Northwest Missouri State University

Northwest New Release


Oct. 2, 2007

Homecoming to include freshman complex dedication

freshman hall medium

The newly completed Hudson-Perrin freshman residence complex, which
opened this fall, will be dedicated during ceremonines beginning at noon on
Homecoming Saturday, Oct. 27.

Northwest will host a ribbon-cutting and open house on Homecoming Saturday, Oct. 27, at the campus' newly completed Hudson-Perrin freshman residence complex.

The facility will be open to the pubic for tours that day from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. University officials will gather in front of centrally located Hudson-Perrin Commons at noon for the opening ceremony.

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For a complete list of Homecoming events and activities, click HOMECOMING 2007. 

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University President Dean L. Hubbard is scheduled to speak, as are Student Senate President Alex Drury and Residence Hall Association President Katie Carter. Refreshments will be served and model rooms placed on display.

Hudson-Perrin opened this fall after two years of construction. The multi-level brick structure is home to nearly 500 first-year students and staff.

Located near the intersection of Fourth Street and University Drive on the southeast end of campus, the complex comprises Hudson Hall to the south and Perrin Hall to the north with the largely glassed-in commons at the center. Together with Roberta Hall, a historic campus residence housing Northwest's social sororities, the buildings are known as East Complex.

Two aging residence halls -- also named Hudson and Perrin -- were torn down to make way for the new complex. The names honor Nell Hudson, Northwest's first woman registrar, and Alice Perrin, the school's first dean of women. New Hudson-Perrin is the only residential building on the Northwest campus ever constructed specifically for first-year students.

Amenities at Hudson-Perrin include air conditioning, furnished rooms, individual temperature controls, a high-speed Internet connection for each resident, study and lounge areas and semi-private baths. Architecturally divided into "neighborhoods," each wing contains two pods comprising approximately 10 rooms and housing about 20 students.

This is the third major housing project at Northwest in the past three years. In fall 2004, the University opened Forest Village Apartments for juniors, seniors and graduate students. Tower Suites, completed at the same time, accommodates students who are at least sophomores.

Other homecoming events
www.nwmissouri.edu/campusactivities/homecoming

Highlights of this year's Homecoming celebration include the dedication of a memorial honoring Everett Brown, a longtime Northwest administrator and state representative who died in 2005. The ceremony will take place at 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25. Built to evoke a one-room schoolhouse, the memorial will house an authentic school bell donated by Brown's widow, Shoba.

The first installment of the annual Homecoming student Variety Show begins at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25, in the Performing Arts Center, and will be followed by the coronation of this year's king and queen at 9 p.m. A second Variety Show performance starts at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26. Tickets cost $5 and $3 and are on sale weekdays from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the Student Services Center on the first floor of the Administration Building or over the telephone at 660.562.1212 (ext. 1212 on campus).

In accordance with campus tradition, there will be no classes on Friday, Oct. 26 -- Walkout Day -- which begins with the ringing of the Bell of '48 on the lawn in front of the Administration Building. The Student Activities Council and Residence Hall Association will host a Walkout Day celebration beginning at noon on the lawn west of Colden Pond.

The alumni golf outing begins at noon Friday at Mozingo Golf Course, and the annual multinational flag raising at the Joyce and Harvey White International Plaza east of Bearcat Arena will take place at 2 p.m. Other Friday events include the M Club Hall of Fame banquet at 6:30 p.m. in the J.W. Jones Student Union.

Saturday's festivities start at 8 a.m. with an alumni reception at Alumni House. The parade -- themed "Around the World" follows at 9 a.m.

This year's parade route starts in front of Roberta Hall on University Drive and makes its way south to the main University entrance at Fourth Street. The parade will continue east up Fourth Street to the courthouse square before turning north on Market Street and ending at the corner of Sixth Street. A "family friendly" viewing area will be set up on campus near the intersection of University Drive and Fourth Street.

Pre-game Bearcat Zone tailgating festivities begin at 11 a.m. Saturday in College Park, and the Bearcats take the field against the Washburn University Ichabods at 1:30 p.m.

Northwest students will be admitted to the game free with a valid Bearcat ID card. Reserve tickets cost $12, and standing-room-only tickets cost $8. Purchase tickets at the Student Services Center on the first floor of the Administration Building, over the phone at 660.562.1212 or online at www.nwmissouri.edu/tickets.


For more information, please contact:

Anthony Brown,
News Bureau Manager
E-Mail: abrown@nwmissouri.edu
Phone (660) 562-1704
Fax (660) 562-1900

Northwest Missouri State University
219 Administration Building,
800 University Drive
Maryville, MO 64468

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