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Northwest’s international faculty have struggled in the past with immigration to become staff at the University. Now, the immigration process will be easier with the approval of the Immigration Sponsorship Policy. Read more

After standing in a line at the College Park Pavilion, girls who spent the past week going to multiple Zoom meetings to join a sorority were finally handed the small white envelope they have been working for all week.   Read more

Black students and organizations gathered Sept. 18 to network, discuss the new resource center for minority students and create a safe space to share their experiences. Read more

If Alexander Hamilton were alive today, he would likely show concern over one thing — the way the federal government handles its credit. Read more

Voting hasn’t always been a right for everyone in America. Years of strife in the women’s suffrage movement attests to that. On Sept. 17, Northwest Instructor Matt Johnson began his speech in the latest installment of the University’s “Occupy Valk” series by promoting political engagement fo… Read more

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One faculty member sat at her desk looking over all of the assignments and powerpoints she would have to present to her first class in two days. She had just gotten word that she was hired as an adjunct employee for the University and had only two days to prepare to teach a class. Read more

The Board of Regents recently approved a $200,000 budget cap for an update to Northwest Success 360 and the Degree Audit system in CatPAWS. Read more

The Northwest Office of Diversity and Inclusion partnered with The Bridge to host three presentations from guest lecturers Alex and Angela Bryant, co-authors of “Let's Start Again: A Biracial Couple's View on Race, Racial Ignorance, and Racial Insensitivity,” at the Ron Houston Center for th… Read more

Northwest’s Panhellenic recruitment week will be primarily virtual for the first time Sept. 16 through Sept. 21, with the exception of Bid Day as a socially distanced event.  Read more

Over 200 boot and sneaker soles clanged against damp bleachers against the backdrop of an appropriately overcast sky on a somber anniversary. Where normally fingers and toes would grow numb throughout the course of a Bearcat football game, sweat dripped instead onto the stairs as students an… Read more

There have been days over the last six months, and more particularly over the last four weeks, when it’s been tough for Tom Patterson to be optimistic. Read more

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Northwest is continuing a discussion on inclusivity, calling out white supremacist notions and teaching students how to make a change around campus.  Read more

Life at Northwest has changed in the past few months for student organizations, who are not allowed to travel or host large in-person events. Read more

Nodaway County has been labeled a hot spot for the coronavirus by multiple national research entities. Maryville, after speaking with health professionals, plans to wait before taking any further action. Read more

Less than 10 minutes into Northwest’s latest Board of Regents meeting Sept. 3, one that stretched on for close to two hours in the third floor ballroom of the J.W. Jones Student Union, Regent Jason Klindt asked a question. Read more

It’s been a full week since the 7-day rolling average of daily COVID-19 cases in Nodaway County first trekked into the twenties Aug. 26 with 24.7 cases per day. In the seven days since then, the county has averaged at least 25 cases a day, as the total case count has more than doubled since … Read more

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In spite of strict limitations to gathering on campus preventing most student organizations from operating this semester, Student Senate is continuing its duties to the student body entirely virtually. Read more

The Safe Ride Home program, offered through Northwest's University Police Department, has undergone changes during COVID-19 mitigation. Read more

Students and faculty have been forced to rely heavily on technology because of the coronavirus pandemic. Many classes that were originally supposed to be held in-person are now either hybrid or completely online. Read more

A week into Northwest’s fall semester and the day after 90% of Maryville High School students started classes, the fourth COVID-19 death and 46 new cases were recorded in Nodaway County Aug. 26, a record high by more than a dozen cases. Read more

The annual Student Organization Fair brought an array of new and returning Bearcats to the Memorial Bell Tower Aug. 26.  Read more

Well into the resumption of on-campus and hybrid course instruction, Northwest reports the fall 2020 semester began with the second highest retention in University history, recording an uptick in enrollment amid a global pandemic where other colleges are facing declining enrollment, financia… Read more

