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People just like you It’s because of the volunteer support of countless alumni and friends – spirited people like Sean Gundersen – that Northwest continues to thrive.

“Being members of the Bearcat family doesn’t end after graduation – it’s a lifelong commitment. That’s why after graduation we decided to become members of the Central Iowa Alumni and Friends Chapter. Being involved in the chapter has given us opportunities to give back to Northwest through volunteering, building chapter endowment funds to support future students, recruiting at the Iowa State Fair and connecting with Bearcats in central Iowa through monthly First Thursday social events. Connections we’ve made through our involvement will last a lifetime and we encourage you to become involved in your local alumni chapter. Once a Bearcat, always a Bearcat!”

Sean Gundersen ’10, ’13, Central Iowa Alumni and Friends Chapter past president with Dale Wion, friend of Northwest, and Chelsea Wion Gundersen ’11, ’14 If you are interested in volunteer opportunities at Northwest, contact the Office of University Advancement at alumni@nwmissouri.edu or 660.562.1248.

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Powering learning Northwest is investing in its academic spaces to enhance teaching and learning. From the studios of KXCV and a new state-of-the-art fitness center to a model classroom in Colden Hall and new media lab in Wells Hall, learning environments are changing, and there’s more to come.

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Building better Bearcats The launch of a School of Health Science and Wellness at Northwest has ushered in a new era of preparing students for careers in health and recreation fields. Faculty, alumni and community partners are collaborating to strengthen academic programming and adapt to needs.

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5x national champions With “Find a Way” as its mantra, the Bearcat football program capped a perfect 15-0 season and claimed its fifth NCAA Division II title in front of a record-setting crowd at Sporting Park in Kansas City.

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Editor Mark Hornickel ’01, ’13 mhorn@nwmissouri.edu

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10 Cover Story 16 Advancing Northwest 38 Alumni Connections 45 Bearcat Sports 50 Class Notes

Design assistants Ashlee Hendrix ’08 Wes Rockwood ’14 Photographer Todd Weddle ’96 tweddle@nwmissouri.edu Photography assistants Jacob Hubbert ’15 Teja Yedugani

Editorial assistants David Boyce Mitzi Craft ’91, ’09 Brett Fredenberg Teresa Darrah Gustafson ’97, ’05 Mike Johnson ’85 Laurie Drummond Long ’92 Rhonda Mannasmith Bob Machovsky ’15 Katie Machovsky Tiona McKinney ’15 Scott Nielson ’01 Dr. Lonelle Rathje ’97 ’03 Alexis Ryan Brandon Stanley ’01 Lori McLemore Steiner ’85 Steve Sutton ’71 Brenda Untiedt ’00, ’09 Lee Volmer

The Northwest Alumni Magazine is published twice a year by the Office of University Marketing and Communication, the Office of University Advancement, Northwest Missouri State University and the Northwest Foundation Inc., 800 University Dr., Maryville, MO 64468-6001.

The mission of the Northwest Alumni Magazine is to foster connections between alumni, friends and Northwest Missouri State University. The University strives to inform readers of the accomplishments of Northwest’s alumni, friends, faculty, staff and students and to positively position the University in the hearts of its many constituents to increase public and private support.

Northwest Missouri State University is an equal-opportunity, co-educational university and does not discriminate based on race, sex, disability, age, national origin or religion.

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School of Health Science and Wellness teaches lifespan health, active living As we began our transition planning for Northwest’s School of Health Science and Wellness last summer, one of our primary goals was to insure our new structure would allow us to continue what we do well – focusing on student success. Our intent as a multidisciplinary School is to facilitate the development of the key knowledge, skills and attitudes for students seeking careers in health and wellness fields and to concentrate on our mission of lifespan health and active living.

This process builds on our strong past. Our legacy undergraduate degree programs – dietetics, physical education, and recreation, coupled with graduate programs in applied health and sport science, health and physical education and recreation – continue to evolve, develop and provide a strong foundation for future growth. We already have made great progress on the development of new programs and services and will continue to provide timely and relevant academic programs and services.

Moreover, our new structure affords us an enhanced opportunity to work collaboratively across campus, in our communities and throughout the region. The School of Health Science and

Wellness serves as a mechanism to direct students to one of several health and wellness related programs of study, including programs offered by our on-campus academic partners in the departments of Behavioral Sciences and Natural Sciences. As we looked around campus, we found a large number of majors, minors and graduate programs that fit this bill, including 11 pre-professional programs, three wellness-based bachDr. Matt Symonds addresses a crowd gathered at a celebration marking elor’s degree programs, four the launch of the School of Health Science and Wellness in September. graduate programs and eight minors housed in other acais committed to developing professiondemic departments. Our School’s design als who serve people, build community allows us to help students navigate the capacity, and help others increase their diverse landscape of career opportunihealth and wellness knowledge, behavties in health science and wellness fields, iors and self-sufficiency. to provide top quality advisement, and Sincerely, to facilitate placement into high value profession-based experiences.

While the school concept is new to Northwest, our belief is that multidisciDr. Matt Symonds ’90, ’94 plinary academic units that prepare stuDirector of the School of Health Science dents for meaningful careers will have and Wellness and associate professor both immediate and lasting benefits. The of health and physical education School of Health Science and Wellness

Northwest Foundation Inc. ’15–’16 Board of Directors

Mary Hamilton Purdy ’72, Davidsonville, Md.

President Mark Doll ’80, Des Moines, Iowa

Myra Turner Evans ’77, Tarkio, Mo.

Jayma Elmore Sandquist ’90, Indianola, Iowa

Mike Faust ’74, Omaha, Neb.

Carol Blom Spradling ’88, Maryville

Vice President Arnold Johnson ’77, Houston, Texas

Don Foley ’78, Ames, Iowa

Brad Stephens ’98, Butler, Mo.

Troy Greenfield ’90, Kansas City, Mo.

Owen Straub ’86, Kansas City, Mo.

Jerry Hagg, Dearborn, Mo.

John Teale ’73, Maryville

Immediate Past President Holly Murphy-Barstow ’81, Omaha, Neb.

Brian Heath ’84, Lakeland, Fla.

Gary Thompson ’76, Princeton, Mo.

Jacqueline Vincent Henningsen ’66, Arlington, Va.

Stan Zeamer ’70, Huntingdon, Pa.

Carl Hughes ’76, Kansas City, Mo.

Dean L. Hubbard, President Emeritus, Kansas City, Mo.

Board Members Mike Abildtrup ’68, West Des Moines, Iowa Jeff Borchardt ’82, Olathe, Kan. Robert Burrell ’70, Denver, Colo.

John Cline ’75, Overland Park, Kan. Karen Daniel ’80, Belton, Mo. Ken DeBaene ’81, Long Branch, N.J.

Paul Jennings ’75, West Des Moines, Iowa John Moore ’78, Raymore, Mo. Angela Moskow, Basking Ridge, N.J. Jennifer Dawson Nicholson ’71, Kansas City, Mo. Linda Nichols Place ’72, ’09, Albany, Mo.

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Ex-Officio Directors

John Jasinski, University President Mike Johnson ’85, Executive Director B.D. Owens ’59, President Emeritus, West Des Moines, Iowa

University Advancement Mike Johnson ’85, Vice President mikej@nwmissouri.edu Brooke Weldon Bowles ’02, Accounting Clerk and Scholarship Coordinator bbowles@nwmissouri.edu Mitzi Craft ’91, ’09, Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations mitzi@nwmissouri.edu Teresa Darrah Gustafson ’97, ’05, Development Officer teresa@nwmissouri.edu Carma Greene Kinman ’85, Executive Assistant ckinman@nwmissouri.edu Laurie Drummond Long ’92, Development Officer laurie@nwmissouri.edu Bob Machovsky ’15, Director of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving rmachov@nwmissouri.edu

Scott Nielson ’01, Associate Athletic Director of External Affairs and Development scottn@nwmissouri.edu Dr. Lonelle Rathje ’97, ’03, Executive Director of Development and Campaign Coordinator lonelle@nwmissouri.edu Lori McLemore Steiner ’85, Finance Officer and Executive Director of Advancement Services steiner@nwmissouri.edu Steve Sutton ’71, Senior Development Officer ssutton@nwmissouri.edu Brenda Untiedt ’00, ’09, Alumni Relations and Advancement Communications Specialist brenda@nwmissouri.edu

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Northwest ranks as top moderately selective regional university for second consecutive year Northwest is included on U.S. News and World Report’s list of “2016 Best Colleges” and ranks as the top moderately selective regional university in Missouri for the second consecutive year.

Northwest ranked No. 74 on the list of “Best Regional Universities” in the Midwest – up six spots from last year’s ranking. The list of Midwest regional universities includes all public and private universities in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin as well as Missouri.

In addition to being ranked as the top moderately selective regional university in the state, Northwest is ranked third among all public regional universities

in Missouri, trailing only Truman State University and Missouri State University.

“Northwest continues to deliver academic excellence and a variety of rankings illustrate such,” Northwest President Dr. John Jasinski said. “Our focus is on people, relationships and student success, and we deliver on those objectives through profession-based experiences and programming. I thank all who help us help students succeed, build better communities and deliver economic impact.”

To develop its rankings, U.S. News analyzes data such as freshman retention, graduation rates, class sizes, students’ ACT and SAT scores, financial resources and alumni giving. n

Northwest records 11% increase in freshman class up 4.5 percent. At the same time, 71.4 percent of fall 2014 first-time, full-time freshmen returned to the University – a percentage that was up from the previous fall and continues to place Northwest well above the national average.

“Northwest continues to be the university of choice for professionbased education, grounded in realworld and hands-on learning experiences,” Northwest President Dr. John Jasinski said. “Our significant New Northwest students are greeted by faculty, staff freshman enrollment increase and classmates during the University’s annual March to the Tower last fall. Northwest’s 2015 freshman class is combined with the overall increase among the largest in the institution’s history. in undergraduate enrollment are results of a variety of factors and Northwest’s fall enrollment totaled actions – all tied to our strategic plan 6,593 students and included 5,618 and strategic objectives.” undergraduate students, which was an Compared to 2014, Northwest has increase of 2.3 percent from 2014.

127 fewer students in overall student The headcount included 1,438 firstpopulation.

The University attributes the time freshmen, an 11 percent increase slight dip to a record graduating class of from the fall 2014 freshman headcount, 945 students in spring 2015 in addition and 253 transfer students, which was

to intentionally decreasing graduate student headcount for select programs to ensure quality programming and student success.

Northwest’s student body remains increasingly diverse with 1,601 students, or 24 percent, coming from an underrepresented domestic group or another country. Northwest’s total domestic minority enrollment is 826 students, who represent 12.5 percent of the student body. Those measures also are increases since 2014.

Additionally, Northwest recorded an increase in enrollment of international students for the third consecutive year.

The University’s enrollment includes 775 international students, an increase of 9.5 percent from 2014, and they represent 11.8 percent of Northwest’s student body. They also represent 30 countries with the majority of those students coming from India, Nepal, South Korea and China. n

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Students in living and academic learning communities gather in a residence hall lounge for a study session.

Students share knowledge through living, learning communities A new model for living and learning on campus is providing Northwest students and faculty with more opportunities to connect and share experiences.

The living and academic learning communities were introduced by the University in the fall, placing students studying majors in the School of Agricultural Sciences, School of Business and the Department of Natural Sciences on designated residence hall floors.

“Each community is finding its own identity with the help of the residential life staff,” Meghan Davis, assistant director of residential life student success, said. “The faculty and students are making connections outside of the classroom, and the students are feeling a greater connection to Northwest.”

Students have opportunities to network with other students, alumni and faculty in ways that peers on traditional residential floors do not. Students living in the communities also connect and socialize through activities. Because of those strong connections, the University recently reported 100 percent of the students who participated in the academic learning community last fall returned for the spring trimester.

“You get to have a group of people to study with automatically and you do not have to search for others to form those study groups,” said Samee Sprenkle, a

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residential assistant and senior from Edwardsville, Kansas, studying biology with an environmental science emphasis. “You get the opportunity to go to programming sessions like etiquette dinners, which help with future job applications. I honestly wish I had been given this opportunity as a freshman.”

Shelley Rabel Riley ’88, assistant professor of chemistry, added, “Students in the community share the same academic interests and are taking the same introductory first-year courses. That connection and the ability to use each other as resources is invaluable, especially during that first year of university-level coursework.”

Staff in the University’s residential life, academic and admissions offices are continuing to evaluate the communities and hope to expand the offerings in coming years.

“I would definitely recommend future students participate in the learning communities,” Kaili Sager, a marketing major from Bellevue, Nebraska, said.

“It has helped me as a freshman get acquainted, meet staff in my department of study and given me opportunities to put myself ahead of my peers.” n

Gov. Nixon announces $6.9 million for upgrades Gov. Jay Nixon visited Northwest in December to announce nearly $6.9 million in improvements made possible through Building Affordability, an initiative in collaboration with public colleges and universities.

The University will invest the funds in electrical system repairs at the B.D. Owens Library, Everett Brown Education Hall, Martindale Hall, Olive DeLuce Fine Arts Building and the Jon T. Rickman Electronic Campus Support Center as well as energy efficiency upgrades to its chillers and plant controls.

In addition to addressing Northwest students, employees and community members, Nixon met with Northwest football coach Adam Dorrel and mem-

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Student leaders shared their experiences and answered questions regarding social justice issues at Northwest during a November forum.

Northwest hosts forum to discuss social justice President Dr. John Jasinski served as moderator of an open forum in November to discuss issues of diversity, equity and inclusion. Students, employees and community members filled the Ron Houston Center for the Performing Arts to listen to a panel of students, faculty and staff members and participate in a question-answer session.

“Our open forum was a shining example of providing opportunity,” Jasinski said. “Our student planning team, in my opinion, served as national role models. We supported the opportunity for open dialogue and all those involved provided an opportunity to embrace unity through courageous conversation, civil discourse, openness and respect.” n bers of the Bearcat football team and toured Northwest’s new Robert and Virginia Foster Fitness Center. Northwest President Dr. John Jasinski also presented Nixon with a certificate of appreciation for his ongoing support of higher education and Northwest. n

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Northwest Student Media members reported from the Iowa caucus and used a new broadcast and production truck as the base of their operations.

Students hit the ground to cover Iowa caucus A team of 13 Northwest students enrolled in a special topics course traveled Jan. 30 through Feb. 2 to cover the Iowa caucus.

Accompanied by three faculty members, the students divided into four teams to cover caucus events throughout the weekend. They posted their stories and video packages to social media and Northwest Student Media outlets.

During the caucus, students Jacob Wood and Kaitlin Brown participated

Northwest theater faculty and students practice with a set of puppets recently donated to the program by a local family.

Family’s donation to theater program gives new life to puppets Northwest’s Department of Fine and Performing Arts recently received a generous donation of 30 puppets from a local family.

in live call-ins with Northwest National Public Radio affiliate KXCV-KRNW, which aired three hours of coverage from NPR. “This class was an opportunity to actually do things out in the field, and so I jumped for the chance,” said Adam Walker, a senior mass media major with a broadcast and production emphasis.

“The best moments for me on this trip would have to be when I was the correspondent on the floor during the caucus when the results were coming in.”

The trip, which was funded by a grant from Northwest’s Improvement for Teaching and Learning Committee, enabled students to interview presidential candidates, learn about the election and caucus process and network with the more than 1,600 credentialed media covering the caucuses.

Steven Chappell, an instructor of mass media who teaches the political journalism class, said he applied for the grant and created the special topics course to allow students from various majors to learn about the election process from a hands-on media perspective.

“The students will interact with, archive and restore these amazing things,” Stephanie Jorandby, assistant professor of theatre, said. “We don’t get to do things with puppets a lot. We don’t often have much space between courses offered and production budgets to incorporate puppetry.”

Carol O’Riley ’74, ’96, contacted the University about the donation after the death of her mother, Betty Shoemaker, last year. Shoemaker had attended a puppetry showcase students presented at Northwest in 2011, and the experience left an impact that motivated the donation.

While working as a window dresser for Halls, a department store division of Hallmark Cards in Kansas City, Missouri, Shoemaker created her own puppets and performed with them at local

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“We were able to get full media credentials and access, and our students were able to experience the full caucus experience alongside reporters from across the globe, including CNN, Al Jazeera, Reuters and Fox News,” Chappell said. “You name it, we met them.”

Preston Kralicek, a junior mass media major with a broadcast production emphasis, said working beside the professionals was valuable.

“I really enjoyed getting to see how reporting is done firsthand,” Kralicek, a Kansas City, Missouri, native said. “Being able to watch other cameramen and reporters work showed me what to do and what not to do.”

The trip also included the first full field test of a new broadcast and production truck acquired by the School of Communication and Mass Media last spring. Will Murphy ’03, ’09, the school’s engineer who helped outfit the truck, traveled with the students and helped them operate its equipment.

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She started making the puppets in the early 1940s, and the first puppet she created, a small dog, was included in the family’s donation.

“Each puppet carries with it a lifetime’s worth of memories that give them character and personality, and it’s a privilege to be able to experience that history, and a responsibility to keep it alive,” Shawn Murphy, a sophomore theatre performance major from Redfield, Iowa, said.

The puppets were crafted with unique movements to fit the marionette’s personality. An Angelina Ballerina puppet was given weighted shoes that allow her to use the iconic pointe technique with which ballerinas are associated. Each puppet features its own outfit or accessories. n

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Faculty members Fred and Jacquie Lamer at the Faust Media Lab

Doug Foster at the opening of the Foster Fitness Center

The University’s Learning and Teaching Center is developing programs to educate faculty about maximizing learning outcomes in these new environments. Meanwhile, Northwest is partnering with Ayers Saint Gross, a Baltimore-based architecture and planning firm, on the development of a comprehensive master plan to serve as a guide to the University’s growth. The master plan will incorporate all aspects of campus life in an integrated approach that includes research, teaching, recreation, student housing, student life and improved connectivity to the surrounding community.

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“This is changing the learning environment on the campus.

Rather than being an institution committed to teaching, we are an institution committed to learning.” ~ Dr. Timothy Mottet Northwest Provost

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‘Model classroom’ stimulates learning, teaching in Colden Hall

Northwest dedicates remodeled Faust Media Lab

In Colden Hall Room 3700, the days of instructors lecturing from the front of a room with a single projector screen are gone. So are the stationary metal desks.

The “model classroom,” is outfitted with three projectors aimed at screens on three different walls. Modular desks and tables include power stations and storage pockets for markers and other classroom tools. Modern chairs roll for easy movement throughout the classroom.

The room comes with the large white boards that are standard in most of today’s classrooms. But another bonus of the model classroom is the portable white boards that hang on walls and desks, ready for every student to use as needed.

“When I walked in, I was like, ‘Whoa, this is awesome,’” Lilly Tighe, a junior marketing major from St. Joseph, said.

“The environment builds students’ motivation. It builds how they feel about the classroom, and I just think it’s so vital that the classrooms have this life to them.” n

The new Michael L. Faust Media Lab is the result of significant upgrades to a classroom that plays a key role in preparing students for success after leaving the University’s School of Communication and Mass Media.

Supported by a gift from Faust ’74, the media lab was moved upstairs to the first floor of Wells Hall, and its concept was transformed to create a more engaging learning environment for students. New Mac computers and large monitors line work tables on the outer edge of the classroom. Large flat-screen television monitors are positioned on every wall and synced with a Smart Board at the front of the classroom. In the middle of the classroom, a table provides a space for students to gather for instruction and discussion without the distraction of a computer in front of them.

“We know there are plenty of studies that show that classroom environment and classroom design have a significant impact on a student’s learning,” said Dr. Jody Strauch, an assistant professor of mass media. “I see it every day now when I teach in that lab.” n

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KXCV studio remodel helps equip students with broadcasting skills

Northwest pays tribute to Fosters with opening of fitness center

Remodeled studios and upgraded equipment at Northwest’s award-winning National Public Radio affiliate, KXCV, are further enhancing the station’s quality programming and the professional experience students receive.

“All the students so far have been floored,” Station Manager Rodney Harris said of the project, which was completed in the fall. “We’ve had some alumni back that are super envious of the kids now. The kids that have come through to start the year just can’t believe it and just can’t wait to get in the studios. I think it’s done everything we wanted it to do as far as creating a showcase atmosphere.”

Glass-fronted studios with new equipment, furniture and paint have replaced the antiquated and institutionalized look of the old studios. The new studios serve as production spaces as well as classrooms and provide more flexibility to conduct interviews with multiple guests at once. Some of the amenities include a larger sound board and sound-absorbing walls. n

Northwest celebrated the opening of its Robert and Virginia Foster Fitness Center in September with a ribboncutting and tribute to the former University president and first lady.

The facility, which had been the Foster Aquatic Center, now houses a group exercise room and a 2,300-square-foot mezzanine with cardio equipment and windows that provide natural lighting in the facility. It includes new locker rooms and an enclosed walkway connecting Northwest’s existing Student Recreation Center for added convenience. Energy usage is greatly reduced in the new space with all new mechanical and electrical systems as well as LED lighting.

The fitness center also includes the Anita Aldrich Human Performance Lab, named for Dr. Anita Aldrich ’36, who dedicated herself to health, physical education and recreation education during a career spanning 47 years. n

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Northwest ushered in a new era of professionbased education on a sunny afternoon last fall when faculty members cut a ribbon to commemorate the opening of the University’s School of Health Science and Wellness.

By Mark Hornickel Design by Kim Ziegler Photography by Todd Weddle

“This just didn’t come about,” Northwest President Dr. John Jasinski said. “We’ve been listening. We’ve been learning. We’ve been gathering information from a variety of inputs, and it was very clear that there are significant education needs across health science and wellness.”

The School’s launch was years in the making, actually. It was born out of a string of strategic moves to strengthen academic programming and adapt to needs of students and employers – not to mention a society paying increased attention to steps, nutrition facts and cholesterol numbers.

What was known by previous generations of Bearcats as the Department of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (HPERD) is now a free-standing, interdisciplinary unit that brings together 35 health science and wellness programs spread across multiple departments.

Now, curriculum and instruction originates from a variety of areas including the departments of Natural Sciences and Behavioral Sciences.

Programs are designed to prepare

students to pursue graduate studies in health sciences as well as manage and provide preventative health and wellness care and services. Practical experiences are embedded in each program.

The School offers a plethora of pre-professional programs – chiropractic, dentistry, nursing, physical therapy and radiology, to name a few – and wellness-based bachelor’s degree programs in foods and nutrition, physical education and recreation.

Master’s degree programs explore fields such as applied health science and sport psychology.

The School also opens opportunities to add new and innovative programming that maps to regional and national needs. Graduates of the new school will work in a variety of fields such as health communication, health coaching, health information management and therapeutic recreation. They will have opportunities to become doctors, nurses and medical technologists.

“I believe it’s a better way to serve students, and that’s what we’re really all about,” Dr. Matt Symonds ’90, ‘94, the founding director of the School.

Rachel Tapps exercises at Northwest’s new Foster Fitness Center. (Inset) Rachel, Mary and Tyler Tapps were active children and discovered opportunities at Northwest to build careers out of their interests in recreation.

A snapshot of the School of Health Science and Wellness’ future already hangs somewhere on a wall in the childhood home of siblings Tyler ’04, ’06, Mary ’14 and Rachel Tapps.

Growing up in the small town of Coon Rapids, Iowa, it was natural for the Tapps kids to be involved in multiple activities – basketball, cheerleading and band during the winter season – at once. (story continues on next page)

“We were all active kids,” Tyler says. “You played basketball, and then you went and played drums at halftime and ran back.”

From those activities they picked up on what it means to work hard.

They learned to manage their time, and they developed a deep interest in the benefits of health, recreation and wellness. Those interests eventually brought them to Northwest.

Today, Tyler is an assistant professor of recreation at the University. Before returning to Northwest, he completed his doctorate in health, leisure and human science at Oklahoma State University. In 2014, he received the Robert W. Crawford Young Professional Award from the National Recreation and Park Association, recognizing him as an active contributor to the field of recreation and leisure through service in academics, research and publications, and administration.

Mary is activity director and therapeutic recreational specialist at Oak Pointe, an assisted living facility that opened in Maryville last year and immediately became a strong partner of the School of Health

Science and Wellness, providing internships and other practical experiences for students. She also will complete her master’s degree in administration recreation in May at Northwest.

Mary advises Northwest students who come to Oak Pointe to practice skills in assisted living as well as memory care. Similar to student teaching, interns gain responsibility and experience as they progress through the practicum program.

“It’s one thing to stand there and watch someone do it, but to take charge and do it yourself, you learn things as you go,” Mary said. “It’s really good functional and practical experience.”

Rachel, who will graduate from Northwest in May with her bachelor’s degree in parks and recreation management, specializes in working with youth and coordinates recreational programing at Clarinda Academy, a residential foster care facility in Clarinda, Iowa.

She enjoys comparing the perspective of Mary’s work with older generations to her experiences with youth who are just realizing the benefits of wellness and recreation.

“If you don’t start there then they don’t understand recreation is a positive thing,” Rachel said.

The Tapps personify the kinds of Northwest graduates who are working from coast to coast in physical,

social, emotional and clinical health arenas.

“We’re teaching people to understand what it’s like to be healthy and living a healthy lifestyle,” Tyler said. “It’s not only the health perspective, but to develop social skills and cognitive skills that come from participating in activities.

“We live that every day and we’re lucky enough that we had the opportunity to come through a program that teaches that – and teaches you to help other people do that.”

An eternal optimist, Tyler’s excitement about the future of the School of Health Science and Wellness is contagious. It boasts accredited programs, he notes, that are led by nationally and internationally recognized faculty who are experts in their fields.

“We understand there’s a change in the health industry and that staying in the same place is not going to cut it anymore,” he said. “We have to evolve as the profession evolves, and Northwest is known for good collaboration and community partnerships. Whether it be with hospitals or long-term care facilities – we’ve been doing those things for years. Now we have a platform to say here is where we have our fingers already embedded in the community.”

Students in Northwest’s dietetics program use a modern foods laboratory to apply their nutrition knowledge and test recipes.

Karen From returned to Northwest in 2009 to direct its dietetics program.

When Karen From ’87 joined the Northwest faculty in 2009, the Didactic Program in Dietetics she was appointed to direct had about 20 students and was based in a department facing challenges with enrollment growth.

Since then, the dietetics program has relocated to the School of Health Science and Wellness, and it’s grown to more than 90 students today.

From has taken advantage of professional development opportunities to grow the program and maintains high expectations for students.

Last fall, she received the College of Education and Human Services’ Dean’s Faculty Award for Teaching.

“The School is designed to bring together hard sciences,” From said.

“We are evolving from HPERD and Health and Human Services to an all-inclusive school that focuses on health science and wellness.

“When you’re working with all of the sciences, we need to work collaboratively, instead of in separate silos. If we work together, we can offer better programs.”

From knows that well. Before joining the Northwest faculty in 2009, she spent 15 years working in a variety of roles and settings throughout the country – from operating a private business in Ontario, Canada, to running a nutrition and food service program for migrant workers in California. She worked in cardiac rehab and clinical dietetics at regional medical centers in Kansas City.

“We always worked with each other, not separately,” From said. “If you’re work-

ing in any type of medical field, you work with the pharmacists, you work with the doctor, you work with the physical therapist, you work with the therapeutic rec person. You don’t do it by yourself. So why not start at the education level?”

