Submitted Photo The Climbing Club at Minot State University creates meaningful experiences for its members. Photo from MSU Communications.

Editor’s Note: Students Bryer Samuelson and Nikita Neyshtadt will return to MSU this fall. Yoni Neyshtadt and Shawn Bennett have graduated.

The Climbing Club at Minot State University has a story rooted in revival and student initiative.

Though the club had existed previously under different names and goals, it had gone quiet for some time. The effort to bring it back began with Benjamin Bagwell, the university’s coordinator of recreation programs, who encouraged the MSU Wellness Center Rock Wall staff to restart the club.

That spark led students Bryer Samuelson and Shawn Bennett, both active in MSU’s Student Government Association and climbing, to

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