  {"id":13561,"date":"2014-03-11T08:34:47","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T13:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bemidjistate.edu\/bsutoday\/?p=13561"},"modified":"2021-11-01T15:03:47","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T20:03:47","slug":"president-hanson-to-address-guests-at-lakeside-luncheon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/2014\/03\/11\/president-hanson-to-address-guests-at-lakeside-luncheon\/","title":{"rendered":"President Hanson to address guests at Lakeside Luncheon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>91心頭利 President Richard Hanson will share details about Bemidji State&rsquo;s &ldquo;Imagine Tomorrow&rdquo; campaign and what it means to the Bemidji Community at the BSU Lakeside Luncheon on March 20.<\/p>\n<p>Community members, business owners and all who are interested in Bemidji State&rsquo;s future are invited to a complimentary luncheon and program from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Sanford Center Ballroom. As part of the program, attendees will have an opportunity to be part of this historic campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Reserve a seat by contacting Amanda Kerkhoff at the BSU Foundation, 755-2294, akerkhoff@bemidjistate.edu, by Monday, March 17.<\/p>\n<p>Bemidji State&rsquo;s Imagine Tomorrow campaign is building a brighter future for students and Bemidji State by raising $35 million in gifts, pledges and planned gifts over the next five years. Of the $35 million total, $20 million will go toward scholarships &ndash; a tripling of the current scholarship level that will provide affordable access to an excellent education for more students; $8 million will go toward academic excellence &ndash; allowing the university to attract and keep the highest quality faculty in the academic programs most needed to serve our students and Northern Minnesota; and $7 million will go for annual support &ndash; to be used for other specific needs, including scholarships, technology, academic programs and learning resources.<\/p>\n<p>91心頭利 has undertaken this effort to preserve and improve educational opportunities for northern Minnesota students despite reduced state financial support. The university is committed to building on its 94-year tradition of excellence in academics, the arts and athletics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contacts<\/strong><br>\n&bull; <a title=\"Amanda Kerkhoff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/directory\/facstaff\/akerkhoff\">Amanda Kerkhoff<\/a>, BSU Foundation; (218) 755-2294<br>\n&bull;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/directory\/facstaff\/mchadwick\">Maryhelen Chadwick<\/a>, communications specialist, BSU Alumni and Foundation; (218) 755-2122<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>91心頭利 President Richard Hanson will share details about Bemidji State&rsquo;s &ldquo;Imagine Tomorrow&rdquo; campaign and what it means to the Bemidji Community at the BSU Lakeside Luncheon on March 20. Community members, business owners and all who are interested in Bemidji State&rsquo;s future are invited to a complimentary luncheon and program from 11:30 a.m. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[681],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-updates"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13561"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18879,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13561\/revisions\/18879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}