The dietetics program is an intense one that requires students with a strong grasp of the sciences and who are high-achieving academically. Graduates of the program also must continue their training in a residency-style internship program requiring 1,200 hours.

“Especially in America, we have some serious overweight and obesity issues, which lead to a lot of health diseases,” From said. “But we also need to look at that person who’s going to be working in therapeutic rec or pre-pharmaceutical, or medical. Nutrition is a part of that, and sometimes people just don’t get that nutrition is really a hard science.

It’s not fluff.”

Northwest students practice teambuilding and leadership skills on the high ropes course at Mozingo Outdoor Education Recreation Area.

“Profession-based education occurs when an institution commits to making sure graduates are career ready on day one, which means they have Although the school structure is new to Northwest, professional schools are not new to higher education. A professional school is an academic unit that aligns itself with a portfolio of professional careers. The structure also enhances the ability of faculty to engage with students in professionbased education.

Northwest’s established brand of profession-based education is what differentiates the University from others in the state and region, Northwest Provost Dr. Timothy Mottet said. The new School brings wellestablished programs to the forefront and encourages collaboration across departments – from communication to computer science.

the intellectual, emotional, social and experiential preparation necessary to face, tackle and solve complex problems on the first day of employment.”

The School of Health Science and Wellness is headquartered in Martindale Hall on the Northwest campus’ southern edge – a fitting location adjacent to the new Robert and Virginia Foster Fitness Center and the Lamkin Activity Center.

“One thing that Northwest does very well is we have very strong academics and we have very strong athletics,” Mottet said. “Any time that you can merge strong academics and strong athletics together, you’re creating something that I think is unique and rare. Northwest has done that incredibly well.”

Dr. Patrick Harr (top left) chairs Northwest’s Board of Regents, which approved the launch of the School last June. He spent 38 years practicing medicine in Maryville and served as a volunteer physician for Northwest athletics teams before retiring in 2012.

He also studied pre-medicine at Northwest during the early 1960s before completing his undergraduate and medical degrees at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

“We didn’t have advisors for our profession. We just kind of hung out in biology and chemistry and hoped for the best,” Harr said. “I’m really excited and honored to be a part of a program that’s going to bring more students into the health profession.”

Dr. Jim Redd ’66 (bottom left) called Northwest home for 37 years as a student, faculty member, coach and administrator. When he retired in 2000, health education had changed dramatically and the seeds of a more holistic approach at Northwest were taking root.

As a student majoring in health and physical education, Redd took almost all of his physical education classes in Martindale Hall and enjoyed topics like human anatomy, physiology and kinesiology. Students like Redd were predominantly destined for jobs as elementary and secondary physical education teachers or coaches.

That began changing during the late 1980s and early 1990s as faculty embraced ideas of mental, emotional, social and spiritual development. State and federal guidelines were changing, too. In 1976, Redd sat on a committee that recommended the merger of Northwest’s men’s and women’s physical education departments in light of Title IX legislation.

Faculty realized the need to prepare students who could work in community health programs, government agencies and health care. The therapeutic recreation program took off, preparing students to work in hospitals or assisted living facilities.

The corporate recreation major began preparing students to lead a growing number of company wellness programs.

Facilities changed, too, and the department expanded beyond the campus boundaries, negotiating with the city of Maryville to acquire land at Mozingo Lake Recreation Park.

The University’s 320-acre Mozingo Outdoor Education Recreation Area provides space for students to practice teamwork, leadership and outdoor skills.

“That kind of changed the overall philosophy of the program, in terms of how it established a greater quality of life for not only our majors, but everyone in the country for that matter, to that holistic approach,” Redd said.

Amid a realignment of academic departments across the University in 2012, the department took the major step of transitioning from the HPERD department – an identity it had held for decades – to the Department of Health and Human Services. Northwest’s dietetics program joined the department adding another dimension for students.

“That name change was kind of the spring board, as the administration was looking at how they were going to change the colleges, for the idea of a School of Health Science and Wellness,” Associate Professor of Recreation Dr. Jeff Ferguson said. “We were given a heck of a lot of opportunities to think outside the box and be entrepreneurial. We took advantage of them.”

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Alumni seek assistance with funding scholarship in honor of former Northwest librarian, Bearcat supporter The Dolores A. Albertini Scholarship honors Albertini, who was a reference and periodicals librarian at Northwest. She also was an outstanding master’s distance runner and enjoyed competitive running on the local, regional and national scales.

One of her greatest pleasures in distance running was training with the Bearcat women’s cross country team.

Once endowed at $15,000, the Dolores A. Albertini Scholarship will provide a scholarship annually to a female cross country student-athlete at Northwest. According to the Northwest Foundation, the fund is just a few thousand dollars from reaching the endowment goal, and Northwest alumni who initiated the scholarship are hopeful fellow Bearcats will assist with bringing the scholarship to fruition through their donations.

“Dolores Albertini is a tremendous advocate for Northwest students and student-athletes, and the creation of this scholarship, in her honor, is a beautiful testimony to the impact she has made on generations of Bearcats,” said Mike Johnson ’85, vice president of university advancement and executive director of the Northwest Foundation. “With the support of Northwest alumni and friends, I’m certain this scholarship will surpass our necessary endowment level.”

Dolores’ husband, Dr. Virgil Albertini, enjoyed a 34-year career as a faculty member in the English department. The couple now lives in Kansas City, Missouri.

Through the years, the Albertinis developed an unwavering loyalty for Northwest and enjoyed connecting with students through interactions in classrooms, the library and by advising multiple student organizations.

“We had these opportunities to be on a personal basis with many of the students and those are some of our most pleasant memories,” Dolores said.

Dolores says she and her husband appreciated scholarship opportunities while they were attending college and realize the valuable assistance they provide.

“We think education is so significant for young people to make a good life for themselves, so if we can help at all, getting them on the road to success, we’ll try,” she said. n

Moore pledges support for scholarship as tribute to mentor

John Moore

John Moore ’78 thinks often about how his experiences at Northwest enabled him to lead a successful career with the Federal Reserve Bank. To a greater degree, he thinks about the individuals who motivated him.

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“My parents engrained in me early in life that success comes from hard work and it’s not just your own hard work, but it’s the hard work of a lot of other people – whether you’re talking about teachers, coworkers, friends or family who help you along the way,” Moore said.

That lesson prompted Moore to pledge a major gift to the Northwest Foundation, a portion of which is directed to the B.D. & Sue Wright Owens Scholarship.

Moore, through his involvement with Student Senate and Greek Life, developed a relationship with Dr. B. D. Owens ’59, who became Northwest’s eighth president in 1977. Like Moore, Owens also served as a Student Senate president and was active in the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity.

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“I was really impressed by the energy and the ideas and the accessibility, the down-to-earth nature of a guy who had accomplished as much as he had,” Moore said. “He had a willingness to spend time with us and have his door open when we wanted to go talk to him.”

In 2014, Moore retired as chief operating officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and returned to the Kansas City area. He and his wife, Suzy, have been married for 34 years and have three children, including Max, who is a member of the Bearcat football team.

“I really feel a fondness for Northwest,” Moore said. “It had a really big impact on my life, and as I’ve come back to visit a few times, I have felt like the culture was very much the same, if not even better than before. n

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Longtime employees establish scholarship, honor parents Dan and Carole King Edmonds have devoted a combined 50 years to serving Northwest, and their three sons have combined to earn a total of six degrees from the University. Now they are assisting future students and honoring their parents with the establishment of the Edmonds-King Scholarship.

The scholarship honors Dan’s mother, Norma Edmonds, as well as Carole’s parents, Jim and the late Jane King. It also honors the couple’s brothers, the late Bill Edmonds and the late Rusty King.

“Our parents worked very hard and were determined that we and our brothers would go to college,” Dan said. “We are indebted to them for our education and careers, which were made possible because of their strong character, conviction and the sacrifices they made for us.”

Dan and Carole, along with their parents, established the scholarship with

an initial gift of $30,000.

“We wanted to repay Northwest in some way for providing us a significant portion of our careers, and for providing an education and life experiences for our sons, Paul, Jeff and John,” Carole said.

In 1981, Dan was hired as Northwest’s assistant controller, prompting the couple’s move to Maryville. Dan later advanced to controller and retired from Northwest in 2011.

Carole began working at Northwest in 1982 as a secretary in what is now the Department of Fine and Performing Arts. In 1996, Carole was named director of Northwest’s Horace Mann Laboratory School and served in that capacity until 2003. Since then, she has worked as an associate professor in the Department of Professional Education.

All of the Edmonds’ sons, Paul ’98, Jeff ’01, ’07, ’14, and John ’03, ’04, attended Horace Mann, Maryville High School and Northwest.

Dan and Carole Edmonds

Dan and Carole estimate their immediate family has spent a combined total of nearly 100 years at Northwest and Horace Mann through their employment and education.

“We are grateful for the opportunities Northwest has provided our family, and we are pleased that we can help future students benefit from this scholarship,” Dan said. n

Faculty connections inspire Daniel to support Learning and Teaching Center No faculty member at Northwest had a larger impact on Karen Daniel ’80 than the late Johnie Imes. Almost from the time Daniel stepped on campus in the fall of 1976, Imes was educating and mentoring the student.

Because of Imes and other educators who guided her throughout her academic career, Daniel made an initial gift of $100,000 in support of the University’s Learning and Teaching Center, an initiative to help Northwest faculty become learning specialists and enhance how they teach and interact with students.

Karen Daniel “At early ages we receive the gift of teachers, and the good ones give throughout our lives as we use their advice and counsel to pursue lifelong goals,” Daniel said.

Northwest’s establishment of the Center, a $3 million initiative, will create a culture of learning to ensure student success.

Services will support faculty in specific learning contexts, develop instructional technology interventions and provide faculty with professional development opportunities.

“Research shows faculty members who are exposed and

educated in the learning sciences understand how to teach in brain-compatible ways,” Northwest Provost Dr. Timothy Mottet said. “Our vision for the Learning and Teaching Center is to equip faculty with tools to help students participate in deeper and more meaningful learning experiences, allowing them to transfer their learning from the classroom to their families, communities and workplaces.”

Daniel works for Black & Veatch, a global engineering and construction company based in Overland Park, Kansas. She serves as chief financial officer, president of the Global Finance and Technology Solutions Division, and president of infraManagement Group, a Black & Veatch asset management company.

“Education is a game changer,” Daniel said. “I haven’t had a time in my life where a teacher or mentor didn’t have a role in a critical decision. I think it’s great to make an investment in our professors as well as the students. If we can achieve what’s laid out for the Center, we can really differentiate ourselves in yet another way at Northwest.” n

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Advancing Northwest

Team Northwest campaign encourages University employees to give back Green pennants with the words “TEAM NORTHWEST” emblazoned on them are appearing on office doors and windows throughout the Northwest campus this year. But there is more meaning attached to them than just showing school spirit.

Last fall, Northwest’s Office of University Advancement launched its faculty and staff annual giving campaign, Team Northwest, which encourages all Northwest employees to support areas of the University they are passionate about through monetary gifts. The campaign is designed to raise awareness throughout the campus community of the importance private support plays in Northwest and its students’ success.

Employee participation in the faculty and staff annual giving campaign also enhances Northwest’s profile in the eyes of prospective donors and funding foundations. Bob Machovsky, director of alumni relations and annual giving at Northwest, says all gifts are important, no matter the size.

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“It’s all about participation,” Machovsky said. “Someone could give $5 and they would be just as valued a donor as someone who may give $1,000. It’s not about the amount, it’s about the fact that individuals are participating and realizing the importance of private giving to Northwest. It also shows a unified stance and sends a strong message of commitment to our alumni and donors.”

With fiscal year 2016 almost complete, Machovsky reports employee giving at Northwest has increased to more than 40 percent, which represents a significant increase in participation from last year’s numbers.

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Employees are invited to designate gifts to any area at Northwest, such as their academic department or a specific scholarship, or donate to the Northwest Fund, which directs funds to the greatest needed areas on campus.

Twelve faculty and staff members – who represent academic, administrative and athletics offices – are serving as Team Northwest Ambassadors and working to help increase participation in the campaign.

Northwest head soccer coach Tracy Hoza is one of those ambassadors. Hoza says she participates in the annual giving campaign to ensure students have the academic opportunities she had, and she purposefully supports areas of Northwest outside her own department.

“I believe in supporting an organization and cause that has given so much to me, our students and community,” Hoza said. “I give to other areas besides athletics because other areas have given so much to us. College is about educating and growing students’ minds. I give to different departments because it takes all departments working together.” n

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The Bridge Contributors to Northwest during the 2014-2015 Fiscal Year

Bearcat pride and support sets donor records On behalf of the Northwest Foundation I want to say “thank you” for your support of our wonderful University. I am proud to serve as the president of the Northwest Foundation Board of Directors. The current foundation board is made up of some of the most talented people from private and public organizations throughout this country. They are giving of their time, talent and financial support to make the University stronger and be the best it can be. I am also grateful for the leadership of President Dr. John Jasinski, Provost Dr. Timothy Mottet and Vice President of University Advancement Mike Johnson as they and their teams work to push the University to strive for excellence in higher education. Here are some of the highlights of the past year: • The number of Foundation scholarship awards are the highest ever in the Foundation’s history at more than 1,150.

• The amount of dollars awarded to students for scholarship support also is at its highest ever at over $740,000.

• The number of donors continues to grow, reaching above 6,700 people per year who honored our University with a gift.

• The Foundation endowment is the highest in our history at more than $22 million, and total assets under management are more than $30 million.

• The amount of annual giving by donors continues to

increase every year to record amounts.

• By all measures and rankings, Northwest continues to be a leader among Midwest schools and continues to focus on student success – every student, every day.

On a personal note, I am the first in my family to attend college and earn a degree like many of my Foundation Board members. They have shared their stories at our meetings about why their Northwest education and experiences have led to success in their lives. I am sure you, too, have a story about what Northwest means to you. Please share that story with family and friends as you talk about our University.

An old Chinese proverb says, “Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.” That is why I ask you to continue your support of our University and help others obtain that treasure. You can accomplish that through an annual contribution to The 1905 Society or just call our Foundation office at 660.562.1248 where our team is ready to help you make the most of your gift.

Thank you,

Mark Doll ’80, Des Moines, Iowa President, Northwest Foundation Inc. Board of Directors

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Annual Report

The Northwest Foundation Inc. and the Office of University Advancement Established in 1971, the Northwest Foundation is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit corporation responsible for encouraging, receiving, investing, stewarding and disbursing private support on behalf of the donors of Northwest, for the benefit of the University, its students, faculty, staff and alumni. The Foundation Board of Directors is led by Mark Doll ’80, Vice

President Arnold Johnson ’77 and Immediate Past President Holly Murphy-Barstow ’81.

The Foundation is staffed by members of the development and alumni relations units of Northwest’s Office of University Advancement. The Foundation's fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30. n

Development The continued successful cultivation of private support to benefit Northwest is due to the tremendous support of thousands of alumni and friends as well as Northwest’s Leadership Team, faculty and staff. Private support averaged more than $5.2 million during the last three years.

The fundraising efforts of the Northwest Foundation and University Advancement translate into significant University support in a variety of areas.

Scholarship support has remained a central mission of Northwest’s development efforts. The Adopt-a-Bearcat scholarship program is a critical part of this support with 189 scholarships awarded in the 2014-2015 academic year. The Adopt-aBearcat scholarships as well as the American Dream Grant and the other Foundation scholarships brought the total number of awards for FY15 to 1,159, while providing $741,217 in support to students.

The Northwest Missouri State University Annual Giving Program encourages annual gifts to support the University in a variety of ways, including The Northwest Fund, The 1905

Society, Adopt-A-Bearcat or any other specified designation.

The Annual Giving Program uses its call center, staffed by student Cat Callers, a variety of direct mail solicitations, social media and web presence to solicit annual gifts on behalf of the University.

Northwest’s Annual Giving Program also continues to raise a large amount of unrestricted dollars for the University through the Northwest Fund and The 1905 Society. Unrestricted funds are crucial to support needs in areas not covered by other fundraising efforts. In FY15, the Annual Giving Program generated $364,783 in unrestricted and restricted support for the University.

When alumni and friends favor the Northwest Foundation with a gift, they can be confident their gift is spent wisely.

The Better Business Bureau’s Wise Giving Alliance prescribes that 65 percent of total expenses of a charitable organization be spent on charitable programs. The Northwest Foundation exceeds that standard by spending an average of 80 percent of every dollar on University programs. n

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Foundation Scholarship Awards

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University Programs Management and General Expenses Fundraising Expenses

Contact Us The following professionals at the Northwest Foundation look forward to assisting you with a gift that meets your wishes and allows Northwest to continue its tradition of excellence.

Mitzi Craft ’91, ’09 Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations

Teresa Darrah Gustafson ’97, ’05 Development Officer

mitzi@nwmissouri.edu 660.541.1401

teresa@nwmissouri.edu 660.562.1478

Mike Johnson ’85 Vice President of Advancement mikej@nwmissouri.edu 660.562.1750

Laurie Drummond Long ’92 Development Officer

Scott Nielson ’01 Associate Athletic Director for Development/External Affairs

laurie@nwmissouri.edu 660.562.1476

scottn@nwmissouri.edu 660.562.1669

Dr. Lonelle Rathje ’97, ’03 Executive Director of Development and Campaign Coordinator lonelle@nwmissouri.edu 660.562.1317

Steve Sutton ’71 Senior Development Officer ssutton@nwmissouri.edu 660.562.1472

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The Northwest Alumni Association and the Office of University Advancement’s alumni relations staff continued in FY15 to offer opportunities for alumni and friends to show their support of Northwest. With close to 200 chapter and regional activities offered, our alumni and friends have the opportunity to stay connected to the University.

Our 18 geographical chapters and two constituency chapters allow our alumni and friends to stay involved with Northwest. Chapters include Arizona, Central Iowa, Southern Iowa, Eastern Iowa, Colorado, Dallas, Kansas City, Maryville, Nebraska/Western Iowa, St. Joseph, Mid-Missouri, Southern California, Chicago, St. Louis, Springfield, Twin Cities and Washington, D.C., in addition to a band chapter, gridiron chapter and an international chapter in Japan.

The Northwest Alumni Association’s Tourin’ Bearcats travel program continues to be well received. Upcoming trips include New York City in April 2016 and London in September 2016.

Northwest Day at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium, Northwest Night at the St. Joseph Mustangs, and Northwest Day at Worlds of Fun and Oceans of Fun were sponsored by the Northwest Alumni Association and were well attended. The Alumni Association also hosted a successful Golden Years reunion at Homecoming and honored eight individuals at its annual Alumni Awards Banquet in the fall.

Alumni Relations continues to maintain its partnership with offices throughout campus, including admissions, career services, athletics and student affairs.

Under the leadership of Board President Linda Nichols Place ’72, ’09 and past president Kory Schramm ’95, the Northwest

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Alumni Association, relies on passionate Bearcat alumni and friends for their contributions of time, talent and treasure to Northwest.

Members of the Alumni Relations staff are Bob Machovsky ’15, director of alumni relations and annual giving; Melanie Robinson-Smith, alumni and donor relations specialist; and Brenda Untiedt ’00, ’09, alumni relations and advancement communications specialist. n

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Bob Machovsky ’15 Director of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving rmachov@nwmissouri.edu 660.562.1248

Brenda Untiedt ’00, ’09 Alumni Relations and Advancement Communications Specialist brenda@nwmissouri.edu 660.562.1248

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Scholarship Recipients Adopt-A-Bearcat Scholarship

Emma Abarr Casy Angell Nicole Bales RaJanae Battles Bionca Bell Danielle Black Mia Blackman Cydney Blum Harrison Bolstad Alexander Boren Tucker Bowen Chaz Brantley Emily Brauburger Margaret Brekke Aaron Briscoe Amanda Brown Markita Brown Mason Brown Rayvonne Brown Zachary Brown Caitlin Bush Katherine Bush Chelsea Byland Megan Calfee Tatiana Calkins Audrey Camp Meghan Capps Emily Casady Danielle Chambers Nathan Christensen Samantha Clymer Michael Coleman Jocelyn Contreras Keyleigh Cooper Jordan Crady Nadia Crawford Kathryn Cryts Shiann Currie Katherine Davidson Breyon Dennis Lacy Dorman Ryan Dortch Joshua Dugdale Zachary Dujakovich Sarah Emerson Leah Eng James Eubank Karla Everman Emmanuel Ezeji Kirby Filley Nicholas Fitzgerald Shacorey Foster Paige Fouts Emily Frazier Christopher Frisby Sarah Frodyma Joshua Froude Victoria Garrett Maureen Garvin Brady Garza Jade Gebhards Kelsey Gehlhaar James Geiger Kolby Goff Sydney Goff Benjamin Goracke Elizabeth Grayson Ruth Gregory Kaci Guerra Kaitlin Guffey

Marc Gwennap Kaitley Hagar DeMario Harris Austin Hatch Kendra Henggeler Marissa Herring Jacob Hilsabeck Lance Hodges Marquall Holman David Howell Nathaniel Hunter Leslie Iseman Demytria Jackson Amber Jameson Morgan Jeffers Joshua Jeffries DeAngelo Johnson LeAnne Johnson Joshua Jones Mariah Jones Courteney Juranek James Kavanaugh Erin Kelly Kyle Kempker Tameika Kerns Adam Keup Tisha Kidd Xavier Kimble Riley Klein Kelsey Knigge Shane Kollitz Meghan Larson Dakota Leimkuhler Taylor Lincoln Nathan Luke Sydney Lund Abigail Mahanes Kryshawnda MasonCarter Leanna Mazzeffe TaVona McGhee Anthony McGlade Shelly McLeod Jayden McMahon Hannah McNear Bianca Mercer Michael Mills Jamie Miner Cheyenne Moore Tarus Moore Brittany Morrill Aliyah Mosby Robert Moss Molly Mott Morgan Mozingo Kelly Muraski Trenton Nally Trey Nelson Carsyn Nurski Colton O’Connor Tyler Osborn Murron Paeth Josh Partridge Kayla Pelsor Gloria Perez Marcus Perkins Samuel Phillips Katilyn Pieper Chama Pierre Jordan Pitts Kamden Poppa

Abbey Pratt Kaley Prier Madison Prismantas Colton Quick Brady Reed Kyle Richards Tyler Richardson Thaddeus Rinehart Malique Robbins Keturah Robinson Ariannah Roderick Naomy Romo Dylan Ross Jasmine Ruckman Carley Scdoris Mason Schafer Janie Schutz Ernest Scott Grace Seiter Jordan Sheehan Tate Simpson Laine Sly Sydney Smith Hayden Smith John Spiking Allison Stetzler Audrey Stetzler Megan Stilmock Edward Storm Kali Swartz Dustin Swindler Hannah Taylor Brionia Thomas Alexis Thompson Tristan Townley Luke Townsend Ashley Valenzuela Breanna Vogelsmeier Janell Walters Emily Weaver Makinlin Webster Nicholas White Vernon White Erin Wilkins Lane Williams Kaylee Winer Frederick Woods Sierra Yaksich Thomas Young A-C Lightning Scholarship

Maggie Barger B. J. Alcott Scholarship

Halley Hill Mary Eulalah Adwell Scholarship

Cassondra From Virgil & Dolores Albertini Scholarship

Erin McLaughlin Aldrich Family Scholarship

Kelsie Barnes Kayla Bobbitt Brett England Emily Mora Alpha Phi Omega Scholarship

Jared Spunaugle Alpha Tau Alpha Scholarship

Austin Ray

Dr. Mark J. Anderson Elementary Education Scholarship

Kelly Woods Brenda Wilson Andrews Memorial Scholarship

Bobbie Patten Anonymous Family & Consumer Sciences Scholarship

Stephanie Mannix Anonymous PCMC Scholarship

Ariannah Roderick Art Education Scholarship

Samantha Hess Earl H. Baker Memorial Scholarship

Emily Porter Derek Soldanels Eddice B. Barber Scholarship

Rachel Lewis Kent Barber Memorial Scholarship

Hannah Horak Lee E. Barber Scholarship

Jessica Lundquist Jeremy D. Barlow Memorial Music Scholarship

Emily Calhoun Jamie Nyffeler George W. Barratt Math Scholarship

Zachary Hoaglund Vernon J. Barrett Memorial Scholarship

Courtney Hockman Ashley Rhoads Jean Jennings Bartik Women in Science, Technology, Engineering & Math Scholarship

Lea Humphrey Bayer Crop Science Scholarship

Bob & Mary Bohlken Scholarship

Taylor Polacek Melvin D. & Valorie G. Booth Bethany Business Scholarship

Katelyn Addison Booth College of Business & Professional Studies Freshman Scholarship

Emily Smith Nick Bowen Memorial Scholarship

Joshua Kaullen Tyler Williams Daniel Bowles Memorial Scholarship

Marissa Vanpelt Dr. Jerry Brekke Scholarship in Political Science

Sean Emery Berlin Merlyn Melissa Peck Ann Allen Brekke Scholarship

Daniel Holste Claudene Brewer Memorial Scholarship

Korinne Cole Everett W. Brown Scholarship

Kassie Mills Seth J. Brutto Memorial Scholarship

Thomas Bird C.L. Butler Scholarship

Parker Baker John Byrd Memorial Scholarship

Alvaro Riveros Quintero Donald K. Carlile Memorial Scholarship

Brent Barnett Carrick-Lee Scholarship

Shelby Hubbard

Catherine Masters Soroptimist Venture Memorial Scholarship

Alicia Clark Jake Cavanaugh Memorial Scholarship

Alexis Boyd CenturyLink/Northwest Missouri State University Scholarship

Haley Flowers Cerner Scholarship

Nicole Justice Chesley Research Grant

Joyce Lochhead Chemistry Alumni Scholarship

Erika Rambo Clara B. Chick Memorial Scholarship

Meredith Evans Alaina Templeton Clear Cayhoga Muddy Creeks Scholarship

Bryce Evans Clearmont Community Club Scholarship

Bryce Evans Dr. Norman & Ada Mae Clough Scholarship

Caitlin Clark Shyle Floyd Quadry Gardner Koral Gunnerson La’Joy Harris Marissa Herring Makayla Hulett Aliyah Johnson McKenzie Johnson Quindara Kinney Andrew Magers Breanna Matulka Valorie McKenna Carrie Miller Dominique Moore Taylor Powell

Nathaniel Drewitz Art & Bettie Beckner Celebration Scholarship

Kyle Zimmerman Dr. Gary Bennerotte Memorial Scholarship

David McDorman Gayle Miller Bilden Memorial Scholarship

Drake Beery

New Foundation Scholarship Funds Dr. Beulah Wilkinson Summers Scholarship Paul W. Lindsey Scholarship Mike & Nancy Thomson Education Scholarship Paul & Rita Jennings Powering Dreams Scholarship Ron Herron Finish Strong Scholarship Dolores A. Albertini Scholarship Powering Dreams Scholarship Doug Summa Scholarship Harriet & Bill Swineford Scholarship Shopko Business Scholarship Nancy O’Riley Art Scholarship

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Scholarship Recipients Cathran Cushman Radio Scholarship

Tierra Hogan Dallas Alumni Chapter Scholarship

Aaron Carrara Pat Danner Scholarship

Teresa Farrell Dennis Dau Scholarship

Josh Partridge W.M.C. Dawson Scholarship

Jennifer Mosbauer Kaylie Sorensen Kody Wolf R. G. & Maxine Deardorff Scholarship

Scholarship recipient: Lauren Camenzind Lauren, of Omaha, Nebraska, is a senior elementary education major and recipient of the Lorna From Scholarship. She also is a member of Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority and serves as a University peer advisor.

