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Moving along in the search for a new president, the Northwest Board of Regents announced the names of the 11 people who will sit on the Presidential Search Committee at its Aug. 4 meeting. Read more
Moving along in the search for a new president, the Northwest Board of Regents announced the names of the 11 people who will sit on the Presidential Search Committee at its Aug. 4 meeting. Read more
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Following the Presidential Search Process, the Northwest Board of Regents took another step, finding a new president by choosing a search firm to negotiate a contract with at the July 15 Ad Hoc Committee meeting. Read more
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Starting as a professor and working his way up to sitting in the president’s office, John Jasinski is no stranger to change. Read more
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Just two weeks before Police Chief Clarence Green is set to take over as interim president, the Board of Regents approved the Presidential Search Committee and Process at its June 16 meeting. Read more
After a work session throughout the day discussing the budget, Northwest Board of Regents voted unanimously to approve the budget for fiscal year 2023 with a total expense of $108.4 million. Read more
Northwest President John Jasinski spent the majority of the last Board of Regents meeting of the 2021-2022 school year talking about the upcoming spring commencement and recapping his time at Northwest. Read more
A month and three days after Northwest President John Jasinski announced the Board of Regents decided to not renew his contract via an “All that Jazz” email, people are still asking why. Read more
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The man at the helm of Northwest for the last 13 years — and until the conclusion of June — sat in a black leather chair on the first floor of the campus’s Administration Building. He was wearing denim blue jeans, a multi-colored button-up, navy blazer and, most importantly, socks with his d… Read more
Horizons West Apartments, which is home to many Northwest students, will be undergoing renovations starting in January 2023 after switching management. Read more
Justice Mang’anda, Wellness Center’s newest counselor, wants to use his work and life experiences to help better serve Northwest students. Read more
A bright orange arrow painted on a building in downtown Maryville points the way to an unassuming bakery nestled on East Sixth Street. The once-convivial place to start the day now sits vacant after the death of beloved baker Ali Elzen April 16. Read more
Out with the old and in with the new — Student Senate’s last meeting of the school year marked the transition of power to the 100th Student Senate. This will be the 100th year that Student Senate has been an official organization on campus, marking a century since its creation. Read more
Theatre professor Theo Ross has taught at Northwest longer than any other professor at the University, and this spring term will be his last. He has been at the University since 1978, a total of 44 years, and has directed and supervised student directors in over 100 theater productions durin… Read more
A permanent fixture in the Northwest community for the past three decades will officially begin making its move on campus in the coming months. Read more
Six new programs will be added to the Melvin D. and Valorie G. Booth School of Business for the fall semester. Read more
Theatre Northwest presented Molière’s “The Imaginary Invalid” in the Mary Linn Auditorium at the Ron Houston Center for the Performing Arts from April 13 to April 16 at 7:30 p.m. Read more
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Nearly 48-hours after the Northwest Board of Regents voted to expedite the process of naming the interim president, the University sent out a press release announcing Clarence Green, current vice president of culture, will be serving as Northwest’s new leader while the Board searches for a p… Read more
Emotions were high at the final meeting of the 99th Student Senate Executive Board before members pass on their positions to next year’s representatives. Read more
Sexual Assault Awareness Month is a month of education and reflection regarding the topic of sexual assault. It was first nationally observed in the United States in 2001, and has been observed by Northwest through various events during the month for many years. Read more
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The Board of Regents decided to expedite the process of naming an interim president in a 5-2 vote at the April 18 meeting. Read more
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Northwest Board of Regent Chair John Moore issued a statement Thursday afternoon. The statement addresses some comments and concerns brought up at the Board’s April 12 meeting on Zoom. Read more
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Just 11 days after President John Jasinski sent an “All That Jazz” email saying that the Board of Regents decided not to renew his contract, 168 community members, faculty, staff and students joined a Zoom meeting with the Board to express their concerns about the Regent’s decisions and the … Read more
The scheduled hearing for a case involving a Northwest student who was charged with Invasion Of Privacy, a class E felony, has been moved to May 17 after he appeared in court this morning. Read more
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The Northwest Missourian has received multiple statements and a letter regarding the Northwest Board of Regents' decision to not renew President John Jasinski’s contract. In an effort to inform our readers before the Regents’ meeting on April 12, the Missourian will be publishing those materials. Read more
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GALLERY: AJR and Careless Vibez perform at the SAC spring concert April 8 at Northwest Missouri State University in the Carl and Cheryl Hughes Fieldhouse. Read more
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Northwest will have a new person at the helm for the first time in 13 years. Read more
Student Senate was in the midst of its election week for its first meeting of April. Read more
The Northwest Tower Choir held a concert of religious songs at the Conception Abbey monastery in Conception, Missouri. The concert was held in the monastery’s basilica and was directed by Stephen Town and featured Sean Vogt accompanying the choir on the pipe organ. Read more
