Northwest
spring2010 volume 43 issue 2
alumnimagazine
the magazine for northwest missouri state university alumni and friends
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Always a Bearcat
President Emeriti Dr. Dean L. Hubbard and Dr. B.D. Owens ’59 present Dr. John Jasinski with the Presidential Chain-of-Office during the October inauguration. Jasinski, a former Northwest faculty member and administrator, returned to Northwest as the institution’s 10th president.
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Back on top
With a hard-fought 30-23 victory against Grand Valley State to cap a 14-1 season, the Bearcats’ third NCAA Division II national championship proved to be just as sweet as the first two.
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Welcome home
As Bobi Bender Throneburg ’04 returned to her home in Haiti, a devastating earthquake left the country in ruins, but, through her work at the Canaan Christian Community orphanage, she’s determined to make a lasting impact on a country she cherishes.
In every issue 4
Dear Friends
5 Bearcat Roar 6
Northwest News
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Advancing Northwest
12 Cover Story 33 Alumni Connections 39 Bearcat Sports 41 Class Notes
Editor Mitzi Craft Lutz ’91, ’09 mitzi@nwmissouri.edu Designer Melinda Kelsey mkelsey@nwmissouri.edu Photographer Darren Whitley whitley@nwmissouri.edu
Editorial Assistants Teresa Carter ’91 Neil Elliott Kylie Guier ’09 Teresa Gustafson ’97, ’05 Jaimie Ham ’10 Mark Hornickel ’01 Polly Parsons Howard ’00, ’09 Laurie Drummond Long ’92 Mallory Murray Joshua Stanze ’09 Lori McLemore Steiner ’85 Anna Bradshaw Summa ’01 Steve Sutton ’71 Aubrey Swanson Brenda Untiedt ’00, ’09 Andrea Kearns Wagner ’00, ’09 Photography Assistant Taylor Allan
The Northwest Alumni Magazine is published twice a year by the Office of University Advancement, Northwest Missouri State University and the Northwest Foundation Inc., 800 University Dr., Maryville, MO 64468-6001. Production is provided by the Office of University Relations. POSTMASTER: Send
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response to articles in the Northwest Alumni Magazine are welcomed. Please limit your letter to 200 words, and include your name, year of graduation, address and daytime phone number. Address correspondence to Mitzi Lutz, Editor, Northwest Alumni Magazine, Alumni House, Maryville, MO 64468-6001; fax, (660) 562-1990; e-mail, mitzi@nwmissouri.edu. Letters may be edited for style, clarity, civility and length. 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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N O RTH W E S T A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E
SPRING 2010
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