It’s because of the volunteer support of countless alumni and friends –spirited people like Matt Borgard –that Northwest continues to thrive.
People just like you
My involvement in the many facets of Northwest gave me the confidence and knowledge I take into both my family life and career. This experience, along with my Bearcat pride, allows me to give back to the University in many ways. I thank the alumni who came before me for their time and support, and that motivates me to volunteer for future generations. By joining the Northwest Alumni Association, we can all stay in touch and show our Bearcat pride! In fact, if you’re in the Chicago area, be sure to look me up – we’re in the process of forming a Chicago alumni chapter.
Matthew
Borgard ’80,
’82
Downers Grove, Ill. Member, Northwest Alumni Association Board of Directors
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Sounds great
As a sound engineer, Jim Lenertz ’81 (right) and his co-workers, pictured at their ice-covered camp in Antarctica, have traveled the world and braved the harshest of conditions for the PBS-series NOVA.
Furor on the floor
The trading pit at the Kansas City Board of Trade can be a vicious place, but for four Northwest alumni who lead the 150-year-old organization, it’s just another day at the office.
Celebrating 100 years
Northwest alumni and friends had plenty to celebrate during the University’s Centennial Gala. By the evening’s end, more than $48,000 was raised for the American Dream Grant.
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Dear Editor,
My wife and I noted with interest the letter in the spring issue from Kurt Suchomel remembering “when The Palms was born in 1979.”
We are witness to the fact The Palms, as we knew it, was in existence in 1948. We were told its actual birth took place sometime shortly after World War II, but we cannot confirm that fact.
We agree, it is a great gathering spot. In those days, it was fondly referred to as the Buchanan Street Library. Many tests were studied for over a mug of suds with the click of pool balls in the background.
Herschel ’53 and Barbara Coy ’52 Martin
Dear Editor,
Ever wonder what happens to helium balloons when they get away? I thought you might be interested to know that a small helium balloon with Northwest Missouri State University Alumni stamped on it landed in our backyard this weekend. We are just outside Toronto, Ontario, right near the north shore of Lake Ontario.
Joanne Phillips
and she is Dorothy Mehus, daughter of Professor O Myking Mehus. Do you know of others?
John K. Garrett ’48
Dear Editor,
The new centennial sculpture outside of the J.W. Jones Student Union is a nice addition to the campus. I’m not a graduate, but I visit Maryville quite a bit to attend football games and other events on campus. This is a piece of artwork that will be treasured by many people for years to come.
Sally Firth
Dear Editor,
Great football game in Florence, Ala. Disappointing, but hats off to the players and coaching staff. Kudos to all those who traveled to support them – excellent school pride!
Scott Wilson ’94
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My wife, Belvidene, and I have been enjoying our review of the recently received book Transitions: A Hundred Years of Northwest. The stories and photographs are really great. Prominent in the publication is the Northwest Administration Building.
That building has special memories for me because of the years I spent there. Here’s a bit of horn tooting. I started in 1930 in the fourth grade of the Training School. I continued through fifth and sixth grades with Mary E. Keith supervising the “practice teachers,” on to the seventh and eighth grades with supervision by Dora B. Smith. I then went four years at College High with H.R. Dieterich as principal followed by college years of 1939-1942 and 1947-1948 under the presidencies of Uel W. Lamkin and J.W. Jones.
Elementary school to college degree in one building – with possible concurrent credits earned at the gym and at Horace Mann for student teaching. I think of one person who probably had more years in the Administration Building than I did,
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Thank You
Don Beeson ’59 and Linda Borgedalen Baer ’83 Co-Chairs of the Northwest Centennial Celebration
Your superb leadership and vision made Northwest’s centennial a first-class celebration. Thank you for your commitment to Northwest.
In the spring of 2005, Linda Borgedalen Baer ’83, centennial co-chairwoman, assisted with the opening of the time capsule that was buried during her tenure as student body president.
Northwest President Dr. Dean L. Hubbard (right) expressed his appreciation to Don Beeson ’59 (left) during the Centennial Gala for his leadership as centennial co-chairman.
The Centennial Societ
A special thanks to all of the members of The Centennial Society for their commitment to, and investment in, the future of Northwest. With their guidance, The Campaign for Northwest prepared the University for its next 100 years of outstanding service.
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Ag faculty study Brazilian soybean operations
Four scientists from Northwest’s Department of Agriculture spent 10 days in Brazil where they toured corporate soybean operations and met with farmers to discuss crops, soils and agronomic practices used to produce soybeans, rice, cotton and other commodities.
(Right)
The Northwest team consisted of Rego Jones, agriculture instructor and horticulturalist; Carey Stroburg, an alternative crops expert; Dr. Thomas Zweifel, assistant professor of agriculture and agronomist; and Dr. Jamie Patton, a soils specialist and assistant professor of agriculture. Together, with representatives from Good View LLC, a U.S.-based Brazilian agricultural investment corporation, the group toured farms in the northern state of Roraima.
The team is now sharing what it learned with Northwest students. Information about such universal concerns as production costs, Zweifel said, will help young farmers realize what they’re up against as they prepare to compete in a global market.
Faculty / Staff Kudos
➤ Craig Warner, associate professor of art, has been selected by the Mid-America College Art Association to chair a panel at the organization’s fall conference. Warner’s topic, “This Isn’t Kansas Anymore Dorothy, and For That Matter, It Isn’t Graphic Design Anymore,” was chosen out of 151 proposals submitted.
➤ “Revisiting Mozart’s Footsteps,” an article by Dr. Ernest Kramer, professor of music, has been published in the January issue of Clavier Magazine, the leading periodical for pianists and piano teachers.
“Their fuel costs are significantly higher, and they use a lot more alternative fuel than we do,” he said, “but their labor costs are much lower.”
Jones said that the impression many Americans have of Brazilian agriculture – subsistence farming on small plots along the banks of the Amazon – is a far cry from reality. In the northern region visited by the Northwest team, vast tropical savannahs provide an ideal environment for year-round, large-scale row crop operations. Brazil is the second leading producer and exporter of soybeans after the United States, and its export volume averaged 10.3 million tons between 1999 and 2001 – more than 25 percent of the world market share.
Jones and his colleagues believe such rapid agricultural development is well worth studying and they hope the next step for Northwest will include student exchanges in addition to continued faculty travel. n
curriculum design specialist, recently received Excellence in Online Administration Awards from eCollege, a leading provider of electronic information services to institutions of higher learning. They were recognized for establishing superior student and instructor support practices, developing high-quality online education programs and promoting online education within a traditional on-campus environment.
➤ Dr. Stephen Town, professor of music, performed the baritone role of Simon in Handel’s “Judas Maccabeus” with the Rhodes (College) Mastersingers Chorale and the Rhodes Festival Orchestra in the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts in Memphis, Tenn. n Runyon
➤ Dr. Roger Von Holzen, director of Northwest’s Center for Information and Technology in Education, and Darla Hardy Runyon ’83, CITE assistant director/
(Top) Northwest faculty members, including Carey Stroburg (center), met with farmers on a recent trip to Brazil.
Vastly different from the landscape in northwest Missouri, many soybean fields in Brazil are bordered by palm trees.
Mastodon skull centerpiece of new museum
The most complete mastodon skull found and known to be on display in Missouri – along with many fossils, a mollusk collection and a history of microscopy – are among the exhibits featured in Northwest’s new Museum of Life Sciences.
The museum, established by the University’s Department of Biological Sciences, is on the third floor of the Garrett-Strong Science Building.
Dr. Gregg Dieringer, biological sciences chairman, said the mastodon skull is about 10,000 years old and was discovered a few years ago in Nodaway County.
Those who contributed funds used to purchase and display the skull include Linda Borgedalen Baer ’83, Scottsdale, Ariz.; John H. and Florence
Haggard, Parkville; Dave J. Easterla ’85, Sacramento, Calif.; and Bank Midwest, Drs. Robert ’57 and Betty Johnson ’60 Bush, Dr. David A. and Debbie Cowden ’82 Easterla and Dr. George and Juanita English, all of Maryville.
“It is a wonderful gift to the University and the department and the centerpiece of a museum that highlights the diversity of our programs,” Dieringer said.
Dr. David Easterla, distinguished university professor of biology, said the skull came from a mature adult about the size of a modern Indian elephant. Its giant tusks, the sockets of which are still clearly visible, would have been about 9 feet long. n
Once-struggling poet wins scholarship to travel the
Ayearago, James Arthur was a struggling poet and student barely making ends meet. Today, he finds himself nearly $50,000 richer and charged with the mission to travel the world.
