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Administration Building at Northwest Missouri State University Nodaway County Courthouse is on the National Register of Historic Places Mozingo Lake Golf Course Maryville is a city in Nodaway County, Missouri, United States. ...
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Image File history File links Bobby Bearcat is the symbol of the Northwest Missouri State University’s athletics teams and is the University mascot. ...
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Administration Building at Northwest Missouri State University Nodaway County Courthouse is on the National Register of Historic Places Mozingo Lake Golf Course Maryville is a city in Nodaway County, Missouri, United States. ...
Founded in 1905 as a teachers college, it is primarily a liberal arts college offering undergraduate and graduate classes. Its most unique and highest ranked curriculum are in quality, alternative fuels and geographic information science.
The campus, based on the design for Forest Park (St. Louis) at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, is the official Missouri State Arboretum. McDonnell Planetarium Old Footbridge in Forest Park Forest Park in Saint Louis, Missouri, opened in 1876 and the former site of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904, is one of the large urban landscape parks created in the U.S. during the later 19th century, following the example of Central...
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The university is governed by a state-appointed Board of Regents and headed by President Dr. Dean L. Hubbard. A board of governors is usually the governing board of a public entity. ...
Northwest competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (Division II) and Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association for men's and women's sports. The mascot is a Bearcat. The Bearcats have won two NCAA Division II national championships (1998 and 1999) and finished as runner-up (2005 and 2006) in football. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often pronounced N-C-Double-A ) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ...
The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) is a college athletic conference which operates in the midwestern United States (in the states of Kansas and Missouri). ...
A mascot, originally a fetish-like term for any person, animal, or thing supposed to bring luck, is now something—typically an animal or human character—used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, professional sports team (the name often corresponds with the mascot...
Binomial name Arctictis binturong (Raffles, 1821) The Arctictis binturong, also known as the Malay civet cat, the binturong, the Asian bearcat, and the Palawan bearcat, is neither a bear nor a cat but is a type of civet of the family Viverridae. ...
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Famous alumni
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The Supreme Court of Missouri is the highest court in the state of Missouri. ...
Mel Tjeerdsma (born 1947) is a football coach of Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri who has led the team to four NCAA Division II national championship games (and winning two). ...
Seth Phillip Wand (born August 6, 1979 in Springfield, Missouri) is an American football offensive tackle for the Houston Texans of the NFL. He was originally selected with the 11th pick of the third round of the 2003 NFL Draft out of Northwest Missouri State University. ...
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History
Missouri Fifth District Normal School In 1905 the Missouri Legislature created five districts in the state to establish teaching standards or norms (hence the original name Normal school) in a state teacher college network. A normal school is an institution for training teachers. ...
Maryville won the competition for the Northwest district with an offer to donate 86 acres (on coincidentally the northwest corner of town) and $58,000 on the site of a Methodist Seminary. The other districts in the network were to be at Kirksville (Northeast - now Truman State), Cape Girardeau (Southeast), Springfield (Southwest - now Missouri State), and Warrensburg (Central - now Central Missouri). Truman State University is a public liberal arts and sciences university in the U.S. state of Missouri. ...
Southeast Missouri State University, often called SEMO, is a public, accredited university located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. ...
Southwest Missouri State University is the largest of Missouris regional public state university systems, with its main campus located in Springfield. ...
Central Missouri State University is a 4-year public institution offering a diverse range of academic concentrations. ...
The original mission of the school was to teach elementary school teachers. Classes began on June 13, 1906 with a lab school teaching Maryville's children (that was eventually named the Horace Mann school) in kindergarten through third grade. The school was eventually expand to a full fledged high school before dropping back to its current configuration of kindergarten through sixth grade. Image courtesy of the University of Texas Horace Mann (May 4, 1796 – August 2, 1859) was an American education reformer and abolitionist. ...
Northwest Missouri State Teacher's College In 1919 the school was granted the name Northwest Missouri State Teacher's College, and with that the ability to grant baccalaureate degrees. In 1949 the name was shrunk to Northwest Missouri State College by the Board of Regents. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2215x1860, 703 KB) Class of 1948 bell at Northwest Missouri State University. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2215x1860, 703 KB) Class of 1948 bell at Northwest Missouri State University. ...
