St. Joseph Alumni and Friends Chapter

Chapter Updates

Winter 2007 (from the Northwest Alumni Magazine)

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Members of the St. Joseph Chapter entered a Northwest-themed float in the annual Apple Blossom Parade.

Summer 2007 (from the Northwest Alumni Magazine)

The St. Joseph Chapter has been working to establish funding for a perpetual scholarship to be presented each year to an incoming freshman. Donations are being solicited and fund-raising events are being developed. One such fundraiser involves raffling a football signed by the players and coaches of the 2006 Northwest football team. The drawing will be conducted at halftime of this fall’s first home football game.

Northwest alumni and friends attended a February social with a Mardi Gras theme, complete with beads and masks, at Boudreaux’s Louisiana Seafood and Steaks Restaurant.

Northwest President Dr. Dean L. Hubbard and his wife, Aleta, were guests at April’s meeting where Hubbard discussed growth and changes at Northwest.
Chapter members participated in St. Joseph’s annual Apple Blossom Parade in May.
Doug Schmitz is the chapter’s new president, and chapter member Mark Pickerel now serves on the Northwest Alumni Association’s national board.

Northwest President Dr. Dean L. Hubbard visited with Bill Brooks ’91 during an event sponsored by the St. Joseph Chapter.

Spring 2007 (from the Northwest Alumni Magazine)

The St. Joseph Alumni and Friends Chapter teamed up with Northwest’s Office of Admissions and staffed a booth at “Rock Off!”, an event featuring several live local and regional bands and exhibitors geared toward high school students. The chapter also welcomed Matt Baker, Northwest’s director of residential life, to its January social. Baker discussed the University’s current housing demands and plans.

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Doug Schmitz ’92, Bill Brooks ’91, Patty Bolin Roach ’71 and Jhamel Hart greet potential students and promote Northwest at the “Rock Off!” in St. Joseph.

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The St. Joseph Chapter recently honored dedicated “friends” of the chapter: Frances Fine (wife of Marvin Fine ’64), Cindy Pickerel (wife of Mark Pickerel ’76), Jim Roach (husband of Patty Bolin Roach ’71) and Tammie Schmitz (wife of Doug Schmitz ’92).

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Matt Baker, Northwest’s director of residential life, was a guest at the chapter's January social.

Winter 2006 (from the Northwest Alumni Magazine)

St. Joe Parade float

Members of the St. Joseph Chapter await the start of the Apple Blossom
Parade aboard the centennial-themed Northwest float.

Summer 2006 (from the Northwest Alumni Magazine)

Northwest President Dr. Dean L. Hubbard attended the St. Joseph Alumni and Friends Chapter meeting in April and gave an update on happenings at the University. This annual event followed the March monthly social where the St. Joseph Chapter guest speakers included area legislators.

Spring 2006 (from the Northwest Alumni Magazine)

The St. Joseph Chapter meets at 6 p.m. on the second Friday of each month at the Stoney Creek Inn. Chapter members pledged $300 and participated in a leukemia/cancer "Light The Night Walk" in September and also were on the Alumni Association's float in the Northwest Homecoming parade. The chapter sponsored a bus to the Arrowhead game, and there was a watch party for the national championship football game. In May, the chapter will have a float in the Apple Blossom Parade and will host Summer Bash in St. Joseph on July 28-29.

The Northwest Missouri State University Alumni Association is establishing alumni chapters worldwide. Organized by alumni volunteers and supported by the Office of Alumni Relations, these chapters sponsor a variety of activities for alumni to get together socially and stay abreast of news from Northwest Missouri State University.

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