Arthur, a first-year English instructor at Northwest, recently received the highly competitive Amy Lowell Poetry Traveling Scholarship. Awarded annually, the scholarship is one of the most prestigious distinctions available to promising American-born poets.
Arthur was working odd jobs in Seattle while earning a master’s degree when he decided it was time to develop a financial cushion for himself. When a friend told him of an opening for a one-year appointment to teach composition and literature at Northwest, he couldn’t resist.
“When I was in Seattle, I couldn’t even make my bill payments,” Arthur said. “I realized it was
New regents appointed
Gov. Matt Blunt has appointed Bill Loch, vice president of Loch Sand and Construction Co. in Maryville, to a five-year term on the Northwest Board of Regents.
“My appointment to the Board of Regents is one I will not take lightly,” Loch said. “I am very appreciative of the opportunity to participate in the policies and administration of Northwest.”
world
time to find an honest job.”
In accepting the poetry scholarship, which includes a $47,000 cash award, Arthur must spend a full year living and writing outside of North America.
Traveling abroad shouldn’t pose any problems; Arthur is used to adjusting to unfamiliar countries. He was born in Connecticut, raised in Toronto, Canada, and spent much of his boyhood in Germany, France and India.
Arthur said he doesn’t consider himself an extreme adventurer, but he intends to stretch his prize-money as far as he can by sleeping in hostels and living out of a backpack with just a week’s worth of clothes, his journals and pens.
He leaves in September and plans to spend time in Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Greece, Turkey, Hungary, Slovakia and Czech Republic. n
Blunt also selected Aaron Baker to serve on the board as a non-voting student member. His term will last through 2007.
The Camdenton native is double-majoring in pre-professional zoology and political science with minors in biochemistry and Spanish. Baker, who has worked for the University as a biochemistry research assistant, spent his first two years on campus as a student in Northwest’s Missouri Academy of Science, Mathematics and Computing. n
During Northwest’s grand opening of the new Museum of Life Sciences, Dr. Gregg Dieringer, chairman of the biology department, expresses the significance of having the most complete mastodon skull on display in Missouri.
Centennial Snapshot
By Dana Ternus ’99
Early Greek organizations struggle for existence
For many years, social sororities and fraternities have played an important role in campus life by providing students with opportunities for entertainment, community service, philanthropy and peer interaction.
Although this is a common belief today, it was not always the case in Northwest’s early years.
In 1907, Sigma Delta Chi was installed at the Fifth District Normal School. The sorority met until 1914, when the Board of Regents passed a resolution effectively banning secret societies. The measure pointedly forbade the existence of fraternities or sororities on campus, stating that such societies were “detrimental.”
Because so many Northwest students were in training to become public school teachers, the board felt Greek organizations – largely associated at the time with wealth, influence, social status and the Ivy League – had no place in the Fifth District. Sigma Delta Chi was forced to dissolve.
Students, however, continued to lobby for the privilege of going Greek, and in 1920, the regents revisited the matter. They did not, however, change their minds.
Though social fraternities and sororities were still not permitted, the board did decide to allow non-secret, honorary academic societies if they were organized and regulated by the faculty and administration.
But national Greek organizations, Northwest students and even some faculty members would not let the issue rest. In
1925, Floyd Cook and Temple Allen presented requests from several parties asking the board once again to rescind the ban.
Though the board took no immediate action, the prohibition finally ended the following year. However, authority over all student organizations was given to the president.
Sigma Sigma Sigma, still active on campus today, owns the distinction of being the first national sorority to hold official standing at Northwest. The sorority’s local chapter was founded in March 1927. The old Sigma Delta Chi chapter, which had continued to meet off campus, was quickly absorbed by the Tri-Sigs. Sigma Tau Gamma became Northwest’s first social fraternity in April 1927.
Throughout the following decades, the Greek community at Northwest continued to grow.
Once barred for being effete and exclusionary, today’s Greek community includes nine fraternities and seven sororities and is a valued and democratic part of student life. n
Charter members of Alpha Sigma Alpha, the second sorority on campus, were included in the chapter’s 1928 composite.
The Northwest campus continues to come alive each fall with Sorority Bid Day, as pictured in the 1980s.
Because sororities and fraternities were prohibited on campus, students formed co-ed literary societies, such as the Eurekan Literary Society, that offered social events, debates, plays and more.
It was in that year that Murphy and Aykroyd were making the hit comedy “Trading Places,” and their characters were introduced to the fast-paced commodities industry – trading frozen concentrated orange juice to be exact. Based on the success of the movie, released the following year, it was a wise career choice for both actors.
Also in 1982, Jeff Borchardt graduated from Northwest and accepted a job at the Kansas City Board of Trade. Wheat – hard red winter wheat which provides the bread wheat for the world – was, and still is, the commodity of choice at the exchange. Based on the success of the Board of Trade and Borchardt’s current position of president and chief executive officer, it, too, was a wise career choice.
Borchardt isn’t the only Northwest graduate working at the KC Board of Trade. He’s joined by Joe Ott ’86, vice president of compliance; Chris Johnson ’95, vice president of operations; and Veronica Jensen Braddy ’01, accounting manager.
Since Borchardt first arrived at the Board of Trade in the compliance and auditing department, trading has skyrocketed, leaving a favorable mark on the economy.
“We’re the world benchmark price for bread wheat,” he said. “More money in contract value flows through the exchange each year than any other financial institution in Kansas City, other than the Federal Reserve Bank. If we
trade 4 million contracts a year and there’s 5,000 bushels in a contract, that’s 20 billion bushels of wheat. At $4 a bushel, that’s $80 billion a year!”
Organized chaos
Because the open outcry method of trading is used, all four Bearcats agree, the trading floor is downright crazy. This time-tested system of trading enables buyers and sellers to hear all available bids and offers, similar to an auction but in this case, every trader also is his own auctioneer.
The furor on the trading floor begins when the bell rings precisely at 9:30 a.m. and continues relentlessly until the markets close at 1:15 p.m. – and not a minute sooner.
“It can be raucous, and it’ll get your adrenaline going,” Johnson said. “It’s constant chaos, well, actually more like organized chaos.”
As Aykroyd’s character, Louis Winthorpe III, told Murphy’s character, Billy Ray Valentine, as they approached the New York Commodities Exchange, “Buy low, sell high. Nothing you have ever experienced will prepare you for the absolute carnage you are about to witness. It’s either kill or be killed. You make no friends in the pits and you take no prisoners. One minute you’re up half a million in soybeans and the next, boom, your kids don’t go to college and they’ve repossessed your Bentley.”
So how closely does art imitate life?
“It’s a pretty
(Above) Joe Ott ’86, vice president of compliance, spends a majority of his time reviewing computer runs and conducting investigations for the exchange. When he was at Northwest, he was involved in Delta Sigma Phi fraternity and Blue Key.
(Top left) Jeff Borchardt ’82 is president and CEO of the Kansas City Board of Trade, located on the Country Club Plaza. Under his leadership, the exchange continues to set several new volume records for hard red winter wheat.
(Far left) There is continuous “organized chaos” on the trading floor at the Kansas City Board of Trade. Full membership to the exchange, which gives an individual access to the floor and the right to trade wheat and wheat options, is $178,000.
ExcerptsfromtheKansasCityBusinessJournal columnbyMichaelBraude,Nov.18,2005
Northwest’sproduce bringsvalueto
KC Board of Trade
aggressive environment on the trading floor, and when it really gets going, there’s a lot of pushing and shoving. I’ve seen people fall out of the pits it gets so crazy, and the stress level is very high,” Borchardt said.
