaudoin.............................. DickinsonAshley Bohrer ................................ BismarckEmily Kautzman ............................ Colstrip, MTTrevor Zacher ................................ Beulah

Dr. Robert Nordstrom Memorial Scholarship

Rachel Ford .................................... MandanLindsey Saxberg ............................. Buchanan

ND Society of Professional Engineers Scholarship

Garret Pollman .............................. Dunseith

Marcia Olson Scholarship

Megan Peterson ............................. Columbus

Doris Orr Memorial Scholarship

Symonne Gessele ........................... Bismarck

Part-Time Scholarship

Jordan Freitag ................................ BismarckKendra Pazdernik .......................... MandanMelanie Tanous .............................. BismarckGabraelle Twite .............................. Bismarck

Roger Peet Scholarship

Alexander Froelich ........................ Mandan

John Pierson Scholarship

Megan Eichele ............................... Robinson

President’s Run Scholarship

Tysen Rosenau ............................... CarringtonJenna Wentland .............................. Bismarck

Tom & Mary Probst Scholarship

Kira Bossert ................................... BismarckKatrina Hausauer .......................... ReganCaroline Jacobson .......................... Bismarck

Dr. N. Oliver Ramstad Memorial Scholarship

Ty Schaper ...................................... Beulah

George M. Register Memorial Scholarship

Ashley Doppler .............................. Bismarck

Eldon H. Reinke Memorial Scholarship

Kaylynn Kvarness .......................... Flasher

Kenneth Reno Scholarship

Elizabeth Knoll .............................. Mandan

Warren Robinson Scholarship

MiKaela Forster ............................. New Salem

William Roesgen Scholarship

Nate Yancey ................................... Bismarck

Milton Rue Memorial Scholarship

Grant Tweeten ............................... Washburn

Donald L. Russell Memorial Scholarship

Rebecca Christenson ..................... Maxbass

Erik Sakariassen Scholarship

Patrick Schumacher ....................... Linton

John R. Sakariassen Scholarship

Katie Winbauer .............................. Bismarck

Harold Schafer Memorial Scholarship

Anna Ziegler .................................. Mandan

Herb Schimmelpfennig Memorial Scholarship

Trenton Schwehr ........................... Bismarck

Clara Schleicher Memorial Scholarship

Emma Peterson ............................. Bismarck

Kay Schlosser Scholarship

Jonah Eslinger................................ Bismarck

Lyle & Charlene Schuchard Scholarship

Tim Wegner .................................... Bismarck

Mary Moses Schwichtenberg Memorial Scholarship

Jacey Wissbrod ............................... Noonan

Ken & Anne Shaffer Memorial Scholarship

Katelyn Baumgartner .................... BismarckCory Bencker ................................. BismarckMatthew Chumley ......................... BismarckSadie Larson ................................... MandanAlexandrea Leidholm .................... BismarckDaniel Neff .................................... BismarckSadie Wetzel ................................... BismarckJames Yesel ..................................... Bismarck

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AcademicGreggory A. Sharpe Scholarship

Rachel Handeland .......................... Drake

Shiloh Skyhawktion Scholarship


Gerald Skogley Scholarship

Bethany Mack ................................ Bismarck

Edward & Gladys Smith Memorial Scholarship

Joshua Aichele ............................... Bismarck

Maurice Smith Memorial Scholarship

Lachelle Bumgarner ...................... Wahpeton

Lynn W. Sperry Memorial Scholarship

McCormick Erfle ........................... Harvey

St. Mary’s Central High School Carnival Scholarship

Casey Neameyer ............................ Bismarck

Jason & Dr. Nigeria Stahl Scholarship

Alison Vetter .................................. Linton

Bob Stenehjem Memorial Scholarship

Clayton Schaeffer .......................... Bismarck

Student Government Association Scholarship

Kelly Groll ..................................... Beach

Walter J. Swensen Memorial Scholarship

Colin Colton .................................. Bismarck

Margaret & Harley Swenson Scholarship

Cole Roberts .................................. Bismarck

Adrian & Ardeth Taylor Memorial Scholarship

Adeline Eamon .............................. Jamestown

Aldeen Paris Welsh Taylor Memorial Scholarship

Emily Kautzman ............................ Colstrip, MT

Dr. Donna Thigpen Scholarship

Shae McGarvey .............................. Mandan

Harvey Thorson Memorial Scholarship

Haley Butterfield ............................ RichardtonConnor Candrian ........................... BeulahKatherine Doll ............................... New Salem