Rivalry with Missouri Western in St. Joseph In 1969, Missouri Governor Warren Hearnes pushed for switching St. Joseph Junior College from a two-year school into a four-year state college. At approximately the same time, authorities decided against a plan to continue routing Interstate 29 north of St. Joseph along Highway 71 through Maryville and Clarinda, Iowa (instead picking a a route to Council Bluffs, Iowa/Omaha, Nebraska along the sparsely populated Missouri River bottoms). Warren Eastman Hearnes (born July 24, 1923) is an American politician who was Governor of Missouri from 1965 to 1973. ...
Missouri Western State University is a public four-year college in Saint Joseph, Missouri. ...
Interstate 29 (abbreviated I-29) is an interstate highway in the Midwestern United States. ...
Clarinda is a city located in Page County, Iowa. ...
Satellite photo showing Council Bluffs and Omaha, Nebraska Council Bluffs is the county seat of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States on the east bank of the Missouri River. ...
Nickname: Gateway to the West Location in Nebraska Coordinates: Country United States State Nebraska County Douglas Founded 1854 Incorporated 1857 - Mayor Michael Fahey (D) Area - City 118. ...
Opening a new four-year state school within 45 miles of Maryville (along with a delay in converting U.S. Route 71 to Maryville to four-lane status until ultimately 2002) was perceived in Maryville as an attempt to kill the school (and the town with which it is intertwined). U.S. Highway 71 is a north-south United States highway. ...
Those fears came to the forefront in 1988 when Shalia Aery, commissioner of higher education under Governor John Ashcroft announced a strategy to close the school. The plan was ultimately withdrawn. John David Ashcroft (born May 9, 1942) was the 79th Attorney General of the United States. ...
Northwest and Missouri Western continue a shaky relationship off the field. On the field the two schools pack the crowds for their sports events.
Northwest Missouri State University On August 14, 1972, Northwest was elevated to university status so that it could offer masters graduate degrees. Its name changed to Northwest Missouri State University.
One point of pride for the university is its Missouri Quality Awards. The university currently holds three of these prestigious honors, the first granted in 1997, the second in 2001, and the third in 2005. Northwest is the only educational institution to receive multiple Missouri Quality Awards.
Administration Building Fire
 Northwest's Administration Building Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3072x2304, 2746 KB) Northwest Missouri State University Administration building. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3072x2304, 2746 KB) Northwest Missouri State University Administration building. ...
Construction inspired by 1904 St. Louis World's Fair The defining landmark of the campus is the Administration Building that is nearly identical to Brookings Hall which is the defining landmark of Washington University in St. Louis. That building was the Administration Building of the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. The master St. Louis design is by Cope & Stewardson which was famed for designing schools throughout the country based on the style Oxford University. Washington University in St. ...
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The Collegiate Gothic structure with its central tower keep design evokes Tattershall Castle and lords over the campus with the motto "And the truth shall set you free" literally engraved in stone (the term "Tower" is evoked frequently throughout the campus including the name of its yearbook). Victoria Tower at the Palace of Westminster, London: Gothic details provided by A.W.N. Pugin The Gothic revival was a European architectural movement with origins in mid-18th century England. ...
Tattershall Castle is a castle in Lincolnshire, England, north east of Sleaford, and in the care of the National Trust. ...
Work on the building began in 1906 and continued in fits and starts until classes began in it on October 3, 1910. The architect of record for the Maryville building is John F. Felt. John F. Felt (1867-1938) was an architect who design many churches, schools and government buildings in Missouri and Kansas. ...
On March 15, 1919, a tornado ripped the roof off its auditorium and blew out most of its windows. A tornado in central Oklahoma. ...
1979 Fire On July 24, 1979, a fire destroyed 60 percent of the building on the central and west wing as well as the north wing housing the auditorium and Little Theater. However the east wing survived with relatively little damage. Many thought the building was going to be razed.
