The Mystician

Boat Day! - Mygel's cabin out for their tubing ride. Summer camp has a special place in my heart. Unfortunately I never got the opportunity to go to camp as a camper. The closest I got to that feeling was going on a couple “father-son” retreats where the whole weekend is just tailored to us, but I never went to a weeklong summer camp growing up. It is something that looking back I wish I got to do, but I digress. This summer I got the opportunity to lead again at Castaway

Kayden Schmitcke (left), Liberty Friez (middle), and Sophia Fafard (right) stop for a photo before entering Canada. Over a weekend in July, Sophia took Kayden and me to her home back in Rocanville, Saskatchewan. We left on a Friday, and some road construction and a mishap with Google maps turned a four-hour trip into an eight-hour excursion. Oh well! Frustrating at the time, but now we look back on it fondly. We arrived around 10 that night, exiting the car and being bom

Water Meets Ingenuity - Pictured is the bottom side of the Hoover Dam and the entrance of the Colorado River. Started in 1931, the Hoover Dam was the largest dam in the world during this time and supplied much needed energy and clean water to millions of people. Nothing says summer like a girls trip! Over the last couple days of July, our family decided to take a generational Vegas girls trip with my grandma, my mom, my sister Kayla Hilzendeger, and me. We stayed at the Pari

BSC Student Mygel Porter interviews Explore BSC Attendee Eli Halstad at the event on May 29, 2026 Bismarck State College kicked off summer with an event to connect teens to campus. Explore BSC gave prospective students a chance to experience campus on May 29 with a one day event that allowed attendees to connect with future faculty members, staff, and classmates. This event was led by the BSC Admissions and Enrollment Services Department. Due to the large collaborative eff