Lisa Fisher ...................................... DickinsonMegan Freeman ............................. WashburnSydney Gangl ................................. DickinsonKathryn Gerving ........................... New SalemTanner Gress .................................. MandanAlexia Hoff .................................... RichardtonCassie Holt ..................................... Ralph, SDVictoria Hopkins ........................... Watford CityAndrew Hulm ................................ New SalemKimberlee Kary ............................. SolenTalyssa Kvanvig ............................. HettingerTanner Lind ................................... MandanBreanna Nehl ................................. CarsonLexi Nistler .................................... BeachHannah Jo Schafer ......................... FlasherBritney Schneider .......................... DickinsonMitchell Tubbs Avalon .................. New SalemMichaela Urlacher .......................... MandanRebecca Valleroy ............................ New SalemTeasha Voegele .............................. New SalemMelissa Wagner .............................. Glen UllinBrandi Weiss................................... New SalemJennifer Zastawniak ....................... Beulah

Bill Townsend Scholarship

Kalen Hartel .................................. Watford City

Irene Tschider Scholarship

Jocelyn Bergquist ........................... Wilton

Glenn C. & Leola Vantine Memorial Scholarship

John Patterson ............................... Souris

Curt Walth Scholarship

Caitlyn Berg .................................. Underwood

Robert Webb Memorial Scholarship

Desirae Feland ............................... Bismarck

John Weeda Scholarship

Abreya Schuh ................................. Bismarck

Tony Welder Scholarship

Jonah Schwartzenberger ............... Napoleon

Wells Fargo Bank Scholarship

Kendra Koch ................................. Bismarck

Ralph Werner Memorial Scholarship

MacKayla Feeney ........................... Bismarck

Michael H. Wickstrom Memorial Scholarship

Ashley Bohrer ................................ Bismarck

George F. Will Memorial Scholarship

Adam Peltier .................................. Turtle Lake

Thomas A. Winter Memorial Scholarship

Nathan Raatz ................................. Bismarck

Howard Wolfe Scholarship

Theodore Boyer ............................. Bismarck

JournalismBismarck Tribune Celebrate 2000 Legacy Scholarship

Roxanne Johnson ........................... Bismarck


Jordan Bitz ..................................... BismarckRyan Haas....................................... BismarckErik Mattheis ................................. BismarckDanielle Molinaro .......................... Bismarck

Visual ArtsBSC Foundation Scholarship

Tristin Martin ................................. AnamooseDaisy Tripp .................................... Denhoff

Ervin & Dorothy Bourgois Memorial Scholarship

Alexis Eberle .................................. BismarckJonah Eslinger................................ Bismarck

Leibole Memorial Scholarship

Sarah Hoekstra............................... BismarckBrittany Johnson ............................ BismarckTanner Lind ................................... Mandan

Performing ArtsLydia Bavendick Memorial Scholarship

Nia Coley ........................................ Dickinson


Parsheana Adams ........................... MandanJoshua Aichele ............................... Bismarck

Brett R. Dvirnak Memorial Scholarship

David Sokolofsky .......................... Mandan


Levi Bernhardt Addie Eamon



Mathoni Anderson ........................ BismarckSamuel Breen ................................. FargoKerstan Cole ................................. Morristown, SDAlaya Diamond .............................. BismarckKathryn Gerving ........................... New Salem


Breanna Hehr ................................. BismarckTaylor Jung ..................................... MandanHeather Kaiser ............................... BismarckPaige Kihle ..................................... Bismarck


Kyle Hasse...................................... BismarckNolan Hauge .................................. BismarckPaul Hopkins.................................. BismarckAnna Hopkins ................................ BismarckAlexandrea Huber ......................... BismarckAndrew Johnson ............................ AlmontJessica Johnson .............................. BismarckTaylor Jung ..................................... MandanHeather Kaiser ............................... BismarckElizabeth Knoll .............................. MandanMary Laber ..................................... BismarckMcKenzie Larson .......................... BurlingtonAdam Michal .................................. Mandan

