 2018 Rising Star Award
Jon Hunke ('94) believes that those willing to give back can truly make a difference. As the BSC Rising Star Award winner, he's being recognized for that very attribute. An accounting major, Hunke paid for college as he went, earning degrees at BSC, NDSU and University of Mary. He worked full time while earning his master's degree. After NDSU, he worked at a regional accounting firm, before coming home to Bismarck where he first went to work for MDU Construction Services Group. He currently serves as Vice President of Accounting, Finance and Information Technology. Hunke and his wife, Sommer, are members of the BSC Alumni Association 1939 Society. He also serves on the BSC Foundation Student Housing Board and the BSC Business and Management Advisory Board.
 2018 Legacy Family
The Swenson Family has not only attended BSC, Harley Swenson spent years getting his hands dirty making BSC the beautiful campus it is today. After graduating from BJC (now BSC), Harley went to UND where he met his wife, Margaret. They returned to Bismarck and established Swenson, Hagen & Company a civil engineering and land surveying firm in 1967. Over the years, Harley and his company worked on a number of BSC campus improvement projects from parking lots to planting trees. All three Swenson children, a son-in-law and a grandson have attended BSC. Members of the BSC Alumni Association 1939 Society, Harley and Margaret established a Swenson family scholarship for pre-engineering students at BSC in 2013. Harley was named BSC Outstanding Alumnus in 1995, and received the Presidential Merit Award from the BSC National Alumni Association in 1984.
For more information about the BSC Alumni of the Year Awards Dinner or program, please contact the alumni office at (701) 224-5692 or (800) 272-2586 or email Rita.Nodland@bismarckstate.edu.
The BSC Alumni Awards Recognition program is sponsored by the Board of Directors of the Bismarck State College National Alumni Association, Bismarck State College and the BSC Foundation.
Past Recipients
Recipients of the Alumni of the Year Award
Since 1978, 50 individuals have been named Alumni of the Year.
2018 Michael Bullinger '90
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, 15 alumni have been recognized for their achievements.
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.
2018 Harley and Margaret Swenson Family
2017 Frank and Barbara Gilchrist Family
2016 Myron and Marjory Atkinson Family
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