Past Alumni Award Recipients
Recipients of the Alumni of the Year Award
Since 1978, 53 individuals have been named Alumni of the Year.
2023 Glenn Bosch '80
2022 Brent Ekstrom '89
2021 Honored 2020 awardees due to COVID-19
2020 Kari Warberg Block '82
2019 Vern Dosch '73
2018 Michael Bullinger '70
2017 Bob Martinson '67
2016 Michael LaLonde, ’62
2015 Terry Bourgeois '84
2014 Brenda Mihalicz-Tufte '85
2013 William Goetz '64
2012 Tamra Halmrast-Sanchez '79
2011 Wayne Stenehjem '72
2010 Dr. Michael R. Brown '82 and Dr. Ron Tello '70
2009 Alvin A. Jaeger '63
2008 Dr. Cheryl (Senger) Elsbernd, '81 and David Farnsworth, '75
2007 Chuck Suchy '68
2006 Linda Hansen Falkman '68
2005 Dr. Gary E. Johnson '63
2004 Michael Wickstrom '53
2003 Dr. Charles E. Murry '79
2002 Pat Dirk '69 and Rich Karlgaard '74
2001 Tim Holtan '74 and Tony Welder '58
2000 Gerald Skogley '54 and Linda Juhala '62
1999 LaVonn Boehm Steiner '62
1998 Frank Koch '62
1997 Morris Tschider '52 and Irene Boehm Tschider '57
1996 Bert Gerhart '61
1995 Harley Swenson '56
1994 J. Michael McCormack '62
1993 Warren Arman '54
1992 Dalles Krause '53
1991 Barbara Gibbons Evanson '64
1990 Edwin Edlund '41 and Dorothy Mueller Edlund '41
1989 Rod Tjaden '61
1988 Dr. Lawrence Watson '67
1987 U.S. Navy Commander Lee Gurke '66
1986 Patricia Higgins Caudel '51
1985 Dennis Meyer '58
1984 Gordon Weiss '69
1983 Ev Miller '55
1982 Dr. Curtis Juhala '61
1981 Tom Jordan '54
1980 Beulah Hedahl '41
1979 Tom Baker '41
1978 Ted Boutrous '41, Mary Moses Schwichtenberg '43, and Myron Atkinson '47
Recipients of the Rising Star Award
This award was established in 2006 as a way to recognize the accomplishments of our most recent alumni. Since then, 18 alumni have been recognized for their achievements.
2023 Stephanie Schramm Wall Little '12
2022 Cameron Fleck '11
2021 Honored 2020 awardee due to COVID-19
2020 Lindsey Ellefson '12
2019 Jack Golden '17
2018 Jon Hunke '94
2017 Justin Reinicke '05
2016 Shane Balkowitsch, ’98
2015 Scott Zainhofsky '95
2014 Kirsten Baesler '99
2013 Sam Coleman '99
2012 Mick Miller '99
2011 Preston Schmidt '07
2010 Amanda Lewis '98
2009 Jon Fornshell '93 and Troy Sterling Nies '96 & '04
2008 Chad Ellingson '91 and Julie Schaff Ellingson '93
2007 Ken Bischof '92
2006 Alison Fallgatter '94
Recipients of the BSC Legacy Family Award
This award was established in 2015 to recognize the accomplishments of families with a long history of dedication to Bismarck Junior College/Bismarck State College.
2023 Frank & Joanne Bavendick Family
2022 Morris & Irene Tschider Family
2021 Honored 2020 awardee due to COVID-19
2020 LeRoy and Louise Walker Family
2019 Francisco and Bertha Tello Family
2018 Harley and Margaret Swenson Family
2017 Frank and Barbara Gilchrist Family
2016 Myron and Marjory Atkinson Family