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Homecoming Executive Board announces totals, contest winners

Oct. 27, 2023

Northwest Missouri State University capped its 2023 Homecoming with an awards ceremony Oct. 25 to announce winners of competitions throughout the annual celebration.

Northwest hosted its Homecoming week, “Welcome to the ‘Ville,” Oct. 15-21 with a variety of activities, including traditions such as the Variety Show, the annual International Flag-Raising Ceremony, the Homecoming parade and the Homecoming football game. The University also welcomed the class of 1973 for its annual 50-year reunion activities.

During the annual Variety Show, Darren Ross and Obioma Nwuba were crowned Northwest’s Homecoming king and queen. Ross, of St. Louis, is a senior computer science major; Nwuba, of Anambra State, Nigeria, is a junior early childhood education major.

As a result of Northwest’s annual Donation Creation contest, during which students build Homecoming-themed scenes with canned and boxed food items, student organizations donated 1,157 pounds of food to the Maryville Ministry Center and 482 pounds of food to the Bearcat Food Pantry.

Northwest’s 2023 Homecoming Executive Board consisted of Anna Musser, a graduate student pursuing a Master of Business Administration from Gower, Missouri; Nicole Dietzenbach, a senior digital media: visual imaging major from Des Moines, Iowa; Abby Linhart, a senior public accounting major from Cameron, Missouri; Riley Steele, a sophomore psychology major from Lee’s Summit, Missouri; and Blake Leasure, a senior biology education major from Keytesville, Missouri.

All 2023 Homecoming competition categories and winners are listed below.

Darren Ross and Obioma Nwuba were crowned Northwest’s Homecoming king and queen at the conclusion of the annual Variety Show. (Photo by Lauren Adams/Northwest Missouri State University)

Darren Ross and Obioma Nwuba were crowned Northwest’s Homecoming king and queen at the conclusion of the annual Variety Show. (Photo by Lauren Adams/Northwest Missouri State University)

Philanthropy

  1. Alpha Sigma Alpha
  2. Sigma Sigma Sigma
  3. Phi Mu

Banner

  1. Alpha Sigma Alpha
  2. Sigma Sigma Sigma
  3. Phi Sigma Kappa

Sidewalk Chalk

  1. Alpha Sigma Alpha
  2. Alpha Delta Phi
  3. Tau Kappa Epsilon

Donation Creation

  1. Alpha Delta Pi
  2. Alpha Sigma Alpha
  3. Phi Mu
Donation Creation: People’s choice
  1. Sigma Sigma Sigma
  2. Alpha Sigma Alpha
  3. Phi Mu
Northwest students entertained an audience during the annual Homecoming Variety Show at the Ron Houston Center for the Performing Arts. Phi Mu, Sigma Tau Gamma and Alpha Kappa Lambda took first place for their skit, titled "Bobby Gon' Wild." (Photo by Lauren Adams/Northwest Missouri State University)

Northwest students entertained an audience during the annual Homecoming Variety Show at the Ron Houston Center for the Performing Arts. Phi Mu, Sigma Tau Gamma and Alpha Kappa Lambda took first place for their skit, titled "Bobby Gon' Wild." (Photo by Lauren Adams/Northwest Missouri State University)

Variety Show

Skits
  1. Phi Mu, Sigma Tau Gamma and Alpha Kappa Lambda
  2. Sigma Sigma Sigma and Sigma Phi Epsilon
  3. Alpha Sigma Alpha and Tau Kappa Epsilon
National Pan-Hellenic Council earned honors for their olio act during the Variety Show. (Photo by Lauren Adams/Northwest Missouri State University)

National Pan-Hellenic Council earned honors for their olio act during the Variety Show. (Photo by Lauren Adams/Northwest Missouri State University)

Phillip Motazedi (left) was honored with the People's Choice Award as the Best Skit Actor. (Photo by Lauren Adams/Northwest Missouri State University)

Phillip Motazedi (left) was honored with the People's Choice Award as the Best Skit Actor. (Photo by Lauren Adams/Northwest Missouri State University)

Olio Acts
  1. National Pan-Hellenic Council
  2. Michael Verhoven
  3. Brittany Stallo
People's Choice Awards
  • Best Skit Actress: Mallory Scheelk
  • Best Skit Actor: Phillip Motazedi
  • Best Skit: Phi Mu, Sigma Tau Gamma and Alpha Kappa Lambda
  • Best Olio Act: Lucas and William Prater

Parade

Paper Mache Heads
  1. Alpha Delta Pi
  2. Sigma Sigma Sigma
  3. Phi Mu
Alpha Sigma Alpha took second place in the Homecoming parade for their dancing clown performance. (Photo by Todd Weddle/Northwest Missouri State University)

Alpha Sigma Alpha took second place in the Homecoming parade for their dancing clown performance. (Photo by Todd Weddle/Northwest Missouri State University)

Dancing Clowns
  1. Sigma Tau Gamma
  2. Alpha Sigma Alpha
  3. Sigma Sigma Sigma
Jalopy
  1. Sigma Sigma Sigma, Alpha Kappa Lambda and Phi Sigma Kappa
  2. Phi Mu and Alpha Gamma Rho
  3. Alpha Sigma Alpha and Sigma Tau Gamma
Float
  1. Phi Mu and Alpha Gamma Rho
  2. Sigma Kappa and Sigma Tau Gamma
  3. Sigma Sigma Sigma, Alpha Kappa Lambda and Pi Kappa Alpha
Overall Parade Winner

Phi Mu

Overall Homecoming Supremacy Winner

Phi Mu



Contact

Dr. Mark Hornickel
Administration Building
Room 215
660.562.1704
mhorn@nwmissouri.edu