New announcements from pharmaceutical companies and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over the last few weeks have brought a new wave of hope in the fight against COVID-19 in Nodaway County, where Health Department Administrator Tom Patterson’s optimism has ebbed and flowed with… Read more

The email went out at 4:55 p.m. on a Thursday afternoon, sent to a select group of Northwest faculty, coaches and staff Nov. 12, alerting them of a budding crisis gripping the University in what the subject line captured in three unassuming words: “Mental Health Awareness.”  Read more

The Northwest Students for Life group is fighting for the unborn as the U.S. Supreme Court sits at a conservative majority and a Democratic president is set to take office in January.  Read more

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A little less than a month ago, as Nodaway County watched the early going of a third surge of COVID-19 cases in the county, Tom Patterson was optimistic.  Read more

The University has postponed its winter commencement ceremonies, originally set for Nov. 20-22, due to concerns with rising positive cases of COVID-19 and student quarantines. Read more

Students lined up around the Carl and Cheryl Hughes Fieldhouse with their posters next to them eager to present their work on projects and internships over the past few months. Read more

The possibility of a COVID-19 vaccine being pushed through for emergency use by the FDA at the end of this month brings a series of new protocols, which includes who gets a vaccine first. Read more

Being a resident assistant or a resident director can be stressful in general, but with additional responsibilities amid a semester of COVID-19 mitigation, the job has become tougher.   Read more

Justice is a criminal getting a deserving sentence. Justice is releasing innocent people from captivity. Justice is feeling safe in your own home. And for some crying out to the world in peaceful anguish, justice is simply — as two students 6,508 miles away from home put it — being recognize… Read more

Throughout the fall 2020 semester, North Complex has housed on-campus residents who must quarantine or isolate when they test positive or are deemed a close contact if they can’t go home. These students are called by a health official, given a certain amount of time to pack up essential item… Read more

Over the past few weeks, multiple construction zones could be spotted around Northwest's campus as the fall semester approaches an end. Read more

Northwest Advocates for Animal Awareness held a game night on Nov. 10 as a way to celebrate its accomplishments amid COVID-19.  Read more

Joined by several state military officials and a local representative, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson attended a Veteran’s Day ceremony in Northwest’s Valk Center Nov. 11. An exhibit detailing military experiences and the newly renovated Veterans Commons became the centerpiece for conversation an… Read more

Former minor league baseball player Chris Singleton has been on a journey of inspiration since 2015. The 24-year-old 2017 Chicago Cubs recruit shared his story in the latest edition of SAC Speaks Nov. 5. Read more

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With COVID-19 halting all student organizations from traveling and preventing many groups from meeting in person, the primary function of Northwest’s Student Senate has been stunted, but the group’s leadership has tried to be creative in getting its funds to students. Read more

Missouri voters approved to pass Amendment 3 by roughly 51% Nov. 3. What this means for Missouri voters, according to ballot language, is that the drawing of districts return to bipartisan commissions, bans gifts from lobbyists and lowers amounts made to campaign contributions. Political lea… Read more

As COVID-19 cases continue to spike both across Missouri and within Nodaway County, Maryville’s City Council voted 4-1 at its Nov. 9 meeting to extend the city’s mask ordinance through the end of January 2021.  Read more

A student posted on their Facebook page that it was “Time to go ammo shopping” with an image of Pennsylvania’s county presidential election votes at about 9 a.m. Nov. 6. Read more

At time of publication, former Vice President Joe Biden held 248 electoral college votes and incumbent President Donald Trump held 214 electoral college votes. Read more

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Four years after ousting former Sheriff Darren White and electing former Maryville Public Safety detective Randy Strong, Nodaway County residents showed up in record numbers Nov. 3 to reaffirm the decision they made in 2016, re-electing Strong by more than 4,500 votes to serve as sheriff unt… Read more

More than 15 million Americans have turned 18 years old since the 2016 election, when President Donald Trump was first elected into office. Now, the growing voting block — which includes almost every college-age student — has played an essential role in deciding the 2020 election. Read more

A wood chip fire at the Northwest pellet plant continues to persist after it was discovered Wednesday, Oct. 21. Read more

