October 2007
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Welcome
My first year as alumni director has gone by quickly. I have met hundreds of NU alumni and learned so much about many of you. I am extremely excited about the future of the University and the new initiatives the alumni office will introduce over the next 12 months. Stay tuned!
The 44th annual Auto Show and Homecoming weekend in September topped attendance records again with approximately 55,000 visitors. If you didn’t get the chance to make it back to Midland this year, take a look at the pictures below. The planning has already begun for next year’s show scheduled for October 10-12, 2008. I encourage you to share your auto show and homecoming comments and suggestions with us by emailing alumni@northwood.edu. I look forward to hearing from you!
As we prepare for the holiday season, think about the following quote from Henry David Thoreau… “It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: what are we busy about?"
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Julie Felske
Class of 2001
Director of Alumni Relations
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News @ NU
Click on the links below for the most recent press releases at NU.
- NU Mannequin Modeling Event Downtown Draws Crowd
- Northwood University's First Inaugural Haunted Trail on October 31
- Northwood University to Honor Seven Aftermarket Professionals
- Northwood University to Honor Distinguished Women Leaders
- Northwood University's 44th Annual International Auto Show Has Record Attendance
- U.S. Ambassador Shares His Experiences with Northwood University Students at American National College (ANC)
- Northwood's First International BBAs Graduate from American National College
Upcoming Events
November 15 – Holiday Networking Event – Dow Diamond, Midland, MI
November 15 – Atlanta Alumni Gathering - Atlanta, GA
November 30 – Grand Rapids Networking Event – Grand Rapids, MI
Click here to review the entire schedule of upcoming events
Kavanagh's Korner
I was delighted when Julie Felske, our Michigan Alumni Director, asked me to submit brief articles for the Alumni Newsletter.
Much has happened in the University Advancement area since I arrived on May 1, 2007. One of the many great things that took place this summer was that Northwood University hosted nine women from Afghanistan on the Michigan campus for five weeks. This was in cooperation with the U.S. State Department and in partnership with Women Impacting Public Policy Inc., from Oklahoma City.
Four weeks were spent in the classroom with Dr. John Amin delivering an intense program of entrepreneurial business, and for one week, the women were in Chicago, Oklahoma City, and Midland job shadowing women business leaders.
These women are amazing and courageous. Though they readily recognized the risks associated with the Taliban and others knowing what they were doing, one was quoted as saying, “It is a risk but one we are willing to take to be free and teach other Afghan women how they can be free.”
The cost of the women’s “room and board” and other expenses while here were covered by a host of private donations totaling more than $70,000. These funds were raised by your University Advancement team in less than one month!
Plans are in the development stage for a repeat program next summer. We are excited to have another special opportunity to fulfill the Northwood mission of “Developing future leaders of a global, free-enterprise society.”
Thanks for all that each of you do to further the reach and success of Northwood University.
Tom Kavanagh
Vice President of University Advancement
What’s new in Athletics
Football coach Pat Riepma now stands alone in the Northwood University record book for career wins. But he's sharing the credit with many others.
With 88 wins in his 15-year Northwood career, Riepma broke legendary coach Jack Finn's record of 87 on Saturday, October 27th, as the Timberwolves overcame a slow start to defeat host Wayne State 45-25 in GLIAC football. Riepma took over the NU program in 1993 when it was coming off an 0-9 season, and has built it into one of the most successful in the GLIAC.
"I give all the praise to Jesus and a great thanks to all my coaches and players," Riepma said. "They have been the ones to make it all happen. I've been blessed to be the head coach at Northwood University and thank God for the opportunity."
Riepma, a graduate of Hillsdale College, had losing records in his first three years as the NU head coach. But Northwood has had nine winning seasons in the 11 years since then, and has made the Division II playoffs in 2000, 2004, 2005, and 2006. Riepma still often asks Finn for his opinion on football matters.
In Saturday's game, the first quarter was sloppy as the Timberwolves hurt themselves early with three turnovers. Northwood's O'Neil Thomas fumbled a Wayne State punt and the Warriors recovered at the Timberwolves' 25. A 5-yard run by Joique Bell put the Warriors up 7-0. "Our offense got off to a shaky start with a couple of turnovers, but we kept fighting," said Riepma. "Our motto this week was to keep fighting."
The Warriors had an opportunity to go up by 10, but Northwood's Kyle Clement blocked a field goal attempt, Matt Worton recovered and returned it to the Wayne State 40-yard line. On the next play, Torris Childs burst through the middle of the line and reached the end zone as Northwood tied the game. Dan Evans tacked on the first of his six PATs.
On the Timberwolves' next possession, Childs reached the end zone from 8 yards out as Northwood extended its lead to 14-7. After the Warriors came back to tie the game at 14-14, Northwood took a 17-14 lead on Evans' 27-yard field goal on the final play of the half.
In the second half, the Warriors cut the gap to 17-16 on a safety. The Timberwolves responded with 14 straight points. Antonie Ivy caught a halfback pass from Casey Steffen and Klukowski passed 30 yards to Mathis as the Timberwolves went up 31-16. "The halfback pass from Steffen to Ivy was a critical," said Riepma. "It changed the momentum of the game."
Klukowski passed 12 yards to Mathis and Steffen ran 4 yards for the Timberwolves' final two scores.
Childs led the Timberwolves' rushing attack with 199 yards on 24 carries and two TDs. Klukowski was 12 of 17 passing.
NU (4-4 overall and GLIAC) heads to Ferris State on Saturday, November 3rd.
©Midland Daily News 2007
Other Athletic News Stories
NU Volleyball News
NU Women's Tennis Wins Fifth Straight GLIAC Championship
Watch NU Sports LIVE on b2 Network Online
Click HERE to visit the Northwood athletics website.
Eye on Business
The purpose of the Eye on Business section is to provide you with interesting websites to add to your “favorites” on your computers, as well as to provide you with key economic data at a glance.
CEOExpress http://www.ceoexpress.com
Detroit Economic Club http://www.econclub.org
Facts and Figures
| Present – October 26, 2007 | Previous Year – October 26, 2006 | |
| Dow Jones Industrial Average | 13,806.70 | 12,163.66 |
| NASDAQ | 2,804.19 | 2,379.10 |
| Price of Crude Oil ($ per barrel) | 92.85 | 68.78 |
| Price of Gold | 792.5 | 623.50 |
| Prime Interest Rate | 8.25 | 6.75 |
| Average Home Mortgage Rate | 6.15 | 6.25 |
| Value of U.S. $ relative to Euro | 0.6933 | 0.8324 |
| Value of U.S. $ relative to Yen | 114.69 | 115.71 |
| U.S. Budget Deficit | 248 Billion | 319 Billion |
| Quarterly GDP | 13,768.8 billion | 12,573.5 billion |
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