Oct. 15, 2018
Northwest Missouri State University ended its 2018 Homecoming week Monday with its awards ceremony announcing winners of competitions throughout the annual celebration.
Northwest hosted its Homecoming week, “The Greatest Show at Northwest” Oct. 7-15, with a variety of activities, including traditions such as the Variety Show, the 21st annual International Flag-Raising Ceremony, parade and the Homecoming football game. The University also welcomed the class of 1968 during its annual Golden Years Society Reunion and celebrated the grand opening of the Carl and Cheryl Hughes Fieldhouse.
During Thursday’s performance of the Variety Show, Jacob Liles and Megan Carter were crowed Homecoming king and queen. Liles, of Maryville, is a senior mathematics major and was sponsored by Sigma Tau Gamma; Carter, of Omaha, Nebraska, is a senior elementary education major, with a concentration in language arts, and her sponsor was Sigma Sigma Sigma.
During the University’s 12th annual Homecoming Canned Art Contest Oct. 8, students and organizations assembled displays of perishable food items. Northwest collected 2,191 pounds of food through the contest that was donated to the Maryville Ministry Center. An additional 1,031 canned and boxed goods were collected to Northwest’s Pay it Forward Food Pantry.
Additionally, for Northwest’s Homecoming philanthropy, the Homecoming Committee and Student Senate collaborated to host the University’s annual fall blood drive in conjunction with the Homecoming week. Donors provided 278 units of blood during the three-day drive, which is enough to assist 834 patients. Students also had the option of providing a monetary donation toward the Maryville R-II School District’s free and reduced lunch program, and they raised $737 for that program.
Northwest’s 2018 Homecoming Executive Board consisted of Emily Elliott, a junior communication major from Kansas City, Missouri; Alek Lanter, a senior recreation major from Parkville, Missouri; Joe Suchan, a senior interactive digital media major from Maryville; and Veronica Maere, a senior communication major from Panora, Iowa, as secretary.
Other 2018 Homecoming competition categories and winners are listed below.
People's Choice
Skits
Olio Act
People's Choice Awards
Competitive: Sigma Alpha
Highly Competitive
Competitive:
Highly Competitive:
Competitive: ATA/CFFA/PAS
Highly Competitive