“I was extremely honored and humbled to receive the Lorna From Scholarship.

Receiving this scholarship has tremendously added to my motivation to continue to work hard to achieve my dream of becoming the best elementary school teacher I can be.

In addition to providing me with financial support, it has helped foster my growth and recognize my potential as a future teacher. I could not be more thankful!” n Jennifer Schultz Deven Stepney Kaddie Tribble Danielle Williams Abby Leigh Cockrill Memorial Scholarship

Grace Fischer Franklin & Marilyn Colwell Scholarship

Derek Lemon Dr. Marvin D. Combs Memorial Scholarship

Brittany Woods Computer Science Academic Achievement Scholarship

Grace Horvath C.E. Cook Drama Scholarship

Megan Friend

James R. Cook Memorial Scholarship

Molly Bryan Christopher Johnson Tiona McKinney Bryant Williams Cook Jazz Band Scholarship

Daniel Bates Kathleen Hummel Olivia Oliver Mabel Cook Scholarship

Karli Parr Bert & Eula Cooper Memorial Scholarship

Natasha Blackford Alice Corley Scholarship

Rebecca Sanders

Keli Adams Paris Adrian Michael Ahlersmeyer Dalton Amos Alexa Anderson Margaret Arensberg Olivia Augustine Noa Bales Regan Barnett Lisa Beattie Lacie Beck Roxann Beckham Logan Bethurem Adam Bochart Crystal Bone Kevin Boone Arianne Bredlow Taylor Breen Collin Brennan Ronald BrightwellKelley Sarah Brought Andrea Brown Kelsey Buyert Tatiana Calkins Savannah Campbell Ryan Carley Ma’Lisha Carter The Che Savanna Christensen Nikki Chubick Lathan Clayton Meagan Cofer Jordan Colin Elena Conner Bailey Cook Joseph Cornejo Lauren Crawford Jeanette Cruthis Faith Davis Makenna Deckert Hailey Denton Regina Devenport Brianna Dillavou Jacqueline Dillon Connor Duis Lauren Duncan Corey Ehlers Kelsey Eldredge Kayla Ellis Lauren Elsberry Leah Eng

Alisa Evans Briana Ferguson Thomas Fletchall Samantha Fletcher Alexandra Foster Brandon Foster Caleb Foster Lauren Foster Felicia Frueh Catherine Gast Jade Gebhards Shelby Goslar Jamie Graves Mika Hale Joel Hamilton Liam Hancock Christina Hansen Connor Harrington Anna Hastert Kayley Headley James Heinzler Betsy Heitshusen Kalee Helms Breana Hensley Lacey Hinckley Kayla Hines Colton Holtman Maggie Hougland India Howard Cara Hukill Breann Hunt Kenzie Huntley Alexis Hurt Tiffanie Jacobs Morgan Jeffers Alyssa Johnson Cady Jones Erin Jones Zachary Jorgensen Brooke Kelley Alannah Kenowith Dylan King Caleb Kort Delaney Kramer Mary Langley Ty Lauritsen Kay Light Cassandra Loran Dillon Lowrey Morgan Luetkemeyer Taylor Luke Abigail Mahanes Brandon Mahon Laura Marnin Macy Marriott Cally Mastin Samantha Maxwell Haley McCall Shawn McCarville Codie McCracken Mitchell McDonald Michelle McEnaney Kaylie McGinley Coleten McGuire Jenna Means Alyssa Mejstrik Savannah Meredith Haley Meyers Kayla Miller

Tanner MorrillRodriguez Alexandra Mortallaro Jillian Newton Megan Nielson Kaitlyn Noecker Andrew Nordbye Makenzie O’Donnell Austin Okorn Jacob Olson Johnathan Otto Alexandria Park Chelsey Patten Peyton Patterson Gaelynn Patton Lacie Peregrine Gloria Perez Marissa Perkins Kati Peterson Nathan Pickering Casey Poole Danyelle Pouppirt Alonzo Powers Dalton Price Kristin Randazzo Jacob Reeve Michelle Riddle Thaddeus Rinehart Ross Rocha John Rodriguez Valerie Ruby Katelyn Ryan Alison Sandoval Mishatona Sayers Mariah Shoults Katlyn Simonton Chelsey Sisk Stephanie Sloan Allan Smith Jeremy Smith Jordan Smith Randi Smith Samantha Smith Hillary Snyder Trent Steiner Lauren Stoll Mackenzie Stratton Colin Streicher Kelli Struve Alec Taylor Kylie Taylor Taryn Traub Brittany Trautman Jada Tressler Caitlyn Triplett Joshua True Austin Vandivert Raegan Wagner Kelsie Walker Zachery Watts Brant Weiland Tanner Wendel Brandi Weymuth Ariel White Brandy White Brady Willis Hannah Wilson Hayston Wilson Tara Wilson Mackenzie Winn

Alex Witthar Jordan Wittrock Markeyta Young Neta Derry Memorial Scholarship

Josh Partridge Charles R. Derstler Scholarship

Brett Goligoski Elwyn K. DeVore Business Scholarship

Skylar Olberding Ron C. DeYoung Scholarship

Nichole Larabee Janessa Smith Herbert R. Dieterich Scholarship

James Geiger Timothy Schieber Donaldson-Pfost Scholarship

Cassandra Carter Brian Hall Sierra Jones Brian Noble Grant Parman Dylan Rainey Kaleigh Wilmes Hildegarde Dreps Scholarship

Adam Nelson Hannah Thomsen Dunlap Scholar Award

Jayde Balentine Dr. Robert & Mrs. Winifred Dunshee Rotary Scholarship

Mckenzi Taylor Dyche Family Scholarship

Treigh Crouch Brandon Thomas Mattie Dykes Creative Writing Scholarship

Jessica Lundquist Opal Calvert Eckert Family Scholarship

Alexander Burgher Opal Eckert Soroptimist Sigma Scholarship

Tori Cantrell Megan Trautman Eckert Collegiate Journalism Scholarship

Brent Barnett Margaret Ann Edwards SAI Scholarship

Audrey Kubayko Larry & Velma Ehlert Agriculture Endowment

Jasmine Ruckman Amy P. Elifrits Scholarship

Haley Riffle Energizer Diversity Scholarship

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Scholarship Recipients FCS Financial Scholarship

Sara Duncan William Mefford Vic & Frances Farrell Scholarship Fund

Shanna Welch Michael L. Faust Scholarship

Casy Angell Austin Becthold Jill Elliott Mary Givens Cindy Guffey Abby Ketelsen Abigail Kriz Maia Smiley Hilary Sorensen Bill Fields Memorial Scholarship

Kaitlyn Madsen Mildred Galloway Fitz Simmons Memorial Scholarship

Chasity Brelsford Marshall E. & Beatrix Winn Ford Memorial Scholarship

Thomas Aschnewitz Rasheedah Hasan Tessa Mittag Kaylie Sorensen Austin Springer Jeremiah Walling Doug & Lisa Foster Scholarship

Elizabeth Hildebrand Sami Wallace Robert & Doris Foster Scholarship

Amelia Johnson Hanna Mullen Jordyn Schieber Taylor Stoner-Blevins Kalie Talarico Raegan Wagner Robert & Virginia Foster Scholarship

Cammie McCann Breanna Perdue Austin Springer Robert Fraser Scholarship

Hope Garrett Lilly Tighe Freeman Adopt-A-Bearcat Scholarship

Alexandra Davis Valerie Finochiaro Jenna Hill Mashel Larson Aaron McCormick Mary McCormick Marcella McKay Kenny McKenzie Aaron Mefferd Peyton Patterson Tiffany Propst Jordan Reece Makayla Roth

Mariah Shoults Savannah Sieburg Kylee Zimmerman Lorna From Scholarship

Alexis Whitney Fred Fuhr Memorial Scholarship

Desmond Williams Charles I. Frye Geology Scholarship

Lindsey Holt Martha Polsley Gamble Scholarship

Rachel Denne William T. Garrett Scholarship

Joshua Mitchell Dwight & Eunice Gates Memorial Scholarship

Brian Birchler Dr. Paul L. Gates Scholarship

Brooklyn Ellis George R. Gayler Scholarship

Creighton Collier Janet S. Gayler Scholarship

Keautishay Young Vance & Zeline Geiger Scholarship

Haley Riffle Cullen Geist Memorial Scholarship

Jena James Robert O. Gill Memorial Scholarship

Mackenzie Winn Dean Gingrich Memorial Scholarship

Austin Barmann Megan Binder Sarah Bliley Korinne Cole Mason DeVooght Eric Duncan Ryan Ginther Emily Herron Nathan Luke Harley Nigh Nicholas Patterson Stephen Schulte Sarah Teaney Shannon White Gwynetha Girling Memorial Scholarship

Kalie Talarico Mary Goad Memorial Scholarship

Carrie Christensen Nancy Goff Memorial Scholarship

Madison Driskell Dale Gorsuch English Scholarship

Parker Worden

Graduate Business Education Scholarship

Lisa Perkins Dr. Mary Rose Gram Scholarship

Taylor Brouk CF Gray Physical Science Scholarship

Tyler Haddock Forrest Gray & Lucile Gray Scholarship

Melany Cronkhite Allyson Hilden Kathleen Hummel Erin McLaughlin Anna Nelson Olivia Oliver Jonathan Webber Charles B. & Venita Jean Green Scholarship

Alicia Albrecht Stacy Allen Jennifer Blakely Japheth Busick Micah Busick April Dobrinske Keaton Farnsworth Sarah Findling Matthew Fox Timothy Gorman Kaitlin Guffey Rebecca Herington Lincoln Jones Taylor Lincoln Krista Metz Wesley Metz Cash Middleton Conor Middleton Dakota Morehead David Oxendale Kristie Parrish Kaisee Perkins Tad Shotten Laine Sly Samuel Smith Christopher Staggs Olivia Thompson Dillon Wait William Wilburn James Robert Gregory Scholarship

Treigh Crouch Darin Trautman Gromer Family Scholarship

Brittany Woods Mattie Jo (Payne) Groom Scholarship

Rebecca Trivette Growmark Scholarship

Elizabeth Eickhoff Frank W. Grube Scholarship

Natasha Blackford James Geiger Marvin Gutzmer Scholarship

Bradley Dougherty

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Don Hagan Geography Scholarship

Sara Parks Haines Family Scholarship

Kathleen Wadle Wilma Hall Maryville 20th Century Club Scholarship

Breana Chesnut Wilma Hall Maryville BPW Scholarship

Heather Young Hancock-Woods Scholarship

Michael Christian Ryan Cox Courtney Poore John Harr Scholarship

Gina Haag Dr. Richard A. Hart Scholarship

Northwest student Sara Voisard and her dad, Tom, prepare to skydive in Kansas City

Maci Hicks Thomas Webb Harvey Memorial Scholarship

Kevin Marshall Nicholas Smith Charles Hawkins Accounting Scholarship

Joseph Garza Karen Hawkins Memorial Accounting Scholarship

Mia Blackman Clarence Henderson Scholarship

Erik Williams

Polo, Missouri, R-VII School District staff members Kim Snodgrass ‘82, Braya Qualman ‘06, Rosemary Henry ‘89, Natalie Young ‘15, Chad Boyles ‘15 and Monica Palmer

Margaret & Wayne Hennegin Scholarship

Cassandra Carter Brooke Gilland Rebecca Moore George Hinshaw Scholarship

Taylor Polacek H. F. “Hoot” Holland Memorial Scholarship

Patrick Bell Joyce Fink Hook Scholarship

Kara Bussing Frederick Vogel

Brian Nebel ‘12, Jill McCall ‘13, Chelsea Nebel ‘15, Kevin Coffey ‘15, Gary Nebel and Pam Nebel ‘78 in Cozumel, Mexico

Marvin Hoskey Agricultural Education Scholarship

Hannah Horak Floyd B. Houghton Memorial Scholarship

Emily Reed Floyd B. Houghton Livestock Evaluation Scholarship

Noah Taylor Ronald A. Houston Scholarship

Joseph Frueh Hallie Henggeler Seth Hudson Alisha Woods

Derek ’08 and Megan Garrett ‘08 with their daughter, Emmie, during a Bearcat football game.

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Scholarship Recipients Carolyn Houts International Student Scholarship

Fridaousse Ilanda Aleta & Dean Hubbard Scholarship

Anthony Belcher ‘09 and Kristin Hilde Belcher ‘09 at the summit of Haleakala in Maui, Hawaii

Nathan Auffert Darcie Bradford Cari Calia Creighton Collier Keyawna Conley Cameron Cotten Ryan Curran Emmanuel Ezeji Mika Hale Shon Henderson Casey Hoffmeister Elizabeth Jennings Jessica Kelley Morganne Pryor Jace Stroburg Gregory Unkefer Hunt-Porter Scholarship

Kylie Hoffman Karissa Lloyd Gabrielle Mercer Brianna Wilmes

Northwest students Abbi Gilson, Becca Maher and Rachel Dibbins at Big Bear Lake in California

James Hurst Memorial Scholarship

Alexis Forbes Welton Ideker Regents Scholarship

Courtney Brown Skylar Olberding Johnie Imes & John Baker Scholarship

Allison Liebhart James & Betty Jackson Scholarship

Amanda Biddenback Mason Brown

Mashel Larson Zachery McMillin Mary Jackson Modern Language Scholarship

Tori Cantrell Mike Jewett Scholarship

Alanna Wolf Johnson-Bush Scholarship

Brooklyn Ellis Brice & Carolyn Johnson Family Scholarship

Danielle Henry Raven Morris Clint Johnson Memorial Scholarship

Morgan Schaeperkoetter Lillian Irene Gossard Johnson Scholarship

Parker Worden Walter & Maude Johnson Scholarship

Casey Zangaro J.W. Jones Scholarship

Taylor Deen Martin Kanne Chemistry Scholarship

Kathleen Wadle Kansas City Alumni Chapter Scholarship

Timothy Ning Kappa Omicron Nu Scholarship

Gabrielle Ray Bobby & Shirley Kelley Excellence in Education Scholarship

Kensinger/Imes Scholarship

Hanh Phuc Vo Robert B. Killingsworth Memorial Scholarship

Erika Lees Esther Forbes Knittl Memorial Scholarship

Katie Whelan J.R. Kurz – Edward Jones Scholarship

Brent Barnett Fred Lamer Excellence in Broadcasting Scholarship

Mary Catherine Drummond Uel Lamkin, E.W. Glenn, & Grace Sheperd Memorial Scholarship

Emily Bradford Tori Cantrell Jessie Lundy Taylor Miles Megan Trautman Sara Worsfold Phyllis Combs Leet Scholarship

Denise McEnaney Marvin E. & Kathryn B. Lehnen Scholarship

Teresa Farrell Taylor Hill-Zweifel Homer Lemar Jr. Scholarship

Kathleen Wadle Lemar- Rischer Memorial Scholarship

Lindsey Wiederholt

Alden Hanes (‘18) poses in her Northwest gear with a Palomino Mule, Sugar, at Piz Ridge Trail

Bryan D. & Tammi J. (Luke) Grow Tad & Susan D. (Pope) Henggeler Coreen E. (Rohrberg) Johnson Larry D. & Jacquelyn K. (Protzman) Loghry Laurie F. (Drummond) Long Bradley L. Martinson

Bruce Litte Memorial English Scholarship

Margaret Gross Gweldon Long Family Scholarship

Cassandra Lopez John Sublett Logan Scholarship

Billy Brooks Jacob Davis Jordan Davis Nicole Dreon Dori Franklin Michael Harmes Justin Hicks Melissa Hollon Megan Jennings Rachel Kortkamp Adam McNairy Kleci Moss Skylar Olberding Stephanie Poppa Rebecca Schlueter Travis Urban Kassi Ward Jessica Wexler Myrl & Katherine Long Memorial Physical Science Scholarship

Stephanie Dee Forrest G. & Joan B. Lowe Scholarship

Tyler Haddock Bonnie Magill Scholarship JoAnn Marion Memorial Scholarship

American Dream Grant recipients meet all Northwest admissions criteria and come from the neediest families based on their applications for federal aid. After all federal, state and institutional scholarships and grants have been applied, Northwest fills the gap between the cost of tuition, room and board, primary textbooks and the use of a computer for qualifying students so the maximum annual payment the student needs to make during his or her first year at Northwest is no more than $3,500.

Second-year students, who meet normal academic progress requirements, may renew the award as a tuition-only scholarship.

The following alumni and friends committed their support to the American Dream Grant during FY15 by way of an outright gift or a planned or deferred gift.

Anonymous Barnes & Noble JJ & Nola F. Bond Frederick T. & Marilyn P. (White) Counter Mitzi G. Craft Edward T. Day Janet S. Dinkel Rose Marie Duty* Goppert Foundation

Mandi Morin Rachel Runde

Iris Mansfield

Jena Sosnowchik

The American Dream Grant Tim Satre ‘87, Steve Black ‘87, Roger Bassi ‘86, Alicia Reyes Satre ‘91 and Klaire Black ‘17 in London

Mary Margaret Lewis Scholarship

Del & Shari M. (Goetz) Morley Kenneth W. Olive John T. & Mae A. Saylor Ranjith K. Thallapeli Truman Heartland Community Foundation US Bank Bill & Jeanette A. Whited

Bethany Ogle Paul Marfice Scholarship

Tyler Schmitz Maryville Host Lions Club Scholarship

Emily Cordell Benjamin Goecken Maryville Hy-Vee Scholarship

Madison Driskell Josh Partridge Maryville Kiwanis Memorial Scholarship

Loren Puche Shae Schluter Maryville Rotary Club Scholarship

Jackson Morrison Matt Mason Cowboy Up Scholarship

Taylor Rowlett Raymond L. & Ruth L. McClurg Scholarship

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Scholarship Recipients Northwest Campus Dining Family of the Year Scholarship

Rebecca Moore Jaque Runyon Northwest DigEM Scholarship

Erick Klix Northwest Agronomy Club Scholarship

Rebecca Riley Northwest Foundation Scholarship

Laura Garabrandt Northwest Foundation Memorial Scholarship

John Weeks Northwest Support Staff Scholarship

Scholarship recipient: Aaron Feehan Aaron, of Lone Jack, Missouri, is a junior chemistry major who received the Mary Marie Smith Scholarship.

“Throughout my college career I have worked very hard to remain debt free as I pursued my studies. This scholarship has given me the opportunity to free up more time that I can put toward my studies to gain valuable knowledge and understanding that I can apply in the future.

I am most appreciative for this scholarship, which has relieved stress in my life and is an investment in my college and ultimately my career.” n Raymond McClurg Memorial Scholarship

Alden Adams Danielle Ingram Courtney Maher Mary Nelson Morgan Quick Dustin McCurdy Memorial Scholarship

Tierra Hogan Staci McEnaney Memorial Scholarship

Maria Mercer Dr. Arthur McGehee Memorial Scholarship

Shelby Bottiger Howard A. McIntosh Scholarship

Kalyn Madison McIntosh Hall Scholarship

Molly McVinua Kimberly Lynn Miller Memorial Scholarship

Amanda Judy Leon F. Miller Grant for Graduate Studies

Sidney Eckard R. R. Miller Scholarship

Delaney Howell Ruth Miller Scholarship

David Brewer Chloe E. Millikan Memorial Scholarship

Ashley Schreck Nicole Schroeder

Ryland Milner Memorial Scholarship

Emily Keller Kara Overly Kristie Parrish Missouri Academy Pathfinder Scholarship

Gwynndolynne Buster Missouri Academy Scholarship

Ana Davis Mary-Grace Mundy Eleanor Schuey Alexander Scopelitis Torria Slagle Missouri Farm Bureau Scholarship

Amy Bunse Kendra Rieckhoff Byron Mitchell Memorial Scholarship

Ashtyn Clay Edward P. Morgan Scholarship

Jonathan Saddler Morris Rodecker Haley Scholarship

Daniel Chinn Dr. Gaylord Morrison Scholarship

Katie Falconer Kynlee Marnin Earle I. Moss Jazz Scholarship

Tyler Haddock Earle I. Moss Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Scholarship

Sean Carder

Martha Moss Scholarship

Dakota Hainline Irene Mueller Biology Scholarship

Shawn Scheffe Harrison Mutz Memorial Scholarship

Mindy Anderson National Investors Northwest Football Scholarship

Scott Reilly Native American Scholarship

Makynlee Buckles Reagan Van Meter National Residence Hall Honorary Bearcat Chapter Leadership Scholarship

Tynisha Cooper Marcie Webber NEBS Four-Year Scholastic Award

Bryce Evans Selina Talmadge Fred C. & Grace E. Nelson Scholarship

Shannon Murphy Richard M. “Dick” New Scholarship

Marissa Carter Nodaway County Recreation Scholarship

Jennifer Hoien Nicole Schroeder Mariah Shoults Heather Taylor

Taylor Crater Connor Heitman Daniel McCulloch Nothstine Family Scholarship

Lilly Tighe Marie Oftelie Scholarship

Sara Burgess Brooke Byland Sierra Greenlee Alice M. Oliver Nursing Scholarship

Suzan Bird Raven Price Brittany Woods Kevin O’Reilly News Scholarship

Benjamin Nuelle Iowa Bill O’Riley Family Scholarship

Kaitlin Cole B.D. & Sue Wright Owens Scholarship

Keith Buffington Whitney Colborn Jessica Driskell Stephanie Farmer Katie Graham Zachary Ragan Genevra Spinnato Alaina Templeton Ladarius Todd Brandon Way Owens Family Scholarship

Madison Driskell Lillian Palmer Memorial Scholarship

Korinne Cole Frederick P. Parcher Scholarship

Tyrel Bennett Kyle Bown Jay Bradway III Jake Butterworth Veronica Lee Matthew Parker Michelle Parman Scholarship

Jodi Holmes

Penny Parman Memorial Scholarship

Julia Simmons Russell Parman Agricultural Scholarship

Grant Parman Scott Parman Scholarship

Molly Williams Pi Mu Epsilon Scholarship

Bryant Hummel Charles M. Place Memorial Scholarship

Ashton Raffety Public Relations Scholarship

Taylor Polacek Benjamin & Mercedes Ramirez Scholarship

Brady Garza Donald & Dorothy (Myers) Rice Scholarship

Casandra Paolillo Burton L. Richey Memorial Scholarship

Danielle Klocke Gladys Rickard Scholarship

Allison Clark Zachary Gladman Sarah Kemper Shanna Welch Jon Rickman Electronic Campus Scholarship

Tatiana Claycamp Brianna Evans Briana Gilmore Nicole Winebarger Kathryn S. Riddle Scholarship

Sierra Greenlee Rischer Educational Enrichment Grant

Kelsey Wooten Mark B. Robbins Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Scholarship

Alexander Slagle Naomi Gray Roberts Soroptimist Career Advancement Scholarship

Tosha Tuzon Ward Rounds Instrumental Music Scholarship

Audrey Kubayko Joseph & Rose Ryan Scholarship

Jena Sosnowchik C.M. & M. Saville Scholarship

Abigail Athen Morgan Barton Christian Bell Markita Brown Katherine Claussen Damille Dixson Kelicia Edwards Brianna Evans

Lindsey Evans Breanna Fairchild Gabrielle Fields Katie Fisher Drake Ford Katie Fountain Alexandra Grant Dalton Haberman Robert Hoskins Adriane House Alexis Hurt Jacob Kelow Delaney Kramer Mary Langley Ashton Matheny Alexsis Moore Melandy Myer Ashton Pickard Brady Reed Edward Richey Tad Shotten Alexander Speed Courtney Thomas Raeonna Williams Mahala Saville History Scholarship

Mikaela Kelly Saville Student Support Services Scholarship

Kayla Hines Taylor McCartney Richard L. Sawyers Scholarship

Joshua May Benjamin Miles Alexis Turner Pete Schartel Scholarship

Benjamin Nuelle Brandon Travis Frederick, Edwardena, & Stephen Schneider Memorial Scholarship

Kadi Baker Makinzey Bates Lacey Beck Ashley Brown Kenna Brown Adam Campbell Taylor Carter Ashley Clark Heather Creason Jacob Crouch Damille Dixson Emma Ehle Kourtney Eldredge Shantel Emerson Sekou Finley Mary Givens Tarwiyah Hazziez Austin Heinen Sarah Henrichs Sabrina Hickson Raquel Hilliard Emily Hintz Briana Homfeld Christopher Johnson Kristen Kelly Jaleesa King

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Scholarship Recipients Taylor Korte Clara Lauritsen Reagan Lett Wyatt McClain Malcom Mercer Tyson Minella Emily Mora Charlotte Nibbe Nene Nwaturuocha Abigail Peitzmeier Kaitlyn Petr Adrianna Powers Emily Pratt Cassidy Regier Katie Retschulte John Russell Shae Schluter Caleb Severn Taylor Shore Josh Simpson Aaron Spinler Dalton Synovec Rachel Tapps Tosha Tuzon Megan Wallace Jacquelyn Walters Trelesia Ward Michael White Cynthia Yates Reid Zimmerman Ivan Schottel Memorial Scholarship

Kendall Wright B.D. & Janet Scott Biology Scholarship

Courtney Thomas Carroll Scott Agricultural Memorial Scholarship

Austin Thummel Alfred E. Sergel III Band Alumni Scholarship

Erin McLaughlin Mike Settle Cheerleading Scholarship

Misael Abonce Robert & ZoAnn Severson Jazz Ensemble Scholarship

Allyson Hilden R. Lucile & Vesper L. Shelby Music Scholarship

Sarah Rouse Beverly J & Edward J Shelton Scholarship

Serena Troshynski Larue B. Sherman Scholarship

Martrez Taylor Dr. Frances Shipley Scholarship

Sarah Zajic Luther C. Skelton Scholarship

Nicholas Gladman John L. Smay Scholarship

Ashley Rhoads

Dr. Jim Smeltzer Scholarship

Connor Adams Homer O. & Florine (Ware) Smith Scholarship

Taylor Walter John F. Smith Memorial Scholarship

Kayla Hoelting Mary Marie Smith Scholarship

Myles Steffes Society of International Ambassadors Scholarship

Langyu Wang Southern Iowa Alumni Scholarship

Madison Douglas Rollie Stadlman & Sharon Bonnett Scholarship

Christopher Roush Merrill & Charlene Ostrus Staton Scholarship

Sean Carder Awalt G. Steffen Memorial Scholarship

Kayla Stone Eldon E. Steiger Scholarship

Theresa Curley August Stelter Scholarship

Courtney Brown Claressa Chamberlin Tessa Mittag Katie Swisher Lydia L. Stickerod Scholarship

Corbin Minter E. G. & Edra (Planck) Stoskopf Scholarship

Kailey Findley Chip Strong Memorial Scholarship

Bryston Williams J. Gordon Strong Scholarship

Nels Anderson Andrea Dobney Aaron Feehan Alicia Johnson Sara Voisard Vivian & Frank Strong Scholarship

Skylar Olberding Lloyd Summa Agricultural Scholarship

Gina Schieber Sterling Surrey Memorial Scholarship

Connor Duis Leslie No’el Swaney Memorial Scholarship

Jayme Savery Marshall Tackett Memorial Scholarship

Nicole Harnisch Colin Streicher

Taco John’s Scholarship

Megan Farmer Brooke Reker Ashley Standiford C. & C. Taylor Memorial Counseling Scholarship

Carolyn Pease C. & C. Taylor Scholarship – Guidance & Counseling

Kristen Bosiljevac Dana Christie Kayla Decker Michele Phillips Kasie Webb C. & C. Taylor Scholarship – Pi Omega Pi

Kirsten Applegate Jacob Brawner Kelsey Butler Kevin Dodson Brooklyn Ellis Marcus Grudzinski Emily Hoffman Sierra Jones Lisa Perkins Rachael Simmons Amy Wagner Teacher Education Scholarship

Laura Herman Tisha Kidd Theatre Gold Star Scholarship

Andrea Boswell Bethanie Swiney Maurine A. Thomas Scholarship

Greg Collins Joshua Gossman Cody Hargreaves Amber Longabaugh Andrew Pool Ryan Stanley Kenneth T. & Icel Thompson Scholarship

Melanie Davidson TKE Delta Nu Actives Scholarship

Graham Hoffman Daniel Kerwin Scott Maltsberger Dzi Nguyen Nicholas Nigh John Rodriguez Austin Walker Tobias Weddle Peter J. Greve Memorial TKE Alumni Scholarship

Ethan Moss Jerome Trout Scholarship

Demetrius Boone Chad Ferreira William Green-Bey Koral Gunnerson Darion Higgins Barrett Hudson Tamara Moore

Cassi Roebling Jordan Slocum Hilary Sorensen Edward Storm Raeonna Williams Henry & Mary Turner Scholarship

Brianna Dillavou Twentieth Century Club Scholarship

Rachel Lewis Benjamin Westerman Gary Lynn Tyler Scholarship

Kallyn Carl F.K. Ulman Scholarship

Kameron Allen Shacorey Foster Davina Gutierrez Amanda Paul Deallon Walton United Electric CoopAssociated Electric Coop Tech Scholarship

Brandon Sleep Roberta F. Utterback Scholarship

Cassondra From Bart & Emma Maxwell Utterback Scholarship in Elementary Education

Scholarship recipient: Brett Goligoski Brett, of Richmond, Missouri, is a senior animal science major and two-time recipient of the Charles R. Derstler Scholarship. She is a member of Northwest chapters of the Collegiate Farm Bureau, Delta Tau Alpha and The National Society of Leadership and Success.

