THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2023
MARYVILLE, MISSOURI
VOL. 111, NO. 19
NWMISSOURINEWS.COM
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WHAT LIES AHEAD
Four finalists named in search for president
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SIDNEY LOWRY Managing Editor | @sidney_lowry
fter beginning the search last fall, the Northwest Board of Regents announced the names of the finalists in the search for a new president at its Jan. 26 meeting. The four candidates are Michael Godard, provost of Southeast Missouri State University; David P. Jones, vice president for student affairs and enrollment management at Minnesota State University - Mankato; Kent Porterfield, vice provost of student affairs at Gonzaga University; and Lance Tatum, senior vice chancellor for academic affairs and chief academic officer at Troy University. MICHAEL GODARD Godard has been the provost of Southeast Missouri since 2019 along with being a professor of exercise science. He earned his bachelor’s degree in exercise science from Castleton University, a master’s degree in exercise physiology at Adelphi University and doctorate in human bioenergetics at Ball State University. Before being selected as provost, he was interim provost and chief learning officer and vice provost for enrollment management and student success at University of Central Missouri. He also worked as the associate director of the honors college at Western Illinois University, the director of the Applied Physiology Laboratory at the University of Kansas and the director of Cardiology Stress Laboratories at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York. DAVID P. JONES Jones is the second finalist for the position. He has served as the vice president of student affairs and enrollment management at Minnesota State University - Mankato for 11 years. He earned his bachelor’s degree in secondary education from State University of New York College - Oswego, a master’s degree in community counseling from the University of Nebraska - Kearney and a doctorate in educational police, planning and leadership at College of William and Mary.
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Preliminary meetings show tuition increase SIDNEY LOWRY Managing Editor | @sidney_lowry
The preliminary Fiscal Year 2024 budget was presented at the Jan. 26 Board of Regents Workshop, and it shows another increase in tuition but a decrease in board prices due to a new contract for the dining hall. Vice President of Finance and Administration Stacy Carrick put forward the numbers during the workshop, starting with a 7.1% increase in tuition for undergraduate resident students and a 6.6% increase for undergraduate non-resident students. Designated University fees and course fees were shown to go up by 7.1%. She said the University would see a 3.2% net increase in revenue from the raise due to the mix of enrollment. “So as that on ground, online, undergrad, grad, resident, non-resident mix changes, that changes what we collect and our scholarships,” Carrick
said. “When we raise our rates … they on average don’t pay that full rate increase because of scholarships.” When it comes to room costs, it was presented to go up 10.5% due to the rise in costs of utilities and the shelter and rental rate for the area. Board costs are looking to go down by 17.2% in alignment with the new dining contract. Carrick said there are three different dining plans, and they are basing numbers around the middle plan that is predicted to be the most popular. With these changes, undergraduate resident students would see an increase of around $459, and undergraduate non-resident students would see a net increase of $527. Carrick said Northwest has been told that Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is going to increase state appropriations by 7%, allowing a 3.8% net for $1.3 million.
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MAKAYLA POALK EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Regents Shanda Durbin, Mel Tjeerdsma, Debby Roach, Regent Chair John Moore and Interim President Clarence Green sit in a line at the front of the room during the Jan. 26 Board of Regents meeting.
MAKAYLA POLAK EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Northwest Board of Regent Chair John Moore, Regent Debbie Roach and Regent Mel Tjeerdsma clap after a recognition from Mary Collins. The Regents held its first meeting of the year following a morning workshop in the J.W. Jones Student Union Ballroom Jan. 26.
New program helps small businesses in Maryville reach larger audiences ALYNA THIBAULT Missourian Reporter | @TheMissourian
ALYNA THIBAULT MISSOURIAN REPORTER
The Hangar is most notably known for its movie theater and also features a spot for arcade games. Recently, The Hangar has started offering curbside pick up on its website.
Greater Maryville Chamber of Commerce announced a new program called Lunch Local, where it will dedicate the last week of each month to a different eating establishment. It started the first month off with Clear Creek Catering. This program is designed to help small businesses in Maryville grow bigger audiences. After COVID, many businesses took a huge hit like Carson’s Sports Grill, which shut down completely. Supply chains delayed, mandated closures and employees wanting to avoid coming back to work took many small establishments out of business. After two years, businesses are still struggling to stay open and find employees and customers. Becky Albrecht is the executive director for the Greater Maryville Chamber of Commerce. Albrecht hopes Lunch Local can help small businesses still struggling in Maryville get back on their feet. “The idea is to boost their revenues and give the restaurant exposure,” Albrecht said in an email to The Missourian. “Maybe Lunch Local will inspire someone to visit an establishment they’ve not yet been to. Once they try it, maybe they will be impressed and start eating there on their own.” February is dedicated to the long-time establishment The Hangar, which many know as a movie theater, but it is much more than that. It’s a place you can go with your friends or family and take a break, eat lunch or dinner, kids can play in the playpen and arcade and even after all of that fun, you can go enjoy a relaxing movie with your family or friends. The Hangar was built by owner Tad Gordon in 1999, and originally, it was a dinner theater with a full-service restaurant. Gordon said it was actually one of the first dinner theaters in the country.
Gordon learned that it was a struggle to keep the diner theather business consistent. He decided he couldn’t keep doing the dinner theater so he closed down the restaurant for a couple of years. “Our success was totally dependent on Hollywood,” Gordon said. “It’s hard to run a restaurant depending on someone else to bring in your customers.” He then took this time to brainstorm ideas and how to fix these issues he was experiencing with the dinner theater. Then COVID hit and it became difficult for Gordon to bring his ideas to life. The pandemic also stopped the production of Hollywood movies. Gordon relized movies weren’t gonna be the future of The Hangars success. “My goal is to grow business in Maryville not compete with business in Maryville,” Gordon said. After COVID, his restaurant plans started to become real. The Hangar became an entertainment place for families and friends to enjoy time together. Gordon even took himself and his old general manager to Goodfellas Pizza School in Staten Island, New York, to learn how to make his favorite style of pizza. He took serious steps to bring this style of pizza to Maryville. Gordon said he needed the experience, the ingredients and the correct method in order to master the art of pizza so he could build his menu. The Hangar now features a brick oven stove exactly like the ones in pizza school, an arcade, a playpen area for younger children, a full menu and a dining room and it even hosts events. Its newest addition is curbside, people can now go to its website and place an order for curbside pickup.
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