However a $13.8 million capital program repaired most of the building and changed made extensive changes to the campus layout. The building ceased to serve as classroom space, with the exception of 3rd floor, which houses the Family and Consumer Sciences Department. The theater and music departments moved out of the building to the new Mary Linn Performing Arts Center west of the Bearcat Stadium (and the north wing of the Administration Building was torn down and sealed although the outline of the wing is still visible against the bricks on the north). The former Wells Library (now Wells Hall) was turned into a classroom area and home for the National Public Radio affiliate radio station KXCV-FM and the library was moved to its current location in the new B.D. Owens Library. Offical NPR logo National Public Radio (NPR) is an independent, private, non-profit membership organization of public radio stations in the United States. ...
KXCV is the National Public Radio station of Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri and was the first full-power (100 kW) public radio station in Missouri in 1971. ...
Country's First Electronic Campus
 The President's home is on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1987, Northwest revealed its unique Electronic Campus Program. This put computers in all residence halls as well as faculty offices. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3072x2304, 2492 KB) Presidents Residence at Northwest Missouri State University. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3072x2304, 2492 KB) Presidents Residence at Northwest Missouri State University. ...
The VAX computers were command line driven and included access to programs such as Wordstar. VAX is a 32-bit computing architecture that supports an orthogonal instruction set (machine language) and virtual addressing (i. ...
WordStar was a word processor application, published by MicroPro, originally written for the CP/M operating system but later ported to DOS, that enjoyed a dominant market share during the early-to-mid-1980s. ...
Brit Hume visiting the college during this period on a speaking engagement wrote a guest column in the Washington Post proclaiming Northwest as the country's first electronic campus. Brit Hume (born Alexander Britton Hume, June 22, 1943) is the Washington, D.C. managing editor of the Fox News Channel. ...
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In 1997, the program was upgraded and all of the faculty members received powerful laptop computers, while highly network machines were implemented in each residence hall room. Recently, all students staying in the residence halls were given a laptop. Many locations on campus are now connected via WiFi. Wi-Fi (or Wi-fi, WiFi, Wifi, wifi), short for Wireless Fidelity, is a set of standards for wireless local area networks (WLAN) currently based on the IEEE 802. ...
Missouri State Arboretum Main article: Missouri State Arboretum The Administration Building rises above the Missouri State Arboretum The Presidents home is on the National Register of Historic Places. ...
 The Administration Building rises above the Missouri State Arboretum Northwest has long billed itself as the "most beautiful state university campus" in the state of Missouri thanks its landscaped tree lined campus sporting more than species of trees. The campus design was inspired by the Forest Park design for the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair which evolved into the campus for Washington University. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2785x755, 371 KB) Northwest Missouri State University administration building above the trees. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2785x755, 371 KB) Northwest Missouri State University administration building above the trees. ...
Forest Park may refer to: Towns: Forest Park, Georgia, USA Forest Park, Illinois, USA Forest Park, Ohio, USA Parks: Forest Park (Queens), New York City, USA Forest Park (St. ...
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In 1993 the state legislature designated Northwest the official Missouri State Arboretum.
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3072x2304, 2574 KB) Bearcat Stadium in Maryville, Missouri in August 2006. ...
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Mel Tjeerdsma and national championship football Main article Mel Tjeerdsma Mel Tjeerdsma (born 1947) is a football coach of Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri who has led the team to four NCAA Division II national championship games (and winning two). ...
In 1994 Mel Tjeerdsma (pronounced ‘church-mah’), who had earned a masters in physical education from Northwest in 1977, began his first year as football coach. The Bearcats went 0-11. Mel Tjeerdsma (born 1947) is a football coach of Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri who has led the team to four NCAA Division II national championship games (and winning two). ...
NCAA Division II championship games In 1998 the Bearcats won the NCAA Division II national football championship by going 15-0 -- the first time a Division II school had won 15 games in history and the first time a Northwest school won a team national championship in any sport. In 2006 the Bearcats will play their first nationally televised game from Bearcat Stadium when they play the semifinals which will be broadcast by ESPN. The game will also be marked by the first time that temporary lights (provided by ESPN) will be used at Bearcat Stadium (its lights were removed in 1977). Logo for the 2005 Division II National Championship game The NCAA Division II National Football Championship began in 1973. ...
