NW History

Question 1

What was the school’s first name?

Answer 1

5th District Normal School - 1906-1919

Question 2

What was Northwest’s 2nd name?

Answer 2

Northwest Missouri State Teacher’s College - 1919-1949

Question 3

What was Northwest’s 3rd name?

Answer 3

Northwest Missouri State College - 1949-1972

Question 4

When did Northwest become a University?

Answer 4

August 14, 1972

Question 5

When did Northwest become the Electronic Campus?

Answer 5

1987 - first public college in the U.S.

Question 6

What was campus designed after?

Answer 6

The campus design was inspired by the Forest Park design for the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair which evolved into the campus for Washington University.

Question 7

When did NWMSU become the state arboretum?

Answer 7

1993

Question 8

When was the campus newspaper first printed?

Answer 8

February 1910 (then called the Normal Index).

Question 9

When was Tower Yearbook first published?

Answer 9

1917

Question 10

When did NW become the Bearcats?

Answer 10

1916

Question 11

How did Residence Hall catch fire?

Answer 11

A gas tank by the Wabash Railroad tracks behind Residence Hall explodes injuring around 20 and killing Roberta Steel on August 28, 1951

Question 12

When did Northwest almost close?

Answer 12

1988 - Department of Education under Gov. John Ashcroft proposed to close NW and designate Missouri Western as the only state school in Northwest Missouri. Hubbard wanted to differentiate between the two schools by launched a strategy emphasizing a culture of quality.

Question 13

How many Quality awards has Northwest won?

Answer 13

4 - Northwest has won more Missouri Quality Awards than any other organization (1997, 2001, 2005 & 2008)

Question 14

B.D. Owens was involved in what?

Answer 14

Student Senate President and TKE

Question 15

What is Hanging of the Greens?

Answer 15

1956 In spirit of Xmas, honorary seniors would be invited to a dinner.