Jane Gray Stewart Memorial Scholarship


Cory Bencker Kira Bossert

Bethany Oakland ........................... BismarckNatasha Sickler .............................. BismarckDustin Smith .................................. BismarckTony Tammaro .............................. Mandan


Norah Mutschelknaus ................... New SalemAurora Niblick ............................... BismarckTaylor Olson .................................. BismarckKaitlyn Olson ................................ ScrantonHeather Pearson ............................ BismarckJacob Pertile ................................... BismarckDallas Schaefer .............................. BismarckWyatt Schafer ................................. MandanElizabeth Schuh ............................. Bismarck


Nathan Hausauer ........................... MandanJacob Lawler ................................... MandanAdam Long .................................... BismarckPaul Nagel ...................................... Bismarck


Kelsey Skaar ................................... StanleyDavid Sokolofsky .......................... MandanDani Stotz ...................................... Bismarck

Peg Jack Memorial Scholarship

Adler Scheer ................................... Bismarck


Loranna Szimhardt ........................ BismarckNick VanSickle ............................... BismarckRemmington Wanner .................... MandanMcCallie Willows ........................... MandanMarcie Woehl ................................. Mandan

Tom & Frances Leach Memorial Scholarship

Sarah Bauman ................................ BismarckDavid Larson ................................. Bismarck


Brittney Backman .......................... BismarckSarah Bauman ................................ BismarckVictoria Bellon ............................... Bismarck

Sheila Schafer Scholarship

Madison Singer .............................. Mandan

Find Mystic athletic schedules, photos and more at bscmystics.com.

Women’s Golf Women’s golf won their Region XIII Tournament and qualified to play in the National Tournament May 2015.

Men’s Golf Trenton Schwehr was a medalist at the Region XIII Tournament and he and Matt Schirado qualified for the national tournament May 2015.

Volleyball Volleyball lost out in their sub-region tournament and their season ended 20-16 overall and 4-4 in the conference

Women’s Soccer Women’s Soccer ended their season 1-10-1 and did not get by the region tournament.

Men’s Soccer Men’s Soccer ended their season 2-9 and did not get by the region tournament.

Mystic Athletics recap



Foundation 2013-2014 fiscal report

The Foundation welcomes members

The Bismarck State College Foundation abides by all guidelines of the Association of Fundraising Professionals

and the Donor’s Bill of Rights. Our cost to raise a dollar is 9.3¢, which is competitive with other organizations and well below the percentage required by oversight agencies. The BSC Foundation

is a 501(c)3, non-profit organization and all donations are tax deductible as allowed by state and federal tax laws. Most of our funds are permanently endowed, so the assets will be available to assist BSC and students for many generations. Our endowment qualifies for the State of North Dakota 40 percent tax credit.

Expenses

Program Services Scholarships ..................................................$ 450,779Student Recognition .....................................$ 24,711Employee Recognition .................................$ 23,324Grants Program ............................................$ 746,241College Development ...................................$ 46,288

OperationsSalaries & Benefits ........................................$ 188,785Interest Payments .........................................$ 113,095Other Operating Expenses ..........................$ 204,617

Fund RaisingGeneral Campaign ........................................$ 54,809Special Events ...............................................$ 21,697Total Foundation Expenses .........................$1,874,346

Support and Revenue Over Expenses $2,463,685

Investments

Other Income

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Support & Revenue

Contributions ................................................$1,437,866Investments ...................................................$1,523,840Endowment Income. ....................................$ 237,576Special Events ...............................................$ 50,303Direct Contributions to Programs ..............$ 711,769Other Income ...............................................$ 376,677Total Support & Revenue ............................$4,338,031

Total Assets June 30, 2014 $30,995,229

Executive ClubTanya FuherDakota CaulkingLindtech Services, Inc.Cheryl ElsberndHarold LarsonDon and Lynne Bigwood President’s ClubAE2S Arntson Stewart Wegner PCFrank and Joanne Bavendick Bearscat Bakehouse Beazley Engineering BlackRidgeBANK