“This scholarship not only relieved some of the stress of student loans, but it also gave me more drive to do better in school. This scholarship has been a huge blessing – not once, but twice.” n

Lauren Clark Donald N. Valk Scholarship

Kelly Winking Hailey Worthy Kylee Zimmerman Shawn Wake Technical Theatre Scholarship

Jessica Johannes E.C. Walker Scholarship

Franc Bautista John H. Walker Scholarship

Tori Cantrell Dr. Wanda Walker Scholarship

Kassie Mills Wall Family Scholarship

Tarwiyah Hazziez Mildred Eckert Wallace English Scholarship

Daniel Chinn Natalie Weidner Memorial Scholarship

Justin Phillips Denise Weiss Memorial Scholarship

Katlin Mattke Kevin R Weiss Track Scholarship

Maiya Duthoo-Wolpert Nancy Western Scholarship

David Raumaker

J. Douglas Whitaker Scholarship

Michael Levasseur Harvey & Joyce White Scholarship

Holly Dye Tyler Wilt Matthew White Memorial Scholarship

Craig Russell Gilbert Whitney Madralier Memorial Scholarship

Kyle Zimmerman Calvin Widger Memorial Scholarship

David Runneals Peter J. Wieland Memorial Scholarship

Thomas Fletchall Garvin & Imogene Williams Scholarship

Jordan Richardson Jim Williams Memorial Scholarship

Alexandria Barth Brian & Jennie (Otto) Williamson Scholarship

Matthew Peacher Joy Wilmarth Scholarship

Lindsey Madsen

Wirth Family Scholarship

Toniann Palazzolo M. F. (Fouts) Woollums Scholarship for International Immersion

Kathryn Arp M. F. (Fouts) Woollums Education Scholarship

Abigail Curry M. F. (Fouts) Woollums Music Scholarship

Erin McLaughlin R.T. Wright Memorial Scholarship

Rachel Connor Tara Ellerman Adam Sibbel Eudora Wymore Memorial Scholarship

Victoria Ensinia Toniann Palazzolo Arthur “Doc” Yates & Maxine Gooden Yates Scholarship

Emily Wells Shawna Severson Zech Memorial Scholarship

Jennifer Hoien Monica G. Zirfas Scholarship

Jordyn Pankau

Adopt-a-Bearcat Scholarships To assist in meeting a critical need for current scholarship dollars, the University created this unique annual giving program. Recipients meeting Northwest’s current policies for admission and financial assistance receive a one-time, $500 Adopt-a-Bearcat Scholarship to help offset educational expenses. Northwest matches a donor’s gift (minimum $250) dollar-for-dollar and awards scholarships in his or her honor or that of a loved one. For Alan Bubalo Scholarship (2) Alsbury-Leopard Family Music Scholarship Angela Reed Accounting Scholarship (2) Ann Young Gustafson Scholarship (3) Anonymous Adopt-a-Bearcat Scholarship Archer Family Scholarship (3) Art & Karen Jablonski Scholarship (12) Basil & Ina Claire Lister Education Scholarship (2) Bill & Carol Brown Scholarship (15) Bill & Courtney Brooks Scholarship Bill & Kathleen Reiboldt Scholarship Bowles Family Scholarship Brinkmann Adopt-a-Bearcat Scholarship (2) Buelow Family Scholarship Charles & Beverly Baggs Scholarship Charles H. Allison III Scholarship Chris Byous Memorial Scholarship Clark Mathisen Scholarship Col. Benny L & Cheryl A Johnson Scholarship (2) Col. Samuel E. Porter Scholarship Collins Farms Scholarship Connie Wilson Scholarship Coppinger Family Scholarship Dana Schaefer Scholarship Daniel & Dana Watkins & Family Scholarship Denise K. (Herbers) Peters Scholarship Don & Joyce Piveral Scholarship (2) Don & Mary L. Matthews Scholarship (2) Dorothy L. Norton Scholarship (2) Doug & Janet Watsabaugh Scholarship Dr. Blake & Megan Barnes Scholarship Dr. Ted Weichinger Memorial Scholarship (7) F.M. & Lillian Townsend Scholarship (4) Frances & Wayne Jones Memorial Scholarship Funkhouser Scholarship G.D. Mercer Scholarship George Graham Scholarship Holdsworth Scholarship Hollis Hamilton Scholarship (2)

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example, if a $500 donation is made, Northwest matches it and awards two individual $500 scholarships. These scholarships are crucial in providing the additional funding needed for students who might otherwise not have been able to afford attending Northwest.

Several groups of donors collectively have offered one or more scholarships.

Adopt-a-Bearcat Scholarships awarded during the program’s fiscal year are listed below.

Jacob & Keri Kendrick Scholarship (2) James & Tracy Mathisen Scholarship James Robert Gregory Athlete/ Educator Scholarship (2) Janet S. Gayler Memorial Scholarship Janice Heinz Scholarship 92) Jasinski Family Adopt-a-Bearcat Scholarship (4) Jeff S. Leblanc Bearcat Football 1998-1999 Scholarship (2) Jerry Goodpaster Memorial Scholarship Jim & Dixie Ham Educational Scholarship John & Bev Schenkel Scholarship Jon & Teresa Gustafson Scholarship Julie Waite Scholarship Karen K. Ryan (‘62) Scholarship Katherine Gray Copeland Scholarship (2) Kearns Scholarship (2) Kelly Boeh Scholarship Kim Byous Memorial Scholarship Larry Gearhart Scholarship Lee Corley Adopt-a-Bearcat Scholarship Leonard Jasinski Memorial Scholarship (2) Leroy McGinness Memorial Scholarship Marcia Nelsen Memorial Scholarship Marcus Mack Scholarship Mark & Suzanne Silverthorn Scholarship (2) Mark & Vicki Hargens Adopt-aBearcat Scholarship (12) Mark Wiley Memorial Scholarship Marolyn Alloway Memorial Scholarhip (4) Math 4 U Scholarship Michael & Susan Hughes Scholarship (2) Michelle Pace Scholarship Mike & Carma Kinman Scholarship Mike & Molly Lydon Scholarship Nancy Koch Scholarship (2) Northwest Donors Scholarship Pamela Willand Graham Scholarship Patricia Best Scholarship (2) Paul & Mari Schieber Scholarship (4) Paul Moyer & Family Memorial Scholarship (3)

Paul R. Kuehneman Scholarship (3) Peter & Karen Hendrickson Scholarship (2) Philip & Catherine Ott Scholarship Phillip & Deena Poynter Scholarship (2) PW Elementary Education Scholarship Ralph & Merry Oswald Memorial Scholarship (2) Ralph A. & Lavelle Sprague Memorial Scholarship Ray & Linda Hischke Scholarship Richard & Barbara New Scholarship Richard & Deborah Toomey Scholarship Richard & Terri Vogel Scholarship Richard M. (Dick) New Scholarship Robert & Beverly Baggs Scholarship (2) Roger & Mary Sue Rowlett Scholarship (2) RW Straub Memorial Scholarship (4) Schenkel Farms Adopt-a-Bearcat Scholarship Sharlis Marple Wheeler Scholarship (4) Shelly K. Martin Scholarship Smith Family Scholarship (4) Stephen & Gayle Anderson Scholarship Stephen L. & Nancy S. Burrier Scholarship (2) Steve & Gayle Anderson Scholarship Suzie (Potts) Wakeman Memorial Scholarship (4) Tammy Williams Scholarship The VZ Van Zomeren Scholarship (2) Thompson Family Scholarship Tucker Alan Goodman DeHart Scholarship Virginia Petersen Scholarship Warren Hawk Accounting Scholarship (2) Wayne & Karen Hartschuh Scholarship Wayne & Nadine Johnson Family Scholarship William & Barbara Lavery Scholarship William H. Corken (‘53) Memorial Scholarship Young Achievers Scholarship Yvonne Rohlfsen Memorial Scholarship

Stella, daughter of Heather Ward Nicolosi ‘99, on her fifth birthday

Billy Boswell ’14 and Hannah Brey ’14 at Lassen Volcanic National Park, California

Corey Eaton ’92, Chris Eaton ’92 and Patty Taylor Eaton ‘91 in Maryville with their kids for a Bearcat football game

Kirsten Applegate ‘14 on a helicopter ride over Skagway, Canada

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Heritage Society

James H. Lemon Heritage Society James H. Lemon, a member of the Missouri House of Representatives, introduced House Bill No. 311, also known at the time as the Nodaway County Normal Bill. Fighting against strong opposition in the House, Lemon is credited with establishing the Fifth District Normal School, Dawn J. Abarr Michael J. & Linda Abildtrup Helen (Johnson) Ackerman Mitchell R. Akers Virgil & Dolores Albertini Anita Aldrich* Richard L. Allman* Anonymous Mary M. Asbell & Allan S. Mackenzie Richard L. Baker* James & Linda (Flachsland) Balducci Bruce W. & Holly A. (Murphy) Barstow Lois (Utterback) Beal Harold W. Beattie* & Emily K. Beattie* Donald D. & Ann Beeson Stuart J. Bintner James L. & Beverly J. Blackford Robert G. & Sue Bolin Jr. Melvin D. & Valorie G. (Wheeler) Booth Bernard J. Brinkmann, Jr. Robert E. & Betty (Johnson) Bush Clarence Bush* Tom A. Carmichael* Bill & Margaret (Berry) Christensen Ada Mae Clough* William H. Corken* & Jean Corken Kinsell L. Coulson* & Vivien Coulson* Lorraine (Driver) Crews Don Cummins* Dennis C. Dau Frances R. Daugherty* Robert C. Davis* & Helen (Boyersmith) Davis

R. G. Deardorff* & Maxine Deardorff* Charles R. Derstler* & P. LaVon Derstler Ron C. & Nancy DeYoung Mark J. & Julia C. (Scott) Doll Edward D. & Marla Douglas Opal (Calvert) Eckert* Dell W. & Janet (Kelley) Epperson Michael L. Faust H. J. Fischer, Jr.* & Marion (Tollaksen) Fischer* Donald A. Foley Robert P. Foster* & Virginia M. Foster* Alexander Franklin Fouts* Everett C. Fouts* & Reba (Hunter) Fouts* Martha Fouts* Robert E. Fraser* Jean E. Fuller Robert E. Gamble* & Martha (Polsley) Gamble Zeline (Defenbaugh) Geiger* Ryan T. & Sue A. (Redelberger) George David W. & Carole A. (Patterson) Gieseke Dean Gingrich* Elsie Goff* Bill Gram* & Dorothy W. Gram Lucile Gray* Charles B. Green* & Venita Jean Green* George R. Green & Barbara Klein-Green Bob Gregory* & Helen A. Gregory* Loren T. Gunderman* Harold Hall* & Mary Ellen (Tebow) Hall

The Turret Society

Beatrice E. (Lemon) Hansen* Lydia L. (Stickerod) Haynes* Betty Lou Hazelton* Karen (Crawford) Hendrickson Theodore C. Hinckley* & Caryl C. Hinckley Ronald A. Houston L. Carolyn Houts Dean L. & Aleta Hubbard Russell Insley* John & Denise (Kirby) Jasinski Donald E. Johnson* Harold R. Johnson Gideon R. & Martha Jones J.E. Kirschner* Richard H. Leet* & Phyllis J. (Combs) Leet* Marvin E. Lehnen* & Kathryn B. (Krause) Lehnen* George & Sharelle Leick Eleanor (Nicholas) Letts* Evelyn A. Lindsey H. Duane & Marilyn (Beeks) Long Forrest G. Lowe & Joan B. Lowe* Vane B. Lucas Jr.* Marvin Marion* Mary E. Markt Dwight T. & Sandra R. Maxwell Ruth L. (Mitchell) McClurg* Patricia A. McDermott* Gary & Merry McDonald Wayne H. McQuerry* & Ruth (Collins) McQuerry John P. Mees* & Joan Mees Cheryl J. (Lamar) Melvin Carol J. Miller Genevieve A. (Webb) Miller* Barry E. Monaghan Faye (Sutton) Morrow* Earle I. Moss, Jr.* & Martha Moss

Marvin Mothersead* Judd C. Nicholas* Mona M. (Pennington) Nurski* Alice M. Oliver* Elnora (Hennegin) O’Neill* Marcena H. Onstott* Louise Parsons* Philip J. Patterson Blanche (Anderson) Pedley* Margaret (Gantt) Perry* Susan Planalp Milton E. Ploghoft & Zella (Mitchell) Ploghoft* Jon R. & Jolene (Schneider) Pool John P. Pope* Allene (Hunt) Porter* Paul R. & Amabel H. Poynter Roger L. Pugh Max R. Quimby* & Armond M. Quimby* Helen G. (Leese) Raines* Roberta (Walker) Richey Coral Rigney & Mary M. Rigney Richard L. Sawyers* Donald D. & Mary Schenkel Helen (Chapman) Schilling Frederick Schneider* & Edwardena (Harrison) Schneider* Mary R. Seat* Robert D. & ZoAnn (Holt) Severson Claude Shaffer* & Helen Shaffer Warren S. & Rita P. Shuck David L. Snider Darrell R. & Cheryl Spain Gerald R. Sprong & Barbara (Nixon) Sprong* Rollie & Carroll E. Stadlman

Carl D. & Mary E. (Luehrman) Stempel Charles & Kathy M. (Carlson) Stracuzzi Robert Strait* & Arlyne Strait* Robert J. Stucker Christopher Stump, Jr. Beulah Wilkinson Summers* W. Lester Swaney* & Leola Swaney* M. Celeste (Holtom) Taylor* John R. & Kristine (Ketelsen) Teale Dennis L. & Rosemary (Cole) Thiel Maurine A. Thomas* Frank J. Thompson* & Donna J. (Ward) Thompson Jerome J. Trout* Roberta F. Utterback* Charles W. Veatch & Pam (Grau) Veatch* Morris C. Walton* & Betty C. Walton Paul G. Ward & Paula KeatsWard William C. & Myra (Wedlock) Warshauer Nancy L. Western* Maurice D. Wheeler* & Sharlis (Marple) Wheeler Laura Widmer J. Clun Wilson Janet M. Wilson* Jo Ellen Wilson Montgomery L. Wilson* & Irma Lee (Hull) Wilson Howard L. Wollen* Martha Faye (Fouts) Woollums* Opal Yates* Melvin G. Young John A. Yurchak

Lifetime Giving

As students in the early 1900s arrived at the Maryville train depot, one of the first sights to the west of the station was the impressive turrets atop the institution’s Academic Hall, later known as the Administration Building.

Through devastating tornados and a destructive fire, the Administration Building and its turrets have withstood the test of time, standing tall as an enduring symbol of Northwest.

The following donors have contributed $1,000,000 or more in lifetime gifts.

Anonymous Melvin D. & Valorie G. (Wheeler) Booth Rolland Deardorff* & Maxine Deardorff* Charles R. Derstler* & P. LaVon Derstler Michael L. Faust

as Northwest was originally known. His efforts culminated 30 years of struggle to bring higher education to the region.

The following donors have created a planned or deferred gift for the University or Foundation. There is no minimum level of gift required.

H. J. Fischer, Jr.* & Marion (Tollaksen) Fischer* Ronald A. Houston Nodaway Valley Bank Allene (Hunt) Porter* Max R. Quimby* & Armond M. Quimby*

The Gaunt House Society

Born in Staffordshire, England, on April 4, 1830, Thomas W. Gaunt was the son of Thomas Gaunt and Catherine Wooley. He moved to Nodaway County in 1857, where he established his own plant nursery cultivating a wide variety of ornamental, shade and fruit trees. The Thomas Gaunt House was constructed during the 1870s and has been the home for all Northwest presidents since its donation in 1905 by the daughters of Thomas Gaunt.

The following donors have contributed between $500,000 and $999,999 in lifetime gifts.

ARAMARK Campus Dining ARAMARK Facility Services Norman Clough* & Ada Mae Clough* Gateway Charles B. Green* & Venita Jean Green*

Kawasaki Motors - Maryville Elnora (Hennegin) O’Neill* Frederick Schneider* & Edwardena (Harrison) Schneider* Harvey C. & Joyce M. (Smith) White

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The Birches Society

Lifetime Giving

The Bell Tower Society

The first building erected on campus was Academic Hall, now known as the Administration Building. Its commanding location is situated on the highest point of land between Omaha, Nebraska, and St. Louis on the old Wabash Railroad line, 1,163 feet above sea level.

Five cut-leaf birches stood at the site like sentinels, prompting faculty and students to describe the Normal School as being located “behind the birches.”

The following donors have contributed between $250,000 and $499,999 in lifetime gifts.

Barnes & Noble Marilyn L. Colwell* William L. Costello* Vance E. Geiger* & Zeline (Defenbaugh) Geiger* Dean Gingrich* Beatrice E. (Lemon) Hansen* John Sublett Logan Foundation Richard H. Leet* & Phyllis J. (Combs) Leet*

Raymond L. McClurg* & Ruth L. (Mitchell) McClurg* Pepsi-Cola General Bottlers Inc. James D. & Elaine (Frazee) Plowman Robert Lee Stanton* & Cassalou Stanton* M. Celeste (Holtom) Taylor*

In 1965, Dr. Robert P. Foster announced plans to build a bell tower as a memorial to deceased alumni, former faculty members and individuals from the University’s family who died representing our country. After years of raising money, ground was finally broken in fall 1970 and the sounds of chiming bells greeted students returning in the fall of 1971.

The following donors have contributed between $100,000 and $249,999 in lifetime gifts.

Anonymous Bank Midwest Harold W. Beattie* & Emily K. Beattie* Donald D. & Ann Beeson BP Foundation Inc. Citizens Bank & Trust Commerce Bank of St. Joseph Robert C. Davis* & Helen (Boyersmith) Davis Willard F. Dunning* & Laura Belle B. (McGrew) Dunning* E & R Sanitation AH Bud & Suzanne (Lewis) Edwards Energizer

Robert E. Gamble* & Martha (Polsley) Gamble Calvin N. & Mary Lou Goeders Goppert Foundation Lucile Gray* Greater Kansas City Community Foundation Dean L. & Aleta A. Hubbard Hughes Family Foundation Carl & Cheryl L. (Deweerdt) Hughes Arnold J. & Mary Le Johnson James R. & Patricia J. (New) Joy Kinsell & Vera Coulson Trust Bill & Jessica J. (O’Rourke) Loch

Ruth (Collins) McQuerry Richard A. & Bernadine Mendenhall Genevieve A. (Webb) Miller* Northwest Missouri Cellular Omaha Community Foundation Blanche (Anderson) Pedley* Margaret (Gantt) Perry* Milton E. Ploghoft & Zella (Mitchell) Ploghoft* Theodore G. Robinson Edward J. Shelton* & Beverly J. (Holt) Shelton Mary M. Smith* R. Joe & Nancy Smith Beulah (Wilkinson) Summers* Jerome J. Trout* Martha Faye (Fouts) Woollums*

The Long Walk Society The original architect’s plans for the campus, which were modeled after Cambridge University, included a large quadrangle, marked on the most northern point by the Administration Building, with all future campus buildings constructed facing the quadrangle. While the original plans were never realized, the first sidewalk built from the entrance at Fourth Street Virgil & Dolores Albertini American Assn. of University Women American Football Coaches Association Ameritas Life Insurance Corp.

John C. & Jo E. (Bateman) Andrews Mary M. Asbell & Allan S. Mackenzie Mark A. Avitt Jim J. Ballinger* & Gaye Ballinger Vernon J. Barrett* & Helen (McMahon) Barrett* Lois (Utterback) Beal Ned Bishop* & Marjorie L. Bishop* Bolin Auto and Truck Parts St. Joseph Robert G. & Sue Bolin, Jr. Joseph B. & Sandra Bosse Leonard M. Brooke* & Mauna Brooke William A. & Jo Karen Brown Robert E. & Betty (Johnson) Bush Cargill Tom A. Carmichael* Donald D. & Stacy R. (Lee) Carrick Rick A. & Tammy Carter John P. Cline William L. Combs Community Foundation of New Jersey John T. Cook* & Georgann B. Cook*

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William H. Corken* & Jean Corken Ray & Barbara L. (Zehr) Courter Nell Cowden Kelly W. & Kathy L. (Heath) Crawford Paul E. Daniel* & Cloretta L. (Sager) Daniel* Danner For Congress Dennis C. Dau Frances R. Daugherty* Terry R. & Sandra Day Deluxe Elwyn K. Devore* & Emma (Brown) DeVore Ron C. & Nancy DeYoung Janet S. Dinkel Mark J. & Julia C. (Scott) Doll The Dow Chemical Company Foundation DST Systems Inc. E. L. Crawford Construction, Inc. Eaton Corporation Opal (Calvert) Eckert* Samuel Edmunds* Ehlert Bull Test Program Ellison-Auxier Architects, Inc. Empower Media Marketing George W. & Juanita English Enterprise Realty, LLC Fidelity Investments Richard R. Flanagan* P. E. Fox* & Lucile (Jeffrey) Fox* Robert E. Fraser*

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and College Avenue ran straight up to the front door of the Administration Building and became known as the Long Walk.

The following donors have contributed between $25,000 and $99,999 in lifetime gifts.

Marion B. & Joan (Miller) Freeman Lee Ann (Butler) Fry Dwight Gates* Calvin N. & Marilyn Goeders Bill Gram* & Dorothy W. Gram George R. Green & Barbara Klein-Green Bob Gregory* & Helen A. Gregory* Joan C. Groom The Growmark Foundation/ Glenn Webb Education Fund Wilma Hall* James D. & Marian Hammond Harden, Cummins, Moss & Miller, L.L.C. Patrick B. & Teri Harr Von Hayes Lydia L. (Stickerod) Haynes* Robert M. & Carolyn A. Henry Ralph Hook* & Joyce F. Hook* Hy-Vee Ideker Inc. Ronald W. & Martha Ideker Illinois Tool Works Foundation Information Builders Inc. Arthur A. & Karen Jablonski James M. Jackson, Sr.* & Betty Jackson John & Denise (Kirby) Jasinski Christopher R. & Mercedes (Ramirez) Johnson Sandra A. (Hayzlett) Jones Mabel V. (Wells) Jordan* Martin & Ramona A. (Rope) Kanne Craig L. & Kerry Kelley

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Kentucky Fried Chicken of Maryville Douglas K. & Linda S. (Keller) Kinder Kiwanis Club KNIM Radio Ed Koppelman Charles Lawhead* & Florence O. (Abarr) Lawhead Marvin E. Lehnen* & Kathryn B. (Krause) Lehnen* Liberty Mutual Group Inc. Geneva Lindsey* Loch Sand and Construction Company Gweldon L. Long H. Duane & A. Marilyn (Beeks) Long William L. & Jodie L. (Hamilton) Mackintosh Mary E. Markt Marsh, Espey & Riggs PC Maryville Host Lions Club Alice L. McCullough John L. & Teresa G. (Kelly) McCune Howard McIntosh Middle Fork Water Company, Inc. Midland Surveying, Inc. Gerald A. Mitchell* & Wilma E. (Myers) Mitchell* Barry E. Monaghan Gaylord D. & Mercedes (Triplet) Morrison Irene Mueller* New England Business Service Northern Trust Company

Northwest Ford/Lincoln/ Mercury, Inc. NUCOR-LMP Steel & Wire Company Mona M. (Pennington) Nurski* Alice M. Oliver* Kevin M. & Donna O’Reilly Bill O’Riley Jack L. & Gilda J. Otte B.D. & Sue (Wright) Owens PaineWebber Frederick P. Parcher* Russell W. Parman* & Betty (McCowen) Parman Philip J. & Margaret Patterson Kenneth C. & Mary Petersen Pioneer Mobile Homes, Inc. Charles M. Place* & Linda L. (Nichols) Place Porter Trash Service William C. & Mary Beth Price Principal Financial Group Foundation Dorothy J. (Myers) Rice* Gladys M. Rickard* Robert E. Fraser Foundation Rotary Club of Maryville Deon & Jodee Roush Chauncey Saville* Richard L. Sawyers* Robert D. & ZoAnn (Holt) Severson Frank C. Skipton David T. & Sue A. (Strauss) Slater David L. Snider Olive G. Somerville* Sprint Foundation

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Lifetime Giving

The Long Walk Society St. Francis Hospital Robert & Ruth A. Stelter Frank H. Strong* & Vivian Strong The Student Body W. Lester Swaney* Taco John’s of Maryville, Inc. John R. & Kristine (Ketelsen) Teale The Sunderland Foundation Maurine A. Thomas* Gary J. & Kathy L. Thompson Dick & Kay S. Thomson

Melvin L. & Carol Tjeerdsma Susan F. Tobin Bruce E. & Polly Twaddle United Electric Cooperative US Bank Roberta F. Utterback* Pauline F. Walker* Richard E. Westbrook Western Missouri Correctional Center Ben L. & Kathleen J. Westman Mike & Jean L. Wilcox William Price Family Foundation

Pacesetters

Ashton Raffety ‘15 and Cody Uhing ‘15 at the summit of Old Rag Mountain in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Shenandoah National Park

Associate Members The Northwest Foundation is thankful for the lifetime support of all alumni and friends.