In 1999 Northwest defeated Carson-Newman College 58-52 in four overtimes to defend the title. The game was the longest in terms of the number of extra periods in NCAA football playoff history, surpassing six contests that were extended by three overtimes. The broadcast analyst on ESPN called it the best college football game he'd ever seen. The game solidified ESPN's interest in Division II football, prompting ESPN coverage to include the semi-final games. Carson-Newman College is a historically Baptist liberal arts college located in Jefferson City, Tennessee, northeast of Knoxville. ...
ESPN, formerly the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ...
In 2005, the Bearcats were a Cinderella team being ranked 22nd at the start of the playoffs but winning all of their playoff games on the road until reaching the finals with Grand Valley State University. Northwest led the game until the closing minutes and still almost pulled the game out. The Cinderella nature of Northwest coming from 22nd to challenge the #1 team in the final has been evoked as a weakness of the Bowl Championship Series where such a run would be impossible. Grand Valley State University is an American university. ...
BCS Logo 2006-Present The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) is designed to pair the top two teams in college football against each other in the BCS National Championship Game with the winner being the BCS national champion. ...
During the Tjeersma run through 2006, Northwest has made eight post-season appearances and won six MIAA titles.
In the 2006 regular season, the Bearcats went undefeated 11-0. It was during their third playoff game, a game played against Bloomsburg University, that ESPN-U televised the game live from Maryville, MO. The Bearcats went 3-0 in the playoffs, thus earning a rematch against the Grand Valley State University Lakers at the NCAA Division II National Championship Game in Florence, AL, on December 16, 2006. The Bearcats fell to GVSU 17-14 after turning the ball over four times during the game.
Bearcat Stadium Main article: Bearcat Stadium Bearcat Stadium is the football stadium of the Northwest Missouri State University Bearcats in Maryville, Missouri and is the oldest continous site for any NCAA Division II school. ...
The championships have rocketed Northwest into high visibility. The St. Louis Rams donated their private jet to the team to fly the Bearcats to the 1999 champsionship game in Florence, Alabama. Interest in Northwest has prompted it to play one game a year at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri with Pittsburg State University. When Tjeersma teams began their championship run, conditions were so bad at Rickenbrode Stadium that the Bearcats were unable to play some home playoff games to which they were entitled. This spurred $5 million in renovations to the stadium including the additions of luxury boxes and a color replay video board. The renovated stadium opened in 2002 under a new name of Bearcat Stadium. It is quite literally "the house that Mel built." This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...
Florence city is the seat of Lauderdale County which is situated in the northwest corner of Alabama. ...
Arrowhead Stadium is a stadium located in Kansas City, Missouri, and home to the National Football Leagues Kansas City Chiefs and former home to Major League Soccers Kansas City Wizards. ...
Nickname: City of Fountains or Heart of America Location in Jackson, Clay, Platte, and Cass Counties in the state of Missouri. ...
Pittsburg State University, also called Pitt State or PSU, is a public university with approximately 6,600 students (5,200 undergraduates and 1,400 graduate students) located in Pittsburg, Kansas. ...
Missouri Academy of Science, Mathematics, and Computing In 2000 Northwest began offering an on campus course for gifted high school students who spend their junior and senior years of high school living on the campus completing their high school courses as well as two years of college work. Upon graduation, students receive their high school diploma and an associates degree from Northwest. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3053x1700, 820 KB) International walk at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3053x1700, 820 KB) International walk at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville. ...
The Missouri Academy average enrollment is around 100 students. Graduates often go on to prestigious colleges and universities both in Missouri and throughout the nation. The program is called the Missouri Academy of Science, Mathematics and Computing. The Missouri Academy of Science, Mathematics and Computing (MASMC) is a two-year residential early college entrance program for gifted high school students at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri, replacing the junior and senior years of high school. ...
