9月. 23, 2023

诺曼家族被选为2023年西北年度家庭

李峰顶的诺曼家族, 密苏里州, is 和记棋牌娱乐’s 2023 Family of the Year, a recognition bestowed each fall during the University’s Family Weekend festivities on a family who best represents the “Bearcat family” and demonstrates a strong commitment to the University.

The Norman family’s affiliation with the University began with Dr. 加里和雷蒙娜·柯林斯, who moved to Maryville in 1965 to begin their employment with Northwest, 触及了五十年. 拉蒙纳, 在玛丽维尔郊外的农场长大的人, also graduated from Horace Mann High School on the Northwest campus in 1959.

The recognition comes with a $750 scholarship and other prizes, including an introduction during halftime of the Family Weekend football game.

“西北, 玛丽维尔是和记棋牌娱乐家族历史的重要组成部分, 尤其是对和记棋牌娱乐的祖父母,——谢尔比·诺曼, 主修地质学，主修环境, 说. “这所学校, 这个小镇是和记棋牌娱乐家族历史的重要组成部分, and I’m super excited that we can honor them and their contributions to Northwest.”

Gary started the first part of his 28-year career at Northwest as an instructor of physical education and head coach of the Bearcat wrestling program. 1970年，他离开哈佛大学攻读博士学位.D. 犹他大学的教授, and – after teaching and coaching stints at Ottawa University in Kansas and at Graceland University in Lamoni, 1978年，他回到了和记棋牌娱乐, resuming his roles as a physical education instructor and wrestling coach. 1985年之前一直是熊猫摔跤教练, he guided two wrestlers to individual national championships.

As the physical education program evolved into the Department of Health, 体育课, 娱乐和舞蹈, Gary advanced to the rank of associate professor and served as department chair during the 2000-01 academic year before retiring from the University.

拉蒙纳, 与此同时, joined the Northwest faculty in 1965 as an instructor in the physical education department but stepped away from the classroom the next spring to begin raising the couple’s children – Geri, 珍妮和布拉德.

拉蒙纳 rejoined Northwest in 1984 as executive secretary for the vice president for finance and then was the assistant director of human resources from 1987 to 2002.

All three of the Collins children completed at least one degree at Northwest. Geri completed her Bachelor of Science in Education at the University in 1988; Janne earned an education specialist degree in secondary administration and superintendency at the institution in 1996; and Brad received both a Bachelor of Science in Education in 1992 and a Master of Science in Education in 1996 from Northwest.

另外, 布莱德的妻子, 朱莉·卡拉汉·柯林斯报道, 和珍妮的丈夫, 凯文·格罗弗, 在和记棋牌娱乐获得学位. 朱莉, a Bearcat tennis player from 1988 to 1993 and M-Club Hall of Fame inductee as an individual and as a member of the 1992 team, completed a bachelor’s degree in psychology and business management in 1993 and a Master of Science in Education in 1996 at Northwest. Kevin earned a Master of Science in Education in 1991 and an education specialist degree in 2002.

盖瑞的丈夫, 凯文·诺曼, did not earn a degree from Northwest but maintains a high level of Bearcat pride as a member of the Bearcat Booster Club Member and a football season ticket holder.

Extending the family’s tradition to a new generation of Bearcats, three of Gary and 拉蒙纳’s eight grandchildren now attend Northwest.

古斯塔夫森说诺曼 graduated from Northwest in 2022 with a Bachelor of Science in Education and is pursuing a Master of Science in Education. She played the oboe in Northwest’s Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band, and she was a captain of the Bearcat Marching Band’s color guard and the winter guard. She also was active in the Kappa Kappa Psi national honorary band fraternity.

今年秋天, Rylee entered her second year as a teacher in the Blue Springs School District, 她在哪里教四年级.

谢尔比·诺曼参加了多个乐团, including as a section leader with the Bearcat Marching Band and as a French horn player with the Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band, in addition to roles as parliamentarian and treasurer of Kappa Kappa Psi.

谢尔比还积极参与地质项目, 担任助教的, 学生成功中心的地球科学导师, a member of the Geoclub and president of Sigma Gamma Epsilon national honorary Earth science society. 此外，她是Pre-Law Society的成员.

狄龙扮演的一个角色Grover, 简·格罗弗和凯文·格罗弗的三个孩子之一, is a senior exercise science major and member of the Bearcat track and cross country teams. He transferred to Northwest last spring and hopes to become an athletic trainer after completing his degree.

“It is so exciting to have our family to be recognized for all of the great things that have happened to us through Northwest, through all the relationships we have made and through the activities we have been able to do at Northwest,赖利说. “和记棋牌娱乐就是喜欢西北航空公司. 这是一所很棒的学校.”

The Family of the Year is selected from submitted applications and announced during Family Weekend activities at the University. 学生奖学金获得者应保持3.00平均绩点, be involved in at least one student organization at Northwest and a second organization in the community, and demonstrate a family legacy through generations of involvement with Northwest.

For more information about the Family of the Year award and to nominate a family for future consideration, 点击这里.