Although lifetime giving levels now begin at

Brent Phillips ‘87 and Jennifer Shemwell Phillips ‘88 at the peak of Bierstadt Mountain in Colorado

A.E. Easter Family Foundation Aquila Eddice B. Barber Freida M. (Bennett) Belford* Charles R. Bell* & Lela Bell* Boatmen’s First National Bank A.C. Breckenridge* Caskel Leasing Company James D. Cox Don O. & Nancy Daniel John H. Dieterich* & Mary G. (Garrett) Dieterich Edward Jones Exxon Education Foundation Farmers Insurance Group of Companies Victor M. Farrell* & Frances Farrell* Warren Gose* & Barbara Gose Georgia Gromer* Sharen Gutreuter Betty Lou Hazelton*

$25,000, these individuals assumed a vital role in the former Tower Society with their lifetime gifts between $10,000 and $24,999.

Theodore C. Hinckley* & Caryl C. Hinckley Amy R. Jacob J. E. Dunn Construction Company Donald E. Johnson* K.C. Petersen Construction Co. Chang You Kan Lloyd Kelly* & Eileen (Isom) Kelly J.E. Kirschner* LuBeth W. Kuemmerle Eleanor (Nicholas) Letts* Joan L. (Johnson) Marfice Marian Home Loan Co. Gary & Merry McDonald John P. Mees* & Joan Mees Motorola Foundation Nissan Motors Nodaway County Recreation for Handicapped North Aggregate Products

Marie Chandler Oftelie* James C. & Joanne (French) Redd Mahala Saville* August Sherman* Shughart Thomson & Kilroy St Joseph Light and Power David Stanley Edra M. (Planck) Stoskopf* Robert Strait* & Arlyne Strait* Strong & Strong Robert & Juddy Elaine B. Tebow Kenneth T. Thompson* & Icel (Donelson) Thompson* Toshiba Corporation Charles W. Veatch & Pam (Grau) Veatch* Morris C. Walton* & Betty C. Walton Wesley Foundation of Maryville Williams Recycling

Annual Giving

Jane Laughlin Sullivan ‘74 and Tim Sullivan ‘75 at Rainbow Falls on the Big Island of Hawaii

The Regents’ Circle

The Board of Regents serves as the governing body for Northwest Missouri State University. The nine members, including a non-voting student regent, are appointed by the governor and approved by the Missouri

Tasha Sherman Overmiller ‘13 climbs Smith Rock in Terrebonne, Oregon

Garvin R. Williams* & Imogene (Henderson) Williams* John C. Williams Harold Wilmarth & Carol J. (Couts) Wilmarth* Al & Nancy J. Wilson Montgomery L. Wilson* & Irma L. (Hull) Wilson H. W. & Nancy L. (Jordheim) Woolsey Joseph B. Zelenz* & Marilyn Zelenz

Anonymous Bolin Auto and Truck Parts Robert G. & Sue Bolin, Jr. Joseph B. & Sandra Bosse William L. Costello* Michael L. Faust Goppert Foundation Joan C. Groom Ronald A. Houston

Senate. The board holds the Northwest vision in highest regard.

The following donors contributed at least $25,000 between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015.

Hughes Family Foundation Carl A. & Cheryl L. Hughes Hy-Vee John Sublett Logan Foundation James R. & Patricia J. (New) Joy Geneva Lindsey* H. Duane & A. Marilyn (Beeks) Long

Ruth (Collins) McQuerry Richard A. & Bernadine Mendenhall Robert Lee Stanton* & Doris Ann Stanton Beulah (Wilkinson) Summers* The Sunderland Foundation

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Annual Giving

The Northwest Circle

The Cornerstone Circle

The Fifth District Normal School opened in 1905, offering two-year programs to educate teachers for the region. The name was changed to Northwest Missouri State Teachers College in 1919 as curriculum began to focus on four-year programs. As its prominence as a regional institution began to grow and the fields of study continued to expand, the name was again changed to Northwest Missouri State College in 1949. Finally, as the breadth of its programs continued to increase, especially graduate studies, the name Northwest Missouri State University was approved in 1972. No matter the formal name, the institution has always been known by its alumni and friends as Northwest.

The following donors contributed between $10,000 and $24,999 between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015.

ARAMARK Campus Dining Michael J. & Linda Abildtrup Donald D. & Stacy R. (Lee) Carrick Citizens for Mike Thomson William L. Combs Janet S. Dinkel 12 Mark J. & Julia C. (Scott) Doll Lee Ann (Butler) Fry Kevin E. & Kathy G. Fullerton Gary G. Taylor Charitable Trust

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Calvin N. & Mary Lou Goeders John & Denise (Kirby) Jasinski j Arnold J. & Mary Le Johnson Kawasaki Motors - Maryville Larry Neal Memorial Fund Nodaway Valley Bank Public Water Supply District #2 Russell E. & Jayma A. (Elmore) Sandquist Wells Bank Jo Ellen Wilson

The cornerstone of Academic Hall, now the Administration Building, was laid on Oct. 12, 1907, amid great celebration, including a parade. Into the cornerstone, a copper box was placed that included items from the era such as coins, pictures and a copy of the law that created the Fifth District Normal School. After many heartaches and delays, the building was finally completed in 1910.

The following donors contributed between $5,000 and $9,999 between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015.

Virgil & Dolores Albertini Anonymous Craig L. Bassett Melvin D. & Valorie G. (Wheeler) Booth Douglas & Sheryl J. Bowen William A. & Jo Karen Brown Delmer & Jane G. Campbell Rick A. & Tammy Carter Community Foundation of New Jersey Frances R. Daugherty* Deluxe The Dow Chemical Company Foundation Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund First Hand Foundation

Michael S. & Heather Flanagan Shawna A. Flanagan Dorothy W. Gram Mark H. & Vicki A. (Horton) Hargens j Paul J. & Rita Jennings Andrew M. & Anne Jones Midland GIS Solutions, LLC Clarence M. & Gloria (Sherman) Miller Jennifer (Dawson) Nicholson Northwest Missouri Cellular Linda L. (Nichols) Place Milton E. Ploghoft Roger L. Pugh

John & Aileen Richmond Dan & Cathy J. Saxton Robert D. & ZoAnn (Holt) Severson Robert & Ruth A. Stelter Owen L. & Liz Straub Vivian Strong Gary J. & Kathy L. Thompson Dick & Kay S. Thomson Melvin L. & Carol Tjeerdsma Susan F. Tobin Roger D. Tullberg Mark D. & Rachel L. Waddington Western Missouri Correctional Center

The President’s Circle Ten presidents have served the institution from the days of the Fifth District Normal School to present day Northwest Missouri State University.

Through their guidance and leadership, Northwest has grown into one of the Helen J. Ackerman Mary E. (Johnson) Adwell Ameritas Life Insurance Corp.

Anderson, Sundell & Skinner PC Dr. Mark J. Anderson Christopher B. & Rachel R. (Lipira) Andrews Anonymous Mary M. Asbell & Allan S. Mackenzie Associated Electric Coop Inc. Mark A. Avitt Axiom Strategies LLC BKD LLP Frank E. Babb & Betsy Iventosch-Babb JeAnna Badenell James D. Bailey Matthew C. & Jill J. (Wood) Baker John W. Baker, Jr. Bruce S. & Coretha C. Barlow Barnes & Noble 12 Terry L. & Ginny Barnes Bruce W. & Holly A. (Murphy) Barstow Mike Baumgartner Bayer CropScience Donald D. & Ann Beeson Lucas R. Bennett Robert L. & Mary R. Bohlken Robert G. & Sue Bolin, Jr. JJ & Nola F. Bond 12 Jeffrey C. & Jill Borchardt Jerald & Ann M. Brekke

* Deceased

Robert & Patricia L. Brewer Alex G. Broadbent Billy V. & Courtney Brooks j Shoba (Mansukhani) Brown Kaleb A. Brumbaugh Carl Bryant Burny’s Sports Bar Robert L. & Seal S. Burrell Robert E. & Betty (Johnson) Bush Randy R. Buxton Reid B. Catt John P. Cline Janice (Erickson) Corley Countryside Cinema LLC Pat & Sandy Cozad DCP Midstream Matching Gifts Program Dennis C. Dau Joyce Y. Davison Edward T. Day 12 Terry R. & Sandra Day Ken M. DeBaene Emma (Brown) DeVore P. Lavon Derstler Scott M. & Laura J. (Rutherford) Dowden Mark & Johna Duren E & R Sanitation Scott R. & Traci L. (Eggers) Fleming Enterprise Realty LLC Paul Eschbacher Euken Farms Inc. Randy B. & Jill Euken Kim & Myra L. (Turner) Evans

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most respected universities in the country.

The following donors contributed between $1,000 and $4,999 between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015.

FJC Foundation of Philanthropic Funds First United Methodist Church Donald A. Foley Doug K. & Lisa Foster Jeffrey D. & Karen E. (Gould) From Richard M. & Karen U. Fulton Jeff & Carole (Fields) Funston Martha (Polsley) Gamble Kevin O. & Christi (Rollins) Garrett Ryan T. & Sue A. (Redelberger) George Robert Gevelinger Melvin L. & Ann H. Gibson Eric E. & Jill A. (Barlow) Gockel John R. & Carol L. (Workman) Graham Michael Graham j Grainger George R. Green & Barbara Klein-Green Troy R. & Heather (Malmberg) Greenfield Frank & Vicki S. (Greer) Grispino Sr. Theresa Grove Glenn Webb Education Fund/ The Growmark Foundation Paul J. & Annette K. (Andersen) Gude Doug & Ann (Young) Gustafson j Guthrie County State Bank Mark & Debra Gutzmer

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Rex & Amy Gwinn Jerry & Jane A. (Cassity) Hagg Harold & Mary Ellen (Tebow) Hall Patrick A. Halsted Hayley E. Hanson & Todd McGuire Harden, Cummins, Moss & Miller LLC Patrick B. & Teri Harr Hartford Insurance Group Janice L. Heinz j Carl L. & Jacqueline Henningsen Robert M. & Carolyn A. Henry Harlan & Sybil (Sims) Higginbotham Hills Bank and Trust Company Dana & Susan (Johnson) Hockensmith David A. & Danette Holmes Randy & Susan A. (Crooks) Holtman Hormel Foods Corporation Dean L. & Aleta A. Hubbard Michael J. & Sue Hughes j Husch Blackwell LLP Ronald W. & Martha Ideker Frank E. Babb & Betsy Inventosch-Babb Arthur A. & Karen Jablonski 12 Clark C. & Anika G. Jackson John Deere Foundation John W. Parham Estate Benny L. & Cheryl A. Johnson j

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Brent E. & Tamara Johnson Michael C. & Kenna S. (Miller) Johnson Robert T. Johnson, Jr. John E. & Lynn A. Jones James Taylor & Sandra A. (Hayzlett) Jones Marilou (Rogers) Joyner Craig L. & Kerry Kelley Kevin E. & Susan Kemmerer Joe J. Kempf Paul E. & Joyce (Barnes) Kerber Paul R. Kuehneman j Kirk G. & Jennifer Larson Paul & Kathryn A. (Palmquist) Lass Lisa L. Lehnus Jeff L. & Kelli A. (Welter) Linch Tondee L. (Voortman) Lutterman William L. & Jodie L. (Hamilton) Mackintosh Marsh Espey & Riggs PC Marsh USA Inc. Maryville Host Lions Club Donald W. Matthews j John L. & Teresa G. (Kelly) McCune Richard W. McGinness j Missouri Farm Bureau Foundation Barry E. Monaghan David C. & Marge Moore Timothy P. Mottet & Rick Gonzalez

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Annual Giving Traci N. Todd Murphy Mutual of Omaha Companies National Investors Inc. Nationwide Insurance Foundation Richard M. & Barbara A. New j Nodaway Co. Recreation & Education for Individuals Northwestern Mutual Foundation Ralph L. O’Riley Jack L. & Gilda J. Otte PC Pharmaceuticals, Inc. John Parham* Bill & Paige R. Patterson Donald C. & Lonnie Peters Steven D. & Debbie Peters Brian & Barb Peterson Pioneer Growing Education Matching Gift Program Don R. & Joyce A. (Wake) Piveral j Theodore P. & Katherine E. (Carrel) Place

Phillip M. & Deena E. (Roush) Poynter j William C. & Mary Beth Price Principal Financial Group Foundation j Principal Life Insurance Company James & Mary C. (Hamilton) Purdy Scott & Cindy Richey Jon T. & Donna L. Rickman Michael P. Rogers & Jean A. Memken Darwin W. Rold Mick M. & Beatrice K. (Runyan) Ross Scott & Meredith A. (Gillespie) Ross Douglas J. & Valerie W. Saltsgaver Coralea C. Samson Frederick A. & Cleanne S. (Ferguson) Schieber Paul W. & Mari Schieber, Jr. j Robert L. & Carol L. (Gregory) Schmidt

Robert D. & ZoAnn (Holt) Severson Shopko John R. & Charm F. (Brown) Smith, Jr. Jonathon P. Smith j Steven B. & Michelle Smith Miles T. & Jackie Spainhower John W. & Donna L. (Friend) Spencer Sprint Foundation St. Francis Hospital Robert A. & Darla Stalder Michael J. & Lori A. (McLemore) Steiner Susan Stelter W. Brad & Cheryl L. Stephens Strong & Strong Stephen L. Sturm & Carol M. Mills-Sturm The Student Body Daniel K. & Erin M. Swan Roxanna R. Swaney Tarkio Rotary Club James L. Taylor

John R. & Kristine (Ketelsen) Teale Roger & Erika Tesi The Greater Cincinnati Foundation Kay Thomas Thompson Law Office LLC James H. & Sherry L. (Gillespie) Thompson, Jr. Willard C. & Paulette S. Tice Carol Todora Richard W. Tokheim David T. & Megan L. Tollefson Richard T. & Deborah A. (Johnson) Toomey Norman A. & Sue Townsend Truman Heartland Community Foundation 12 Donald Turner US Bank 12 Union Pacific Fund For Effective Government Ursa Foundation Inc. Sandra S. (Grove) Valline John A. Van Rens

Harold G. & Marylee (Steele) VanSickle, Jr. Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program James H. Wakeman j Janet Waldeier James P. & Sue A. Waters Gregory S. & Hollis Weishar Wells Fargo Foundation Richard E. Westbrook Sharlis (Marple) Wheeler j Diane R. Widger Kenton J. Wilcox Leon & Elizabeth Williams Al & Nancy J. Wilson Allen & Randy L. Wilson Nancy J. & Al Wilson Jim & Melinda L. Winterscheid Ronald C. & Barbara J. (Tiffin) Woolsey H. Wayne & Nancy L. (Jordheim) Woolsey Stanley R. & Gina Zeamer Michael J. Zech

The Normal School Club Efforts to bring a normal school – a training school for teachers in the public schools – to northwest Missouri began in 1874. After many years of struggle, in 1905, House Bill 311 and Senate Bill 114 were passed and signed into law by Gov. Joseph W. Folk. For 14 years, the institution was known as Mel Adema Richard E. & Jane Andrew Bill J. Archer j Arnold Insurance Services Inc. Betty J. (Underwood) Baker James & Linda (Flachsland) Balducci Jon W. & Kelley J. Baldwin Bank of America Robert J. & Camellia D. (Scott) Barmann Timothy J. Bartik James E. Bauman Joel D. & Christine C. Benson Debra J. Berg Robert E. & Melissa B. McGuire Patricia K. (McKinnon) Best j C. James & Kaye (Ferguson) Bishop Steven L. Black John E. & Jill A. (Wolken) Blackford Nathan J. Blackford James A. & Ethel Blankenship Raymond E. & Paula J. (Modrell) Brady Bram Funeral Home of Maryville Inc. Larry C. & Dorothy Brandt Bernard J. Brinkmann, Jr. j Bridget Brown Alan J. & Vicki Bubalo j Mark A. & Anita (Graham) Buelow j M. Richard & Suzanne (Sprague) Bufton j Stephen L. Burrier j Craig A. & Marge Buschbom

Timothy M. Carlyle Carson’s Sports Grille Lillian M. Carter Alan W. & Lynnette G. (Andersen) Carver Jorge C. & Ivonne Castilla Caterpillar Foundation Daniel J. Comes Conception Abbey Jerry L. & Mary E. (Stevenson) Cook Richard D. Cornelison Nell Cowden Victor & Joyce (Goeders) Cromer Terry L. & Laurie Dahms Misty L. Davis Lisa Deal Bryan S. Dorrel Robert E. & Winifred Dunshee Alex D. & Kimberly Durst E.K.S. Inc. Edward & Lida Robinson Charitable Trust Edward Jones - JR Kurz Chester L. & Peggy A. (Bush) Edwards Ted Espey Randy B. & Jill Euken Kevan J. & Becky S. (Peters) Evans Mahlon L. & Johanne (Windle) Fairchild Philip E. Farnan Lynn Felton J. Michael & Rebecca D. Feuerbacher Marjorie I. (Golightly) Fogler

the Fifth District Normal School and graduated hundreds of teachers who served the region.

The following donors contributed between $500 and $999 between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015

Alice K. Foose Ronald & Lorna (Mayfield) From Donna D. Fuhr Frank & Alberta Garey Kyle W. & Deborah A. (Huston) Garrett Crae & Jodie K. (Giles) Geist Reggie E. Graham Gutzmer Veterinary Service Larry & Paula J. (Mires) Haataja Hollis O. Hamilton j James D. & Marian Hammond Nita L. Harmes Kanti L. & Kokila Havaldar Donna Hawley Carl Heck Peter & Karen (Crawford) Hendrickson j Hi-Plains Lumber, Inc. John & Judith A. (Gregory) Hlawatsch j Laura J. Holden Stephen R. Holle John H. & Nancy E. Holler John C. Horman Channing & Louise B. Horner L. Carolyn Houts Cameron R. & Polly E. (Parsons) Howard Eldon L. & Janelle R. (Wollenhaupt) Hunsicker Wendell & Joan D. (Lynch) Jackson David Jerome Carolyn V. Johnson Darin K. Johnson & Pamela C. Dunlap-Johnson Glen E. Johnson

Monte J. & Barbara J. (Meyer) Johnson Chad Jolly Paul D. & Sandra L. Jones Patrick M. Jordan Jacob P. & Keri L. (Stangl) Kendrick j Phillip M. & Cindy S. (Platt) Kenkel Douglas K. & Linda S. (Keller) Kinder Brian E. Koerble Fred C. & Jacqueline P. Lamer Lee & Elaine M. Larabee Rick E. & Catherine P. LeBlanc j Nancy J. Lee-Poole j Lynn N. & Marsha L. (Alsbury) Leopard j David B. & Brenda K. (Weddle) Lewis Basil M. & Ina C. (Barnes) Lister j Robert H. & Patty Loft Terry D. & Anne C. Long, Jr. Mark E. & Kathleen M. Longacre Forrest G. Lowe Stephen E. & Kathleen J. Ludwig Larry J. & Patricia (Faubion) Maiorano Larry J. & Rhonda Mannasmith Mark Burnsides Inc. Danny L. & Mindy Marsh Ed Martin T. Kurt Matthewson Russell C. & Megan K. (McFee) McAdams

Patrick J. & Brenda K. (Deweerdt) McCabe Michael G. & Janet McClanahan Trudy A. (Dew) McCormick Timothy J. McGinnis Larry McGough David L. & Janet E. (Clayton) McLaughlin Gary A. & Marcia A. Mekelburg Richard H. & Deborah R. (Goodwin) Menke James E. & Janice E. (Young) Meyer Steven E. & Judith R. (Pitts) Meyer Stephen D. & Karen R. Miller John F. & Suzy Moore Allen W. Motley Kevin R. & Patricia A. (Leslie) Neal Russell & Rita (Sharp) Northup William G. Norton j Donald E. & Sue Nothstine Katherine N. Novak Richard R. & Linda J. Oswald j Philip V. & Cathy Ott j John Pagin Philip J. & Margaret Patterson William L. & Pamela Perkins Kari Peters Tim & Jeanie Pillen Porter Trash Service The Prudential Foundation Tom & Joan Quinlin Rodney & Angela K. (Roberts) Reed j Stephen M. Rhodes & Lisa K. Renze-Rhodes

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Annual Giving James A. & Marilyn S. Rhea Stephanie L. Rogers Roger W. & Mary S. Rowlett j Daniel J. & Tracy Runde Peitha M. Rush Joseph F. & Rose Ryan Robert N. & Katherine (Hann) Sawyer Raymond L. & Liz Schieber Martin L. Schieber Robert T. Schilling Roger L. Schlegel Brian & Diana (Knorr) Schmitz Dean M. & Joan M. Schneider Nina C. Schneider Kent S. Schreiner

Ross W. & Elizabeth (Sullivan) Scott Sears Authorized Retail Dealer Alfred E. Sergel, III Rod & Sharon E. (Barnes) Shain Shirley’s Realty Jocelyn (Ambroske) Skidmore Smith Contracting Company Delbert Smith Jeffrey L. & Gina M. Smith Sean M. Smith David L. Snider Dennis K. & Faith Spark Dean & Betty (Oliver) Sparks C. Renee Sparks Kim W. & Carol L. Spradling

State Farm Companies Foundation Virginia L. (Buzzard) Straub j Kurt A. Suchomel Carla J. Summa Stephen A. & Bonnie S. (White) Sutton Doug Sutton James & Connie S. (Anderla) Teaney Laura Templeman Adam M. & Mary Thomas Harlan H. & Dawn R. (Scarbrough) Thomas, Jr. Mary & Adam M. Thomas

Thompson’s Lawn & Landscaping Inc. Mark & Rachel Tobin Bruce E. & Polly Twaddle Jim & Mary V. (Killgore) Tyrrell Turner W. Tyson Junko (Matsushima) Uras John S. & Patty (Merrick) Van Cleave Wayne & Ann B. Van Zomeren j Kevin & Kathy Van de Ven Patricia VanDyke Shawn D. Wake Wal-Mart Foundation Dean L. & Caroline Wall

Jeff J. & Shelly Wangsness David E. & Jenny Warren Daniel B. Watkins David Weichinger j Edward C. & Karen Weidner Richard W. & Annelle Weymuth Doug Whitaker Jerry L. White Laura B. Widmer Richard C. & Lynette Wiles Harold Wilmarth Dwayne C. & Felicia K. (Knowles) Young j Jason & Alyssa A. (Schnack) Zabloudil

The Lake View Club The lake on campus was created during the tenure of President Uel W. Lamkin. Known as Lamkin Lake, College Pond and Colden Pond, the area has always been a popular place for students to gather and relax.

Included in the surrounding geography are the well-known Kissing AT&T Foundation Accent Printing Air Products Foundation Bryan Alexander Joshua L. Allee Carole Allison j Bill & Karen Andel Margaret M. Anderson j Stephen L. & Gayle (Bradfield) Anderson j Anonymous j Ana Arnold Cassandra Arnold John C. Atwater A. Kent & Jeannette Babcock Karen E. (Logullo) Bader Charles W. Baggs j Nancy A. Bailey James Balachowski William R. & Dorothy (Sandbulte) Baldwin Debra Ballard William O. & Margaret L. (Elliott) Bangerter j John R. Barker Lawrence E. & Kathy Barmann Blake W. & Megan A. (Moore) Barnes j Brooke L. Beason Earl Beaver Steven R. Becker Greg A. & Susan Biermann William A. & Teresa A. (Kincaid) Bing Robert J. & Connie Bintner Sarah L. (Stephens) Bird James L. & Beverly J. Blackford Mollie K. Bodensteiner Kelly Boeh j Boeing Company Fred L. & Laura J. (Corken) Bond, III j Gary O. & Martha (Landers) Booth Richard A. & Donna K. (McLarney) Borchardt Brooke E. (Weldon) Bowles j

* Deceased

Skip & Patricia S. (Ehlers) Boysen Jeff D. & Gina G. (Peterson) Bradley Bradley C. & Daryl Brenner Brian S Sutton DDS PC Damian L. (Valline) Bridges Ed & Karen Brown Karla D. Brown James H. & Sallie Brownlee Dennis E. & Judy Bunch Roger & Stacy (Ottmann) Bundridge Mark & Marla Burnsides Rodney E. Burrell Carol A. Buttell James E. & Terry J. Byrd Harold W. Cameron Keith Cannon Joe N. Caraway Samuel E. Carneal Nanetta (Turner) Carter Century 21 Crossroads Real Estate James & Gina Chappell Robert & Jo (Ridgway) Clarke Curtis L. Claycomb Mark A. Clements Terry S. & Kimberly J. Clevenger j James O. Cloepfil Garnett & Charlene Coffey Chris Colhour Danny J. & Mary E. (Henry) Collins Robert E. & Janis J. Colville ConocoPhillips Company Wendy B. (Wykoff) Cooley Thomas A. & Virginia Coppinger Donald L. & Margaret Cordell CottageCare Ray & Barbara L. (Zehr) Courter James D. Cox Sandra M. (Gray) Cox Mitzi G. Craft 12 j Laura Crooker

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Bridge, the Peace Pavilion and International Plaza, making the south entrance to campus a visual masterpiece.

The following donors contributed between $250 and $499 between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015.