Thwarted Initiatives
University of Missouri–Northwest In 2004 Northwest entered into an agreement to become the fifth campus of the University of Missouri System and change its name to the University of Missouri–Northwest. The University of Missouri System is one of two public state university systems. ...
Northwest approached the University of Missouri noting that University of Missouri–Columbia is the only state school north of the Missouri River to offer doctorate degrees while six state schools south of the river offer the degrees (the schools in Kansas City, Rolla and St. Louis along with the state universities at Cape Girardeau, Springfield and Warrensburg). The University of Missouri–Columbia is the main campus of the University of Missouri System. ...
The Missouri River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the United States. ...
The University of Missouri–Kansas City (often referred to as UMKC) is an institution of higher learning located in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Its main campus is in Kansas Citys Rockhill neighborhood east of the Country Club Plaza. ...
The University of Missouri–Rolla (abbreviated UMR) is an institution of higher learning located in Rolla, Missouri and part of the University of Missouri System. ...
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Southeast Missouri State University, often called SEMO, is a public, accredited university located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. ...
Southwest Missouri State University is the largest of Missouris regional public state university systems, with its main campus located in Springfield. ...
The University of Central Missouri (formerly Central Missouri State University) is a four-year public institution offering a diverse range of academic concentrations. ...
Northwest was motivated to approach the system after Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph, Missouri proposed changing its status so that it could offer masters degrees—a move that was perceived to encroach on Northwest's master's turf since the two schools are close geographically. Northwest proposed to initially offer doctorate degrees in quality, alternative fuels, and geographic information science. Missouri Western State University is a public four-year college in Saint Joseph, Missouri. ...
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Alternative fuel refers to methods of powering an engine that do not involve petroleum (oil). ...
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The move required enabling legislation. In 2005 the Missouri Legislature approved the expansion of Missouri Western but let the agreement for Northwest sunset in early 2006.
The move would have required Northwest to increase tuition, raise entrance requirements and increase staff pay.
Battle With Anheuser-Busch Over Ventria Biopharming In November 2004 Ventria Bioscience entered into an agreement with Northwest to create a facility near the university and to relocate its operations, research and production to the state. Shortly thereafter Ventria added Northwest alumnus Melvin D. Booth, former president of MedImmune and university president Dr.Dean L. Hubbard to its board of directors. Hubbard receives no compensation for his service on the board of directors. Ventria Bioscience logo Ventria Bioscience is a biotech company headquartered in Sacramento, CA with a focus on human nutrition and human therapeutics. ...
MedImmune is a Maryland-based biotechnology company. ...
On April 12, 2005 Anheuser-Busch, the number one buyer of rice in the United States said it would not purchase rice grown in Missouri if genetically modified rice were to be grown in the state. This decision was prompted by Ventria's intent to grow 200 acres (800,000 m²) of genetically it's protein producing rice in southeast Missouri. A compromise was brokered by Governor Matt Blunt (R-MO) and Senator Kit Bond (R-MO) which would have allowed Ventria to grow its rice with a buffer zone of 120 miles from other Missouri rice crops. Anheuser-Busch and Ventria both agreed to this proposal, but in December 2005 Ventria withdrew from the agreement with Northwest due in part to a dramatic reduction in the amount of financial support offered by the state government. Ventria has previously planted in California, Iowa, and North Carolina, and has been approved by USDA-APHIS to plant in North Carolina again in 2006. Anheuser-Busch NYSE: BUD Anheuser-Busch, based in St. ...
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Genetic engineering, genetic modification (GM), and gene splicing (once in widespread use but now deprecated) are terms for the process of manipulating genes in an organism, usually outside of the organisms normal reproductive process. ...
Matthew Roy (Matt) Blunt (born November 20, 1970) was elected Governor of Missouri on November 2, 2004. ...
The Republican Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States; the other being the Democratic Party. ...
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Campus lore
 Memorial to Mike the Dog at the just east of the administration building - Mike the Dog - Although the team mascot is a bearcat perhaps the school's touching monument is a small memorial to a dog in the east end of the Administration Building. Mike (which appears to resemble a Cairn Terrier) was a campus fixture from 1916-1917 and wore a green blanket with an "M" on it. Mike died after drinking arsenide of lead mistaking it for water. Students raised money for the memorial.
