{"id":50046,"date":"2026-02-04T13:31:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T19:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/?p=50046"},"modified":"2026-02-04T13:31:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T19:31:48","slug":"bemidji-states-for-the-north-presidential-road-show-continues-this-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/2026\/02\/04\/bemidji-states-for-the-north-presidential-road-show-continues-this-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Bemidji State&#8217;s &#8216;For the North&#8217; Presidential Road Show Continues This Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ President John L. Hoffman and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Alumni &amp; Foundation are bringing Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ&rsquo;s &ldquo;For the North&rdquo; Presidential Road Show to Minnesota&rsquo;s Iron Range and surrounding communities from February 9&ndash;12.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The tour, promoting the university&rsquo;s &ldquo;For the North&rdquo; targeted-initiative campaign, will bring Hoffman and other university leaders to a series of local meetings with alumni and friends, industry and other site visits. The tour gives Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ leadership an opportunity to hear directly from community leaders about their needs and to explore opportunities for collaboration and cooperation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The tour&rsquo;s Northeast Loop will include visits to several north-central and northeast Minnesota communities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>February 9: Grand Rapids and Chisholm<\/li>\n<li>February 10: Hibbing and Duluth<\/li>\n<li>February 11: Duluth and Brainerd<\/li>\n<li>February 12: Brainerd and Baxter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">A social for all Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ alumni in the Brainerd\/Baxter area is set for February 12. That event takes place from 4-5 p.m. in the Pioneer Room at Jack Pine Brewery, located at 15593 Edgewood Drive North in Baxter.<\/p>\n<p>&bull; Find the Jack Pine Brewery on <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/6yp8FNooZhgzwza68\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Google Maps<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Alumni &amp; Foundation asks that social attendees RSVP to help with planning by contacting Angela Schmidt, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ director of alumni and career advancement, at angela.schmidt@bemidjistate.edu or 218-755-2599.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">To schedule an interview with President Hoffman during a Road Show stop in your community, please contact Andy Bartlett, Director of Communications, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ, at andy.bartlett@bemidjistate.edu.<\/p>\n<h2>Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ the &lsquo;For the North&rsquo; Presidential Road Show<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Road Show is a tour of northern Minnesota and bordering states to promote Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ&rsquo;s &ldquo;For the North&rdquo; fundraising campaign, announced in August 2025, and to give Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ leadership opportunities to meet with business, industry, service and education leaders to explore opportunities for collaboration and cooperation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">&ldquo;For the North&rdquo; is a targeted-initiative campaign that aims to raise $25 million to support student success, facility upgrades and faculty excellence, and enrollment and recruitment. Hoffman says the campaign offers a &ldquo;fundamentally transformative opportunity&rdquo; for Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ and the broader northern Minnesota region to support students and elevate the university&rsquo;s mission and impact.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since it began in October 2025, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ&rsquo;s &ldquo;For the North&rdquo; Presidential Road Show has visited 11 communities in Minnesota and North Dakota. The tour&rsquo;s opening Northwest Loop visited Bagley, Red Lake and Thief River Falls, Minnesota, and Fargo and Grand Forks, North Dakota, between Oct. 27-30. The tour&rsquo;s North Loop included stops in Greenbush, Roseau, Bemidji, Warroad, Baudette and International Falls, Minnesota, from Dec. 8&ndash;12.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Hoffman and others will visit alumni and friends in Brainerd, Baxter, Duluth and Grand Rapids from Feb. 9-12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":50047,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[872,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage","category-top-story"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50046","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50046"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50049,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50046\/revisions\/50049"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}