  {"id":1497,"date":"2017-07-13T09:33:58","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T14:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/100\/?p=1497"},"modified":"2018-07-02T15:12:54","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T20:12:54","slug":"jake-sobieck-named-director-of-annual-giving-for-beaver-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/100\/2017\/07\/13\/jake-sobieck-named-director-of-annual-giving-for-beaver-athletics\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Sobieck Named Director of Annual Giving for Beaver Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>91Ì½»¨ alumnus Jake Sobieck has joined <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bsualumni.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">BSU Alumni &amp; Foundation<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a> as director of annual giving for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bsubeavers.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Beaver Athletics<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n<table class=\" alignright\" style=\"max-width: 220px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/2017\/07\/13\/photo-jake-sobieck-director-of-annual-giving-beaver-athletics\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-28832 size-full img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/07\/Sobieck-Jake-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p class=\"smaller\" style=\"text-align: center\">download photo<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Sobieck will oversee all annual giving activities for Beaver Athletics, coordinate the foundation&rsquo;s Beaver Pride club and serve as a liaison to the B-Club &mdash; a sport-specific alumni program for former Beaver student-athletes. He will also coordinate athletics fundraising events such as the bi-annual Green and White Dinner and Auction.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What stands out about Jake are his outgoing and enthusiastic personality and his passion for BSU and BSU&rsquo;s athletic programs,&rdquo; said Marla Patrias, executive director of BSU Alumni &amp; Foundation. &ldquo;Increased athletic scholarship support is critical to the success of each of our athletic programs, and Jake will be able to continue and grow our engagement and fundraising efforts. We&rsquo;re excited to have him join our team.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining the foundation, Sobieck spent nearly two years as intramural coordinator at Bemidji State, where he managed a staff of 15-20 employees. He also worked as a public relations and marketing assistant for BSU&rsquo;s Gillett Wellness Center.<\/p>\n<p>Sobieck earned both his bachelor&rsquo;s and master&rsquo;s degrees at Bemidji State. He has a bachelor of arts in psychology with a coaching certificate and a master of arts in teaching.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am beyond excited,&rdquo; Sobieck said. &ldquo;This position is an opportunity for me to give back to BSU as I build deeper relationships within the community and help our athletics programs build a better future for our students.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sobieck began on June 15. He succeeds Adrian Dunn, who held the position since 2015. In May, Dunn was promoted to gift officer with BSU Alumni &amp; Foundation.<\/p>\n<h3>Contact<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Jake Sobieck, director of annual giving, BSU Alumni &amp; Foundation; (218) 755-2827, <a href=\"mailto:jsobieck@bemidjistate.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">jsobieck@bemidjistate.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/06\/MN-State-logo-100x175.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-24884 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/06\/MN-State-logo-100x175.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"175\"><\/a>91Ì½»¨<\/b>, located in northern Minnesota&rsquo;s lake district, occupies a wooded campus along the shore of Lake Bemidji. A member of the colleges and universities of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.minnstate.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Minnesota State<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a>, Bemidji State offers more than 80 undergraduate majors and 11 graduate degrees encompassing arts, sciences and select professional programs. Bemidji State has an enrollment of more than 5,100 students and a faculty and staff of more than 550. University signature themes include environmental stewardship, civic engagement and global and multi-cultural understanding.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p class=\"smaller\" style=\"text-align: right\">2018-B-L-004<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>91Ì½»¨ alumnus Jake Sobieck has joined <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bsualumni.org\">BSU Alumni &amp; Foundation<\/a> as director of annual giving for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bsubeavers.com\">Beaver Athletics<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":188,"featured_media":1498,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[14,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2010s","category-bsu-history"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/188"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1497"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1499,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1497\/revisions\/1499"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}