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Cass County Electric Cooperative CenturyLink CHS Foundation Cornerstone Bank Dakota Appraisal & Consulting Dakota Gasification Company Bill and Bonnie Daniel Patrick and Mary Dirk Domino’s Pizza Eide Bailly LLP Food Services of America Rosemary Gunsch Bonnie and Steve Guttormson Halliburton Ed and Faye Hasche

Hedahls, Inc. Mark and Sandra Holkup ICBND Chuck and Carol Iten Jerome Distributing KLJ Loren Kopseng Dr. Eugene and Carol Kralicek BequestFaye Kringstad Diane LaMont Jay Larshus Dr. Gordon and Jackie Leingang Lignite Energy Council Henry Mahlman MBI Energy Services McQuade Distributing

Miller Insulation Co., Inc Otter Tail Power Company P & E Piping & Equipment R S Investment Group Inc Sharon Rance Red Carpet Car Wash Robert and Julia Ritterbush Rocky Gordon & Company Roughrider Electric Cooperative CHI St. Alexius Health Jason and Dr. Nigeria Stahl Taxi 9000 The Smile Center Cedric and Mary Theel Robert and Lillian Ward Wells Fargo Bank Bruce and Bridget Whittey


Angie Milakovic

Jennifer Schlinger

The BSC Foundation Board welcomes six new trustees to the board of directors

BSC Alumni Board adds members, elects officers

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New board members are Angie Milakovic, BSC National Alumni Association representative and associate professor

of geographic information systems program coordinator; Tayo Basquiat, BSC faculty representative and BSC assistant professor of philosophy; Karen Erickson, BSC staff representative and director of Admissions and Enrollment Services; Kelly Groll, BSC student representative; Dr. Benjamin Johnson, Bismarck Public Schools representative and assistant superintendent of

secondary schools in Bismarck; and Gregory Ross, reappointed fiscal agent and BSC interim associate vice president for finance and operations.

Michael Schmitz was elected chairman of the board. Paul Sandness is the new president, and Paul Bakkum serves as vice president. Tamara Barber is secretary-treasurer. Committee chairs are Debra Gallagher, Program Committee; and Tim Atkinson, Finance Committee.

The BSC National Alumni Association Board of Directors

elected Michael J. Thomas ’03, president and Shelly Wanek, ‘05 vice president, at its annual meeting in August.

Thomas is an agent with Kramer Insurance Agency. Wanek is compensation/EEO/recruitment supervisor at Basin Electric Power Cooperative.

Past president Angie Milakovic, ’97, now steps in as board chair. Milakovic is a BSC associate professor of geographic information systems.

New board members are Kyren Miller, ’98, program manager, BSC National Energy Center of Excellence; Jennifer Schlinger, ’97, medical case manager, North Dakota National Guard; Emily Dalzell, ’08 and ’09, marketing coordinator, Bartlett & West; and Kelsey Klein, BSC Student Government Association representative.

Returning board members are John Brammell, ’65; Dr. Steve Chuppe, ’81; Greg Ellwein, ’81; Rosella Grant, ’71; Tammy Heick, ’95 and ’05; Sommer Hunke, ’08; Jean Monroe, ’67; Anne Polasky, ’94; and Brittany Jasper, ’06 and ’10.

Tayo Basquiat

Tim Atkinson

Karen Erickson

Kelsey Klein

Dr. Benjamin Johnson

Debra Gallagher

Kyren Miller

Emily Dalzell

Angie Milakovic

Paul Sandness

Michael Thomas

Paul BakkumMichael Schmitz

Shelly Wanek

Kelly Groll


The following memorial contributions were made to the Foundation.

In memory of: Given by:

Bernice Achtenberg BSC Employees

Lydia Bavendick Frank and Joanne Bavendick

JoAnn Crockett BSC Employees

Anton Engelhardt Bismarck-Mandan Retired Teachers Assn.

