 Bemidji State University wants to make sure our veterans feel appreciated. Lakeland News reporter Cheryl Moore has a preview of their tribute that will be going on for this week's Community Spotlight. Veterans Day may not be until Sunday, but BSU is celebrating all week long. We have over a hundred students that we that we know who are who are identified as veterans. Today a flag-raising ceremony was held on campus as well as an open house at the BSU Veterans Assistance Center in Decker Hall. As we approach you know Veterans Day it's a way to for us to honor them and to celebrate them for the service that they have given to our institution as well as our country so I am proud and was humbled to be serving in this capacity. If you feel like bringing the elements and showing some support for our veterans BSU has activities planned all week long. Tomorrow will be an event called Voices in the Field where BSU alumni and staff who are also veterans will speak about their experience and to give us a perspective of what it's like to actually be a military person and the things they will want us to know while we are you know worried and concerned about them as they are taking time overseas during deployment. On Wednesday we're having our missing men table where it's a table where we talk about celebrating celebrating our veterans but it's a part of our missing man piece of those people who have served in Vietnam and who are prisoners of war and on third stage we're showing the movie above Sunrise which tells the story of two service men who took a journey from Wisconsin to California to bring awareness to mental health issues. All of this week's events will start around noon to make it convenient for staff and students although the whole community is welcome to come. If you have access our activities are on our on the university website if there's questions please are free to call the Dean of Students office and that number is 218-755-2075 and we'll be happy to give you that information. Officials at BSU tell me events like these have been going on at the university for a number of years. In the future they plan to continue the tradition. With this week's community spotlight in Bemidji, Sheryl Moore, Lakeland News. And BSU will be closed this Friday to observe the Veterans Day holiday. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public