» About Northwest » Dates
| Day | Year | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Aug. 1 | 1984: | Dr. Dean L. Hubbard becomes Northwest president. |
| Aug. 1 | 2010: | Northwest becomes a smoke-free campus. |
| Aug. 2 | 1920: | A degree group within the Northwest Alumni Association is formed. The dues are 25 cents in addition to alumni dues. |
| Aug. 2 | 1991: | University buildings become smoke-free. |
| Aug. 3 | 1999: | Northwest Online is launched, and 57 students enroll in nine courses. |
| Aug. 4 | 1905: | Maryville is notified it will be the site for the Fifth District Normal School in northwest Missouri. |
| Aug. 4 | 1915: | Small diplomas replace larger ones, which had signatures of all the students' instructors. Some students refuse to have the ones without signatures. |
| Aug. 4 | 1948: | The Bell of '48, a gift of the class of 1948, is rung for the first time at 7:45 a.m. |
| Aug. 6 | 1906: | The first commencement occurs and Golda Airy of Maryville receives the first certificate from the Normal School. |
| Aug. 7 | 1942: | A work program is set up for about 50 high school graduates at 25 cents an hour to help them attend college. |
| Aug. 9 | 1910: | A window shade committee is appointed by the Board of Regents to select shades for the new Administration Building. |
| Aug. 17 | 1987: | Missouri Gov. John Ashcroft switches on the Electronic Campus. Northwest's first comprehensive freshman orientation program begins. |
| Aug. 18 | 2011: | A powerful evening storm, carrying heavy rain, hail and 80 mph straight-line winds, causes widespread damage to the campus. The storm causes a power outage, numerous broken windows, water damage and downed tree limbs as well as damage to roofs and siding. |
| Aug. 20 | 1909: | Homer Martien Cook is elected acting president to serve with President H.K. Taylor for four months, and therefore the school had two presidents. |
| Aug. 23 | 2012: | The Registrar's Office announces a new resource, Degree Audit, to assist students in their degree-planning process and provide students with the ability to create their own four-year plan. |
| Aug. 26 | 2001: | The College of Professional and Applied Studies becomes the Melvin D. and Valorie G. Booth College of Business and Professional Studies in honor of 1967 alumnus Mel Booth. |
| Aug. 28 | 2000: | The Missouri Academy of Science, Mathematics and Computing begins with 41 students. |
| Aug. 28 | 2009: | The H1N1 influenza outbreak hits Northwest as two students are diagnosed with the flu strain. |
| Aug. 29 | 1991: | University President Dr. Dean L. Hubbard decides to stay at Northwest instead of accepting a position at the University of Northern Colorado. |