Dean Gunsch Rosemary Gunsch

A.M. Vern Hansen Gordon and Paula Binek

Sarah Haugen Dr. Gordon and Jackie Leingang CHI St. Alexius Health

Beulah Hedahl Sharon Rance

Winnifred Hedahl Bruce and Sharon Abrahamson David and Georgia Anderson Myron and Margery Atkinson Julia Barth Mary Beauclair Jane Bieri Gordon and Paula Binek Ross and Darlene Birney Lois Brown BSC Employees Tim and Julie Buresh Carol and Dan Cashman Bob Clooten Dale Ely Donna and Joel Fricke Ida Halweg Randy and Susan Hansen Dr. Hal and Gerrie Hase Kevin and Marcella Hertz James and Charlotte Hill Stephanie James Thomas and Nadia Johnson Lynn and Caroline Johnston Kimberly Jondahl A. Elizabeth Keever Kari Knudson

In memory of: Given by:

Winnifred Hedahl (cont’d) Gary and Gerri Kremer Harold Larson James and Gail Leary Michelle Lindblom Arlene Mack Paul Meyers Ardyce Miller Pamela and Corey Paulson Lorna Radtke John Robert Sakariassen, Sr Eugene Scherer Kristi Schmidt L Nadeane Silbernagel Mary Lee Steele Cedric and Mary Theel Michael Tomanek U.S. Bank Suzanne Volk Roberta Wachter Thomas and Marialyce Walsh Lynn and Gary Warnke Pamela Weisenburger Ona Welder

Robert Hruby Janet and Rob Dixon Kari Knudson

Ed Kringstad Terrance and Judy Kringstad Taxi 9000 Faye Kringstad

Theodore Kubisiak BSC Employees Kari Knudson

Robert “Bob” Kuntz Beazley Engineering Seifert Electric Lindtech Services, Inc. James Eggert

Ken LaMont Diane LaMont

Leonard and Doris Larshus BSC Employees Jay Larshus

Henry and Agnes Miller Everett and Beverly Miller

In memoriam

BSC alumni basketball game Join us Nov. 28 for the BSC alumni basketball game when a team of alumni take on the 2014-2015 BSC men’s and women’s teams. If you are a former Mystic basketball player, you are welcome to join the alumni team. Contact BSC Athletics for more information at (701) 224-5480.

Admission is free. Women play at 6 p.m., men at 8 p.m. in the BSC Armory.

Alumni Award Nominations needed The BSC National Alumni Association asks for your help in nominating outstanding alumni for the 2015 Alumnus of the Year and the Rising Star Awards. These awards honor alumni for distinguished service, career success and leadership. Nominees must be a BJC/BSC graduate but anyone can make a nomination.

Nomination forms are available online at bismarckstate.edu/alumni or by contacting the alumni office at 701-224-5692 or [email protected]. Award recipients will be honored May 14, 2015, on the BSC campus. The deadline for submitting nominations is Dec. 1, 2014.


Dennis Meyer, ’58, was selected SCORE Member of the Year. Meyer is also the new chapter chairman for the Bismarck-Mandan SCORE Chapter.

Gordy Smith, ’73, was awarded the Making a Difference Award from the North Dakota CPA Society.

Lonnie Mettler, ’75, retired from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with 35 years of federal civilian service. He was also recognized for 22 years of active duty and reserve military service in the U.S. Army.

Mike Hynek, ’78, has been awarded the North Dakota Petroleum Council’s Outstanding Service Award for his years of services to the city of Stanley, ND.

John Risch, ‘78, was elected National Legislative Director of the Transportation Division of SMART, the nation’s largest railroad workers’ union representing operating railroad workers, bus and airline workers across the country.

Dennis Kraft, ’87, has been promoted to senior vice president of the mortgage lending division at Security First Bank of North Dakota.

Kelly Gunsch, ’91, has been named the executive director of The Welcome House of Bismarck-Mandan.

Tracy Bridwell, ’92, was promoted to lieutenant colonel for the North Dakota Army National Guard.

Tess Schmidt, ’92, director of clinic operations at Sanford Health, recently completed her master’s degree in strategic leadership from the University of Mary.

Darrin Heinert, ’93, has been promoted from patrol officer to sergeant with the Bismarck Police Department.

Glen Ternes, ’94, was recently promoted from training sergeant to lieutenant with the Bismarck Police Department.

Tammy Heick, ’95, ’05, joined the Bank of N.D. as an administrative assistant in technology and operations. She also serves on the BSC Alumni Association board of directors.

Jeff Howell, ’95, has been named the security coordinator at CHI St. Alexius Health in Bismarck.