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After two years of the Senate executive running unopposed, this year the vice president position will have two candidates running. The current candidates are composed of sophomore Liz Motazedi, who will be running for President; sophomore Nate Brown, who will be running for vice president; a… Read more
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The Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, heard arguments for four cases at 1 p.m. March 28 in the J.W. Jones Student Union Ballroom. Court appeals usually occur in Kansas City, but for the past 20 years, they have been held in various areas of the Western District’s jurisdiction to g… Read more
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After nearly four decades since the last renovation, the third floor of Martindale Hall will be undergoing renovations starting by the end of the summer, Assistant Vice President of Facility Services Dan Haslag said. Read more
As part of National Nutrition Month, the Northwest Student Dietetic Association will continue its tradition of Free Fruit Fridays during March. Read more
Since the opening of the Carl and Cheryl Hughes Fieldhouse in October 2018, events held in the facility have been boosting the numbers of people traveling in and out of Maryville. Along with the increase in visitors, there has been an increase in revenue from the city’s Transient Guest Tax. Read more
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The beginning of this week marked Sigma Sigma Sigma’s annual Karen Hawkins Memorial Week. Karen Hawkins attended Northwest in the ‘90s and was a member of the sorority. In April 1995, she was sexually assaulted and murdered by one of her friends from high school. Read more
Student Senate reconvened for their weekly meeting on March 22. At this meeting, they approved an organization appropriation and recognized a new club as an official organization on campus. Read more
Sisterhood and empowerment — these are a couple of the founding tenets of the Northwest organization Spiritually Involved Sisters Together Achieving Harmony. Read more
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The Northwest Board of Regents approved an increase in tuition and fees for students for the 2022-2023 academic year at its March 17 meeting. Read more
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As Missouri minimum wage has continued to rise over the past years and will sit at $12 in 2023, Northwest student minimum wage has remained stagnant at $8.60 an hour since 2019. That could change with a proposal being brought to the Board of Regents March 17. Read more
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As Northwest returns from its spring break, Nodaway County’s proverbial break from COVID-19 continues. Read more
The Student Senate finalized the schedule for its 2022-23 academic year elections March 15. Read more
Occupy Valk, presented by professor Tina Ellsworth Feb. 24, showed attendees the true underlying history of white supremacy in the women's suffrage movement. Read more
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Over 5,000 miles away from his home of Lutsk, Ukraine, Northwest student Vitaliy Tsytsyk is watching a war in his country through a screen. Every few minutes, his phone buzzes with news from local Ukrainian journalists about the country he is far from, but everyone he loves is right in the m… Read more
The scheduled hearing for a felony case involving a Northwest student has been postponed to April 12 after 4th Circuit Associate Judge Robert Rice granted continuance. Read more
For the first time since August 2020, Northwest students who are enrolled in fall and spring classes attended classes without wearing masks. Read more
The Student Senate is now halfway through the designated fees presentations made by University officials. Another presentation was given by University Police Chief Clarence Green, Administration Vice President Stacy Carrick and Coordinator of Student Employment Paula McLain March 1. During t… Read more
Assistant professor of art history Karen Britt was featured in the November 2021 issue of National Geographic’s "Unearthing 100 Archeological Treasures of the Past" for her involvement with Huqoq mosaics in ancient synagogues in Israel. Mosaics built on the floors of ancient sites are Britt’… Read more
Northwest President John Jasinski spent the majority of the last Board of Regents meeting of the 2021-2022 school year talking about the upcoming spring commencement and recapping his time at Northwest.
A month and three days after Northwest President John Jasinski announced the Board of Regents decided to not renew his contract via an “All that Jazz” email, people are still asking why.
The man at the helm of Northwest for the last 13 years — and until the conclusion of June — sat in a black leather chair on the first floor of the campus’s Administration Building. He was wearing denim blue jeans, a multi-colored button-up, navy blazer and, most importantly, socks with his d…
Horizons West Apartments, which is home to many Northwest students, will be undergoing renovations starting in January 2023 after switching management.
Justice Mang’anda, Wellness Center’s newest counselor, wants to use his work and life experiences to help better serve Northwest students.
A bright orange arrow painted on a building in downtown Maryville points the way to an unassuming bakery nestled on East Sixth Street. The once-convivial place to start the day now sits vacant after the death of beloved baker Ali Elzen April 16.
Out with the old and in with the new — Student Senate’s last meeting of the school year marked the transition of power to the 100th Student Senate. This will be the 100th year that Student Senate has been an official organization on campus, marking a century since its creation.
Theatre professor Theo Ross has taught at Northwest longer than any other professor at the University, and this spring term will be his last. He has been at the University since 1978, a total of 44 years, and has directed and supervised student directors in over 100 theater productions durin…
A permanent fixture in the Northwest community for the past three decades will officially begin making its move on campus in the coming months.
Six new programs will be added to the Melvin D. and Valorie G. Booth School of Business for the fall semester.