Students, alumni going global for Homecoming

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This year's theme is "Around the World," and thousands of Northwest alumni, students and friends of the University -- not to mention Bearcat football fans -- are planning to go global Saturday, Oct. 27, during Homecoming 2007.

Saturday's parade and football game are the centerpiece events, but the annual celebration of all things Northwest embraces a week of activities that will give students and others a chance to show off their Bearcat pride. For a complete list of activities, go to www.nwmissouri.edu/campusactivities/homecoming.

The parade will begin at 9 a.m. in front of Roberta Hall on University Drive and make its way south to the main University entrance at Fourth Street. The procession 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.

A ribbon-cutting and open house at the campus' newly completed Hudson-Perrin freshman residence complex is scheduled for later Saturday morning. The facility will be open to the pubic for tours from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m., and University officials will gather in front of centrally located Hudson-Perrin Commons at noon for the opening ceremony.

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.

Additional Homecoming week highlights 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 about 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).

The Golden Years Society will honor the class of 1957 during a reception beginning at 9 a.m. Friday, Oct. 26, at the Alumni House. The 50-year class will then take a campus bus tour, pose for a reunion photo at the Kissing Bridge and gather for a luncheon at the J.W. Jones Student Union.

Also set for Friday is the annual alumni golf outing, which begins at noon at Mozingo Golf Course. For more alumni-related Homecoming information, go to www.nwmissouri.edu/alumni/events.

A colorful Northwest tradition will mark its 10^th anniversary at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, when the University's Intercultural and International Center hosts the 2007 flag-raising ceremony at the Joyce and Harvey White International Plaza.

This year's event is being held in conjunction with Walkout Day, an expanded version of another longstanding University ritual, which will include inflatable games and a free student barbecue between noon and 4 p.m. on the Colden Pond lawn adjoining the plaza.

Walkout Day, celebrated at Northwest since 1915, is always observed on the Friday before Homecoming, no classes are held, and the day is traditionally given over to float-making and other parade preparations.

Other Friday events include the M-Club Hall of Fame banquet at 6:30 p.m. in the J.W. Jones Student Union.

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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