Shanna Allrich, ’96, recently completed certified ophthalmic assistant training and passed the certification exams as an employee of Dakota Eye Institute in Bismarck.

Justin Parisien, ’00, was recently hired at the Dakota Gasification Company in Beulah, ND, as maintenance field technician.

Shawn Christensen, ’02, ’05, joined the

Leland Olds Station in Stanton, ND, as a laborer.

Kyle Engen, ’04, has been hired as a prototype technician with Applied Engineering, Inc. in Bismarck.

Nichole Fischer, ’06, has been hired as a marketing assistant by the North Dakota Safety Council.

Allison Bleick, ’07, joined Dakota Eye Institute in Bismarck as ophthalmic tech.

Michael Jochim, PE, ’07, joined Advanced Engineering and Environmental Services, Inc. in Bismarck as structural engineer.

Dustin Norby, ’07, recently began teaching at North Valley Career and Technology Center in Grafton as the marketing instructor and the DECA chapter advisor.

Destiny Holter, ’10, has been promoted to customer service and sales supervisor at Gate City Bank in Bismarck.

Tom Kordononwy, ’10, was recently hired at the Dakota Gasification Company in Beulah, ND, as process operations field technician.

Daniel Weisz, ’11, joined the Dakota Gasification Company in Beulah, ND, as chemistry laboratory field technician.

Brittney Beeter Hogan, ’12, executive director of Minot Public Schools Foundation, was appointed to the ND State Independent Living Council.

Marita Rau, ’12, was recently hired as an agricultural education teacher and Supervised Ag Experience program advisor at New Rockford-Sheyenne High School.

Cole Brunmeier, ‘13, began working at the Dakota Gasification Company in Beulah, ND, as maintenance field technician.

Ali Burke, ‘13, joined Allstate Insurance, The Stocking Agency in Fargo, as a licensed sales producer.

Ty Hagel, ‘13, joined the Dakota Gasification Company in Beulah, ND, as maintenance field technician.

Ben Jyring, ‘13, recently accepted an internship with Agency MABU in Bismarck while finishing his degree in Graphic Communications and Interactive Multimedia at Minnesota State University Moorhead.

Alexandra Leingang, ‘13, joined Applied Engineering, Inc. in Bismarck as office coordinator.

McKinzi Mattern, ‘13, joined the Dakota Gasification Company in Beulah, ND, as process operations field technician.

Karen Naland, ‘13, was recently hired as director of quality at Wanzek Construction in Fargo.

Benjamin Buchholz, ’14, a process operations field technician, was recently hired at the Dakota Gasification Company in Beulah, ND.

Austin Int Veldt, ’14, was recently hired at the Dakota Gasification Company in Beulah, ND, as an operator.

Ryan Korb, ’14, was recently hired at the Dakota Gasification Company in Beulah, ND, as process operations field technician.

Brett Leier, ’14, an electrical and instrumentation field technician, was recently hired at the Dakota Gasification Company in Beulah, ND.

Cody Morrell, ’14, was recently hired at the Dakota Gasification Company in Beulah, ND, as a process operations field technician.

Ty Rossman, ’14, a hardware maintenance assistant, was recently hired at Basin Electric in Bismarck.

Deon Sanders, ’14, recently joined Cedric Theel Toyota in Bismarck as body shop technician.

Connect with former classmates

Send Class Connections to: Juanita Lee • BSC, PO Box 5587 • Bismarck, ND 58506 or email to: [email protected]

BSC Connections Bismarck State CollegePO Box 5587Bismarck, ND 58506-5587

Upcoming Events

ChoralFest Concert Nov. 15, 5 p.m. • Sidney J. Lee Auditorium

Chamber Concert Nov. 18, 7:30 p.m. • Sidney J. Lee Auditorium

Jazz Concert Nov. 25, 7:30 p.m. • Sidney J. Lee Auditorium

Conversations at BSC Dec. 7, 3 p.m. • Bavendick Stateroom, NECE

Baby with the Bathwater, Winter Play BSC presents a satiric family farce by one of the funniest dramatists alive. Dec. 10-13, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 14, 2:30 p.m. • Sydney J. Lee Auditorium

BSC Annual Holiday Concert Dec. 17, 7:30 p.m. • Sidney J. Lee Auditorium

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