ItrulybelievethattheKansas CityBoardofTrade isoneofourcity’s mostimportantbusinessinstitutions.This 150-year-oldinstitution hasstoodthetestof timeastheworld’smarketforhardredwinter wheat,themostsignificant ofthewheatcrops.Whichcollegehaspro ducedthe threeoutstandingyoungmen wholeadthe exchangetoday? ItisnotMissouri, Kansas,Kansas State,Harvardor Yale.JeffBorchardt, theperfectperson toleadtheKansas CityBoardofTrade aspresident;Chris Johnson,awonder fullytalentedchief operatingofficer;andJoeOtt,the veryableheadofcomplianceand regulatoryaffairs,areallgraduatesofNorthwest.exchangeKansasCity’svenerableowesabigdebtofgrati-tudetothatMaryvilleschool.Jeff’ssolidbackgroundinthe all-importantcompliancearea servestheboardwell.Ifan
exchangedoesnothaveintegrity, ithasnothing,andnooneismore cognizantofthatsimpletruththan Borchardt.Incidentally,nottheleast ofJeff’saccomplishmentswas attractingChrisJohnsonandJoe Otttotheboard.Henotonlywent toMaryvilleandrecruitedthem, buthealsonurturedandencouragedbothtotheirpresentroles.Jeffunderstandsafundamental axiomofleadership,notonlyattheboard oftradebut atanysuch organization. Hekeepshis keyofficers informedof everything importantat theboard.He alsogivesthem fullcreditfor alloftheir manysignificant initiatives andaccomplishments.Inmymind,thatis whateffectiveexecutiveleadership isallabout.IamnowconvincedthatNorthwestMissouriStatenotonlyhas adarngoodaccountingdepartment,butitalsodoesafinejobof preparingstudentsforbusiness leadershiproles.Anyonewho believesthatIvyLeagueorBig12 institutionshaveamonopolyon thepreparationofreallycapable businessleadersisdead wrong!n
“Several years ago, someone died of a heart attack in the midst of the activity on the trading floor. A couple people ran over and tried CPR and called 911, and trading halted momentarily, but there was business to conduct and orders to fill. It’s pretty similar to the movie ‘Trading Places.’ Certainly there was concern for him, but there were only so many people who could give him CPR. In fact, we installed a defibrillator about three years ago because you never know when someone might go into cardiac arrest.”
Ensuring integrity
With so much activity going on in the trading pit, Ott is the man responsible for making sure all of the trading is in compliance with the Board of Trade’s rules as well as the regulations of the federal government.
“Our primary responsibility is to ensure the integrity of the marketplace,” said Ott, who has been with the exchange since 1987. “We do audits and investigations and review financial statements. I’ve found over the years if I have to ask
Electronic trading
someone about a possible violation, the traders have incredible memories of all the trades they’ve made. Even though there’s a lot of chaos, they know exactly what’s going on at every moment.”
When Johnson visits the trading floor, he oftentimes finds himself tuning out the traders and focusing on the massive electronic wall board. Not only is he responsible for the information technology, communications and facilities, but also for the entire system that transmits price reporting quotes from the pit to a network that eventually goes worldwide.
“The biggest project I’ve been involved in has been the electronic trading that we implemented in 2004, and now we’re taking it one step further,” Johnson said. “Right now with our electronic markets, we trade overnight, but we’re not far from offering side-by-side trading where open outcry and electronic trading would be happening simultaneously. I need to be able to anticipate what the requirements and needs will be for members on the floor as well as what new technology will support those needs.”
Under Johnson’s watch, the Kansas City Board of Trade is the only North American exchange that hasn’t halted trading for computer-related problems.
Ott in the compliance department.
Braddy, like the other Bearcats she works with, was hired right out of college and said she knew very little about the industry.
“I didn’t even know there was an exchange in Kansas City,” she said, “but growing up in a rural area and having an agricultural background helped me understand the futures market.”
Quite a team
Whether Borchardt’s employees had much knowledge of the commodities business before they were hired didn’t seem to negatively impact their performance, and Borchardt is quick to give credit to his team.
While Borchardt, Ott and Johnson keep a close eye on the activity in the trading pit, Braddy, the exchange’s accounting manager, is primarily responsible for the bookkeeping but also assists
“One thing that makes me successful,” Borchardt said, “is surrounding myself with people who make me look good by knowing how to get the job done. We’re a small staff of about 25 people, and it’s important that I have some real go-getters, and that’s what Northwest has produced. I also owe a great deal to the former exchange president, Mike Braude, for his guidance and support.”
Despite his recent hiring of yet another Northwest graduate, Dustin Oliver ’06 as a systems administrator, Borchardt claims he’s an equal opportunity employer.
No one’s questioning that. And no one’s complaining … well, at least no one from Northwest. n
(Above) Accounting Manager Veronica Jensen Braddy ’01 said Bearcat football is often a topic of conversation amongst the Northwest alumni working at the Board of Trade.
(Top left) Chris Johnson ’95 credits his computer experience at Northwest as being beneficial to his responsibilities as the vice president of operations. Johnson, who said he has a natural curiosity about how things work, understands that to be successful in his field he has to be a continual learner due to the neverending changes in technology. As a student, he was involved in Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity, Order of Omega and the Financial Management Association.
(Left) Although Mike Braude (left) has retired from the Board of Trade, his mentorship and support of Jeff Borchardt continues. Braude, a columnist for the Kansas City Business Journal, recently gave accolades in his column to Borchardt, his staff of Northwest graduates and Northwest’s business program.
Retired faculty enjoy activities in Maryville
LEON MILLER
Since his retirement from Northwest in 1985, Dr. Leon Miller has been on the go. Thanks to his extensive volunteerism efforts, his version of retirement has been anything but relaxing. However, he said the thought of scaling back his busy schedule sounds rather appealing.
Leon Miller, a 56-year member of the Maryville Host Lions Club, hasn’t slowed down since retiring from Northwest, although he admits he’s ready to “loaf.”
Miller is a member of the Nodaway County Senior Citizens Board, which distributes tax dollars to benefit activities for senior citizens. He spends a lot of his time in the summers working in the garden and also enjoys attending the Men’s Forum, a group of men who meet weekly for lunch.
“The Men’s Forum is a great form of continuing adult education,” Miller said, “and it’s also a way of keeping up on gossip in the community.”
Miller, a member of the American Legion, was state chairman of the organization’s high school oratorical contest for 28 years. This past year was his 25th year as local chairman of Boys State in
Even in her retirement, Dorothy Walker is such a Bearcat fan she avoided the operating room table when the Northwest football team was on its way to national championship fame.
“I put off my last hip replacement until after the Bearcats played in the 1999 championship game in Alabama,” she said. “It was well worth it.”
Walker retired in 1987 after 30 years of teaching physical education at Northwest. Since then, she has stayed active by traveling and taking advantage of the many opportunities available in Maryville.
“When you’re used to working and going 100 miles an hour, once you retire it seems a little ridiculous to have so much time all of a sudden – but I’m certainly not complaining,” she said.
She has traveled the world visiting places such
which he directed the selection of Maryville High School students to go to the yearly program. Miller coordinated the annual Memorial Day and Veterans Day celebrations at the Nodaway County Courthouse for about 20 years until two years ago.
He has been actively involved in the Maryville Host Lions Club since 1950 and was a past district governor. He also has worked with KXCV, the National Public Radio affiliate which broadcasts from Northwest, by helping the visually impaired learn about and receive the Audio Reader – a program that broadcasts printed material to those who can’t see to read.
Once a month, he and his wife, Mary Belle, attend a duplicate bridge club, and each Labor Day the couple travels to the Eastern states for his 79th Infantry reunions.
Now, Miller admits he’s in the mood to relax.
“I don’t want any more jobs, and I don’t need any,” he said. “I could do a lot more, but I just don’t want to at this point in my life. I like to loaf, and that’s what I’m doing now.” n
as Egypt, most of Europe, Scandinavia and Peru.
“I’ve traveled around Lake Superior, and soon I’ll go to the Blue Ridge Mountains to visit relatives in West Virginia,” she said. “I also would like to go to Italy and would love to go back to Scotland.”
She said she frequently visits the Maryville Public Library and exercises daily by either walking or doing water aerobics at the University.
“I’m very lucky to live in Maryville,” she said. “We have high school and University games to enjoy each season, a great hospital, Meals on Wheels, the Encore entertainment series, worldrenowned speakers who visit Northwest and many chances to volunteer in the community. A university town is really a great place to be, and if I don’t take advantage of it, it’s my own fault.” n
Maryville is “just the right place” for Dorothy Walker, who stays fit by walking at the Maryville Community Center.
DOROTHY WALKER
Gala supports unique American Dream Grant; Campaign exceeds $43.5 million
More than 200 people attended Northwest’s Centennial Gala, which raised funds for the University’s American Dream Grant program for students from lower-income families.
Also during the gala, Dr. Richard Leet ’48, campaign chairman, announced that The Campaign for Northwest, the University’s first capital campaign, had raised more than $43.5 million – more than double the campaign’s original $21 million goal.
The event, which was March 18 in the Maryville Community Center, was one of many celebrations associated with Northwest’s 100th anniversary. The black-tie optional affair included a social hour, a formal dinner, live and silent auctions, fireworks and dancing to live music by the band The Rumbles. Virginia McNair of Maryville won the drawing for a new vehicle.
