Nodaway County is a county located in the northwest part of Missouri. As of the 2020 census,the population was 21,241. Its county seat is Maryville. The county was organized February 14,1845,and is named for the Nodaway River. It is the largest in area of the counties added to Missouri in the 1836 Platte Purchase and the fourth-largest county by area in Missouri.
Maryville is a city and county seat of Nodaway County,Missouri,United States. Located in the "Missouri Point" region,As of the 2020 census,the city population was 10,633. Maryville is home to Northwest Missouri State University and Northwest Technical School. Maryville is the second largest city wholly within the boundaries of the 1836 Platte Purchase which expanded Missouri's borders into former Indian Territory in northwest Missouri.
The University of Missouri–Kansas City is a public research university in Kansas City,Missouri. UMKC is part of the University of Missouri System and has a medical school. For the 2023-2024 academic year,the university's enrollment was over 15,300 students. It is the largest university and third largest college in the Kansas City metropolitan area. It offers more than 125 degree programs over 11 academic units. It is classified among "R2:Doctoral Universities –High research activity".
The University of Missouri System is an American state university system providing centralized administration for four universities,a health care system,an extension program,and ten research and technology parks. Over 61,500 students are currently enrolled at its four campuses. The health care system operates several hospitals and clinics in central Missouri,while the extension program provides distance learning and other educational initiatives statewide.
The University of Memphis (Memphis) is a public research university in Memphis,Tennessee. Founded in 1912,the university has an enrollment of more than 22,000 students.
The Chicago and North Western was a Class I railroad in the Midwestern United States. It was also known as the "North Western". The railroad operated more than 5,000 miles (8,000 km) of track at the turn of the 20th century,and over 12,000 miles (19,000 km) of track in seven states before retrenchment in the late 1970s. Until 1972,when the employees purchased the company,it was named the Chicago and North Western Railway.
Northwest Missouri State University is a public university in Maryville,Missouri,United States. It has an enrollment of about 8,505 students. Founded in 1905 as a teachers college,its campus is based on the design for Forest Park at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair and is the official Missouri State Arboretum. The school is governed by a state-appointed Board of Regents and headed by President Lance Tatum.
Pittsburg State University is a public university in Pittsburg,Kansas,United States. It enrolls approximately 7,400 students and is a member of the Kansas Board of Regents.
The Embassy of Canada in Washington,D.C. is Canada's main diplomatic mission to the United States. The embassy building designed by Arthur Erickson and opened in 1989 is located at 501 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest,Washington,D.C.,between the United States Capitol and the White House,just north of the National Gallery of Art. In addition to its diplomatic role,the embassy provides consular services for Delaware,Washington,D.C.,Maryland,Virginia,and West Virginia. It also hosts a Trade Commissioner Service office responsible for the states of Maryland,Washington,D.C.,Virginia,and West Virginia.
The Cosmos Club is a 501(c)(7) private social club in Washington,D.C.,that was founded by John Wesley Powell in 1878 as a gentlemen's club for those interested in science. Among its stated goals is,"The advancement of its members in science,literature,and art and also their mutual improvement by social intercourse."
Maryville High School is the public high school for Maryville,Missouri. It is the only institution to have the Spoofhound for a mascot. It is a Missouri State High School Activities Association Class III school. The present high school building on the southwest side of Maryville opened in the 1965-66 school year.
Patrick Jérôme Achi is an Ivorian politician who served as Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire from March 2021 to October 2023 in President Alassane Ouattara's government. He is a member of the Rally of the Republicans (RDR). He studied at Supélec and Stanford University and specialises in engineering and infrastructure. He has also worked as the government spokesman for President Alassane Ouattara.
Bruce Allen Harrell is an American politician and attorney serving as the 57th and current mayor of Seattle,Washington. He was a member of the Seattle City Council from 2008 to 2020. From 2016 to 2020,he was president of the city council. He was acting mayor of Seattle from September 13 to 18,2017. He was elected mayor in his own right in the 2021 Seattle mayoral election,becoming the city's second Black mayor,and its first African-Asian American mayor.
Dean L. Hubbard is an American academic administrator. He was the president of Northwest Missouri State University from 1984 until 2009—the longest of any president in the school's history.
Wilbur Neil "Sparky" Stalcup was an American basketball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head basketball coach at Northwest Missouri State Teacher's College—now known as Northwest Missouri State University—from 1933 to 1943 and at the University of Missouri from 1946 to 1962,compiling a career college basketball record of 332–236. Stalcup was also the athletic director at Missouri from 1971 until his death in 1972.
The Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU) is an international membership organization of colleges and universities located in urban and metropolitan areas that share common understandings of their institutional missions and values. CUMU was founded in 1989 by 10 university presidents gathered at Wright State University who realized their unique challenges and opportunities as they looked to the future of higher education. Today,CUMU works to build connections across its membership to create and share knowledge on the issues that face our urban and metropolitan campuses and the communities they serve.
Dean L. Bresciani is an American academic who served as the 14th president of North Dakota State University in Fargo from 2010 to 2022.
Mun Young Choi is a Korean-American academic. He currently serves as Chancellor of the University of Missouri and President of the University of Missouri System. Prior to his appointment at Missouri he was Provost &Executive Vice President at the University of Connecticut. He has also taught at Drexel University and the University of Illinois at Chicago. He lives in Columbia,Missouri.
Ryan Hawkins is an American professional basketball player for Stade Rochelais Basket of the Pro A. He played college basketball for the Northwest Missouri State Bearcats and the Creighton Bluejays.
