Friday, Aug. 15
Iowa State Fair
Polk County Farm Bureau Shelter House
4-9 p.m.
Take a break from the heat to mingle with alumni and friends of NWC. President Greg Christy will be at the shelter house from 4 to 6 p.m. Please let the alumni office know if you plan to stop by so we can make sure to have enough refreshments.

Saturday, Sept. 6	Raiders vs. Defenders football (at Dordt) Sioux Center 6 p.m. Join other Raiders for the first varsity kickoff between Sioux County rivals!
Sept. 26–28	Homecoming: All Country Roads Lead Home Homecoming 2008 will include fun for the whole family. Our annual Morning on the Green carnival will feature games, a petting zoo, puppets and antique tractors. After Raider football, enjoy a country hoedown with Texas-style BBQ, hayrides, country line dancing and mechanical-bull rides. Reunions will be held for the classes of 1978, ’88, ’98 and 2003 and the 1983 championship football team. For a schedule of all the opportunities to reminisce and make new memories, visit the Homecoming website.
Friday, Oct. 10	Inauguration of President Greg Christy After the afternoon ceremony and reception, the inauguration celebration of Northwestern’s ninth president will include a FREE evening Art-Music-Justice Concert at 7:30 p.m., featuring Sara Groves, Brandon Heath, Derek Webb, Sandra McCracken and Charlie Peacock (cash donations will be given to International Justice Mission; canned good donations will be given to the Orange City food pantry). Watch Northwestern’s website for more information.

Homecoming 2008 will include reunions for the classes of 1978, ’88, ’98 and 2003. Be sure to submit information and photos for your class reunion booklet by Sept. 12. You can also visit the reunion website to see who else is coming from your class.

You can also start or join your class’s Facebook group to get in touch with classmates before your reunion:

1978: No group yet. Let us know if you want to start one.

1988: No group yet. Let us know if you want to start one.

1998: 1998 NWC REUNION, created by Jim Daniels

2003: 2003 NWC Alumni Reunion or Bust!, created by Joey Weber

Be a Facebook friend! If you haven’t already, join the Northwestern College Alumni group on Facebook.

Minnesota’s Boundary Water Canoe Area Wilderness
Sept. 27–Oct. 2
$350/person; $50 deposit due Sept. 1
Spots are still open on the first Alumni Wilderness Trip, which will be led by experienced wilderness instructors Kevin ’92 and Jen (Gravatt ’92) Sutton. Visit the Alumni Wilderness Trip website for a trip description, itinerary, and clothing and equipment recommendations.

$500. That’s the amount of scholarship help you’ll be able to offer personally to any high school student you want to encourage to attend your alma mater through our new Red Recruiter Scholarship. Details—and a certificate worth $500—will be in the fall Classic, arriving in mailboxes in early October. Extra certificates will be available through the Alumni Office, so start making a list of the teens who should take a look at Northwestern.

Northwestern is among the best colleges and universities in the Midwest, according to the Princeton Review. The Review bases their recognition on institutional data and the opinions of current students who described NWC as “exactly like they say it is during college visits, maybe even better.” Read more …

Sincerely,

Rachel Van Den Broek '02
Director of Alumni Relations