Orrie Covert, vice president for university advancement, said of the $43.5 million raised during The Campaign for Northwest, $19 million will support student scholarships.
“I could not be happier with the overwhelming success of The Campaign for Northwest and the Centennial Gala,” he said. “The gala was a great event to celebrate the conclusion of our first-ever capital campaign and our centennial year.”
During the gala, Covert thanked Northwest alumni and friends for their support of the American Dream Grant, which is virtually unique among needs-based financial aid programs because it covers tuition, room, board, books and the use of a computer.
“This truly special program is allowing many deserving students to continue their education who might otherwise be unable to afford college,” Covert said.
Also at the gala, Don Beeson ’59, who serves as co-chairman of the centennial committee, thanked members of the Centennial Society for their support of the Centennial Scholarship Fund.
“There is a final legacy centennial contributors leave, and that is the Centennial Scholarship Fund, which should represent almost $100,000 to assist those 21st-century students who will share the campus community you have left your own footprints on so generously as Centennial Society members and campaign contributors.”
In addition to scholarships, Centennial Society gifts funded a campus centennial sculpture, more than $25,000 in centennial grant projects, wooden display cases, a centennial musical composition and an illustrated history of the University titled Transitions: A Hundred Years of Northwest. n
1. Northwest alumni in Chicago met in April to discuss the formation of a local chapter. Pictured are Grant Sutton ’02, Jennifer Gries Sutton ’04, Steve Sutton ’71, Joyce Kroeger Shelton ’76, Brad Shelton ’77, Bruce Thezan ’72, Chad Sypkens ’97, Matt Borgard ’80 and Todd Keiser ’95.
2. Jana White Hanson ’02, Michelle Alsbury ’85 and Tony Dorrel ’86 attended a Kansas City Chapter happy hour at The Quaff.
3. Marsha Alsbury Leopard ’71, Donna Richmond ’71, Steve Sutton ’71, Pat Faubion Maiorano ’71 and Bonnie White Sutton ’71, ’96 enjoyed the Kansas City Chapter’s happy hour at The Quaff prior to the Fall Classic at Arrowhead IV.
4. Brian Cornelius ’99, Jennifer Scott ’02, Scott Ingwersen ’99 and Dave Sempek ’99 enjoyed conversation at Thirsty Thursday in Omaha.
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5. The Arizona Alumni and Friends Chapter gathered on March 12 in Surprise, Ariz., for a preseason baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and Arizona Diamondbacks. Those in attendance were Bill Wirt ’73, Beverly Callaway Wirt ’72, Beverly Pop-Moore Hansen ’62, Robert Hansen, Audrey, a guest of Kyle Schrader, Corey Wright ’01, Kyle Schrader, Allyn Calhoun ’82, Jennifer Schrader ’01, Deb DeDecker ’82, Christina Lolli ’03, Steve Sutton ’71, Michael Watkins ’03, Lois Langlie, Sandy Schiager ’92 and John Garrett ’48.
Alumni chapter news
CHICAGO
The Chicago Alumni and Friends Chapter is one step closer to being formed. A focus group met in April and started making plans for upcoming events. If you are interested in getting involved with the chapter, contact Northwest’s Office of Alumni Relations at (660) 562-1248. n
KANSAS CITY
The Kansas City Alumni and Friends Chapter continues to sponsor social activities such as its First Friday Happy Hours each month at The Quaff in downtown Kansas City. Chapter members also have developed another social event, Second Social, that they hope to implement on a monthly basis. In March, the chapter participated in North Kansas City’s Snake Saturday parade followed by a barbecue. The chapter participated in the MIAA basketball tournament festivities, which included a celebration at the Marriott, and other gatherings throughout the tournament at The Quaff. The chapter’s golf tournament is scheduled for Aug. 4 at Paradise Point in Smithville. The chapter will give its first scholarship this fall. n
COLORADO
The Colorado Alumni and Friends Chapter is planning several events for Aug. 25-27. Mark your calendars and make plans to attend. If you are interested in being active in the Colorado Alumni and Friends Chapter, contact Adam Hunt ’02 at coloradobearcats@hotmail.com. n
NEBRASKA/WESTERN IOWA
The Nebraska/Western Iowa Alumni and Friends Chapter’s spring events have attracted a variety of people from throughout the region. Each month the chapter gathers for Thirsty Thursday (the first Thursday of every month) at the Old Chicago Restaurant in downtown Omaha’s Old Market area. The group welcomes all former and current Northwest students, graduates, spouses, family and friends. Chapter leaders are requesting ideas for future chapter events and speakers. Ideas submitted through e-mail are welcome, and responses received following the spring alumni magazine are being incorporated into some of the chapter’s future monthly meetings. To submit an idea or for more information about the chapter, please contact David Morgan ’85, chapter president, at dlmnw1985@yahoo.com. n
HOMECOMING
October 20-21, 2006
Variety Show
n Wednesday, Oct. 18, 7 p.m.
n Thursday, Oct. 19, 7 p.m.
n Friday, Oct. 20, 7 p.m.
COST: $8 orchestra, $5 balcony
Homecoming Golf Classic
n Friday, Oct. 20, noon (11 a.m. registration)
n Shotgun start, two-person scramble
n Mozingo Lake Golf Course
COST: $40 per person (includes 18 holes, cart, range balls, prizes)
M-Club Hall of Fame
Athletics Banquet
n Friday, Oct. 20, 6:30 p.m.
n J.W. Jones Student Union Ballroom
COST: $17.50
Homecoming Welcome
n Saturday, Oct. 21, 8 a.m.
n Alumni House
n Free refreshments
Homecoming Parade
n Saturday, Oct. 21, 9 a.m.
n Route begins in front of Roberta Hall to Fourth Street, east on Fourth Street to Market, north on Market to Sixth Street
n Family-friendly viewing area between Roberta Hall and Fourth Street
Homecoming Barbecue
n Saturday, Oct. 21, 11:30 a.m.
n College Park
COST: $5
Football vs. Fort Hays State
n Saturday, Oct. 21, 1:30 p.m.
n Bearcat Stadium
COST: $10 reserved, $7 adult general admission (standing room only), $5 student
Order Tickets
n Tickets go on sale Monday, Aug. 28.
n Tickets will not be mailed; they must be picked up at the event.
n Tickets may be charged to Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover. Reservations are not accepted without a credit card or full payment, and all ticket sales are final.
n Football and Variety Show tickets may be purchased online at www. nwmissouri.edu/tickets or by calling (660) 562-1212.
n Call (660) 562-1248 to register for the Golf Classic.
n Call (660) 562-1977 for M-Club Hall of Fame tickets.
n Seats are assigned on a best-available basis.
n Ticket prices include Missouri sales tax.
Places to Stay
MARYVILLE
Comfort Inn (800) 228-5150
America’s Best Inn and Suites (800) 237-8466
Super 8 (800) 800-8000
Holiday Inn Express (660) 562-9949
ST. JOSEPH
Days Inn (800) 544-8313
Drury Inn (800) 378-7946
Hampton Inn (816) 390-9300
Motel 6 (816) 232-2311
Ramada Inn (888) 298-2054
Super 8 (800) 800-8000
Events are subject to change/cancellation.
Class of ’56 reunion
The Golden Years Society recognizes and welcomes all classmates from 1956 and before to attend Homecoming. Mark your calendar now and make plans to return to campus. For more information, contact the Office of Alumni Relations at alumni@nwmissouri.edu or (660) 562-1248.
Itinerary
FRIDAY, OCT. 20
9 a.m Welcome reception, Alumni House
9:30 a.m. Campus bus tour
11 a.m. Reunion photo, Kissing Bridge
11:30 a.m. Luncheon with President Hubbard
2 p.m. Flag-raising ceremony, International Plaza
6:30 p.m. M-Club Hall of Fame Athletics Banquet*
SATURDAY, OCT. 21
8 a.m. Homecoming Welcome, Alumni House
9 a.m. Parade with VIP seating
11:30 a.m. Barbecue, College Park*
1:30 p.m. Football vs. Fort Hays State*
COST: $20
*additional cost
Loemker’s ambitions will take her around the globe
Junior shot putter Stacey Loemker has always wanted to visit all seven continents, and the Beatrice, Neb., native has already scratched a few off the list. Along the way, her dreams for the future are coming into focus.
Loemker visited parts of Europe during a high school band trip a few years ago. More recently, she was selected to join 80 other pre-medical students on a trip through South Africa to observe health conditions and medical facilities.