A week after hybrid and in-person classes started at Northwest, and nearly two weeks after close to 7,000 students began arriving in Maryville in preparation for the fall semester, new COVID-19 cases in Nodaway County reached a record high Aug. 25. Read more

Greek Life’s recruitment events have all been moved to virtual platforms because of the coronavirus. Read more

The Nodaway County Health Department reported 24 new COVID-19 cases Aug. 24, bringing the total active cases from 125 to 136. The county has reported three deaths, all in the last week. Read more

The University Wellness Center and Mosaic Life Care - Maryville have been at the forefront of COVID-19 testing in Nodaway County. Read more

The active COVID-19 cases in Nodaway County climbed from 75 to 125 over the weekend of Aug. 20, and the total death count rose to three. Read more

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In the midst of nationwide protests against police brutality, dozens of Northwest students and alumni took to Twitter and Facebook in June to share stories of being marginalized by faculty, residential life staff and students and demanded change from the administration and the Board of Regents. Read more

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As Bearcats return to campus, business owners eagerly await 7,000 student shoppers to pick up the slack from COVID-19 closures. From layoffs to online retail expansion, stores made necessary changes to stay open and now hope Bearcats are here to stay. Read more

Professors at Northwest are preparing to take on their classes while following COVID-19 mitigation policies. Many professors across campus are taking different approaches to how they will teach their classes. Read more

As students walk into Bearcat Commons, they are greeted with stickers on the ground guiding them where to go, plastic screens block students from employees, limited self-serve options and rearranged seating allow for 6 feet of social distancing. Read more

As Northwest gets set to welcome roughly 7,000 students back onto its campus for the first time since March in the coming weeks, the University first welcomed Mike Parson — Missouri’s governor who has faced criticism in recent weeks for his comments making light of school reopenings amid the… Read more

In its first in-person meeting since March, Northwest’s Board of Regents approved a revised academic calendar for the 2020-21 school year June 19, reflecting changes brought on by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Read more

The group of protesters, stretched out in a parade of residents that spanned more than 50 yards, rounded the northwest corner of the Nodaway County Courthouse and chanted in remembrance of an unarmed black man who died in Minneapolis May 25 after a white police officer pinned the man face do… Read more

Northwest students — and some staff members — of all races have expressed outrage in the aftermath of a statement from Northwest President John Jasinski, which addressed the racially-insensitive video that circulated on Twitter last weekend depicting an incoming University freshman who appea… Read more

KANSAS CITY, MO. — Less than a mile down the road from where protesters gathered for the sixth evening of the Black Lives Matter demonstration in Kansas City, a group of nearly 100 people stood holding black and gold balloons, celebrating and remembering the life of a black man.  Read more

Three days after organizers in Maryville announced plans to join demonstrators across the country in protesting against injustice and police brutality, the event, first planned to be held on the east side of the Nodaway County Courthouse, has been moved to a virtual setting. Read more

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After planning to announce the awaited results of last week’s election via a Facebook Live announcement, Northwest Student Senate introduced the elected representatives of the University’s 98th Student Senate in a Twitter thread April 28, with Kirayle Jones, who ran unopposed, becoming the f… Read more

Growing up in Omaha, Nebraska, he was the most studious of his mother’s 15 children, kids she said helped her grow up as much as she helped them. Kirayle Jones, pronounced “Ky-rel,” always was that way. Read more

Doctors swarm to their patients while nurses scramble in every direction to other patients who are struggling just to catch their breath. Bed after hospital bed is filled with patients showing symptoms of COVID-19. Paramedics rush to their ambulances to assist what sounds like another corona… Read more

As part of the three-year replacement cycle, new laptops were chosen for students to use in the fall of 2020 and upgrades will be made in select computer labs on campus. Read more

Stationed in different cities across two states, four members of Northwest’s Student Senate launched a campaign for the senate’s executive positions April 6, running as a ticket under the slogan “Elevate” for the April 13-17 election. Read more

A Northwest employee has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a University email April 5 stating two additional employees have been exposed to the virus and have enacted self-quarantines. Read more