Nodaway County voters went to the polls starting at 6 a.m. to vote in an election that has been unlike any other. In Missouri, 827,978 had already voted prior to Election Day. Even in the middle of a pandemic, the polls in the county were still lined with eager voters casting ballots and wal… Read more

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After the rolling average of new COVID-19 cases in Nodaway County increased steadily for the first three weeks of October, the flow of new virus cases seems to be holding firm as the county nears what could be a pivotal weekend.  Read more

Nov. 3 is Election Day, and in preparation for voting, Northwest’s Office of Student Involvement is encouraging students to go to the polling stations.   Read more

Originally helping people with natural disasters like flooding and tornadoes, Show-Me Hope Missouri is now adding COVID-19 to the list of issues it provide resources for.  Read more

The still-unnamed Agricultural Learning Center was pushed past its fundraising goal with a $500,000 personal donation from alumnus and Northwest Foundation Board of Directors member John Cline. Read more

Joseph Tomasso, assistant professor, is working to improve the reed section of Northwest bands, especially the Northwest Wind Symphony Orchestra, by purchasing $8,000 worth of high-end machinery to help students better learn how to fabricate their own reeds.  Read more

Kawasaki and Northwest renewed their partnership to offer part-time positions to students in need of hands-on experience and part-time work this fall. Read more

Through a $1.64 million Missouri Department of Social Services grant, Northwest will be able to renovate a classroom and expand its early childhood education program to accommodate children from 6 weeks old to 3 years old. Read more

Concerned Advocates for Relationship Equality presented their annual clothesline project the week of Oct. 19 to raise awareness of domestica and dating violence and sexual assault in the Maryville community for National Domestics Violence Awareness Month.  Read more

Due to the state revenues improving, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson will unfreeze funds that he placed expenditure restrictions on near the start of the pandemic, returning more than half a million dollars to Northwest’s budget. The Springfield News-Leader reported that Parson will return a porti… Read more

Sigma Society hosted their annual Car Smash for breast cancer awareness. Students could pay $1 for one swing or $5 for a whole minute’s worth of swings. Several students paid to smash a car provided by Kizer Collision & Towing. Sigma Society leaders said not only was the car smash a grea… Read more

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After COVID-19 cases both at Northwest and throughout Nodaway County had largely subsided in the middle and late parts of September, the seven-day rolling average of new virus cases in the county has continued to increase throughout the month of October.  Read more

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Before Jim Obergefell’s partner of 19 years was diagnosed with ALS, he didn’t anticipate leaving behind his previous life to be an activist, and he definitely did not expect to have his name associated with a historic moment for LGBTQ+ rights. Read more

The lead plaintiff in the Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court case, which legalized same-sex marriage, will speak to Northwest students and faculty Oct. 13. Read more

The Northwest Active Minds organization teamed up with Psi Chi and the Behavioral Sciences Association Oct. 10 to walk for mental health awareness.  Read more

At 8 a.m. activities kicked off with the Bell of ‘48 Ringing, which served as the signal for the Walkout Day and Homecoming activities to begin. Read more

Randy Strong doesn’t consider himself a politician. He never has, and he likely never will. In fact, he winces at the sound of his name and “politician” in the same sentence. Even so, being a politician in at least the slightest of ways became necessary for Strong to hold the position of Nod… Read more

After the seven-day rolling average of new COVID-19 cases in Nodaway County continuously stayed between five and seven for 16 consecutive days and the county's active case count dipped below 60 in mid-September, the virus is starting to surge again. The seven-day average hit double digits fo… Read more

For almost two years, around 50 Student Senate meetings and 20 Board of Regents meetings, there has consistently been an empty chair at the table, waiting for approval from Gov. Mike Parson to fill. From Jan. 15, 2019 until Sept. 21, 2020, the voice of the student body in the form of the stu… Read more

Every other year, election season is a bright spot amid the standard duties of keeping the gears of Student Senate greased year to year for the Governmental Affairs Committee. Read more

As the green leaves fade to bright yellows and reds to brown, they fall and the crisp air sweeps them away. With this change comes pumpkin patches, leaf piles and autumn holidays. A variety of fall events take the place of summer fun in the sun, but the joy of summer still wavers in the air … Read more

The spike in COVID-19 cases that throttled Nodaway County in late August and early September was driven, as University and county health officials expected, by an increase in positive tests among Northwest students.  Read more