She and her travel companions spent three weeks visiting medical clinics in Capetown, Johannesburg and Durban. Loemker said visiting those clinics helped strengthen her desire to practice medicine.
“I love to travel, and the trip to South Africa made me more interested in medicine,” she said.
“We went to a private hospital and a public hospital. The private hospital is like a five-star hotel.”
This was a stark contrast to the public hospi-
tals, which placed 20 to 30 patients in a room with one nurse.
“In a public hospital you might have a baby sitting next to someone with AIDS,” she said. “Observing conditions like that makes me want to do something about it.”
Scott Lorek, Northwest’s women’s track coach, said he’s not surprised at Loemker’s desire to see the world and help change it.
“She’s a very independently functioning kind of person,” Lorek said. “She has obviously set goals, and she works hard to reach them.”
Loemker showed substantial improvement this past season, taking second in the weight throw at the Iowa State Open with a distance of 14.19 meters.
Not only is Loemker determined to show improvement as an athlete, but because of her worldly travels and life goals, she hopes to make a difference in the world.
“I think traveling and seeing different cultures makes you appreciate what you have and also appreciate other people’s differences,” Loemker said. “By entering the medical field, I’ll hopefully be able to positively impact the lives of many people – regardless of our differences.” n
2006 M-Club Hall of Fame inductees announced
The following individuals and teams will be inducted into Northwest’s M-Club Athletics Hall of Fame. The ceremony and banquet will begin at 6:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 20, in the J.W. Jones Student Union Ballroom. Tickets are $17.50 and can be purchased by contacting Michele Steinmeyer at (660) 562-1977.
MARTY ALBERTSON ’78, ’92
All conference punter, defensive back and shortstop; played on football conference championship team in 1974 and conference baseball team in 1975; led baseball team to NCAA playoffs from 1975 to 1978.
JULIE CALLAHAN COLLINS ’93, ’99
Three-time NCAA qualifier in tennis; 1993 MIAA MVP and No. 1 singles and doubles conference champion; played on the 1992-1993 conference championship teams.
JOE HURST
Named first-team All-MIAA during the 1984-1985 basketball season; scored 1,580 career points (fourth all-time) and grabbed 877 career rebounds (third
all-time); holds Northwest single-season record with 53 blocked shots.
YASMINE OSBORN ’99
Played on 1997 MIAA championship tennis team; earned All-American status in 1998 and won No. 1 singles championship in 1998; won MIAA No. 2 singles championship in 1997; set Northwest school records for single-season singles and doubles victories in 1997.
1987 WOMEN’S TENNIS TEAM
Led by MIAA No. 1 singles champ Kelly Leintz Franzen ’88, the team won the first MIAA championship for Northwest in women’s tennis; won seven MIAA singles and doubles championships; had a dual record of 15-2; first MIAA school to sweep women’s conference titles; Mark Rosewell named MIAA Coach of the Year.
1987 MEN’S TENNIS TEAM
Led by MIAA No. 1 singles champion Heiko Struder; first MIAA school to sweep men’s conference titles; Mark Rosewell named MIAA Coach of the Year. n
When Stacey Loemker’s days as a student-athlete are behind her, she’s determined to enter the medical profession and make an impact on an international level.
Julie Callahan Collins ’93, ’99 was the 1993 conference MVP.
Bearcat Reflections
Victor Coleman
SPORT PLAYED AT NORTHWEST: Basketball
GRADUATED: 1985
MAJOR: Physical Education
SPORTS MEMORIES: The most wonderful sports memories I have are the people who I came in contact with while playing. Friendships, like the ones I have with Coach Tapp (Northwest basketball coach Steve Tappmeyer) or D.C. (Northwest head athletic trainer Dave Colt), mean more to me than any points I scored or games we won. Playing at Northwest was so much fun. The arena would be standing room only, and the fans gave us a true home court advantage. Coach Lionel Sinn was a good coach and a good friend. He pushed us to be the best team we could be.
SINCE GRADUATION: I coached with Coach Sinn at the University of Southern Indiana, and I coached high school for a few years. For the last eight years, my wife and I have owned a landscaping business.
CURRENT INVOLVEMENT IN ATHLETICS: I coach my son’s fourth-grade basketball team. He and I spend a lot of time together practicing and shooting baskets. He is my special gift from God.
(Left) Victor Coleman ’85 is congratulated by Dr. Bob Boerigter, Northwest athletics director. Coleman, who lives in McCordsville, Ind., returned to Bearcat Arena in November with his family when his jersey was retired.
(Below) Coleman is Northwest’s all-time leading scorer, having scored 1,795 points in his four-year playing career (1980-1984). He also holds the records for most career field goals (793) and assists (467).
He loves to play just like I used to when I was his age. He’s only 10, but we are best buddies. I also have a little girl who loves to play, but her mother coaches her team. Our oldest daughter is a cheerleader for the sixth-grade basketball team. n
The Fall Classic at Arrowhead V
Saturday, Nov. 4, 2 p.m.
Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City
Northwest vs. Pittsburg State University
Parking: $20, lots open at 11 a.m.
Stadium gates open at noon.
Arrowhead Stadium RV Park opens at 1 p.m., Friday, Nov. 3; $90 for overnight stay; call (816) 920-9300 for reservations.
Pregame festivities begin at 11 a.m. in the Arrowhead Pavilion.
TICKETS
n Club level seats: $25
n Field level seats:
n Adults: $20
n Northwest students with University ID: $10
n High school age and younger: $10
n Age 2 and younger on an adult’s lap: Free
n Tickets go on sale July 10 for Bearcat Booster Club members and Aug. 14 for the general public.
n To order tickets, call the Northwest Student Services Center at (660) 562-1212 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. n
HEADLINES: Men’s basketball loses
Women’s tennis team advances to national tournament
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2006 BEARCAT FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Sept. 2, 1 p.m. Minnesota State-Mankato
Sept. 9, 1 p.m.
Nebraska-Omaha
Sept. 16, noon at Truman State
Sept. 23, 1 p.m.
Missouri Western (Family Day)
Sept. 30, 6 p.m. at Missouri Southern
Oct. 7, 1 p.m.
Emporia State
Oct. 14, 1 p.m. at Washburn
Oct. 21, 1:30 p.m. Fort Hays State (Homecoming)
Oct. 28, 1:30 p.m. at Central Missouri
Nov. 4, 2 p.m. vs. Pittsburg State (Kansas City, Fall Classic at Arrowhead V)
Nov. 11, 1:30 p.m. at Southwest Baptist
*Home games bolded
For the latest schedule information, visit www. northwestbearcats.com
Look for the Bearcat flags for the official tailgate party at all away games.
There’s no need to pack the grill and mess with hot coals. Delicious food and beverages will be sold by the Countryside Bistro prior to all regularseason road games.
Class notes
1937
MARY BAUMLI COLE is retired and lives in Pueblo, CO.
1952
MELVIN HUBBELL and his wife, Jackie, celebrated their 50th anniversary on March 3. They live in Skidmore.
1964
LARRY AND PAT PHILLIPS SCHULENBERG live in Council Bluffs, IA. Larry is an adjunct instructor in English composition at Iowa Western Community College. His third book, “Willie McGuire and the Land of People,” was recently published. Larry retired as principal of Plattsmouth (NE) High School in 1997.
1970
MARK HARGENS u retired as associate superintendent for personnel in the St. Joseph School District on June 30. He spent 35 years in the district, starting in the special education program, then moving to human relations as director of pupil services prior to leading the personnel office.
1971
MARIE SMITH BOATNESS is a clinical therapist at an addiction residential center in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. In 2004, she earned a second master’s degree in
educational psychology. She and her husband, Ron, live in Kelowna.
1973
JACK PEACE is a candidate for Third Judicial Circuit Court Judge which includes Grundy, Mercer, Harrison and Putnam counties in Missouri. Jack has been in private practice for the past 29 years with Andereck, Evans, Milne, Peace and Widger in Trenton. He and his wife, Jean, have three sons, Jonathan, Craig and Joel.
1977
ROGER ARWOOD (MASTER’S) is president/CEO of Citizens Bank & Trust. He previously was president and director of Gold Bank in Leawood, KS.
1978
JOHN TEALE u has been appointed by Gov. Matt Blunt to the Missouri Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors and Landscape Architects. He is the owner of Midland Surveying Inc. and president of Midland GIS Solutions, LLC.
1975
THOMAS NARAK (MASTER’S) is superintendent at West Des Moines (IA) Community Schools and was named the 2006 Alumni Educator of the Year by the Regional Center for Teaching and Learning at Morningside College.
