Bemidji State recognizes faculty and staff during annual celebration
Bemidji State University recognized 74 employees with 875 combined years of service, nine retiring staff members, two faculty members who have been granted emeriti status and the winners of the university’s Awards of Excellence at its annual Employee Recognition Celebration on Thursday, April 29.
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Pioneer Staff Report | 11:02 am, Apr. 29, 2021 ×
BEMIDJI Bemidji State University recognized 74 employees with 875 combined years of service, nine retiring staff members, two faculty members who have been granted emeriti status and the winners of the university’s Awards of Excellence at its annual Employee Recognition Celebration on Thursday, April 29.
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Dustin Liu ’19 with fellow Cornellians during a Jan 2019 service trip in Hualien, Taiwan, serving the Tzu Chi Foundation. Community-engaged learning initiative helps students change the world
March 5, 2021
Throughout his Cornell career, Dustin Liu ’19 was deeply involved with the community-engaged learning initiative (CEL) a university-wide effort to involve every Cornell student in learning with and from communities.
Dustin says that his engagement with the larger Ithaca community started from the moment he first set foot on the Cornell campus to take part in a pre-orientation service trip. His team worked together on service projects at Ithaca High School and Ithaca Children’s Garden.
Lucas spent a week in Washington, D.C., with other freshmen Bonner Leaders in March 2019.
He met her at West End Ministries, the local nonprofit that follows the motto, “We serve God by helping others.” Lucas worked there as its community garden coordinator when Mary came up to talk.
She was 60 and homeless. She came by to see Lucas almost every day, sharing with him the details of her life – getting evicted from an apartment and living on the streets because her monthly Social Security check couldn’t cover the rent.
When Lucas talks about Mary, his voice rises, and his hands move in rapid circles. He’s angry at what he sees. Thanks to what he’s learning at High Point University, he wants to put his education to work and help people like Mary.