Bemidji State University

November is busy at BSU, with groups like the Symphonic Band and Trombone Choir giving concerts. Adjunct Professor Ryan Webber joined “Area Voices” to discuss the upcoming performances.

The Bemidji State victory over Northern State University on Oct. 4, 2025, marked 30 years of a unique tradition for the "University in the Pines."

With its defeat of Northern State University in its homecoming game on Oct. 4, 2025, the Bemidji State football team celebrated its homecoming win by jumping into the lake — a 30-year-old Beaver tradition.

Plus: Attorney General Keith Ellison will be in Bemidji Tuesday, Oct. 7, for a community forum; Bemidji State University Alumni & Foundation is launching a fundraising campaign to replant the campus after the June 2025 wind storm; and the Cuyuna Regional Medical Center announces changes to its healthcare delivery services in the Brainerd Lakes area.

Mark Baez is an associate professor of clinical psychology, and the screening tool he developed to assess Native suicide risk in a culturally sensitive way is about to start its pilot study.

Bemidji State University Alumni & Foundation is launching a new initiative to replant some of the hundreds of trees damaged on campus in the June 21, 2025, wind storm.

Mark Baez is an associate professor of clinical psychology at Bemidji State. A member of the Tap Pilam Coahuiltecan tribe and of Pawnee and Mohawk descent, he is about to begin a pilot study for a new suicide screening tool uniquely developed to identify risk and protective factors for Indigenous people.

The House Capital Investment Committee took an infrastructure tour of Northwestern MN, hearing more about proposals for inclusion in the next bonding bill.

The Headwaters Regional Development Commission and its partners hosted its second community picnic on Sept. 17, 2025.

The Talley Gallery at Bemidji State University is hosting the exhibit “Marley Kaul: Retrospective” beginning Sept. 4, 2025. Steve Kaul joins “Area Voices” to discuss the exhibit and new book “Paintings.”