Dr. Allison Kahre Atkinson '06, '11, '19, '22

Alumni Association Board Member

Board member since 2015

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Board Involvement

• Immediate Past President: 2023-Present
• President: 2021-2023
• Vice President: 2019-2021
• Chair of the Promote/Executive Committee

Education

• Ed.D, University of Missouri - Columbia and Northwest Missouri State University, 2022
• Ed.S. Superintendency, 2019
• M.S. Secondary Education Administration, Northwest Missouri State University, 2011
• B.S. Family and Consumer Sciences, Northwest Missouri State University, 2006

Occupation / Employer Name

Family and Consumer Sciences teacher
Lakeview Middle School
Park Hill School District

Family

When I'm not working with my outstanding students, my husband Daniel and I are chasing our four children, Carter, Harper, Cooper, and Kemper around to their activities. I enjoy being involved in a wide variety of community events and service opportunities as well as reading, camping, fishing, and sewing in my spare time.

Northwest / Community Involvement

I have been a member of the Alumni Association Board of Directors since 2015, serving on the Mentor and Executive committees. I am a member of the Junior League of St. Joseph where I serve as the Advocacy Director. 

Interests / Hobbies

When I am not attending one of my children's activities, I enjoy being involved in a wide variety of community events and service opportunities as well as reading, camping, fishing, and sewing in my spare time. 

Special Memories of Northwest

My favorite memories of Northwest are my first day as an on campus student and my last day as an on campus student at Commencement. Every day in between including Homecoming pomping, attending every home and away football game all the way to Florence, Alabama in 2005, and late night Dominos deliveries were great, but the first and last days stick out. It was then that I realized the full extent of the friends, colleagues, professors, and family that I would have as a support and resource for the rest of my life. I know first-hand that the “Northwest Family” is not just a catchy slogan on a recruiting pamphlet but truly an attitude of every person on campus. Once a Bearcat, always a Bearcat!

Activities or Organizations Involved In While Attending Northwest

While on campus I was involved in many organizations including Sigma Society, AAFCS, KON, as well as being an RA in Phillips Hall and working at the Early Childhood Center at Horace Mann.