FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                          September 21, 2006

NORTHWESTERN FAMILY DAY SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 30

            Families of all Northwestern Oklahoma State University students are invited to the Alva campus Saturday, Sept. 30, for annual Family Day festivities, including the chance to win tuition waivers for the spring semester.

A reception for students, their family members and friends, faculty and staff will begin at 10:30 a.m. in the Ranger Room. Dr. Janet Cunningham, university president, will speak briefly and cheerleaders and mascot Rowdy Ranger will be on hand. Door prizes will be awarded and families can register to win prizes from the Northwestern Bookstore for having traveled the longest distance to attend. The “distance” winners will be announced at halftime of the football game.

All day on Friday and on Saturday morning, students can go to the Northwestern Bookstore to register their families to receive free tickets to Saturday afternoon’s football game.

            Families will be able to visit classrooms and tour other university facilities as all campus buildings will be open beginning at 8 a.m. The Northwestern Natural History Museum on the second floor of Jesse Dunn will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

A tailgate cookout will begin at 11:30 a.m. on the third tier of the south parking area of Ranger Field. The $3 meal will consist of hamburgers, hotdogs, chips, cookies and a drink. The Ranger football team then takes the field against Langston University at 1 p.m.

            Families are invited to visit participating Alva merchants and register to win tuition waivers for the spring semester. No purchase is necessary and families can register at each of the stores. At halftime, names will be drawn for first through third prizes of $500, $300 and $200 tuition waivers provided by the Northwestern Foundation. Registered families must be present to win.

            Participating in “Shopping for Tuition” are Alva State Bank, Alva’s Market, Community Bank, Holder Drug, Daisy Village, Taco Mayo, JaDeanna’s Apparel, Rialto Theater, McDonald’s, Happiness House, Peg’s Furniture, K & S Tire, Radio Shack, Schuhmacher’s, Taco Village, Etc. Shoppe, Lyn’s T-Shirt Factory, Wal-Mart and Merle Norman.

            The day will wrap up with the performance of two one-act plays, “An Evening of Susan Glaspell,” at 8 p.m. in Herod Hall Auditorium. Admission is $2 for students and $5 for non-students.

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