Sueann M. Crouse Kenneth W. & Cindy Crozier James Crozier Thomas J. Cundall David D. Davis Kurt & Sandra K. Davis Phillis (Nelson) Davison Kristen T. DeHart j Eric V. Denton Ted S. & Sharon Derks Mark S. & Sherry DeVore Janis E. Dixon Avinash R. Dodda Gene & Sue (Merrigan) Dorrel Brant & Marcia Downey Colton E. Dunphy Rose Marie Duty* 12 Jerry B. & Carolyn (Nicolle) Dyke Eagle Services Inc. M. Mark & Debra (Coughennower) Ebbrecht John R. & Mary Ebrecht Beth Eliason Empire District Gas Company George W. & Juanita English Paul C. & Janice (Brandon) Falcone James R. Fall Edward L. & Joan F. (Swanson) Farquhar Richard & Diane Ferguson J.W. Flentje Jeffrey R. Foot & Jeaneth Puriel Michael R. Franey David E. Freed Friends N Family Helping the Youth Inc. Dale & Vicki (Hascall) Fulk Gary G. & Julia (Thompson) Funkhouser j Galaxy Country Store Leslie M. Galbreath Tony K. Gannan George R. & Barbara H. Gayler j Larry D. Gearhart j

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Charlene A. Gernon John F. Gernon Christopher A. Gibson & Cheryl L. Cornell Kristy K. Giermann Dave W. & Carole A. (Patterson) Gieseke Ray & Lynne Gilbert George & Susan V. Gille Linda R. (Raney) Girard Pavan Kumar C. Gorantla Gary A. & Barbara D. (Spencer) Graves Larry & Wallis A. Gray Lindsay E. (Hagan) Gray Wanda (Wyatt) Gray* Stanley K. & Janet L. Griffin Joleen Grodahl Jon C. & Teresa S. (Darrah) Gustafson j Gregory D. & Amy L. Haddock Jason S. & Tiffani Haer Jason A. & Catherine A. (Stoll) Hall Daron N. Hall Franklin L. Hall Geraldine F. Hall Jimmy D. & Dixie Ham j Donald W. & Jane C. Hamerle Lois E. Hamersky Michael D. & Kimberly R. Hammer Randy A. & Jana L. (White) Hanson Rodney D. Harris Wayne H. & Karen Hartschuh j Linda G. Hauschild Warren G. Hawk j Carolyn L. Heidtbrink Paul W. & Susan M. Heim Tad & Susan D. (Pope) Henggeler 12 Denise K. (Herbers) Peters j Alice C. Hersh Carrol L. Hess J. E. & Debra B. Hess David Hicks

Joanne Hietpas E. Ray & Linda Hischke j Michael B. Hobbs & Giuli Coniglio Charles & Patricia E. (Andrews) Holley Robert & Kayla M. (Nelson) Holscher Beverly E. Hopkins Horizon Staffing Jeffery L. & Laura Houts David L. & Kathy J. Howell Tracy J. Hoza j Gary R. & Susan Hull Bobby L. & Judy Ingels Inter-Cultural Music Inc. Dallas N. Ivanko Janis C. (Smith) Ivie Ravi S. Iyer Leona R. Jackson James & Teresa A. (Thristie) Jacoby Richard L. & Judy (VanAllsdall) Jennings Lorene & Harold E. Jensen Rita B. Johansen Harold A. & Carole (Lininger) Johnson Larry W. & Sandra (Naven) Johnson j Neil C. & Donna L. (Mishmash) Jones KFC Restaurant William D. & Linda Kennebeck Ryan C. & Kimberly B. (Sifers) Kenney Kevin Neal Insurance Agency Inc. Michael R. & Carma L. (Greene) Kinman Matthew D. & Laura (Stageman) Kitzi Jason A. & Nichole (Sloop) Klindt Richard W. & Ann M. Knauss David L. Koch Nancy H. (Baker) Koch j

Forever

Green

Northwest student Jack Macias at Oriole Park, the home of the Baltimore Orioles

Northwest students Austin Alitz, Madison Douglas and Josh Nienhueser at Copper Mountain Resort in Colorado

Venkata Sai Yashaswi Kasavajhula ‘15 at Watkins Glen State Park in Buffalo, New York

Northwest student Michelle Greenwood in Georgia

Annual Giving James R. & Sarah E. (Moser) Kurz Robert L. & Diane (Morley) Lade Larsen Family Foundation William & Barbara M. (Burgess) Lavery j Larry W. & Janet Leachman James O. & Linda (Yates) Leese Mark E. & Melissa A. (McEnroe) Leggett Marvin J. & Linda (Jones) Lehman j Lennox International Inc. Dale G. & Beverly J. (Askins) Lewis Galen K. & Donna Lewis Leland M. & Frederica (Dodge) Long Laurie F. (Drummond) Long 12 Jay W. Longinaker James L. & Sylvia C. Lowrance Randal E. & Sharon (Walker) Luke Michael M. & Molly Lydon j Robert J. & Kathryn L. Machovsky Marcus E. & Marian (Jackson) Mack j James & Barbara A. (Gyulavics) Mahoney Matthew C. & Wendy M. (Harlow) Marckmann Edward L. & Ann L. (Martens) Martin David C. Martin j Bradley L. Martinson 12 Jeff Mather Clark G. Mathisen j James H. & Tracy L. (Dickman) Mathisen j Joan Mathisen Dwight T. & Sandra R. Maxwell Brandi R. (Harvey) Mayes Jeremiah J. & Lisa R. McCarthy Donald McCrary McDonald’s of Maryville Nancy K. McGuire Steven K. McKee Frank L. & Gail F. (Wiederholt) McKinzie Paula R. McLain Meers Advertising Frank W. Mercer j Jennifer S. Mertz Alan L. & Brenda J. (Howard) Meyer Kerry E. & Marsha Meyers Midland Surveying Inc. Midwest Medical Resources David M. & Sharon Miller Missouri Employers Mutual James & Velma F. (Swartz) Mitchell Mary Mizera Robert D. & Regina M. (Sweeney) Montgomery Morgan Stanely Christian S. & Maureen F. (O’Malley) Murphy Marli Murphy Helen L. (Fisher) Mutz* John K. Mutz

NEC Insurance Inc. NOCOMO Industries Kevin R. & Patricia A. (Leslie) Neal Mitchell A. Nelsen j Marcia Nichols Sue A. Nickerson Scott N. & Betsy Nielson W. R. & Carole O’Riley Ralph L. O’Riley & Nancy M. O’Riley* Omaha Community Foundation Once Upon a Child Osborn Auction LLC Mitch J. & Nancy Osborn Wilbur T. Osborne John B. Owens Michelle L. Pace j The Palms Carol K. Park Kimberly A. Pearcy Nicholas Peters Virginia (Hall) Petersen j Alan & Diana S. Peterson Ernest A. Phillips, Jr. Norris & Barbara Phillips Curtis D. Pietig Dorothy A. Porter j Betty Praiswater Dick R. & Janis Rabenold Aaron J. Ranner* & Barbara A. (Benning) Ranner Edwin D. & Deborah L. (Kramer) Reasoner Raymond P. & Denise (Lister) Reasoner Sherri (Heath) Reeves Robert H. & Connie (Smith) Reynolds, Sr. Robert L. & Sarah L. Rice Helen (Witmer) Richards Gladys M. Ritterbusch Kendall R. & Cindy Roberts Robert M. & Christina K. (Ormsbee) Rohlfs Kurt R. & Theresa Rowan John D. Ryan j Cleopas T. Samudzi & Fungai Chanetsa Schenkel Farms Inc. j John A. & Bev S. (Orme) Schenkel j Sue (Goforth) Schenkel Craig A. Schieber Ronald J. & Stephanie Schieber David L. & Dana Schmidt Debra Schneider Schreck Motors LLC Louis A. & Renee J. (Whipple) Schreck C. Alan Scott Ronald P. Searcy John E. Shaw, Jr. Bradley W. & Joyce A. (Kroeger) Shelton Harold J. & Kay Shepherd Zachery R. Sherman Richard L. & Joanne L. Shipley Shoat’s Inc. Larry W. & Linda S. (Chaney) Shoemaker Jon-Paul & Ashley A. Shores Orlo G. Shroyer

Mark H. & Suzanne (Zillner) Silverthorn j Phyllis (Lawrence) Skoglund Brad Smith Daniel M. Smith Devin M. Smith Donald C. & Amanda M. (Key) Smith Howard B. & Kris (Greenfield) Smith Kendal & Jennifer L. (Hewitt) Smith John H. Smith Michael C. Smith & Melanie Robinson-Smith R. Joe & Nancy Smith Stephen & Becky (Morris) Smith j Stan D. & Debbie Snyder James L. Solar & Ann Moxley Jerome & RoAnne (Godsey) Solheim Patricia Sparks Michael P. Spears Tara D. Spidle Robert K. Staashelm Gregory L. & Terri J. (Stelpflug) Steele Glenda F. Stock John L. & Mary Strauch Timothy T. & Jane A. (Laughlin) Sullivan Sutherlands Brian S. & Gina E. (Hayes) Sutton Grant M. & Jennifer R. (Gries) Sutton Brad Teale John & Lois G. (Van Loon) Teeter Albert H. & Lois Terhune, III The Media Source Inc. Chad A. & Amanda M. (Praiswater) Thompson Paul S. & Melissa L. (Whigham) Thompson Stephen L. & Patricia L. (Wray) Thompson j Today’s Civic Women Tri State Ford Lincoln Mercury Larry S. True Scott A. Trunkhill Gary L. Tunell j Kerri L. Tuttle James E. Umholtz Brenda J. Untiedt Thomas M. & Lisa Vansaghi Caterina M. Vittoria Craig B. Wagner Kevin J. & Valerie Wagoner Scott A. Walk Daniel E. & Susan G. Walker Bradley J. Wallach John P. Warner Audrey G Webster Rebecca R. Wellington James R. & Leslie D. (Hagan) West II Beth M. Wheeler Josey J. Whisler Christina (Westfall) Wiley j Michael J. Willis

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Annual Giving Paul J. & Robin R. (Lamb) Wilmes Connie I. (Johnson) Wilson j Irma L. (Hull) Wilson John S. & Virginia (Barks) Winston

William H. & Beverly A. (Callaway) Wirt, III Wise Motels Inc. Roger A. & Monica L. (Booth) Woods

Ronald N. & Janet B. Wray Tamra J & Frederick C Wulff Brent & Jacqueline K. Wyant Mark S. & Phyllis C. (Bowman) Yehle

Evan M. Young John A. Yurchak John & Nancy D. (Johnson) Zeliff

Michael E. Zeorlin Renae L. Zimmer Thomas R. & Jolaine A. (Kaminski) Zweifel

The 1905 Society The goals Northwest sets for itself continue to be ambitious, inspiring and visionary. The establishment of the Fifth District Normal School in 1905 was the culmination of a 30-year struggle to bring higher education to the region.

Michael J. & Linda Abildtrup Helen J. Ackerman Virgil & Dolores Albertini Christopher B. & Rachel R. (Lipira) Andrews ARAMARK ARAMARK Facility Services Mary M. Asbell & Allan S. Mackenzie Terry L. & Ginny Barnes Bruce W. & Holly A. (Murphy) Barstow Mike Baumgartner Donald D. & Ann Beeson Lucas R. Bennett Jeffrey C. & Jill Borchardt Robert L. & Seal S. Burrell Robert E. & Betty (Johnson) Bush Donald D. & Stacy R. (Lee) Carrick Community Foundation of New Jersey Dennis C. Dau Frances R. Daugherty* DCP Midstream Matching Gifts

Program Ken M. DeBaene P. LaVon Derstler Mark J. & Julia C. (Scott) Doll Kim & Myra L. (Turner) Evans First Hand Foundation Donald A. Foley Kevin O. & Christi (Rollins) Garrett Ryan T. & Sue A. (Redelberger) George George R. Green & Barbara Klein-Green Troy R. & Heather (Malmberg) Greenfield Guthrie County State Bank Jerry & Jane A. (Cassity) Hagg Patrick A. Halsted Hartford Insurance Group Carl L. & Jacqueline Henningsen Harlan & Sybil (Sims) Higginbotham Hills Bank and Trust Company Dana & Susan (Johnson) Hockensmith

The following donors provided a minimum of $1,000 in unrestricted monetary support that is vital to achieve the possibilities that pave the way for a brighter future for Northwest and its students.

David A. & Danette Holmes Randy & Susan A. (Crooks) Holtman Ronald A. Houston Carl A. & Cheryl L. (Deweerdt) Hughes Arthur A. & Karen Jablonski John & Denise (Kirby) Jasinski John W Parham Estate Arnold J. & Mary Le Johnson Benny L. & Cheryl A. Johnson Michael C. & Kenna S. (Miller) Johnson Marilou Joyner Paul & Kathryn A. (Palmquist) Lass Lisa L. Lehnus Jeff L. & Kelli A. (Welter) Linch H. Duane & A. Marilyn (Beeks) Long William L. & Jodie L. (Hamilton) Mackintosh John L. & Teresa G. (Kelly) McCune Stephen L. Sturm & Carol M. Mills-Sturm

Barry E. Monaghan Timothy P. Mottet & Rick Gonzalez Mutual of Omaha Companies Northwestern Mutual Foundation John Parham* Steven D. & Debbie Peters Pioneer Growing Education Matching Program Don R. & Joyce A. (Wake) Piveral Theodore P. & Katherine E. (Carrel) Place William C. & Mary Beth Price Principal Financial Group Foundation James & Mary C. (Hamilton) Purdy John & Aileen Richmond Scott & Meredith A. (Gillespie) Ross Douglas J. & Valerie W. Saltsgaver Frederick A. & Cleanne S. (Ferguson) Schieber

Steven B. & Michelle Smith Miles T. & Jackie Spainhower John W. & Donna L. (Friend) Spencer Robert Lee Stanton* & Doris Ann Stanton Michael J. & Lori A. (McLemore) Steiner W. Brad & Cheryl L. Stephens Owen L. & Liz Straub Roxanna R. Swaney The Greater Cincinnati Foundation Kay Thomas Gary J. & Kathy L. Thompson Susan F. Tobin Richard W. Tokheim Norman A. & Sue Townsend Union Pacific Fund For Effective Government Sandra S. (Grove) Valline John A. Van Rens Gregory S. & Hollis Weishar Wells Fargo Foundation Jim & Melinda L. Winterscheid Stanley R. & Gina Zeamer

Matching Gift Companies Most large corporations encourage volunteerism and charitable giving and match, dollar for dollar – or greater – the amount their employees donate to higher education. Along with matching monetary donations, some match volunteer AT&T Foundation Air Products Foundation BKD LLP Bank of America Boeing Company Caterpillar Foundation Conoco Phillips Company DCP Midstream Matching Gifts Program

Dow Chemical Company Foundation Dow Corning Corporation Eaton Corporation Exxon Mobil Foundation Grainger Guthrie County State Bank Hartford Insurance Group Hormel Foods Corporation John Deere Foundation

Lennox International Inc. Mallinckrodt Inc. Marsh USA Inc. McDonald’s Corporation MidAmerican Energy Midland National Human Resources Mutual of Omaha Companies Nationwide Mutual Ins. Co. Network For Good

Omissions The Northwest Foundation Inc. acknowledges all donors via letter.

Because of space constraints in the Northwest Alumni Magazine, the Foundation is unable to list supporters donating less than $249.

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hours with a cash amount. Talk with your human resources office to learn about whether you or your spouse’s employer will match your gift.

Northern Trust Company Northwestern Mutual Foundation Pfizer Inc. Pioneer Growing Education Matching Program Principal Financial Group Foundation Principal Life Insurance Company

Prudential Foundation Sprint Foundation State Farm Companies Foundation US Bank Union Pacific Corporation Wells Fargo Foundation

Northwest continually strives to ensure data integrity. Therefore, should you believe there is an omission or additional discrepancy in the Honor Roll of Donors, please direct your concerns to Lori Steiner in the Office of University Advancement at steiner@nwmissouri.edu or 660.562.1248.

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Save te Date

Discover the many benefits

GOLDEN YEARS SOCIETY REUNION

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and opportunities of YOUR alumni association.

honoring the

• Attend an alumni event in your area.

Class of 1966

• Volunteer at an alumni event.

Oct. 28-29

Homecoming weekend

• Get involved with an alumni chapter in your area.

Congratulations Class of 1966! This year marks your 50-year anniversary and entry into the Golden Years Society. Save the date and join us for the celebration during Homecoming weekend. The Northwest Alumni Association will commemorate your milestone and welcome you into the Golden Years Society with a luncheon, class photo, campus tour and much more.

Information regarding hotels and registration will be mailed closer to the date.

• Recruit a student.

• Become a mentor.

• Serve on the alumni board.

Northwest is looking for volunteers to serve on the Class of 1966 Reunion Committee and help make phone calls to members of the class. If you are interested in volunteering or have questions regarding the reunion, please contact the Office of University Advancement at 660.562.1248 or alumni@nwmissouri.edu.

Contact the Alumni Relations Office at Northwest Missouri State University for more information.

660.562.1248 alumni@nwmissouri.edu

Golden Years Society Reunion, honoring the Class of 1965 Members of the class of 1965 returned to campus during the Homecoming weekend to celebrate their golden anniversary. Pictured in the first row, left to right, are Peggy Whan, Kathy (Bogdas) Flynn, Linda (Drummond) Landes, Glenda (Jamison) McCoy, Judy (Stewart) Combs, Jean (Kobashigawa) Rosenow, Mary Jo Bruett and Kay (Graves) Rosenbohm. In the second row are Joan (Lynch) Jackson , Myrna (Schnegelberger) Whigham, Karen (Mills) Shawler, Barb (Knox) Dinkla, Shari (Ostrus) Toft, Gary Magill, Terry Day and Carolyn (Enis) Koger. In the third row are Susan (McConkey) Gooding, Danny Gooding, Ken Bittiker, Larry Rosenow, Forrest Schnobrich, Jerry Fry and Russ Northup. n

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Alumni Chapter News Get involved today!

Whether you’re new to a community or simply looking to reconnect with fellow Bearcats, consider getting involved in one of the Northwest Alumni Association’s 19 alumni chapters. All Bearcats are welcome!

CENTRAL IOWA The Central Iowa Chapter experienced a year of growth in membership and attendance. The chapter visited several restaurants, including Isla Cozumel, Overtime Beerhouse, Exile Brewing Co., Wobbly Boots BBQ and Rookies Sports Bar, and monthly First Thursday social events drew an average attendance of 28 Bearcats.

The chapter also attended an Iowa Wild hockey game and hosted the Southern Iowa Chapter at an Iowa Cubs game. The chapter welcomed two new little Bearcats for parents Randy and Laura Peterson ’07 Lacina and Ryan and Stephanie Costanzo ’07 Moore. Several members also made the trip to Maryville for home regular season and playoff football games. The chapter is focused now on building a chapter endowment fund to create a scholarship for central Iowa students attending Northwest, and looks forward to continued success and growth in 2016. n

A group of alumni and friends attended the St. Joseph Alumni and Friends Chapter’s Seventh Annual Barn Party at the home of Vic ’70, ’71 and Denise Bower ’71 Kretzschmar in September.

(front row) Ann Miller Knauss; Betty Meyn ’71; (back row) Sean Gundersen ’10; ’13; Chelsea Wion Gundersen ’11, ’14; Faith Spark; Dennis Spark ’73; Tom Follett ’74; Paul Nielsen ’74 and Richard Knauss ’70 had great seats in front of the Alumni House to watch the Homecoming parade.

(front row) Chelsea Wion Gundersen ’11, ’14; Sean Gundersen ’10, ’13; (back row) Dale Wion; Faith Spark and Dennis Spark ’73 cheer on the Bearcat football team in the NCAA playoffs.

ST. JOSEPH The St. Joseph Chapter kicked off its season in August with a happy hour event at Norty’s Bar and Grill. Its Seventh Annual Barn Party at the home of Vic ’70, ’71, and Denise Bower ’71 Kretzschmar took place in September. Several members enjoyed hot cocoa and a hayride as they picked their perfect pumpkins at Schweizer’s Orchards in October. A pizza party at Pizza Shoppe in November helped the chapter raise money to adopt two needy families for the holidays. The chapter also hosted an exclusive Bearcat shopping event at Rally House and a spirit day at Chick-Fil-A that helped raise money for scholarships. The chapter invites all Bearcats in the St. Joseph area to get involved. Look for the chapter on Facebook to learn more. n

Members of the St. Joseph Alumni and Friends Chapter enjoyed the day at Schweizer’s Orchards in October. Pictured from left are Scott Harman; Jennifer Davidson Harman ’97, ’99; Leonard Untiedt ’75; Anitra Germer Svendsen ’05, ’07; Rob Bolin ’83 and Robin Pierpoint.

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1. The St. Louis Alumni and Friends Chapter hosted a watch party at Patrick’s in Westport for the 2015 NCAA Division II National Championship. The chapter also hosted the Northwest men’s and women’s basketball teams who were in St. Louis to play at Lindenwood University the next day.

2. The Easterla family, in Sacramento, California, enjoyed watching Northwest play in the NCAA Division II National Championship football game on ESPN.

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3. Members of the Washington, D.C., Alumni and Friends Chapter gathered at Crystal City Sports Pub to cheer on the Bearcats in the 2015 NCAA Division II National Championship.

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SOUTHERN IOWA The Southern Iowa Alumni and Friends Chapter participated in parades in Lenox and Diagonal during the summer. The chapter hosted a tailgate event after the Northwest Homecoming parade in October and a family bowling party during the winter. The chapter will host its annual social event on April 2 at Crestmoor Golf Club in Creston. n

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Members of the Southern Iowa Alumni and Friends Chapter include Carolyn Brown Nelson ’73; Abby Stephens Elliott ’06, ’07; Cindy Goodale Goins ’98; Tiffany Gale ’05; Richard Swank ’02; Darin Goins; Karen Mills Shawler ’65 and Larry Giles ’64, ’89.

2015-16 Northwest Alumni Association Board of Directors The Northwest Alumni Association Board of Directors had its fall meeting during Family Weekend in September. While on campus, the board members attended the Alumni Awards Banquet, Family Weekend Open House at the Alumni House, visited the Bearcat Zone and cheered on the Bearcats at the football game. The 2015-2016 Northwest Alumni Association Board of Directors include (front row, from left) Joyce Seals Roddy ’75, Faith Spark, Dennis Bunch ’69, ’76, Jay Liebenguth ’80, Dustin Wasson ’03, Paula Rector Davis ’91, (second row) Brenda Untiedt ’00, ’09, Anitra Germer Svendsen ’05, ’07, Mark DeVore ’71, ’75, Linda Nichols Place ’72, ’09, Allison Kahre Kreifels ’06, ’11, Randy Cody ’99, Marsha Alsbury Leopard ’71, ’76, (third row) Bob Machovsky ’15, Rich Tokheim ’82, Karen Logullo Bader ’86, ’95, Bob Stalder ’88, Kory Schramm ’95. (Not pictured: Abby Stephens Elliott ’06, ’08 and Jeremy Waldeier ’97, ’09). n

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Night at the K The Northwest Alumni Association is finalizing details for

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Kansas City Royals vs.

Chicago White Sox Thursday, May 26, 2016 Tailgate at the Hall of Fame Pavilion (west side of stadium, tailgate ticket required to enter tent)

5-7 p.m., program at 6 p.m.

in Kansas City, Mo.

First pitch 7:15 p.m.

Ticket Packages:

(includes tailgate ticket, game ticket and commemorative hat) Wear your Bearcat gear and get your picture taken with Bobby Bearcat and the 2015 NCAA Division II National Championship football trophy at a pregrame tailgate.

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.nwmissouri.edu/alumni/ events or call the Alumni House at 660.562.1248.

Tickets can be picked up at the green Northwest Alumni Association tent located outside the Hall of Fame Pavilion beginning at 4:30 p.m. the night of the game.

Field Plaza Section 209 $65 Hy-Vee Box Section 402 $55 Tailgate ticket includes a meal of grilled hotdog, cheeseburger, macaroni & cheese, coleslaw, cookies and soft drinks.

Ticket packages are limited. Deadline to reserve is May 19 or while supplies last.

Already have tickets to the game and want to attend the tailgate? Contact the Alumni House at 660.562.1248 for details.

Northwest Alumni Association chapters and chapter officers For more information about how to get involved with your local chapter, contact the Northwest Alumni Association at alumni@nwmissouri.edu or visit www.nwmissouri.edu/alumni.

Arizona Chapter Chartered March 23, 2001

Gridiron Chapter Chartered May 13, 2011

Band Alumni Chapter Chartered Sept. 8, 2001

Japan Chapter Chartered July 21, 2005

Central Iowa Chapter Chartered Aug. 1, 2002

Kansas City Chapter Chartered Jan. 25, 2001

Chicago Chapter Chartered Jan. 12, 2008

Maryville Chapter Chartered Sept. 22, 2001

Colorado Chapter Chartered Jan. 12, 2004

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2016 Alumni Awards Banquet Friday, Sept. 16 J.W. Jones Student Union Ballroom 6 p.m. Social 6:45 p.m. Dinner 8 p.m. Awards Presentation Awards will be presented to outstanding individuals who personify the University’s tradition of excellence through their service and achievements. More information, including the 2016 recipients, will be included in the fall issue of the Northwest Alumni Magazine.

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The 2015 Alumni Award recipients are (from left) Carol Blom Spradling ’88, Distinguished Faculty Award recipient; Jennifer Dawson Nicholson ’71, Distinguished Alumni Award recipient; Dr. Merry McDonald, Distinguished Faculty Emeritus Award recipient; Dr. Gary McDonald, Distinguished Faculty Emeritus Award recipient; Susan Johnson Hockensmith ’72, Turret Service Award recipient; Shoba Mansukhani Brown ’71, Public Service Award recipient; and Thomas Sanchez ’02, Young Alumni Award recipient.

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Best wishes to retiring faculty

These faculty members will soon be retiring.

Now is your opportunity to contact them and wish them well.

New

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now available Available to alumni and friends living in Missouri.

Dr. Judy Clark

Dr. Robert Dewhirst

Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Information Systems Started at Northwest: 1997 Last day: July 31 660.562.1281 clarkj@nwmissouri.edu

Professor of Political Science Started at Northwest: 1983 Last day: May 27 660.562.1760 dewhirs@nwmissouri.edu

Dr. Jeff Ferguson Associate Professor of Recreation Started at Northwest: 1987 Last day: Aug. 16 660.562.1651 jfergus@nwmissouri.edu

“Ride with Pride” Dr. Nancy Foley

Dr. Phil Laber

Dr. Janet Reusser

Associate Professor of Professional Education Started at Northwest: 2000 Last day: Aug. 1 660.562.1240 nfoley@nwmissouri.edu

Professor of Art Started at Northwest: 1976 Last day: July 31 660.562.1323 plaber@nwmissouri.edu

Professor of Health and Physical Education Started at Northwest: 1992 Last day: May 2 660.562.1589 reusser@nwmissouri.edu

Dr. John Shaw Associate Professor of Physics Started at Northwest: 1988 Last day: May 31 660.562.1636 jshaw@nwmissouri.edu

Dr. Rheba Vetter Associate Professor of Health and Physical Education Started at Northwest: 2002 Last day: May 2 660.562.1962 rvetter@nwmissouri.edu

Dr. Craig Warner Associate Professor of Art Retired: Dec. 31, 2015

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by purchasing your personalized Bearcat license plates. Simply make a donation of $25 or more to the Northwest Fund. Be sure to note that you would like to receive a collegiate license plate form.

You’ll receive an Emblem Use Authorization Statement from the Northwest Foundation that you can present to your local license bureau, along with $15 for a personalized plate. Keep in mind, the personalization cannot exceed six characters in length.

If you already have the Northwest personalized plates, we encourage you to update to the new plates when you renew and continue to ride with pride.

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Lasting Legacies “If I am going to do anything in this world, it will be through education. My life has proven over and over that an education helps people solve their problems and face life struggles.”

Helen Johnson Ackerman ’42

At 95 years old, Helen values education and cherishes the experiences she had at Northwest with a love for modern dance, physical activity and education. Recently, her experiences inspired her to make a deferred donation to establish The Helen Johnson Ackerman Scholarship to benefit students interested in studying modern dance or enrolled in Northwest’s School of Health Science and Wellness.

She was twice president of the Modern Dance Club while pursuing bachelor’s degrees in physical education and business at Northwest.

“Dancing is an activity that provides opportunities for young men and women to live a healthy lifestyle, as well as use their skills professionally” she said.

Helen’s investment in her own education took her around the world, enabling an association with colleges and universities nearly her entire life. She also earned two master’s degrees — one in business at Columbia University and another in education at Catholic University in Washington, D.C. Growing up, Helen always liked school, and she dreamed of traveling abroad and studying other cultures. She began her career as a teacher at Lemay High School in Lemay, Missouri, and

spent a year teaching in Northwest’s business department during the late 1940s.

