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Northwest News
Best wishes to retiring faculty The following faculty members will soon be retiring. Now is your opportunity to contact them and wish them well.
Dr. David Easterla
Dr. Richard Fulton
Dr. Phillip Messner
Dr. Nancy Mayer
Distinguished Professor of Natural Sciences Started at Northwest: 1965 Retirement: Aug. 19 660.562.1813 deaster@nwmissouri.edu
Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences Started at Northwest: 1973 Retirement: Aug. 2 660.562.1291 fulton@nwmissouri.edu
Professor of Professional Education Started at Northwest: 1996 Retirement: May 6 660.562.1478 pemday@nwmissouri.edu
Associate Professor of English Started at Northwest: 2000 Retirement: June 7 660.562.0055 nmayer@nwmissouri.edu
In addition, Dr. William Hedge, assistant professor of professional education since 2004, retired in April 2012, and Laura Widmer, assistant professor of communication and mass media since 1983, retired in August 2012.
Kreizinger honored with teaching award Dr. Joe Kreizinger, associate professor of theatre, is Northwest’s recipient of the 2013 Governor’s Award for Excellence in Education. The Governor’s Award is presented annually to an outstanding faculty member from each of Missouri’s Dr. Joe Kreizinger is in his 12th year at Northwest, four-year having joined the faculty in 2001, and has excelled in higher teaching, scholarship and service to his department, education college and the University. institutions.
The recipient is selected from individuals who receive the Dean’s Faculty Award for Teaching from the University’s three academic colleges. “I truly am honored,” Kreizinger said. “I really feel like I’ve had the opportunity to learn from some great models from departments across campus – colleagues, chairs and administrators.” Kreizinger’s excellence in teaching is reinforced in the high ratings he receives consistently on both student and peer evaluations. Students recognize his willingness to help them any way he can, the rigor of his courses and the method in which he instructs courses. Kreizinger’s teaching activities extend beyond the classroom and include a significant dedication of time to mentoring developing artists and teachers of theater. “I think it is important to constantly search for new ways to engage students and to communicate course concepts,” Kreizinger said. “I believe my strengths as a teacher are organization, planning and engaging students.” n
Northwest deemed Military Friendly School In recognition of Northwest’s commitment to recruiting military students, the University has been cited by G.I. Jobs Magazine as a Military Friendly School for 2013. The designation ranks Northwest among the top 15 percent of all colleges, universities and trade schools nationwide that deliver the best experience for military students. The G.I. Jobs survey cited Northwest for many distinctions, including being “VA approved” and providing an advisor who assists veterans with career placement and full-time veteran counselors. The University also has a Student Veterans of America chapter and an Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program. Additionally, Northwest offers scholarships for military personnel and veterans, and military students called to active service may return to Northwest without a penalty. n
Northwest Alumni Magazine
Spring 2013