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March 8 - 14

• Northwest Dance Company performing Spring Showcase March 18
• Second annual Empty Bowls event raises more than $3,000 for Ministry Center Food Pantry 
• Retired Northwest employees invited to March 23 social 
• Central Standard to join Tower Choir for concert at Northwest 
• Northwest student organization collecting signatures
• Zhang receives scholarship solely for international students 
• Northwest Wrestling Club sending 7 to national competition  
• Education Expo set for teacher candidates, Northwest students
• Kegode to lead presentation on ‘The Baobabs of Malawi’
• Applications for ‘Walk a Mile in Her Shoes’ event due on Thursday 
• Gov. Nixon appoints Joseph R. Bosse to Board of Regents 
• 224 high school students compete in Senior Science Olympiad at Northwest 
• Marketing and management students meet with executives at AMA conference 
• Greek members serve as interns at leadership conference

March 1 - 7

• Comedy ‘Marriage is Murder’ on Northwest stage this weekend 
• Mindrup artwork to be exhibited at Northwest Kansas City Center 
• Missouri Academy students place high at recent competitions 
• Literary and art magazine extends submission deadline, hosts bake sale
• Food Network stars to cook up some fun at Northwest
• 18 finish emergency response training at Northwest
• Northwest to host Family and Consumer Sciences Week activities
• Students gain insight to family and consumer sciences fields, experience culture during annual trip to Chicago
• Debate team to compete overseas in Montgomery Cup Tour
• Northwest to participate in tornado drill on March 9
• 79 students to present at Celebration of Quality conference on March 9
• Internationally-renowned flutist to perform at Northwest
• Students take plunge for St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital
• Northwest receives national recognition for community service, named to President’s Honor Roll
• Smithsonian renews loan with Northwest for ENIAC artifact 
• NCAA D-II football national championship trophy, coach greet Arizona fans
• Students to display artwork at Northwest's St. Joseph Center

February 22 - 28

• Tower Choir to perform concert at Basilica of Conception Abbey
• Hong Kong native’s jewelry, metalwork is focus of new exhibit
• Crash survivor, alumna Mercedes Ramirez Johnson to speak Monday as part of Distinguished Lecture Series 
• International students visit capitol, learn about government 
• Mock Trial Team finishes season; earns second place for spirit award
• Free tutoring available to assist students with midterm preparation 
• City administrators to speak at Northwest, share experiences
• Women’s Herstory Month activities planned; nominations sought for ‘Indispensable Women’
• Brett Ratner lecture postponed, statement issued

February 15 - 21

• Northwest benefits from Tjeerdsma being named Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year 
• Clay Club to host second annual Empty Bowls dinner
• 35 students, president make trek to capitol to gain legislative support 
• CIE earns Southern Growth Policies Board 2010 Innovator Award; Northwest honored for second straight year 
• Panama instructors visit Northwest, train to work with underprivileged students

February 8 - 14

• Professor’s artwork to be displayed at St. Joseph Center
• Health Services Director Wilmes named ACHA Fellow  
• Amanda Petefish-Schrag receives Governor’s Award for Excellence in Education  
• Northwest to host ‘FAFSA Frenzy’ on Feb. 21 
• Sigma Society hosting annual bridal show 
• Graduate information fair set for Feb. 24 
• ‘The Music Man’ marching to the Northwest stage this month
• Students eligible to showcase work at Celebration of Quality; deadline to register is Feb. 22 
• Football national championship trophy, Coach Tjeerdsma take to road to meet Bearcat fans
• Sign-up deadline approaching for Mock Interview Day

February 1 - 7

• Fundraising for Colden Pond Plunge kicks off Monday 
• Tickets for “Hairspray” go on sale Feb. 8 
• New art exhibit features variety of work by students
• Applicants sought for Leon F. Miller graduate scholarship 
• Free self-defense class offered to women 
• Literary and art magazine taking submissions 
• Comedian, singer Bo Burnham bringing his act to Northwest 
• Training sessions set to prepare for legislative reception
• Entries sought for library essay, research contests
• Nicaraguan students cap two-week cultural exchange, develop plan to open hospital

January 25 - 31

• Northwest announces fall 2009 trimester graduates
• Nominations sought for Northwest Alumni Award recipients
• Alumni chapter to host Super Bowl party 
• Ceremony, lecture, tributes highlight Black History Month 
• Northwest student dies at Kansas City hospital 
• Politician, news analyst Harold Ford Jr. to speak at Northwest on Feb. 3 
• Power restored to campus after brief outage
• Northwest Regents approve curriculum changes, recognize cheerleaders 
• Students invited to attend Health Fair Expo 
• Seven Northwest students awarded legislative internships

January 18 - 24

• International Film Festival to launch Feb. 4, feature 5 films 
• Bearcat Leadership Training aims to create more effective student leaders 
• Northwest organizes effort to contribute to Haiti earthquake relief
• University surplus property sale set for Jan. 26

January 11 - 17

• Spring enrollment at Northwest up 6 percent
• Northwest announces fall 2009 trimester honor rolls
• Northwest commemorating Martin Luther King Day 
• Nicaraguan students visiting for two-week cultural exchange 
• Regents meeting set for 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22 
• President praises staff at opening meeting for their contributions 
• Waste-reducing effort reaches second phase 
• Decorated soldier Loeffke presenting Jan. 20 lecture
• Students displaced by off-campus apartment fire

January 4 - 10

• Savannah native Bunse receives scholarship in memory of Matthew White

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