On Friday, September 30, Upward Bound - Avila University students will take a visit to Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, MO. Students should meet at Hodes Center between 7:00 AM - 7:15 AM and we'll return to campus between 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM.
Founded in 1905 as a teachers college, it offers both undergraduate and graduate programs. The campus, based on the design for Forest Park at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, is the official Missouri State Arboretum.
Northwest offers 135 undergraduate programs and 36 master's programs. The Business, Education, Geography and Agriculture departments graduate the largest number of students each year. Career Services offers an "Exploring Majors" fair where students can learn about different majors on campus and find which major is the perfect fit for them.
Northwest currently has around 7,000 students. This size of campus offers great opportunities for students to succeed socially, as well as academically. With a student to teacher ratio of 21 to 1, you never feel like a number and receive personalized attention from faculty.
The name was bestowed upon Northwest in 1916 by the Drury College basketball team in Springfield, who had come to know the Maryville team as formidable opponents. In later years, students did a bit of research and discovered that a Bearcat is hard to capture and harder to hold. The Bearcat serves as the mascot for both men's and women's athletic teams.
For more information about Northwest Missouri State University, check out their website here.
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