Helen also spent several years teaching abroad in Berlin, Germany, and Taipei, Taiwan, as well as domestically in the Washington, D.C., area before retiring in 1985.

“When I met my husband, we went overseas and I was able to fall into my teaching career. It ended up being the foundation for my life,” she said.

Just as Helen did in her career and life experiences, she encourages others to find a place that provides satisfaction and a job that yields success.

“The longer I live, the more I am convinced that the one thing people need is more education,” Helen said. “I am who I am because of the education I received and the contacts I made at Northwest. It is a pleasure to give support and encouragement for future students.” n

One of easiest planned gifts to create and implement is a bequest in your will or living trust. It allows you to give any percentage of your estate as a charitable gift when a current gift of real estate or cash might not otherwise be feasible.

Consider these advantages: n It’s simple to set up. n You maintain control of your assets. n It provides a gift to Northwest in an amount you believe is appropriate, and you can still provide for your loved ones. n It provides an estate tax deduction.

n It provides for a cause you deem worthy at Northwest. n It includes membership in the Northwest Foundation’s

James H. Lemon Heritage Society.

n It leaves a lasting legacy at Northwest.

Contact the Office of University Advancement at 660.562.1248 or advance@nwmissouri.edu to find out about the many advantages of providing an estate provision.

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1. 1996 Women’s Tennis Team (L to R) Dr. Jim Redd ’66, Lia Ruiz Bradley ’96, ’98, Kim Buchan, Maria Groumoutis Leonard ’98, Sherri Casady Morales ’98, Assistant Coach Steve Ptasnik, Andi Schneider, Head Coach Mark Rosewell 2. Steve Coppinger ’98 (football) 3. Karen Hopewell ’96 (softball) 4. Xavier Oman ’07 (football)

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8. 1963-64 Wrestling Team Representing the Bearcat wrestling program, (front row from left) Allan Packer ’67, Harvey Hallum ’69, Head Coach Jerry Landwer, Bill Allen and Arnold Thompson ’66. (Back row) Jerry Mason ’67, Doug Baker ’69, Dan Gooding ’66, Bill Adams and Mike Healy ’67

Men’s basketball season ends in Sweet 16 The Northwest men’s basketball team added an MIAA tournament title to its 2015-2016 haul, which already included the program’s third consecutive MIAA regular season title and fourth in five seasons. The Bearcats had won 17 consecutive games before losing an 80-78 nail-biter March 15 to Augustana for the Central Region championship in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Division II national tournament.

Northwest finished the season 27-6 under head coach Ben McCollum ’03, ’05, who completed his seventh season and was named MIAA Coach of the Year. Sophomore guard Justin Pitts was named the MIAA Player of the Year and earned first team All-MIAA honors.

Pitts, who surpassed the 1,000-point plateau for his career on Feb. 24 and broke the single season scoring mark with 693 points, compiled a stellar season, scoring in double figures in all 32 games in which he appeared. He ranked second in the MIAA in assists per game (5.0), assist-to-turnover ratio (2.6) and minutes played per game (36.4). He was third in field goal percentage (55.6) and in three-point field goal percentage (49.4). He was fifth in the MIAA in scoring at 21.7 points per game and scored 20-plus points 21 times, including a careerhigh 38 points March 13 against Minnesota State-Mankato.

Senior Conner Crooker was named All-MIAA second team, junior Zach Schneider was named to the third team and sophomore Chris-Ebou Ndow earned honorable mention

accolades.

The women’s basketball team went 5-23 overall and 3-19 in the conference during a season that included the Dec. 16 resignation of third-year head coach Michael Smith ’98, due to personal reasons. Assistant Coach Buck Scheel was named interim The Bearcat men’s basketball team celebrated head coach. its third consecutive MIAA regular season chamSenior guard pionship Feb. 20 after beating Missouri Western Tember Schechinger State University, 75-56, at Bearcat Arena. received an AllMIAA honorable mention after concluding her best season as a Bearcat, averaging 12.6 points and 8.2 rebounds per game while starting all 28 contests. She led the team in seven major statistical categories, including points, rebounds, steals and minutes, and she leaves Northwest as the all-time leader in free throw percentage (82.1). She also ranks in the top 10 in career blocks, steals and three-point shots made. n

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Northwest scored 47 seconds into the NCAA Division II football national championship game Dec. 19, sowing the seeds of an impressive 34-7 victory over Shepherd University and treating a record-setting crowd of 16,181 fans at Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kansas.

The win sealed Northwest’s fifth national title in program history and second in three years. Over the last three years, the Bearcats have compiled a 40-2 record under head coach Adam Dorrel ’98, ’00.

“It was incredible,” said Northwest senior quarterback Brady Bolles, who concluded his stellar career by going 20 for 27 for 233 yards and one touchdown and finished as Northwest’s career leader in pass attempts (1,011) and total offense (9,296). “Our fans were nuts all game. All season they were incredible.”

The Northwest defense showed why it was statistically ranked No. 1 all season.

The Bearcats recorded 10 sacks, caused two turnovers and held Shepherd to 97 total yards. Offensively, Northwest gained 462.

“I am extremely proud of our seniors. There is no way we could have done this without our senior leadership.

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Those guys have set a new standard at Northwest Missouri State for the expectation level from a work standpoint,” said Dorrel, who received multiple coach of the year honors after the season, including 2015 American Football Coaches Association Division II Coach of the Year.

“We were a very unselfish football team this year. I believe the kids played each week for the University and for each other because they loved each other. It really showed late in the playoffs.”

Early on, the seniors adopted the motto “Find a Way” for the Bearcats’ 2015 season, and those eight seniors left a legacy that will be tough to duplicate.

“With what we had coming back, we knew we had to step up our level,” Bolles said.

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and elected to take the ball. Perhaps because of opening game jitters, Shepherd made a costly mistake on its first play. A high snap over the head of the quarterback turned into a fumble recovery by junior defensive end Cass Weitl at Shepherd’s four.

Northwest needed two plays to score on a 1-yard run by sophomore running back Jordan Grove. The extra point gave the Bearcats a 7-0 lead a mere 47 seconds into the game.

The second half turned into a coronation of Northwest football and its enthusiastic fans. Northwest put the game away early in the fourth quarter on a 1-yard run by Grove, making it 34-7 with 8:47 left in the game.

Grove scored two touchdowns and also completed a 45-yard halfback pass in the third quarter that led to a field goal. He was one of many sophomores and freshmen who excelled for North-

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west because of the leadership provided by the seniors.

“They mean a ton,” Grove said. “They are great leaders. They always rally us when we are down. They helped us through workouts in the summer. They are a real testament to what the Bearcat family is about.”

Bearcats reel in honors

With the football team’s national championship came numerous honors and academic awards.

Thirty-two football student-athletes were named on the 2015 MIAA Academic Honor Roll. In order to be listed on the honor roll, a student-athlete must maintain a 3.0 gradepoint average or higher. Grove and kicker Simon Mathiesen were named MIAA Scholar Athletes by maintaining GPAs of at least 3.5 and receiving All-MIAA honors.

Twenty-one players were honored on the 2015 All-MIAA Football team, which included 11 Bearcats on the All-MIAA first team, and Northwest took four of the conference’s top individual awards. Junior defensive tackle Collin Bevins was named the Co-Defensive Player of the Year, Mathiesen was named the

Special Teams Player of the Year, Shawn Bane Jr. earned Freshman of the Year honors and Dorrel earned his second Coach of the Year honor.

Additionally, Bevins, senior offensive lineman Shane Smith and junior defensive back Kevin Berg each were named to Associated Press Little All-America and D2CCA Football All-America teams.

Northwest also placed 12 players on the Don Hansen NCAA Division II All-Super Region Three team, nine on the Don Hansen All-America team, seven on the Division II Conference Commissioners Association (CCA) Super Region Three Team, five on the D2Football.com All-America team and three on the 2015 D2CCA Football All-America First Team.

For the second consecutive year, assistant head football coach and defensive coordinator Rich Wright ’96 was named the 2015 FootballScoop Division II Coordinator of the Year.

Northwest led the nation in scoring defense (12.3 ppg), rushing defense (59.3 ypg), third down conversion percentage defense (24.3 percent), team pass efficiency defense (87.81), team sacks (4.00) and total defense (224.0 ypg). n

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2016 Bearcat Football Schedule Thursday, Sept. 1 at Emporia State Thursday, Sept. 8 vs. Washburn Saturday, Sept. 17 vs. Nebraska-Kearney (Family Weekend) Saturday, Sept. 24 at Missouri Southern Saturday, Oct. 1 vs. Central Missouri Saturday, Oct. 8 at Central Oklahoma Saturday, Oct. 15 vs. Northeastern State Saturday, Oct. 22 at Lindenwood Saturday, Oct. 29 vs. Pittsburg State (Homecoming) Saturday, Nov. 5 at Fort Hays State Saturday, Nov. 12 vs. Missouri Western (Senior Day) NCAA Division II playoffs Saturday, Nov. 19, first round

Saturday, Nov. 26, second round Saturday, Dec. 3, quarterfinal round Saturday, Dec. 10, semifinal round Saturday, Dec. 17, national championship Home games bolded Game times and additional promotions will be released at a later date.

For the latest schedule and ticket information, visit www.bearcatsports.com.

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Fall sports wrap-up Cross Country A pair of underclassmen earned AllMIAA honors on the men’s side with top 10 finishes at the MIAA championship meet. Freshman Brayden Clews-Proctor placed 10th, while junior Nolan Zimmer crossed the line in fourth place, helping lead the team to a fifth-place finish overall. Zimmer also recorded the program’s fourth-fastest 10-kilometer race time and a 16th-place finish in the NCAA DII Central Region Championships, garnering all-region honors. In total, the men recorded five top-five team finishes during the season with Zimmer and ClewsProctor each earning MIAA Athlete of the Week honors. The men’s team also earned a top-25 national ranking for the first time since 2012.

The Bearcat women finished sixth at the MIAA championship after placing three runners in the top 25.

Seniors Jessica Johnson and Brooklyn Ellis and sophomore Samantha Laurenzo led the way throughout the season as Nolan Zimmer the top three Bearcat finishers in each competition.

The Bearcats’ top team result was a second-place finish at the Bearcat Open to begin the season. n

honorable mention. Lindsey anchored a defense that held opponents to one or fewer goals six times during the season and played in all 1,584 minutes possible. The regular season concluded with a dramatic come-from-behind victory against Lindenwood, 4-3, as senior Anna Holden scored her second goal of the match in the final five minutes.

The Bearcats finished the year 4-10-3 overall (3-7-1 in the MIAA). The squad placed the third-most members on the MIAA Academic Honor Roll with 13 student-athletes making the team. To be selected, a student-athlete must maintain a 3.0 or higher grade-point average.

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Soccer Goalkeeper Ashley Malloy climbed to fifth on the all-time career saves list and earned goalkeeper of the week honors during her sophomore campaign. Senior midfielder Crystal McElhose earned AllMIAA honorable mention accolades for the first time in her career. In addition, fellow senior defender Katelynn Lindsey earned her second straight All-MIAA

Volleyball The Northwest volleyball team began its season 5-0 on the way to a seventh-place league finish and a berth in the MIAA conference tournament. At times, the Bearcats were domi-

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Tennis The final fall rankings from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) had the Bearcat men ranked 18th in the nation and second in the Central Region. Juniors Romain Boissinot and Fin Glowick and sophomore Mauro Tete finished the fall campaign ranked in the top 20 in singles play for the region.

The Bearcat women were recognized as the fourth-ranked team in the region heading into the spring season. Junior Lorena Rivas Jarolim completed the fall at No. 10 among singles players in the region. The spring season began for each team in early March and is highlighted by the MIAA Conference Championships April 29-30 in Springfield, Missouri. n

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nant, taking 11 of their 15 victories by a perfect 3-0 score.

Freshman Maddy Bruder was named All-MIAA first team, while juniors Miranda Foster and Jackie Becker along with sophomore Sarah Dannettell garnered second-team honors. Nine student-athletes were named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll including Becker and Dannettell, who were named MIAA scholar athletes by maintaining at least a 3.5 GPA and receiving AllMIAA honors. n Golf The Bearcat women’s golf team registered three top-two finishes during its fall season, including a team title at the Park University Fall Classic in Parkville, Missouri. Freshman Elise McDonough captured the individual title at the Parkville event while fellow freshman Kaleigh Ashen recorded the low round of the fall, shooting a school record 72 in the second round of the Bearcat Open at Mozingo Lake Golf Course.

Brooke Byland, the lone senior on the team, recorded her best round of the year with a sixthplace overall finish at the Bearcat Fall Classic.

The spring season features five tournaments, highlighted by the MIAA Conference Championships April 18-20 in Lawrence, Kansas. n

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Love of baseball paves way to Oregon franchise for Dan Segel than 1,500 coming to each game. And better. To be able to sell that product and the organization’s revenues have reached market that product, I always tell my nearly $1 million a year. friends I am the luckiest person in the “Once we got it going, we’ve really world to be able to do this.” kept it at a high level and we continue to During his junior and senior seasons grow every year,” Segel said. at Northwest, Segel earned all-conferSegel was named West Coast League ence honors with the Bearcats. While his Executive of the Year in 2007, 2008 and hopes of being drafted by a major league 2009. But he is more proud of the orgafranchise didn’t pan out, Segel says his nization’s community connections than decision to attend Northwest helped him championships and awards. focus on his academic and career goals.

“My proudest moment is to see how “When I got there, it kind of clicked,” much involvement we have in the comSegel said “You’ve got to be diligent in munity in the Corvallis area and to see the classroom. You’ve got to work hard. I the connection between the team and had to outwork people to achieve,” Segel the community on so many different said. “Being at Northwest molded my levels,” Segel said. “To say that I could work ethic.” n ever do anything like this when I was in college, no way.”

Before becoming president of the Corvallis Knights in 2002, Segel also ran a small advertising agency in Portland for 11 years. That experience helped him develop the business marketing, management and administration skills he employs with the Knights.

“I’m in love with baseball. It’s my sanctuary, and I’ve just always been connected to it in some Dan Segel grew up near Portland, Oregon, with dreams of becoming respects,” Segel said. “What a professional baseball player, but an injury changed his goals. After can be better than baseball? finishing his degree and baseball career at Northwest, he returned to In my eyes, there’s nothing Oregon and co-founded the Corvallis Knights baseball club.

Photo by Anna Jaye Goellner

Dan Segel ’88 never realized his dream of becoming a professional baseball player, but the experiences he had at Northwest helped him set his sights on a different part of the field.

Today, Segel is president of the Corvallis Knights, a winning summer collegiate baseball club in Oregon.

After earning his bachelor’s degree in business administration and management at Northwest, Segel and his brother founded the Knights in 1990 as a recreational team. The organization evolved from a city league team to a semi-pro team before becoming a collegiate baseball club in 2005. They are named for Penny Knight, their top sponsor and the wife of Nike co-founder Phil Knight.

The Knights ended their semi-pro era by winning the NBC World Series in 2004. Since becoming a collegiate team, the franchise is the West Coast League’s most successful franchise, having captured three league titles. They were ranked No. 3 in the final summer college baseball national poll in 2013.

The Knights have featured 158 players who signed with Major League Baseball clubs during the last three decades, including 47 players who are active professional players. Eleven of those players appeared in Major League games in 2015.

The Knights enjoy a partnership with Oregon State University, with which they share a stadium. Attendance grew 15 percent last year, with a little more

Upcoming Special Events May 6-8 MIAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Bearcat Stadium

June 17 22nd Annual Shawna Zech/Scott Bostwick Memorial Classic Golf Tournament

Sept. 9 10th Annual Chip Strong Memorial Golf Tournament

For more information about these and other upcoming athletics activities, visit www.bearcatsports.com.

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Arbuckle reflects on crowning season with Royals number of people that came out and were a part of what the team was able to accomplish.

“For a long time, you would hear adults talk about how they remembered ’85 when they were kids. Well, now there’s a new generation who are going to be able to talk about ’15 when they were kids and tell their kids and grandkids, so it was a very special experience.”

Wearing his World Series ring during a visit to A few days later, Northwest in February, Mike Arbuckle said lessons he learned at the University – such as work ethic, Arbuckle was walking accountability and how to be a good teammate – among another chamset the foundation for his success in Major League pionship team when he Baseball. addressed the Northwest Looking back on a remarkable football team in its locker baseball season for the Kansas City room prior to the Bearcats’ 44-10 Royals and their fans, Mike ArMIAA-clinching win against Empobuckle ’72 cherishes most the sunny ria State.

November day when an estimated “It was a really fun experience 800,000 people crowded downtown and it was great to see the kids,” ArKansas City to celebrate the team’s buckle said. “You could tell they had first championship in 30 years. their game faces on. They were game Arbuckle traveled the parade ready, and they obviously continued route as the senior advisor to the that all the way until the national general manager/scouting and championship.” player development for the Royals, As he begins a new season with a role he’s had since 2008. Arbuckle the Royals, Arbuckle says the previously held scouting and player defending world champions are development roles with the Atlanta primed to show the baseball world Braves and Philadelphia Phillies in a they will be competitive again. professional baseball career span“Obviously a lot of things have to ning 36 years. fall right from an injury standpoint, “You realize that the team and production and all those things to the sport impacts people, but you say, ‘Yeah, we’re going to win it,’ but don’t realize how many it impacts,” I think we’re going to be right in the Arbuckle said. “When we were thick of it,” Arbuckle said. “We’ve walking down the street in that pabeen able to reload and replace some rade and you look, and as far as you people and bring Alex Gordon back can see were people in royal blue, as a part of our team. So I think stacked row-after-row deep. Then, we’re ready to go, and there’s a good at Union Station, when you turned mindset. I think the players are from the stage area and looked up ready to get back on the field and the hill, it was mind-boggling the start defending that title.” n

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Larry Kimble retired in June 2014 after a teaching career spanning 52 years. He taught junior high and high school science for 34 years before earning his Ph.D. at the University of Iowa and teaching at the university level for eight years. He also taught on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Brockton, Montana.

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Earl Boyd is retired after a 47-year career in Los

Angeles, where he was employed as an FBI agent and maintained a private law practice. He and his wife, Melanie, now reside in Granite Bay, California.

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Michael Flowers (masters ’74) published a book, titled “Come Walk With Me,” which follows the experiences of a Vietnam War veteran and teacher.

Flowers retired after teaching 35 years in the St. Joseph School District and 10 years at Missouri Western State University.

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Wilderness adventure doesn’t scare Skubella Tara VanRyn Skubella ’97 enjoys a challenge. So she didn’t hesitate when she was selected to participate on Discovery Channel’s extreme survival show “Naked & Afraid.”

Skubella was depicted last October in a new episode of the show, which places one man and one woman in the wild for 21 days without clothes, food or water.

“I’ve just been drawn to challenges in my life,” Skubella said. “I like to overcome things and work toward a really hard goal.”

Accompanied by a small production crew, Skubella and her counterpart, Dustin Hobbs, were left on the jungle island of Isla San José on the Pacific side of Panama – a lush landscape teaming with crocodiles, 10-foot boa constrictors, giant cockroaches and swarms of biting insects.

She used her experiences in the wilderness therapy field to her advantage while the episode portrayed her as a 40-year-old “mountain momma” from the high country of Colorado.

Skubella was a year removed from Northwest when she was hired to join the staff of a youth wilderness therapy program in Florida. She worked with adjudicated youth and lived with them outdoors.

“It was more primitive living, so we had tools, and we built structures that we lived in that were open to the air,” she said. “I just became really comfortable being outside in the elements.”

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Frederick Steffen retired in 2008 after 32 years as an officer with the North Kansas City Police Department. He joined the North Kansas City Council in 2010 and became mayor pro-tem in April 2015.

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In 2000, Skubella moved to Colorado municating diplomatically with her and worked as an outdoor guide, hiking partner. Her primitive survival rating – mountains and learning about high a measurement based on assessments of country safety. She also had a stint as the players – increased from 6.8 to 7.6. an earth science teacher before returning to the wilderness therapy field and averting bears, mountain lions and other wild animals on multiple occasions.

Today, she works in post-family adoption in Aurora, Colorado.

“It’s a great field to get into if you really like the outdoors and can adapt to that environment and you can work with tough kids,” Skubella said of wilderness therapy. “It’s been my favorite job to this date, by far.”

During “Naked and Afraid,” she caught and boiled shrimp and termites. She and Hobbs also Tara Skubella (right) posed for a photo with Dustin Hobbs as killed and grilled a boa constric- they waited to leave Isla San José after spending 21 days on the island for an episode of Discovery Channel’s “Naked tor. But Skubella was “skin and & Afraid.” bones” by day 17 and said her stomach had been growling consistently Yet, Skubella says she felt like she for days. could have stayed on the island for an“I should have eaten cockroaches,” other couple weeks. she said. “I look back and that’s the one “I wanted to be at that point where I thing I would have done differently. was considering tapping out, and I never There were a ton of cockroaches the first got to that point where I wanted or even few days we were there and then they all thought about leaving,” she said. “Even kind of disappeared and went away. It’s though the ending was really empowerprotein.” ing and blissful, I went away with a little Skubella lost 16 pounds during bit of an urge to experience more and the experience. The conclusion of the push myself to even more extremes.” n episode commended her for showing incredible mental fortitude and com-

Nel Cochren (masters ’81) retired in May 2015 after 42 years of teaching special needs students. She taught 12 years in Missouri and the last 27 years at Boone Middle School in Boone, Iowa. She began

supervising student teachers and practicum students at Iowa State University last fall.

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Valarie Gail Metcalf Schartel retired in September. She was a certification and date

manager for the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Education.

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Joan Bomgardner Pool was selected employee of the year at Saint Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. She is a bedside

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registered nurse in the cardiovascular recovery unit and medical surgical trauma intensive care unit.

Stan Winquist retired from teaching in the Glenwood, Iowa, School District after 36 years. He was awarded the 2014 Glenwood Area Chamber of Commerce Educator

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Royers’ passion for teaching makes him Nebraska’s top teacher Photo by Nebraska State Education Association

content knowledge we were learning – primarily with essays, research and paper writing requirements. It was not enough that I knew information. It mattered much more if I could demonstrate the ability to use that knowledge.”

Royers’ passion for teaching recently earned him the honor of 2016 Nebraska Teacher of the Year. A panel of Nebraska educators seTim Royers takes pride in providing support and guidance lected him from five finalists, to his students but says the future of education and watching students be successful after they graduate are things and Royers will spend part that excite him most about teaching. of the next year traveling, speaking about education Tim Royers wasn’t sure he wanted to topics and participating in teach until a history lecture during the the selection process for national teacher fall of his sophomore year at Northwest of the year. helped him realize he could build a caAfter graduating from Northwest reer sharing the subject he loved most. with his bachelor’s degree in social sci“I can say with 100 percent certainty ence education, Royers returned to his that I wouldn’t be half the teacher I am alma mater Millard West High School in today if I hadn’t attended Northwest,” Omaha, Nebraska, to teach history.

Royers said. “We were held to very high “I think that teaching, in many ways, standards in our capacity to use the is about coaching and being a mentor for

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of the Year and the 2014 Izaak Walton League State of Iowa Teacher of the Year. During his last year of teaching, he was a top five finalist for the 2015 Iowa Teacher of the Year.

Stan was a FFA instructor and advisor for 18 years and career educator and principles of technology instructor his last 18 years.

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Marvin Wilmes has authored a memoir, “Beyond the Horizon.”

He previously worked for newspapers in Maryville and Cherokee, Iowa, and now works in the human services field. He resides in Boone, Iowa, with his wife, Lori.

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Tom Paulsen received the Early Achievement in Teaching Award from the Iowa State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences on Feb. 3. Paulson is an assistant professor in agricultural education and studies at Iowa State.

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1 Darla Ideus was appointed to the Nebraska third judicial district court by Gov. Pete Ricketts. She is a partner at Baylor, Evnen, Curtiss, Grimit & Witt, LLP in Lincoln, Nebraska, where

your students,” Royers said. “The goal is not only to deliver content. The goal is to get students to think and be prepared to function in the real world.”

Royers enjoys using metaphors and examples from his own life to help students understand historical concepts.

These metaphors help students relate the historical information to their lives and how to apply it for themselves.

“I talk about how Romanticism was the ‘Instagram filter’ of the 19th century,” Royers said. “I talk about my first car – a 1985 Chevy Nova – as a metaphor for why Marxists want a workers revolution. I talk about my friend Ed and how he took two dates to prom as a metaphor for the creation of the state of Israel. The world is just a more complicated high school experience. Get it on the kids’ level and then they’ll want to challenge themselves and engage the material critically.”

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her 18 years in private practice have focused on family law, civil litigation and workers’ compensation.

Jeff Kanger ’08, assistant vice president and business development officer at First State Bank Nebraska, also in Lincoln, attended Darla’s swearing in ceremony.

2 Deb Tripp (master’s ’96) and Tony Parnigoni were married Oct. 24, 2015, in Dallas, Texas.

They reside in Kentucky.

1993

Scott Von Behren was promoted to convenience store supervisor for HyVee’s Southern Region in January 2015.

1995

Tom Cole (master’s ’97) is vice president of Prairie Fire Development Group in Kansas City, Missouri, where he oversees the operation of the firms affordable, senior and market rate residential developments. Tom and his wife, Katherine Mason Cole ’96, live in Liberty, Missouri, where she is a children’s pastor at Liberty Christian Fellowship.

Chris Pevestorf is a sales manager for Spraytec Fertilizers of Urbandale, Iowa. He lives in Coon Rapids, Iowa.

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1997

Chris Doud, of West Des Moines, Iowa, traveled with his three sons, ages 5 to 8, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to attend the World Meeting of Families with Pope Francis Sept.

22–25. Chris and his family were among 100 members of the Diocese of Des Moines to make the trip.

1998

Bob Baker (master’s ’01) was awarded Exemplary Principal of the Year by the southwest region of the Missouri Association of Secondary School Principals. He is in his third year as high school principal at Galena, Missouri.

1999

Steven Melling was promoted from lecturer to assistant teaching professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of MissouriKansas City. He has been a full-time faculty member at UMKC since 2011 and completed his Ph.D. in political communication at the University of Kansas in 2012.

2002

Brianne Kiger Hunter (masters ’07) and Jared Hunter ’12 live in Columbia, Missouri, where Jared is a web designer for Midway USA and Brianne teaches eighth grade social studies at West Middle School. They have three sons: Wyatt, 9, William, 7, and Wade, 2.

Precious Porras was named director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs for Kansas University in Lawrence, Kansas, in January. She has worked in varied roles in the office since 2005.

2003

Bobby Gumm was the winner of 2015 CLIO Key Art Awards for his musical work on movie trailers for “Suicide Squad” and “Mad Max: Fury Road.” He is vice president of music at Trailer Park Inc., a multifaceted advertising agency in Los Angeles.

3 Leah Wiegert Lee and her husband, Michael, welcomed their second child, Simon, in June 2015.

Michaela Hand Soyland and her husband, Jason, welcomed their first child, Arthur Michael, Aug. 22, 2015. The family lives in Kansas City, Missouri, where Michaela and Jason work for Cerner Corporation.

Jennifer Frandsen Wall received the Outstanding Educator Award for the post-secondary level from the Missouri Council of Teachers of Mathematics Dec. 5 at the organization’s annual conference in Columbia, Missouri. She is assistant professor of mathematics and statistics at Northwest.