- Roberta Hall ghost - On April 28, 1951 a gas tanker car stored on a siding of the Wabash Railroad tracks behind what was then Residence Hall exploded sending steel chunks several blocks away. The ensuing fire destroyed much of Residence Hall and injured Roberta Steel who was to die from the wounds in 1952. The Hall was rebuilt and renamed for Roberta. A persistent story says that she haunts the building throwing hair brushes.
- Bobby the Bearcat - Northwest initially did not have a formal mascot and had been nicknamed the "Normals." In 1916 a Drury College coach asked the Northwest coach if his bearcats were ready to play. The name stuck.
- Kissing Bridge - The small wooden kissing bridge was over small usually dry creek leading to Colden Pond to the southwest of Charles J. Colden Hall. Legend said a female student isn’t officially a co-ed until she has been kissed on the bridge before the first snowfall. Another legend says that if you cross the bridge you will visit the campus again. The bridge has been moved from its original location closer to Colden Hall.
- University Seal in the Bell Tower - The university seal which is also the seal of the State of Missouri is at the base of the Bell Tower. According to legend if you walk across it, you risk flunking. In a 2004 restoration of the tower, the seal was moved to a display case.
- Bell of 48 - A gift from the class of 1948 the bell is rung to announce athletic victories, in memory of any member of the University community, and to announce other events deemed important by Student Senate and the administration. The bell is rung at 8:00 AM (the time classes usually start) on the Friday before the homecoming game in order to signify Walk-Out Day. The seniors used to ring the bell some time in the day to "release" the other students from classes. Each year it became earlier until the University made it a tradition by cancelling classes that day.
- Hickory Stick - The hickory stick is given to the winner of the Northwest and Truman State University (Kirksville) football game. The hickory stick says, "This Hickory Stick was grown on a farm in the Maryville District on which Eugen Fair, President of Kirksville was born." The first recorded game score is from 1908. Also noted on the stick is 1942, '43, '44 and '45 "WAR NO GAME." By tradition, the winning team repaints the metal tip with their school color.
- School colors - The school colors are green (Pantone® Solid Coated 3435) and white. The original colors were red and white. Northwest shortly changed them to green and white to differentiate the college from Maryville High School which had the same colors. Ironically, the high school eventually changed its colors to match the college green and white colors.
- World's Shortest St. Patrick's Parade - Starting off as a joke for the downtown watering hole The Palms, it is an ever diminishing tradition of having of the world's shortest Saint Patrick's Day Parade. Originally going a block on Buchanan from Fourth Street to Fifth Street. The parade has gotten shorter and shorter each year to maintain the record. It was 86 feet in 2006.
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2279x1980, 702 KB) Monument to Mike the Dog at Northwest Missouri State University. ...
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The Cairn Terrier is a breed of dog of the terrier category. ...
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Drury University is a private, four-year, coeducational liberal arts institution related by covenant to the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Springfield, Missouri. ...
Charles J. Colden ( August 24, 1870 – April 15, 1938 ) was a Representative from California to the Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth United States Congress. ...
Truman State University is a public liberal arts and sciences university in the U.S. state of Missouri. ...
Kirksville is a city located in Adair County, Missouri. ...
Maryville High School is the public high school for Maryville, MO. They are more known for their unusual mascot, the Spoofhound, than anything else. ...
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University Presidents - Frank Deerwester (1906-1907)
- Homer Martien Cook (1907-1909)
- Henry Kirby Taylor (1909-1913)
- Ira Richardson (1913-1921)
- Uel W. Lamkin (1921-1945)
- J.W. Jones (1945-1964)
- Robert P. Foster (1964-1977)
- B.D. Owens (1977-1984)
- Dean L. Hubbard (1984-Present)
See also Members of the Bearcat Voice Leadership, 2002. ...
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Student Association of Missouri logo The Student Association of Missouri (S.A.M. or SAM) is a non-profit student association formed in 2001 by a convention of delegates from 12 Missouri college student governments in Jefferson City, Missouri. ...
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