Voting begins for campus king and queen
NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY PHOTOS
Top row, left to right: Hopkins, Davis, Hoffman, Morgan, Peacher, Wood. Bottom row, left to right: Feltner, Larsen, Ravenscraft, Strittmatter, Urban
MARYVILLE, Mo. — Northwest Missouri State University has announced royalty candidates for this year’s Homecoming celebration.
Students began online voting Monday. The king and queen will be announced around 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27, during the annual Homecoming Variety Show on campus.
The theme for Homecoming Week 2016, which takes place Oct. 23-30, is “Make Your Move.” Events during this period are open to all Northwest students, alumni, faculty, staff, families, and community members.
For a complete Homecoming schedule, go to www.nwmissouri.edu/media/news/2016/09/21homecoming.htm
Variety Show performances will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27, and Friday, Oct. 28, at the Ron Houston Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are free and available in the cashiering office on the first floor of the Administration Building or at the door.
This year’s royalty candidates are listed below:
Homecoming king candidates
• Hunter Davis, St. Charles, senior recreation major. Activities: student ambassador, Dietrich Hall residential life assistant, Navigators Campus Ministry, Cardinal Key honor society, Kappa Omicron Nu national honor society. Career plans: occupational therapy professional.
• Austin Hoffman, Sedalia, senior vocal music education major. Activities: Phi Sigma Kappa, American Choral Directors Association, National Association for Music Education, Madraliers and Celebration show choir, Tower Choir. Career plans: high school music teacher.
• Travers Hopkins, California, Missouri, senior biology education major. Activities: Alpha Kappa Lambda, National Education Association. Career plans: teaching and coaching.
• Mike Morgan, Omaha, Nebraska, junior biology major. Activities: Phi Sigma Kappa, Order of Omega, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Homecoming organization representative, Wildlife Club. Career plans: veterinary medicine.
• Matthew Peacher, Gladstone, senior vocal music education major. Activities: Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, National Association for Music Education, American Choral Directors Association, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, National Society of Leadership and Success, student ambassador, SOAR leader, Tower Choir, Madraliers and Celebration show choir, voice of the Bearcat Marching Band, 2015 Variety Show emcee. Career plans: professional educator.
• Jacob Wood, Lawson, senior mass media major. Activities: KNWT Channel 8, Student Faculty Discipline Committee, Residential Life assistant complex director. Career plans: broadcast journalism.
Homecoming queen candidates
• Jessica Feltner, Grimes, Iowa, senior communication major. Activities: Phi Mu, Blue Key national honor society, Lambda Pi Eta communications honor society, Cardinal Key honor society, Order of Omega, The Bridge college ministry, student ambassador, University Seminar peer advisor. Career plans: public relations/event planning.
• Lacy Larsen, Rock Port, senior communication major. Activities: Sigma Sigma Sigma, Panhellenic Council, Blue Key national honor society, PRomo, SOAR leader, FosterClub, Lambda Pi Eta communication honor society. Career plans: event planning.
• Jordan Strittmatter, Des Moines, Iowa, junior middle school education major. Activities: Phi Mu, Phi Eta Sigma national honor society, student ambassador, School Age Childcare afterschool coordinator at St. Gregory’s School. Career plans, mathematics teacher.
• Brooke Ravenscraft, Kansas City, senior elementary education major. Activities: Alpha Sigma Alpha, student ambassador, University Seminar peer advisor, Lead Green mentor, Gamma Alpha Lambda, Kind Individuals Dedicated to Students, Cardinal Key honor society, Order of Omega, Exemplary Leadership Academy. Career plans: teacher.
• Lyndsay Urban, Osceola, Nebraska, senior elementary education major. Activities: Sigma Kappa, Sigma Alpha Pi. Career plans: teacher.
