Northwest School of Agriculture Reunion June 29, 30
Four alumni will be honored at the annual Northwest School of Agriculture (NWSA) Alumni Reunion, scheduled for Friday, June 29, and Saturday, June 30, at the University of Minnesota, Crookston (UMC). Receiving the “Top Aggie Awards” will be: Evangeline Anderson Myhre ’46 of Warren, MN; Ray K. Johnson ’46 of Cincinnati, OH; Roger J. Kasprick ’51 of Collegeville, MN; and JoAnne Straus Carlson ’61 of Brainerd, MN. In addition, the NWSA classes of 1926, 1931, 1936, 1941, 1946, 1951, 1956, 1961, and 1966 will gather for special class meetings.
Festivities begin on Friday, June 29, at 9:30 a.m. with a 9-hole golf scramble followed by lunch at Minakwa Golf Club in Crookston. Tours of regional attractions are scheduled throughout the afternoon. At 7:00 p.m. alumni members will take part in a social at the Northland Inn of Crookston.
On Saturday, June 30, reunion registration begins at 8 a.m. in UMC’s Sahlstrom Conference Center and continues all day. Campus tours begin at 11:00 a.m., with a pig roast scheduled for 11:30 a.m. on the Mall. NWSA class meetings will be held at 2:00 p.m. with class photos starting at 4 p.m. The evening buffet dinner begins at 5:30 p.m. in Brown Dining Room followed by the annual business meeting and alumni program honoring the Top Aggies for 2001. The evening will conclude with the Barbershop Singers at 8:30 p.m.
View the Saturday, June 30, schedule (PDF file - requires Adobe Acrobat Reader).
Disability accommodations are available upon request. For more information, or to register for the reunion, write or call the Northwest School of Agriculture Alumni Association, University of Minnesota, Crookston, 2900 University Avenue, Crookston MN 56716 Telephone: 218-281-8437.
The NWSA Alumni Association represents graduates of the residential high school, which operated from 1905 through 1968 on what is now the campus of the University of Minnesota, Crookston. There are 5,433 NWSA alumni of record.
Posted 06/06/2001
Contact: Andrew Svec,
218-281-8435