DAVID “D.C.” COLT (MASTER’S) was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in February. He has been the head athletic trainer at Northwest for the past 25 years.
1980
MARK HAGUE is director of the Enforcement Coordination Office, US EPA, region 7 in Kansas City.
1981
DANA MARKEL is executive director for the Greater Omaha Convention and Visitors Bureau.
1982
DEBRA PARSONS JAMES is a personal trainer/instructor at Wilson’s Fitness in Jefferson City. Her husband, Mark, is director of the Missouri Department of Public
Safety. They have two children, Austin and Jennifer.
1983
DAVE NIEDFELDT received a 2005 Leadership in Nutrition Communication Award from the Dairy Council of Nebraska. The award is given in recognition of unique contributions to nutrition communication in Nebraska. He is a farm broadcaster on KWBE 1450 AM and KFGE 98.1 FM in Lincoln, NE. He and his wife, Nancy, have two children, Austin and Emily. They live in Beatrice, NE.
1984
TRACY LEINEN received a 2005 Distinguished Service Award from the National Interscholastic Athletic
Northwest student Gary Jenkins, a sophomore from St. Louis, operates a table saw while working on a Habitat for Humanity house in Birmingham, Ala. Jenkins and 26 other University students took part in this year’s Alternative Spring Break. n
Three Bearcats reunite as Chiefs cheerleaders
Gold and red aren’t always the best compliments next to green and white, but three Bearcats match the colors together nicely.
Sporting gold and red uniforms, alumnae Tina Gaa ’93 and Loree Sheldon Gentry ’94, as well as sophomore Sarah Ferguson, keep the sideline spirit alive as Kansas City Chiefs cheerleaders.
“I got involved with the Chiefs cheerleaders three years ago when I volunteered to help with their youth program,” Gentry said. “After being a part of the organization for a year, I decided that I really wanted to become a cheerleader, which I’ve done for the past two years.”
Gentry and Gaa met as students at Northwest. Both were members of the Northwest Steppers dance team and Phi Mu sorority. Gentry also was a member of the Bearcat cheerleading squad for one year.
Unlike Gentry and Gaa, Ferguson, an elementary education major, is not involved in Northwest’s dance or cheer programs. However, she has been associated with various dance programs since the sixth grade.
“My dance teacher was a Chiefs cheerleader, and I always looked up to her,” Ferguson said. “I always had it in the back of my mind that that’s
the evenings while staying home with their two daughters during the day.
1996
KARRIE KRAMBECK is with Verizon Wireless in New York City.
MELISSA STRNAD KULA announces the birth of her second child, Andrew Richard, on Dec. 13.
GEOFF AND JENNIFER MILLER (’97) LAMBRIGHT announce the birth of Christopher Michael on Aug. 16, 2005. Geoff is a senior manager with Deloitte in Kansas City.
SUSAN LORIMOR is an associate editor with Consumers Digest. She lives in Chicago.
DAVID AND CAREY CLINE (ATTD. ’94-96) WALDEN announce the birth of Gabriella Frances on Nov. 8. She joins Parker, 6, and Emma, 2. The Waldens live in Nevada, IA.
1997
RICHARD BIRD and his wife, Diane, announce the birth of Taylor Rose on Feb. 24. They live in Maryville.
JAYMIE MACKEY DIETRICH and her husband, Troy, announce the birth of
what I wanted to do someday, and almost 10 years later, here I am.”
Gaa and Ferguson joined Gentry on the squad in the summer of 2005 after a month of preparation classes and a three-day tryout period. Between practices, games and special appearances together – including an appearance at a Northwest Alumni Association chapter event in Kansas City – the group has formed quite a bond.
“I enjoy listening to Tina and Loree tell crazy stories about what they did during their college days,” Ferguson said. “It’s cool having that same college background and getting to know them in a way other than just through cheerleading.”
Even though the experience of cheering in front of 70,000 fans is an adrenaline rush unlike any other, Gentry said all three have decided to “hang up their poms.”
Gentry, however, will remain part of the team by assisting the cheerleaders at practices, games and special events. n
Mitchell Ryan on Feb. 2. He joins Alden, 2. Jaymie is a sales representative for AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, and Troy is an attorney. They live in Liberty.
dietetics at Oklahoma State University.
CHRISTIAN HORNBAKER is director of travel and tourism for the state of Nebraska. He lives in Omaha, NE.
As Kansas City Chiefs cheerleaders, Tina Gaa ’93, Sarah Ferguson and Loree Sheldon Gentry ’94 keep the fans at Arrowhead Stadium entertained.
(Left) In addition to cheering, Loree Sheldon Gentry ’94 teaches English at Maple Woods Community College in Kansas City. She and her husband, Eric Gentry ’93, have a 6-year-old daughter, Josee.
JOEL HEINZEROTH u and Codi Warren will be married in September. He is a captain assigned to the 1st Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment at Fort Sill, OK. Codi is completing a graduate degree in
AARON JUNG is an alderman in Platte City. He and his wife, Sara, have lived in Platte City since 2003.
MATT KITZI is the securities commissioner for the State of Missouri. He had been director of corporations and counsel to the business services division since January 2005.
Breaking the sound barrier
Regardless of whether she’s teaching a sign language class at Northwest or communicating with one of her children in the supermarket, Marcy Walker Roush ’95, ’01 has made sign language part of her daily life.
’01 (left).
Roush started learning sign language at 15 when she dated a young man whose parents were deaf. She became a friend of the family and learned to communicate with them using her hands.
She took a few courses in American Sign Language during her undergraduate studies at Northwest. After graduation, when Roush was a special education teacher in Bethany, she gained additional sign language experience and teaching strategies for children with communication disorders. Roush began using signing in her daily class activities as well as training others to use sign language to communicate with the children in the district who were non-verbal or had autism.
“Learning sign language enables children as young as six months to use gestures to communicate their needs and wants while working on developing language skills that they need to communicate with those around them,” Roush said.
JARROD LUND and Jamie Stackhouse were married Nov. 19 in Savannah. He is a loader with Affiliated Foods in Elwood, KS.
JILL MURDOCK STRINGER and her husband, Trent, announce the birth of Bennett O’Neil on Jan. 31. He joins Elise, 2. Jill is a senior production coordinator with Creative Consumer Concepts, and Trent is a sales/producer with Cline Wood Agency. They live in Leawood, KS.
DOUG WHITAKER u has returned from duty in Iraq and is a labor lawyer with Homeland Security and the INS in Omaha, NE.
SCOTT WIEDERSTEIN and his wife, Julie, announce the birth of John Evan on Aug. 30, 2005. Scott teaches elementary music in the Newton (IA) Community Schools.
CAROLYN WILLIS and Oscar Rodriguez were married July 3, 2005, on the Kissing Bridge at Northwest. Carolyn teaches Spanish in the Kansas City (KS) School
Northwest’s sign language program has expanded significantly since 1999 when Roush was asked to teach a basic sign language course. In fact, a bill was recently signed in Missouri that states that any student who takes American Sign Language courses can count the credit toward their foreign language credit hours at the secondary and post-secondary levels. Currently, a proposal is being formulated that will provide Northwest students the opportunity to count sign language classes toward their foreign language requirements.
The popularity of the courses continues to increase. A Preschool Teaching class has recently been developed that enables Northwest students to teach Horace Mann Lab School preschool students sign language four times a month. Roush said the positive feedback from parents has been overwhelming.
“It’s a great experience to witness the learning taking place and the excitement in both the college students as well as preschool students in their own signing abilities,” she said. “It’s also a wonderful thing to get a phone call from a former student who thanks me for teaching them a skill that they were able to use to help break the communication barrier with someone who may be hard of hearing or deaf.” n
District, and Oscar is a paraprofessional in the district. He graduated from DeVry in June with a degree in telecommunications. Carolyn received a master’s degree in education in May 2005 from Pittsburg State University.
1998
MIKE AND AMANDA MCMANIGAL (’97) BOWLING announce the birth of Ella Christine on Feb. 14. Mike is an assistant editor at Take Two, and Amanda is a marketing communications manager at Stinson Morrison Hecker. They live in Shawnee, KS.
BEN CLARK has completed his clerkship in federal court in Kansas City and has returned to the law firm of Spencer, Fane, Britt & Bruble in Kansas City.
LISA ALLEN DUNFIELD and her husband, Scott, announce the birth of Grace Diane on Sept. 27. She joins Kenton, 2. They live in Shenandoah, IA.
