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Get involved today! For more information about getting involved in a Northwest Alumni Association chapter, call 660.562.1248 or email alumni@nwmissouri.edu. Twenty-two alumni chapters comprise the Alumni Association, and more are being formed. ST. LOUIS ALUMNI AND FRIENDS CHAPTER
The St. Louis Alumni chapter hosted watch par ties in March to see the Bearcat men’s basketball team complete their perfect season. The chapter also hosted its annual anniversary party May 23 at Chili’s in Chesterfield. During the event, alumni and friends enjoyed writing postcards to incoming Northwest freshmen from the St. Louis area. They also enjoyed watching a Northwest video and receiving door prizes. Details for the chapter’s fall events are being finalized.
Alumni and friends of Northwest’s theatre program gathered July 13 to celebrate the founding of the Northwest Alumni Association’s Theatre Alumni and Friends Chapter. Pictured left to right are Professor of Theatre Dr. Joe Kreizinger, retired faculty member Dr. David Oehler, Jenny Kenyon Baker ’00, Tina Campbell ’93, Jerry Nevins ’99, Anne Einig ’95, Allison Hanks Mizerski ’98, Kate Jorgensen McLellan ’05, Elizabeth Bettendorf Bowman ’12 and Shawn Murphy ’18.
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION CELEBRATES ADDITION OF THEATRE ALUMNI AND FRIENDS CHAPTER The Northwest Alumni Association on July 13 commemorated the addition of its 22nd chapter, the Theatre Alumni and Friends Chapter, with a social gathering at Northwest– Kansas City in Gladstone, Missouri. Ten Northwest alumni and friends attended the event where Bob Machovsky ’15, Northwest’s director of alumni relations and annual giving, presented the group with a chapter banner. Dr. Joe Kreizinger, a professor of theatre at Northwest, and Dr. David Oehler, a retired theatre faculty member, also joined the gathering. Jerry Nevins ’99 serves as the chapter’s president, and Alison Hanks Mizerski ’98 serves as vice president. Nevin’s and Mizerski’s goal is to engage with more Northwest alumni who were involved in the theatre program at Northwest. The group’s initial goals include finding ways to mentor current Northwest theatre students and begin fundraising for a chapter theatre scholarship. The group also is organizing a social this fall. Machovsky praised the new chapter’s members for their commitment to Northwest. “This group of alumni will make a great addition to the Alumni Association’s engagement efforts, and we look forward to seeing how they will carry on our mission of connecting, mentoring and promoting all things Northwest into the future,” he said. For more information about getting involved with the Theatre Alumni and Friends Chapter, contact the Northwest Alumni Association at 660.562.1248 or alumni@nwmissouri.edu. 16
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Members of the St. Louis chapter gathered for a watch party to cheer the Bearcat men’s basketball team in the NCAA Division II National Championship. Pictured left to right are Ada Pelham holding Kavev and Jovan, Chris Pelham ’06, Myron Pelham, Abdul Kaba Abdulah ’02, Andy Luckner, Heather Herweck Luckner ’97 with Christopher; Mark Cromley ’94, Meena Ewing Correll ’00 with daughter Ainsley, Ann Summa and Brad Summa ’91.
Aaron Bunch ’04, Dana Hockensmith, Sue Johnson Hockensmith ’72 and Mark Cromley ’94 attended the St. Louis chapter’s anniversary party.