2006

Shaunda French earned a doctor of philosophy degree from The University of Southern Mississippi in August 2015. She is an assistant professor of communication at Chadron State College in Chadron, Nebraska.

4 Stephen Terry was appointed second lieutenant in the Missouri Army National Guard in September, after completing an 18-month officer candidate school training program. He has been assigned to HHC 1-138th Infantry Regiment in Kansas City, Missouri, to serve as the Medical operations officer.

2007

Tabitha Biermann Waigand (masters ’09) and Steve Waigand ’11 welcomed their second son, Beau Matthew, on June 14, 2015. Beau joins his brother, Kipton, 2. The family lives in Savannah, Missouri, where Tabitha is a first grade teacher and Steve is assistant principal, both at Minnie Cline Elementary School.

Anthony Stiens and Erin Rooney Stiens announce the arrival of their first child, Luke Alexander, on Oct. 2, 2015, at Liberty Hospital in Liberty, Missouri. The family lives in Kansas City, Missouri, where Anthony is a solutions analyst for eShipping and Erin is a scientist with Catalent.

2008

Halley Carlson is the director of sales at Wahanda in Manchester, England.

2010

Laura Youtsey Hoffman and her husband, Tyler, announce the birth of their first child, a son, Titus John, on June 30, 2015.

The Hoffmans live in Tipp City, Ohio, where Laura is an uploader for Field Property Management in Huber Heights, Ohio, and

Tyler teaches biology and anatomy and coaches wrestling in the Tipp City schools. Titus John’s maternal grandmother is Barbara Hull Youtsey ’80.

2011

Jason Sybert is the IT technician at Laclede Chain in Maryville.

2012

5 Casey Hill and Megan Kearney were married June 20, 2015, in Adel, Iowa. They live in Clarinda, Iowa, where Casey is in his third year teaching second grade and Megan is in her third year of teaching kindergarten, both at Garfield Elementary School. Casey also coaches junior varsity and varsity boys’ basketball for Clarinda. Megan’s parents are the late Tom Kearney ’75 and Karla Bahrenfus Kearney ’75.

Casey’s parents are Craig Hill ’82 and Teresa Scherf Hill ’84.

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2013

Robert Langenfeld was honored Jan. 28 at the Missouri Music Educators Association Conference for winning the 2016 C.T. Smith Memorial Composition Contest for Young Composers with his composition, “Spark!”

An active composer and arranger, he resides in Shawnee, Kansas, where he is a software engineer and operates his own publishing company, RLCompositions.

2014

Brent Trout and Mia Cook Trout live in Muskogee, Oklahoma, where Brent is the executive director of the Muskogee War Memorial Park, and Mia is the marketing director of the Greater Muskogee Area Chamber of Commerce.

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Melton opens business based on study abroad experience Lydia Melton ’09, ’11 was born an entrepreneur.

“I remember having a lemonade stand when I was a child,” she said. “However, I didn’t sell lemonade. I sold blue KoolAid because everyone else Lydia Melton’s experience studying in Belgium inspired her to open a European-themed pub and sold lemonade. café, which she’s also using to help employees build I wanted to be their own leadership skills. different.”

Melton maintains that spirit now with Gunter Hans European Pub and Café, which she owns and operates in Columbia, Missouri. She got the idea for the pub and café while studying abroad as a Northwest student in Belgium. She lived across the street from a bakery and woke up each morning to the smell of fresh bread.

“I had no idea what fresh bread tasted like – or at least something that didn’t come prepackaged from the freezer,” she said. “People would pay for this, and it’s so good. Americans, in general, tend to make food so quickly and don’t take the time to do the extra steps to make it better.”

When Melton opened Gunter Hans in 2013, she served beer and offered a snack bar with a gelato case, bretzels and waffles.

Customers did not grasp the idea of a snack bar, however.

“Our customers wanted a meal, so we adjusted our menu and kept what worked for us,” Melton said.

At the beginning, Gunter Hans had seven taps of specialty beer. People enjoyed the beer selection so much they requested more. Melton ultimately added another wall of tap beer and full bar service.

Being a wine connoisseur, Melton incorporated a wine-ontap system into her bar, too. Gunter Hans may not be the only

bar in Columbia to have wine on tap, but it is the only bar with wine that is not exposed to oxygen until it hits a glass. Melton also knows wine from the barrel produces 130 five-ounce glasses, compared to five glasses from a bottle.

“I am not a huge fan of feeling like I have to finish a bottle,” she said. “I also know that when you go to a restaurant and order a glass of wine, you know that it may have been open for a few days.”

Gunter Hans has seven types of wine on tap from Europe and Chile. It also is on its way to becoming one of the first bars to offer a sparkling wine on tap.

Melton also hopes her business is a career-path for her employees. She spends time educating employees about leadership skills that will help them throughout life.

“Ultimately, I would like to have a structured program where employers look at Gunter Hans and say, ‘Wow, I have never been there, but I have heard of it. I know what they are doing, and for that reason I will choose to hire this applicant because of their integrity,’” Melton said.

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In Memoriam Herbert Anderson ‘55 86, of Omaha, Nebraska, died Sept. 2, 2015. He pastored seven churches in Iowa, Nebraska and Colorado, including Temple Baptist Church in Omaha.

Herb served as principal of Silver State Baptist School

in Denver, Colorado, for a time and worked for the Denver office of the Federal Bureau of Land Management for 10 years.

Lena Enarson Atkinson (attended) 106, of Overland Park, Kansas, died Oct. 5, 2015, at the Overland Park Nursing and Rehab Facility. She taught at Lincoln Elementary School in Red Oak, Iowa, before

her marriage. After her husband’s death in 1960, Lena taught third grade at Wales Lincoln School in Red Oak until it closed.

She then taught third grade at Jefferson School in Red Oak until she retired at age 65.

Charles Henry Balentine Jr. (attended) 47, died Sept. 8, 2015, at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa. He worked as a restaurant manager and insurance representative.

Have you seen these 1966 graduates?

The following alumni who graduated from Northwest in 1966 are considered “lost” because the University does not have a current physical mailing address for them. Their 50-year class reunion is this fall, and they won’t want to miss out on the fun of reuniting with fellow Bearcats.

If you recognize individuals on the list, please provide Northwest with their contact information (i.e. address, phone number, email address, married name) or ask them to email alumni@nwmissouri.edu or call 660.562.1248.

Michael Armintrout Jeffery Barnes Wray Bell Viola Bellis Travers Booth Alan Briskell Peggy Brown Sandra Burger Louis Carper Patricia Chambers Delbert Christensen Meredith Coffman Brady Craven Carita Culmer Gertrude Davis Dale Dawson Leslie Dean Shirley Dickey Robert Diller Jerrold Dodge James Drowns Linda Engemann Charles Ferguson Bruce Fife Johnny Fleming

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William Frye Stanlie Furlong Mary (Jones) Gilliland Arnold Goff Barbara (Selby) Goodrich Lanny Green Phyllis (White) Green Douglas Guthals Sandra Guy Eula (Miller) Hall Kenneth Hall Norena Harrold Avery Harvey Vonna Herbster Robert Hoffmann Sharon (Elwick) Horne Larry Houser Gloria (Erb) Huff Elizabeth Hunter Bernice (Moon) Ihrig Velma Jarrett Joan Jensen Daniel Jones Michael Karsnak

Dennis Kaupp Marilyn (Hanna) Kelly Peggy Kemna Rose (Adams) Kent Sandra (Coffin) King Frederick Kratzke Larry Larsen Philip Larson Robert Lathrop Richard Long Richard Lonn Alice Lundberg David Mallon Celia (Thompson) Marek Mary Mather Eileen McCartney Betty McCloney Larry McDowell Marcia Meyer Mary Miller Gail Mitchell Stanley Munson Philip Murrell Paula (Zimmerman) Murrell

Lonna Newman Charles Nurek Norman Oehrle Larrie Palmer Wallace Parman Donald Peterson Loren Pierpoint Gary Pritchard Jay Rash Penny Rehberg Judith Reichenbacker Judy Reynolds Garry Richardson Frank Riley Dale Rolf Gary Rus E. J. Schilling Vera Schindler Joyce Schmidt Lynette Schonrock Carolyn (Kempton) Sell Eddielea (Roe) Sheets Barbara Smith Homer Smith

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Karen Snyder Evelyn Stanley Billie Stitt Beverly (Luhrs) Straight Richard Straub Wava Tackett Patricia Teagardan Dorothy Thompson Sallie Tietz Jane Touchen Donna Treese Harvey Trotter E. Van Sickle Robert Vandebrake J. Vandebrake Judith Walker Robert Wareham Betty (Barton) Webster Averil West Berniece Wilkerson Ardis Worl Connie Young

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In Memoriam Sarah Meyer Barten ’62 74, died Dec. 7, 2015, at the Taylor Hospice House in Des Moines, Iowa. She was a homemaker.

Denzil Caldwell ’61 82, died Sept. 4, 2015, at Willow Care Nursing Home of Willow Springs, Missouri. He was drafted into the Army and served two years at the end of the Korean War. Denzil worked for Phillips Petroleum Co. in Omaha, Nebraska, and Denver, Colorado. He later was a high school principal in Gallatin, Branson and Willow Springs, Missouri, until his retirement in 1992.

He also worked for two years as superintendent at Koshkonong, Missouri.

Denzil competed on the Northwest track team and held the conference record in the high jump for many years.

Dorothy Turner Cowger ’41 95, of Savannah, Missouri, died Nov. 6, 2015, at LaVerna Village Nursing Home. She taught at a one room school house in Andrew County, Missouri.

Barton Damrow ‘03 34, died Sept. 1, 2015, at Bryan Medical CenterWest Campus in Lincoln, Nebraska. He worked for Holdrege Irrigation for 14 years.

Darrell Davis ’79 59, of Shawnee Mission, Kansas, died Sept. 25, 2015. After playing safety for the Bearcat football team he was signed as a free agent by the Dallas Cowboys and later picked up by the Kansas City Chiefs. Darrell worked for UPS Freight for 26 years.

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James Dunlap ‘58 85, of Kansas City, Missouri, died July 8, 2015. He served in the U.S. Air Force, and his family was recognized by the National Korean War Museum as one of two families in the United States to have five brothers all serve in active duty during the Korean War. Jim was a chemist for more than 30 years.

Keith Fee ’60 83, of Rochester, Minnesota, died Oct. 9, 2015, at Rochester Methodist Hospital.

He worked for State Farm Insurance as an insurance adjuster until his retirement in 1992.

Jenny Flohrschutz ’14 23, of Olathe, Kansas, died Nov. 17, 2015. She was an assistant manager at Claire’s, a retail jewelry store. While at Northwest, Jenny was a member of the Phi Mu sorority.

Larry Frazho ‘68 72, of Clinton Township, Michigan, died June 25, 2015. He worked for 35 years as a career consultant.

Harold Gentry ’63 74, of Osage Beach, Missouri, died July 21, 2015, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. He was a math teacher and coach at Hickman Mills School District in Kansas City, Missouri, and later owned and operated Point Breeze Resort in Osage Beach.

Dorothy “Dotty” Wilson Hammond Glidewell ’69 68, of Gallatin, Missouri, died Oct. 14, 2015.

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sponsor of the Spanish Club and Pep Club. Upon retirement from teaching, Dotty joined the Curves community as an owner, mentor and area director.

After her retirement from Curves, she had her own business, making decomesh wreaths.

the Army in World War II and worked at V.A. Medical Centers for 32 years.

During retirement, he volunteered in community organizations, most recently at Union Station and the National World War I Museum in Kansas City.

Phyllis Evans Goodner Goldberg ’72 85, of Oskaloosa, Iowa, died Aug. 30, 2015, at the Northern Mahaska Nursing and Rehab Center. She worked as the high school librarian in Audubon, Iowa, then moved to Shenandoah, Iowa, where she was involved in the community.

Phyllis served 10 years on the city council and served as mayor pro-tem.

Phyllis co-founded the Wabash Fine Arts Camp in Shenandoah, and was appointed by Gov. Terry Branstad to the Iowa Library Commission.

Amy Corley Hammer (attended) 58, died June 10, 2015, at her home in Rolla, Missouri. She worked as a registered nurse in Kansas City before moving to Rolla to be near her family.

Marcia Grey ’70 67, of Fairfield, Iowa, died Nov. 29, 2015, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. She worked for the Morrissey Law Offices in Fairfield and had begun a phased retirement in September.

While at Northwest, Marcia was a member of the gymnastics team.

Kathleen Frederick Hammer ’63 74, of Hollister, Missouri, died Sept.

1, 2015. She worked as a school teacher in Savannah, Missouri; Hastings, Minnesota; and Portsmouth, Virginia, where she retired after 23 years.

Dan Haskell ’66 71, of Rolla, Missouri, died Aug. 31, 2015, at the Missouri Veterans Home in St. James. He played football at Northwest and set a school record in the 4X400 relay. Dan served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam, then taught in Brookfield, Missouri, where he started an awardwinning wrestling program.

In 1983, Dan moved his family to Rolla, where he was a shop teacher, wrestling and football coach, retiring in 2000.

Haily Hayes 19, of Oak Grove, Missouri, died Jan. 17 in Maryville.

She was a freshman business management major and a member of the Sigma Kappa sorority.

Harold Hall ’48 91, of Raytown, Missouri, died Jan. 19. He served in

Tricia Rusch Hayes (attended) 46, of Kansas City, Missouri, died Sept. 20, 2015. She was active in

the YMCA Challenger Program.

Bill Howe ’66 73, died Oct. 7, 2015, in St. Joseph, Missouri.

He spent 37 years in teaching, coaching, and administration in Iowa, Missouri, Australia and New Mexico. Bill moved to Texas in 1985, where he was assistant principal at Ball High, Galveston and Dickinson High School.

His 1983 Glenwood, Iowa, girls cross country team finished third in the state. After retiring from education, he spent several years operating Two Old Men Arts and Crafts business with his brother, making and selling ceramics, wood and metal art.

Anthony Johnson ’72 73, of Soldier, Iowa, died Dec. 30, 2014, at Burgess Health Center in Onawa, Iowa. Tony worked for the Monona County Engineers and Monona County Secondary Roads Departments. Tony later did carpentry work and worked for Farmland and the East Monona School before retiring.

Donald Johnson ’97 44, of Tucson, Arizona, died Dec. 8, 2015.

Donny had a career in landscaping for The Plaza in Kansas City, Missouri.

Vivian Ross Johnson ’37 98, died Sept. 26, 2015.

She worked as an office manager for auto dealers in California, settling in Santa Barbara after the death of her husband.

Vivian retired in 1983 and moved to Beaverton, Oregon, in 2012.

✚ A scholarship has been established at Northwest in memory of this individual.

To make a contribution, call 660.562.1248.

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In Memoriam Bobby Kelley ’53 90, of Pickering, Missouri, died Dec. 6, 2015. He was a member of the Army, serving in the Philippines and Japan during World War II. Kelley enjoyed a 34-year career in education in northwest Missouri, where he was a teacher and principal at Gallatin High School, principal at Stanberry High School and superintendent of the Nodaway-Holt R-VII, Maysville R-I and North Nodaway R-VI school districts.

John Kelley ’63 74, of Marion, Iowa, died Nov. 1, 2015, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He began his teaching career at Mount Ayr, Iowa, where he also coached baseball and basketball. John later became the curriculum director for the Fairfield School District, then the assistant superintendent and superintendent of schools.

Mary Jean Kenner 92, died Nov. 27, 2015, in Dallas, Texas. She taught high school business and mathematics in Ullen and Fairfield, Illinois, and later mathematics at Southern Illinois University. Jean taught at Northwest from 1970 to 1987, specializing in teaching elementary education students how to teach mathematics. She also served as a faculty advisor to the Cardinal Key Honorary Society and other sororities. Jean co-authored numerous filmstrips for use in education. In 1964, she and her husband, Morton, moved their family to Nairobi, Kenya, for two years where she created mathematics programs for the elementary schools.

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Vickie Kimble (attended) 53, died Sept. 16, 2014.

She worked in home health in a five-county area in northwest Missouri.

Vickie also worked at the Missouri State Mental Hospital and Northwest Medical Clinic in St. Joseph, Missouri, and at the health clinic at Northwest, and was a psychiatric nurse at Lucas County Hospital in Chariton, Iowa.

Helen Lucille Lambert (attended) 99, died Jan. 1. For 32 years she was an elementary school teacher, teaching fourth through sixth grades in Columbia, Missouri, at West Boulevard School, then in Kansas City at South City View and Red Bridge schools. Lucille set up all the elementary libraries, was the librarian at all Center Schools and later worked as the Red Bridge librarian. She was a founding member of the Missouri Association of School Librarians (MASL).

Donald Land (attended) 64, of Pleasant Hill, Missouri, died Nov. 18, 2015, at his home. He worked for Underwriters Insurance Corporation as an auto recovery specialist and was later employed by HSC Industrial Coatings in Pleasant Hill.

Norma Smith Lanham (attended) 89, of Carlisle, Iowa, died Oct. 2, 2015, at Kavanagh House in Des Moines, Iowa. Norma was an accomplished pianist and a member of Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority while at Northwest. She taught piano lessons, did volunteer work and worked as the librarian for the Marion County schools. In

1967, she began working as benefits administrator for the Iowa Department of Human Services in Des Moines and retired in 1986.

Publications, holding various positions including national sales manager.

After retiring he worked as a substitute teacher in the Georgetown Independent School District.

Mary Madget Shelby ‘41 95, of St. Joseph, Missouri, died Sept. 26, 2015. In 1941, she enlisted in the U. S. Army Air Corps and served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War as a physical therapist, attaining the rank of colonel before retiring in 1971.

April Treese Lawyer ’84, ’86 52, of Maryville, died Sept. 30, 2015. She was a teacher and dance and cheer coach for 31 years, living most of her life in northwest Missouri.

Phyllis Combs Leet ’49 88, died Jan. 3, in Germantown, Tennessee.

Phyllis devoted her life to her family and to supporting her late husband, Richard, in his business career with Amoco Corporation, serving as his counsel and as ambassador for the company as they traveled throughout the world. She and Richard founded the Phyllis and Richard Leet Center for Children and Families, an educational setting for community children and a teaching and research laboratory for students, faculty and staff at Northwest.

Jerry Lucht ’68 75, died Sept. 13, 2015, at his home in Georgetown, Texas. He taught five years at Brody Junior High School in Des Moines, Iowa, before going into advertising sales.

Jerry spent most of his career at Farm Progress

Earl McCleave ’40 97, died July 31, 2015. He joined the U.S. Army and earned his wings as 2nd Lieutenant in the Army Air Corps, serving in the 8th Air Force in England as a co-pilot on a B-17. After the war he worked for the Veterans Administration as a contract officer and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as an attorney.

Upon retiring from the government in 1972, he joined McKenzie, Merrick, Beamer and Stubbs and was admitted to practice in all courts in Missouri, United States District Court of the Western Division of Missouri, the United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.

Marjorie Fisher McFarland ’63 93, of Mt. Ayr, Iowa, died Nov. 20, 2015. Marge taught school in Benton, Tingley, and Mount Ayr, all in Iowa, and substituted for many years after her retirement.

Jerry McGinley (attended) 71, of Bethany, Missouri, died Sept. 25, 2015.

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Karen Broeker Mehlin ’76 60, died July 11, 2015, at Sherman Home Hospice in Phoenix, Arizona.

She lived and worked in Mobile, Alabama; Kansas City, Missouri; Lincoln, Nebraska; Denver, Colorado; and Albuquerque and Los Alamos, New Mexico.

Karen was active in the communities where she lived and served with a passion as a member of the Los Alamos High School Band Boosters.

Jack Miller ‘51 89, of Platte City, Missouri, died July 4, 2015. Jack worked at the Platte City ASCS agricultural office, where he served as manager for three years.

He joined the Wells Bank of Platte City in 1966, retiring in 1991 as an officer and director. Jack also farmed in Platte County, Missouri.

Betty Carlson Peterson (attended) 75, of Gowrie, Iowa, died Aug. 26, 2015 at the Gowrie Care Center. She taught school in Odeboldt, Boone and Churdan, all in Iowa.

Jerry Pottorff ’63 71, of Des Moines, Iowa, died Nov. 16, 2015. He retired as senior vice president of CMF and Z Advertising Agency in Des Moines.

Harold Randol ‘58 82, died Friday, Oct. 9, 2015. He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict, then taught for 36 years in public high schools in Battle Creek, Michigan, and Elmhurst, Illinois.

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In Memoriam Anna Kimpel Reha (attended) 71, died Nov. 26, 2015.

Anna was a stay-at-home mom, then a bookkeeper for the family business, Reha Trucking. She then went to work for Schafer Systems in Adair, Iowa.

William Brady Reynolds ‘62 76, of Anamosa, Iowa, died July 31, 2015. He worked as a teacher and was later employed by Farmstead Foods, Summerville Trucking and Waspi Waste.

Doris Shields Riley Rudicel ‘55 97, died Jan. 20, 2015, in Papillion, Nebraska.

She began her teaching career in the Holt County, Missouri, country schools of Gordon and Lincoln, and later taught eighth grade at Graham, Missouri, then third and fourth grades at Maitland, Missouri. In 1964, Doris became an instructor of language arts and play director at Mound City, Missouri. She retired after 32 years of teaching.

Ronald Sander ’68 61, of St. Joseph, Missouri, died Dec. 11, 2015. He worked as a salesman, retiring in 2006.

Gerald “Gerry” Sawyer ‘58 84, died June 13, 2015.

He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War, then worked as a safety and quality control inspector for Garvey Industries. Eighteen years later, he moved to Santa Barbara, California, to study at the Brooks Institute and became a photographer. For 35 years he photographed Native American life and landscapes from the Plains and California.

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Lois Seipel (attended) 68, of Carbondale, Kansas, died July 5, 2015. She worked as an administrator for the state of Kansas for 13 years.

Coleen O’Brien Stapleton ‘42 95, of Chillicothe, Missouri, formerly of Independence, Missouri, died Aug. 7, 2015, at Morningside Center, Chillicothe, Missouri. She worked with computers and was considered a pioneer in the field.

Robert Lee Stanton 90, of Rock Port, Missouri, died Feb. 4. He was an incorporating director and former president of the board of the Rock Port Telephone Cooperative where he served more than 50 years. He was active in the National Telephone Cooperative Association, receiving its Director of Life Achievement Award and appointments to the Rural Telephone Bank by Presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and George Bush. He was a member of the Northwest Board of Regents from 1987 to 1999 and a member of the Northwest Foundation Board from 2000 to 2006, serving as co-chair of the Bearcat Stadium construction committee.

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an honorary doctorate degree, and he received the Alumni Association’s Honorary Alumni Award in 2007.

Thomas Stephens ’68 ’73 74, of Maryville, died Feb. 7, 2015. He was a vocational guidance counselor and placement coordinator for the Northwest Technical School for more than 30 years. In 2000, he received the PostSecondary Counselor of the Year award from the Missouri School Counselor Association.

Robert Sticken, Jr. ’57 87, died Nov. 14, 2015.

Bob was a veteran of the Korean War and was an industrial arts teacher for 31 years. He taught school, coached, sponsored senior class trips and drove school busses in Clearmont, Barnard, Savannah and Union Star, all in Missouri.

Bob was a member of the Northwest Missouri Industrial Technology Education Association, served as a contest judge and took many awardwinning students to state contests.

Howard Taylor ’48 89, died Sept. 26, 2015.

He enlisted in the Navy V5 Program in 1944.

Howard lived in Sleepy Hollow, Illinois, and St. Germain, Wisconsin, and then built a home on the shores of Lake Superior in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He made a career of sales and planning of office furnishings.

Clyde Thompson ’50 90, died Sept. 8, 2015, at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, California. He enlisted in the Air Force

in 1943 and served as a flight engineer during World War II. He played football at Northwest and was inducted into the M-Club Hall of Fame as a member of the 1948 team. Clyde had a career in teaching, eventually becoming the principal of Nightingale School for children with developmental disabilities.

He started the Long Beach Special Olympics and took six athletes to the first national Special Olympics in Chicago.

Steve Thummel ‘69 72, of Lawson, Missouri, died Aug. 3, 2015, at his home. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1963 to 1967. Steve moved to Lawson in 1977 with his family and was employed

by General Accounting Office in Kansas City, Missouri, retiring in 1998.

Nicholas Turner 20, of St. Louis, died Jan. 31 in Maryville. He was a junior corporate recreation and wellness major and a member of the Bearcat football team.

Regina Redd Wilcox (attended) 69, of Kansas City, Missouri, died Nov. 6, 2015.

Joan Winger ‘73 63, of Overland Park, Kansas, died Oct. 19, 2015, at the Kansas City Hospice House.

She retired June 30, 2015, after working for 33 years at the Missouri Department of Mental Health, Center for Behavioral Medicine (Western Missouri Mental Health Center) in Kansas City, Missouri.

Michael Wissinger ’77 60, of Kansas City, Missouri, died Sept.

2, 2015, at St. Luke’s Hospital. He was branch chief and economist for the Department of Labor.

Ronald Yates ’74 69, died Nov. 24, 2015, at Life Care of Yuma, Arizona.

In 1966 he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and served six years attached to SAC working on the computer launch programs of the Minute Man Missile System. Ron sold insurance, worked on a pipeline, owned a firewood business and managed and later owned a security business, working and living in Billings, Montana, Grand Forks, North Dakota, Casper, Wyoming and El Centro, California.

Let us know If you learn of the death of a Northwest graduate, please submit in writing or via news clipping the name of the deceased (and maiden name, if appropriate), year(s) of graduation from Northwest, date of death, age, city of death, city of residence and a brief listing of career accomplishments. In addition, submit your relationship to the deceased and your daytime telephone number to the Office of University Advancement, 800 University Dr., Maryville, MO 64468-6001, fax to 660.562.1990 or email alumni@nwmissouri.edu. Submissions may be edited for length and clarity. n

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The Memorial Bell Tower stands in the shadows of trees on the Northwest campus in January.

Completed in 1971 to memorialize students, faculty and others who have served the country, the concrete structure stands 100 feet tall and measures 25 feet in diameter with an electronic carillon that plays at morning, noon and night.

An upgrade to the Bell Tower’s sound system last summer added the ability to air mp3 files, and Northwest created a rotation of popular songs to play from the Bell Tower each day. Meeting student requests, “Hedwig’s Theme” from the Harry Potter films plays each Monday morning. n

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Join the Tourin’ Bearcats on their upcoming trip

Sept. 7–13, 2016 $3,099* Trip Highlights • • • • • • •

Buckingham Palace Big Ben Stonehenge Salisbury London Eye Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre Traditional Pub Dinner

$250 per person deposit due at booking Final payment due July 9, 2016 *Prices are per person, based on double occupancy.

Trip Includes: • Roundtrip airfare from Kansas City International airport, air taxes, hotel transfers • Five breakfasts • Two dinners • Transportation from Maryville to Kansas City International airport

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For more information about this trip, visit www.nwmissouri.edu/alumni/travel or to book, call the Tourin’ Bearcats Help Desk at 800.869.6806.

Sponsored by the Northwest Alumni Association and KXCV-KRNW, Northwest’s NPR affiliate.