BRYAN HELWIG is a postdoctoral research associate in the autonomic neurophysiology lab, a part of the department of anatomy and physiology at the College of Veteri-
Northwest students are showing great interest in sign language classes taught by Marcy Walker Roush ’95,
nary Medicine at Kansas State University. He is the recipient of the American Physiological Society’s tum Suden/Hellenbrandt Professional Opportunity Award.
AMBROWS MORELAND JR. is a training manager at Diboll Correctional Facility. He and his wife, Brandi, announce the birth of a daughter on March 17. She joins Tre’, 8, and Zion, 3. Brandi is a ninth-grade teacher at Lufkin ISD. They live in Lufkin, TX.
CRAIG NOAH (MASTER’S) is superintendent of the Nevada R-5 School District. He previously was superintendent of the Trenton R-9 School District. He and his wife, Julie, have four children.
ANDREA SMITH (MASTER’S ’03) is curator of education at the Lee Richardson Zoo in Garden City, KS.
GARY MARTIN is enrolled in an MBA program at Drake University.
for HSMC Certified Public Accountants. They live in Independence.
Keep in touch
LISA THOMPSON and Joe Edwards were married Oct. 15 in Maui, HI. Lisa is an attorney recruiting coordinator for Cooley Godward LLP in San Diego, CA, and Joe is creative director/owner of Burning Eye Creative. They live in Carlsbad, CA.
1999
MICHELLE KRAMBECK BURGE is an estate and probate attorney in Leawood, KS.
TRACI BRADY MCCHRISTY is a Realtor with Evans Realty.
JEREMY AND KARRIE
KEMPER (’04) REDDEN announce the birth of Kali Ann on Jan. 13. They live in Stanberry.
DIANNA NETH WEBSTER and her husband, Brian, announce the birth of Cameron Jay on May 5, 2005.
2000
JASON BOYER u and his wife, Christi, announce the birth of Chance William on June 23, 2005. Jason is a GIS analyst/team leader for JMA-IT at the Environmental Protection Agency. Christi works part-time as an administrative assistant
8HORACE MANN CASE FILE
Joe Cotey ’44
Eldon Hord ’44
Evelyn Thompson Mack ’44
Kathryn Busby ’45
Irene Hunter ’45
Genevieve Morton ’45
Ralph Reed ’45
Lois Williamson Dehaven ’46
Fred Wantland ’46
Florine Horn Reynolds ’47
Oliver Townsend ’47
Paul Dillinger ’48
Betty Clouse Thomas ’48
Fern Turner Tibbles ’48
Faye Brown Wilmarth ’48
Mary Henggeler Kelly ’49
Beulah Hampton Treese ’49
Dorothy Edwards Cotter ’50
Charles Doran ’50
Voncile Broderick Ward ’50
Jackson Adams ’51
Maxine Maine Bradley ’53
Kenneth Fannon ’53
JoAnn Karr Duisen ’54
Annabelle Lane Graham ’54
Marvin McDonald ’54
CARIE COAN COSTANZO and her husband, Brian, announce the birth of Ashley Elizabeth on Oct. 10. Carie is a material planner with General Dynamics. They live in Lincoln, NE.
SCOTT COURTER is the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Dakota State University. He also is an instructor in the College of Education and serves as the football program’s academic coordinator. He spent the 2005 season as the quarterbacks and running backs coach at Austin College in Sherman, TX.
As life changes, your classmates and friends want to know. Tell us what has been going on in your life by using the enclosed envelope or by e-mailing the Office of Alumni Relations at alumni@nwmissouri.edu.
You may also submit a color photograph. Please include a self-addressed envelope for it to be returned or e-mail it to alumni@nwmissouri.edu. Photographs with children or pets will not be accepted. n
Ruth Kunkel Baltas ’55
Margaret Trimble Duncan ’56
Betty Smith Grimm ’56
Lloyd King ’56
Kay Jackson McGee ’56
Ronnie Partridge ’56
Martha Woods ‘56
JoAnn Granger Blankenship ’57
Joyce Haist Blankenship ’57
Mary Coulter Murphy ’57
Clifford Spriggs ’57
Jim Thomas ’57
June Elliott ’58
Timothy Johnson ’58
Alice Green Lance ’58
Elaine Degase Stanton ’58
Twila Stone ’58
Jack Gill ’59
Marjorie Hutson ’59
Joyce Langley ’59
Lana Puckett Omarrah ’59
Connie Leidy Smith ’59
Alice Smith Swyhart ’59
Linda Wilkerson ’60
Straight from a Student: 10 things you should do before you graduate … at least according to Domnick Hadley
1 Take every opportunity to eat free food.
2 Take one class with Brian Hesse, assistant professor of history/ political science. You’ll learn a lot about African cultures and pick up some useful points about American government.
3
Indulge in the Pagliai’s buffet. You can’t beat the pizza, but beware of the killer macaroni – it’s sinfully delicious.
6
Spend a night in the Wells Hall basement. There’s a lot more than news production going on. Enough said.
7
Apply for an internship outside of the state, in an unfamiliar area. You’ll be exposed to different environments and cultures, and you’ll eventually become accustomed to creeping outside your comfort zone.
8
Gather a group of friends and pig out at the Kentucky Fried Chicken buffet. It’s chicken and camaraderie at its finest. (There’s something magical in that secret recipe.)
9
Rent an off-campus apartment. It might cost you a few hundred dollars a month, but the freedom and peace are absolutely worthwhile.
10 Attend every possible Bearcat football game and spend the entire time standing and cheering for the home team.
Points of Pride
n Students who use Northwest’s Office of Career Services show a 96.6 percent rate of employment or continuing education within six months following their graduation. For students receiving their master’s degree, the rate is 96.2 percent.
n Northwest is a participating member of the University of Missouri-Columbia cooperative educational doctorate (Ed. D.) degree in educational leadership and policy analysis. The degree is awarded by the University of Missouri-Columbia with coursework offered on the Columbia campus in summers and on Northwest’s campus during the academic year.
4
Procrastinate on completing one crucial assignment – such as a 10-page paper or a one-hour presentation – and experience the adrenaline rush of pulling something together spontaneously. Sure, you’ll experience fits of anguish and anxiety, but you’ll know what it’s like to pull something together in a clutch situation. Use this sparingly.
5
Throw caution to the wind and take an extremely difficult class for kicks. Theories of Mass Communications or something equally difficult (if there is such a class) is my suggestion.
JULIE ERVIN and Nathan Blane were married May 20 in Shenandoah, IA. Julie is an executive assistant at Grace Construction/Management Inc. in Maryville, and Nathan is a team leader at Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing in Maryville.
CHRISTY BUTTS GREEN and her husband, Ty, announce the birth of Faith Ann Marie on March 13. She joins Wyatt and Garrett. They live in Bedford, IA.
JOE AND KELLY ARCHER QUINLIN announce the birth of Derek Marvin on March 8. They live in Maryville.
BURTON TAYLOR is director of government relations with the Univer-
Domnick Hadley, who said he’s “single and ready to mingle,” graduated from Northwest in April with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. He spent a year at Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Ga., and a year at the University of Missouri-Columbia before coming to Northwest, which was a perfect fit. While he was a student at Northwest, Hadley was involved in the Northwest Missourian student newspaper as the community news editor and was an intern for the Northwest Alumni Magazine Following graduation, he accepted a full-time position with The Kansas City Call, a minority weekly newspaper where he worked part-time throughout high school and college. n
sity of Missouri System’s Office of Government Relations. He worked three years as a public affairs specialist with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Kansas City and two years as a business reporter for the St. Joseph News-Press. He and his wife, Megan, who were expecting their first child in March, live in Kansas City.
2001
SARA KADEN and Robert Brunsvold were married Sept. 24. Her first book “The Life of Lou Gehrig, Told by a Fan,” was published in February. She is a writer with the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.
Like most Northwest students, Domnick Hadley ’06 is glad he discovered Pagliai’s pizza.
DUSTIN DANNER
is a health/physical education teacher in the Richmond School District. He and his wife, Kelly, have three children, Makenzie, 8, Mason, 2, and Micah, 1. They live in Excelsior Springs.
JOSHUA MCMAHON is an attorney with Mountain States Legal Foundation in Denver, CO. He graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln law school last May.
JOE PRICE
and his wife, Dena, announce the birth of Joseph Benton Jr. on Feb. 7. They live in Kansas City.
RALPH SCHANK (MASTER’S) is president and CEO of
Midwest Federal Savings & Loan Association of St. Joseph. He joined Midwest Federal in May 2005 as vice president of lending and has worked for more than 20 years in the banking industry. He and his wife, Lisa, and their daughter, Jacey, live in Savannah.
