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Bemidji State University
Established	1919
Type	University
Endowment	$10,912,494
President	Dr. Jon Quistgaard
Faculty	246
Students	4,900
Undergraduates	4,463
Postgraduates	437
Location	Bemidji, MN, United States
Address	1500 Birchmont Drive NE
Telephone	(800)475-2001
Campus	Rural
Colors	Green and White
Mascot	Beavers
Website	http://www.bemidjistate.edu/

Bemidji State University (BSU) is a public Minnesota state university in Bemidji, Minnesota on the shores of Lake Bemidji. It is a part of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU). BSU was founded in 1919 as Bemidji State Normal School. The name was later changed to Bemidji State Teachers College, then shortened to Bemidji State College and finally Bemidji State University. During the 1998-1999 academic year, the University Board of Regents recommended changing the name of the university to Minnesota State University - Bemidji, just as Moorhead State University and Mankato State University had changed their names to Minnesota State University–Moorhead and Minnesota State University–Mankato, respectively. The board argued this would emphasize the fact that BSU was a Minnesota university and thus attract more students from both in-state (who would otherwise be unaware that it was located in Minnesota) and out-of-state (who saw Minnesota as a good state in which to attend university). Large vocal and written opposition from students, former and current alumni, and local townspeople made the Board withdraw the recommendation. Current enrollment is about 4,900 students, with students from 44 US states and 40 countries.

Contents 1 Academic Programs 2 Foreign Programs 3 Sports 3.1 Fight Song 4 External link

Bemidji State University offers the only BFA in Professional and Creative Writing in the MnSCU system.

For 16 years BSU has had a relationship with Liaoning University, a university in China. Each year a professor from Liaoning University goes to BSU to teach Chinese and each summer BSU students participate in "Sino-Summer", a month long visit to China with half of the time spent at Liaoning University and half touring other parts of China including Beijing, Xi'an and Guilin.

Sino-Summer

Euro-Spring

Canada BSU has a relationship with George Brown College in Toronto Canada, a College of Applied Arts and Technology in Canada. Canadian students have the option of being admitted into the forth year of a Bachelor of Applied Science in Technology Management program if they have a three-year diploma in a Science and Technology program. The degree can be completed either through in-class and distance options.

http://coned.georgebrown.ca/section/dsed/techmgmtdegree.html

The school sports teams are called the Beavers and compete in NCAA Division II. The Beavers are members of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference in all sports, except for hockey.

The Beavers compete at the Division I level in the College Hockey America conference for the men, and in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association for the women.

Go Bemidji Beavers
Go Bemidji Beavers,
Go you Green and White.
Go Bemidji Beavers,
Fight with all your might.

We are here to cheer you.
We are out to bring you fame.
So go Bemidji Beavers,
Fight and win this game.

B-E-M-I-D-J-I Bemidji, Bemidji, Go BEAVERS!!

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Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference
Bemidji State • Concordia Saint Paul • Mary • Minnesota Crookston • Minnesota State Moorhead • Northern State • Southwest Minnesota State • Upper Iowa • Wayne State • Winona State

College Hockey America
Men's Division: Alabama Huntsville • Bemidji State • Niagara • Robert Morris • Wayne State Women's Division: Mercyhurst • Niagara • Robert Morris • Wayne State

Western Collegiate Hockey Association
Men's Division: Alaska-Anchorage • Colorado College • Denver • Michigan Tech • Minnesota • Minnesota-Duluth • Minnesota State • North Dakota • St. Cloud State • Wisconsin Women's Division: Bemidji State • Minnesota • Minnesota-Duluth • Minnesota State • North Dakota • Ohio State • St. Cloud State • Wisconsin