{"id":40076,"date":"2020-05-12T11:53:27","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T16:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/?p=40076"},"modified":"2020-05-12T14:47:11","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T19:47:11","slug":"bsu-breaks-ground-on-first-new-building-of-its-second-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/2020\/05\/12\/bsu-breaks-ground-on-first-new-building-of-its-second-century\/","title":{"rendered":"Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Breaks Ground on First New Building of its Second Century"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Groundbreaking<\/a>
\nOn a sunny September afternoon, more than 125 Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ faculty, staff and students were joined by representatives from Minnesota State colleges and universities, the state legislature and the Bemidji community to celebrate the groundbreaking of the new Hagg-Sauer Hall. <\/span><\/p>\n

The original Hagg-Sauer Hall, built in 1970, was demolished over the summer to pave way for the new, smaller, modern classroom facility as part of an extensive campus-altering construction and renovation project.<\/p>\n

Following a Native American honor song performed by Nathaniel McDonald, a freshman accounting major, Karen Snorek, vice president of finance and administration, welcomed attendees to the ceremony and thanked key partners for their support. <\/span><\/p>\n

Jay Cowles, chair of the Minnesota State Board of Trustees, praised Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ’s planning processes and perseverance to see the Hagg-Sauer project through this important phase, with Dr. Devinder Malhotra, chancellor of Minnesota State, echoing his sentiments. <\/span><\/p>\n

“This project is much like the Greek mythological creature the phoenix, where rising from the dust of the old facility will be a new, modern facility, reborn to serve students and the region well beyond our time,” Malhotra said. “I believe the renovation of Hagg-Sauer will not only meet our students where they are but, more importantly, where they need to go.”<\/i><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ President Faith C. Hensrud shared a brief history of the old Hagg-Sauer Hall and recapped the 15-year journey Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ had traveled to reach a groundbreaking celebration. She also focused on the future and what the new building will mean for generations to come. <\/span><\/p>\n

“As we begin Our Second Century, we recognize how truly special this new building will be as we focus on our students,” Hensrud said. “I can assure you, the new Hagg-Sauer Hall will provide state-of-the-art classroom spaces that will enable students to achieve their educational goals, and will provide new experiences that lead to our student’s success.” <\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\n

\"Matthew<\/a>Participants in the Groundbreaking Ceremony<\/h4>\n

President Faith C. Hensrud<\/b>
\nChancellor Devinder Malhotra<\/b>
\nTrustee Jay Cowles
\nMinnesota State Board of Trustees<\/b>
\nDr. Derek Webb, professor and department chair of mathematics and computer science<\/b>
\nMatthew Sauser, former Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ student body president<\/b>
\nTrustee Jerry Janezich, Minnesota State Board of Trustees<\/b>
\nTrustee Roger Moe, Minnesota State Board of Trustees<\/b>
\nTony Peffer, Former provost and vice president of academic and student affairs<\/b>
\nNoah Wendland, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ student body vice president<\/b>
\nJohn Persell, representative, Minnesota House of Representatives<\/b>
\nJustin Eichorn, senator, Minnesota Senate<\/b>
\nKay Mack, Beltrami County administrator<\/b>
\nTom Brown, owner, Terra Construction<\/b>
\nAnn Voda, architect, BTR-Architects<\/b>
\nTravis Barnes, director of facilities<\/b>
\nDavid Sauer, son of Dr. Phil Sauer<\/b>
\nBill Maki, vice chancellor of finance and facilities for Minnesota State<\/b>
\nJosh Christianson, executive director of university advancement<\/b><\/p>\n

\n

Hagg-Sauer Timeline<\/h4>\n

Mid-2000s: <\/b>Hagg-Sauer Hall renovations
\ntop Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ facility wish list<\/p>\n

2014:<\/b> Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ receives $1 million from state legislature to plan construction and renovations<\/p>\n

2016 & 2017: <\/b>Hagg-Sauer Hall funds
\nincluded in Minnesota Gov. Dayton’s
\nbonding recommendations<\/p>\n

2017: <\/b>Minnesota State lists Hagg-Sauer
\nHall replacement as its top bonding priority
\nfor 2018 legislative session<\/p>\n

August 2017: <\/b>State legislators tour
\nHagg-Sauer Hall<\/p>\n

2018: <\/b>Minnesota legislature’s bonding bill includes $22.512 million for Hagg-Sauer Hall construction and other campus renovations. Gov. Dayton signed bill on May 30, 2018<\/p>\n

April 30, 2019: <\/b>Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ holds retirement ceremony for Hagg-Sauer Hall<\/p>\n

June 2019: <\/b>Demolition begins on old
\nHagg-Sauer Hall<\/p>\n

September 16, 2019: <\/b>Groundbreaking ceremony for new Hagg-Sauer Hall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On a sunny September afternoon, more than 125 Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ faculty, staff and students were joined by representatives from Minnesota State colleges and universities, the state legislature and the Bemidji community to celebrate the groundbreaking of the new Hagg-Sauer Hall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40078,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[958],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-magazine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40076","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40076"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40082,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40076\/revisions\/40082"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}