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GREEN APPOINTED INTERIM PRESIDENT Northwest’s Board of Regents selected Dr. Clarence Green ’94, ’10, to serve as the institution’s interim president, effective July 1. Green has been employed at Northwest since 1996 and has served as its vice president of culture since 2019, having oversight of the Office of Human Resources, the Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness, and the University Police Department. While leading Northwest teams responsible for strategic planning and crisis management, he also has served on implementation teams for student success, inclusive excellence and behavioral intervention, in addition to leading efforts to establish a multidisciplinary team focused on intervention strategies for students in crisis. He previously served at Northwest as interim vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion, and as the interim vice president of human resources. He has a bachelor’s degree in sociology and a master’s degree in higher education leadership, both from Northwest, as well as a doctorate in educational leadership and policy analysis from the University of Missouri-Columbia. “I look forward to serving Northwest as its interim president during this time of transition,” Green said. “Northwest is in a position of strength to continue its successful path due to its great students, faculty, staff and alumni.” The Board plans to work with the Northwest community to launch its search for Northwest’s next president when the fall semester begins.
ALUMNA ESTABLISHES SCHOLARSHIP TO HONOR LONGTIME EDUCATOR, FORMER BOARD OF REGENTS CHAIR A Northwest alumna has created an annual scholarship as a tribute to the leadership exhibited by another alumna as a woman in education, business and service roles traditionally held by males. Hayley Hanson ’97, who serves as outside general counsel for the University Dr. Marilou Joyner as an attorney with Husch Blackwell, established the endowed Marilou Joyner Women in Leadership Scholarship. “I had the privilege to work with her and see that she is a leader in every sense of the word,” Hanson said. “She has the unique ability to make sure that everyone feels supported and, specifically, to promote women and persons of color who are looking at going into fields where they have been underrepresented.” In addition to her volunteer service and gifts to Northwest, Joyner ’75, ’78, ’82, is a longtime educator in northwest Missouri public schools and a former assistant commissioner with the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. She also owned Cameron Group Care Inc., which included an intermediate care facility for developmentally disabled adults, individualized supported living units and vocational supported employment services.
IOWA COUPLE’S INTEREST IN AGRICULTURE INSPIRES SUPPORT OF AG LEARNING CENTER With a shared love of agriculture and appreciation for the education they received at Northwest, Jim ’62 and Miriam Wood ’64 Meadows joined the University’s Homesteader society in support of the Agricultural Learning Center (ALC). Opened last year, the 29,500-squarefoot ALC enhances the School of Agricultural Sciences and its curriculum. While more than 60 public and private donors have joined the Homesteaders by providing leading support of $25,000 or greater toward the Agricultural Learning Center, the Meadowses say their contribution is a tribute to their farming heritage as well as a demonstration of appreciation for Northwest. “We feel very grateful for Northwest,”
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Jim said. “We feel that the education that we got was very good. It’s been a big contributor to our success in life.” The couple, who met at Northwest and have been married for 19 years, maintain two farms – one in Kellerton and another in Gravity that Miriam operates with her son. After completing his degree, Jim worked in the insurance field for a couple years in southwest Iowa. He also learned to fly airplanes and eventually joined the Air National Guard. He joined United Airlines as a pilot and flew passengers around the world for 32 years until retiring in 1996. Miriam taught at Ar-We-Va Community School in northern Iowa before moving to Missouri. She then worked as a
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bookkeeper for 20 years with the American Chianina Association, a cattle organization in Platte City, and eventually returned to Iowa, joining Barker Implement in Indianola as a bookkeeper.