BRETT VANVACTOR (MASTER’S ’03) and Camela Messner were married Oct. 1 in Kansas City. He is a financial representative with MidAmerica Financial Group, and she is a staff pharmacist at CVS Pharmacy in Belton. They live in Kansas City.
2002
ROBERT CONLEY AND ELIZABETH CARVER (’04) were married Sept. 17 in Lee’s Summit. Robert is a soil conservationist with
the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and Elizabeth is a teacher’s associate at Wayne Community High School. They live in Corydon, IA.
KATIE JACOBS JAMES and her husband, Todd, announce the birth of Ethan Todd on Dec. 31. Katie is an office manager at Farm Bureau in Corning, IA, and Todd is a farmer. They live on the family farm north of Prescott, IA.
QUENTIN KEARNEY is a Realtor in Kansas City and invests in oil wells in Ohio.
DOUGLAS MACKEY (MASTER’S ’03) and Bethany Lyngholm were married Oct. 15 in Edina, MN. He is a medical equipment salesman with Medtronic Sofamore Danek, and she is a social worker with
Dieterichs treasure time with young students
The continuous quest for knowledge has always been important to Jack (attd. ’46) and Mary Garrett ’48 Dieterich. Now, teaching is a priority.
The Dieterichs live in Tempe, Ariz., spending much of their time with the local elementary students.
For several years, Mary, a tapestry artist, has traveled to elementary schools as part of the Visiting Artists Program in Arizona. In 2001, Jack, who retired from the U.S. Forestry Service 22 years ago, stumbled upon the opportunity to help first-graders at Frank Elementary School in Guadeloupe, Ariz., while waiting for Mary’s art program to end. The librarian asked Jack if he would read to the children. He said, “No, the children can read to me.”
They’ve been reading to Jack ever since. Along the way, Jack helps them improve their reading skills.
The first students he worked with are now
involved in Mary’s art program as fifth-graders.
“I get to work with the same kids Jack worked with when he first came to Frank Elementary,” Mary said. “They all know him as ‘Mr. Jack’ and are surprised to find out that I am ‘Mrs. Jack.’”
Pediatric Home Services in Minneapolis, MN.
HAYLEY HOLSTE SLAGLE and her husband, Troy, announce the birth of Allison Grace on Dec. 31. She joins Andrew. They live in Bethany.
TIFFANY DAVENPORT WHIPPLE and her husband, Kevin, announce the birth of Sydney Elaina on Feb. 9. They live in Maryville.
2003
MELISSA MANESS JACKSON and her husband, Sterling, announce the birth of Wyatt Doyle on March 1. They live in Barnard.
“Mr. and Mrs. Jack” stress the importance of volunteering at any age. Neither are education majors, but to them, teaching comes naturally.
Jack and Mary began their volunteer work after college traveling to Chile in the Peace Corps. Mary taught English as a second language, and Jack worked with forestry management.
“It’s important to share your experiences and knowledge with other people, no matter what,” Jack said. “Find your strengths, and get involved.” n
Jack and Mary Garrett Dieterich help shape the future by volunteering at an elementary school in Arizona. Their family names will always be associated with Northwest: Garrett-Strong building was named after Mary’s father, William Garrett, biology department professor from 1927 to 1965, and Dieterich Hall was named after Jack’s father, Herbert Dieterich, principal of Horace Mann from 1928 to 1969.
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N. SCOTT TRIMBLE
first lady
an open house this spring at the Gaunt House, the University’s official presidential residence. Built in 1870 by Thomas Gaunt, an English nurseryman who came to Maryville in 1857, the Gaunt House is the oldest structure on the Northwest campus and has served as the official residence of all nine University presidents. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
2004
JASON BOLTON is a youth specialist for the Missouri Division of Youth Services working with incarcerated youth in Kansas City.
IAN DUNLAP is campaign manager for Wayne Henke, who is running for the Missouri State Senate in the 2nd District.
JAMIE KNIERIM and Jeff Champlin were married July 23, 2005, in Rock Port. Jamie is a staff analyst with the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas
RECORDS RELEASE POLICY
The records maintained by Northwest’s Office of University Advancement represent confidential information about graduates and friends of the University.
In order to maintain the privacy of the alumni, records will not be released to any individual or agency except for use in programs planned and approved by the Office of University Advancement or the University.
Furthermore:
n In every case, confidentiality of the records must be maintained.
n Under no circumstances will records be sold for any purpose. Records will not be released for any commercial, political, religious or business purposes unrelated to the programs of the Office of University Advancement or similar campus entity.
City, and Jeff is a project engineer with Johnston, Burkeholder & Associates. They live in Kansas City.
SARAH STROUGH (MASTER’S ’05) is a staff auditor for Commerce Bank in Kansas City.
HEATHER SCHMIDT u is a senior benefit representative for ADP in Des Moines, IA.
BRIDGET WALTER and Eric Mohler were married Oct. 1. She works in the admissions department at Knoxville (IA) Area Community
Hospital. She also does volunteer work for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and IOWATER.
2005
MELISSA DAVISON and Steven Hart were married Aug. 6, 2005, in Maryville. Melissa is employed at Cerner Corporation in Kansas City, and Steven is a biology intern at Missouri Western State University. They live in Platte City.
RORY JACKSON and Heather Wiederholt were married Oct. 22 in Maryville. Rory is the school counselor in the North Andrew School District, and Heather is enrolled in the medical assistant program at Vatterott College in St. Joseph and is employed at Monica Patton Insurance Agency in Maryville.
JAMI LONGENECKER and Jeb Huckeba were married Feb. 24 in Springdale, AR. Jeb is a defensive end with the Seattle Seahawks. They live in Seattle, WA.
n Records requests may be submitted in person, via fax, e-mail, mail or telephone to the university advancement database specialist.
n Records will not be released to support outside/ shadow databases.
n On borderline/questionable requests, the database specialist will consult with the vice president for university advancement.
n Northwest’s graduating students and alumni will be contacted by the Office of University Advancement and other outreach entities of the University (including listings in alumni directories) unless a written notice is submitted to remove the graduate from such mailings/communications. In such case, the objecting person’s record will be coded “do not contact,” and the person will not receive any communication from the Office of University Advancement.
JENNIFER MCNAIR and Michael Frederick were married Jan. 14 in Maryville. Both are employed at the Pella Windows and Doors plant in Shenandoah, IA. Jennifer also works part-time at KMA Radio. They live in Shenandoah, IA.
KRISTY WHEELER and Brandon Safley were married Oct. 15. Kristy teaches fourth grade at Hosea Elementary School in the St. Joseph School District, and Brandon is a CNC programmer and supervisor with Envision Tech Inc. They live in St. Joseph.
BETSY WILLIAMS and Jeremy Tobin were married July 30, 2005, in Oregon, MO. Betsy teaches kindergarten at Eugene Field Elementary School, and Jeremy is coowner of Tobin’s Carpet & Floor Coverings. They live in Maryville.
In addition to procedures detailed above, the Office of University Advancement will accommodate individual requests as follows:
n Requests from alumni for contact information on fellow graduates will first be directed to the alumni directory (CatPAWS). Otherwise, the contact information of the person making the request will be collected and the requested party will be notified of the requestor’s interest and will be provided the requestor’s contact information to contact at his or her own discretion.
For more information about the Office of University Advancement’s records release policy, please contact Anna Summa, database specialist, at summa@nwmissouri.edu or (660) 562-1248.
Northwest
Aleta Hubbard hosted
Thank You
Campaign Chairman Dr. Richard Leet ’48
Under the chairmanship of Dick Leet, the University’s inaugural capital campaign was a tremendous success.
The Campaign for Northwest was launched in 2002 with a goal of raising $21 million. It was only fitting that Leet – the one person who predicted the $21 million goal was too low – be the person to publicly announce that The Campaign for Northwest not only met its goal, but more than twice that amount was raised: $43,534,221.
Thanks to Leet’s expert leadership, superior vision and inspiring commitment, as well as the support of countless alumni and friends who supported the campaign, Northwest boldly
enters its next 100 years of providing quality education to future generations of Bearcats.
Leet retired in 1991 after a 38-year distinguished career with Amoco Corporation, serving as president of Amoco Chemicals Company and vice chairman of the Amoco Corporate Board of Directors. He received Northwest’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 1981, and served on the Foundation Board of Directors in the 1980s. He and his wife, Phyllis Combs Leet ’49, a current Foundation board member, live in Gainesville, Ga.