“Lions Assemble!”
That’s the rallying cry for the 2018 Homecoming celebration, planned for Oct. 5-6 at Missouri Southern.
From the campus picnic to the annual awards dinner, parade and game, alumni and friends of the university are invited to the celebration. Special reunion activities are planned for the 1993 MIAA Championship football team and members of the Greek organizations.
“Homecoming is a favorite event to plan in our office,” said Lee Elliff Pound, director of alumni and constituent relations. “We’re definitely excited for this year’s event, where we will recognize Jim Brown, ’71, as our Distinguished Alum; Dr. Jimmy Noriega, ’05, as the Outstanding Alum; and the Bruce Fisher, ’80, family as Outstanding Family.”
The annual awards are selected by the Alumni Board of Directors’ awards committee, and are based on nominations received throughout the year. Photos and biographies for this year’s award winners are attached.
“This year’s honorees are amazing representatives of MSSU and will join a distinguished list of recipients,” said Pound.
The schedule of events includes:
Friday, Oct. 5
10:30 a.m. – Campus Picnic
Noon – Royalty Coronation
6 p.m. – Alumni Awards Social
7 p.m. – Alumni Awards Dinner
Saturday, Oct. 6
11:30 a.m. Homecoming Parade
Noon – Alumni Tailgate
2 p.m. – Football Kick-Off
The Alumni Awards dinner is set for 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, at the North End Zone Facility. Admission is $15 and reservations can be made online at www.mssu.edu/homecoming.
The 1993 MIAA Championship Football Team will meet for a mixer at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, at Hackett Hot Wings, 520 S. Main St.
Saturday reunion activities will include riding in the Homecoming parade and a tailgate party. The team will enjoy the game from the new North End Zone Facility and will be recognized during the first quarter. Admission for reunion activities is $10.
Those attending the All Greek Reunion will receive special recognition at the Alumni Awards Dinner on Oct. 5.
On Saturday, Greek alumni can watch their chapter participate in the Homecoming parade, tailgate at the Alumni center, enjoy the football game from a hillside tent at 2 p.m., and attend a mixer with active MSSU Greeks immediately following the game. Admission will be $20.
For more information about this year’s Homecoming celebration, contact the Alumni office at 417-625-9355.
Dr. Jimmy A. Noriega, ‘05 Outstanding Alumnus Award
Jimmy A. Noriega (top photo) is an associate professor of theatre and Latin American studies at the College of Wooster, in Wooster, Ohio. He holds a Ph.D. in theatre studies from Cornell University and his research and teaching areas include Latin American and Latina/o/x theatre and performance, theatre as social change, directing and acting.
He has directed more than 30 productions in English and Spanish, including invited performances at theatres and festivals in Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Israel, Romania, Canada, Belgium, Ireland and New York City. In 2012, he founded Teatro Travieso/Troublemaker Theatre, which operates on the premise that theatre can create positive change in the world. Touring productions include “Encuentro: Peru!!”; “Women of Ciudad Juárez”; “Joto!: Confessions of a Mexican Outcast”; “Walking My Dream”; and “Trouble Down South.” The production of “Women of Ciudad Juárez,” which seeks to bring attention to feminicide and violence against women, has been seen by more than 12,000 people in four countries and 20 different venues, including Missouri Southern.
He is the co-editor of the book “Theatre and Cartographies of Power: Repositioning the Latina/o Americas” (Southern Illinois University Press, 2018) and has published in numerous theatre publications and presented research at conference in the United States and abroad.
Noriega is the recipient of the 2013 Elliott Hayes Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dramaturgy from the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas and the 2015 Michael Lynch Service Award Honorable Mention for Activism and Mentorship from the GL/Q Caucus of the Modern Languages Association.
He was recently elected vice president for conferences for the American Society for Theatre Research and has previously served as President/Focus Group Representative for the Latinx, Indigenous, and the Americas Focus Group of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education.
Jim E. Brown, ‘71
Distinguished Alumnus Award
James E. Brown is a certified public accountant and a certified government financial manager and has served as a member of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board since July 1, 2012.
From 2003-11, he was a partner at the accounting firm of BKD, serving in the National Office Accounting and Auditing Quality Control Department. Prior to that, he was the director of accounting and auditing and an audit partner in BKD’s Southern Missouri offices. He was also the professional practices partner for BKD’s government and not-for-profit organizations assurance practice from 1984 until 2011.
He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and is a past member of its Auditing Standards Board and Board of Examiners. He also is an instructor for AICPA continuing education courses.
His current term on the GASB concludes in 2022.
Bruce Fisher Family Outstanding Family Award
Bruce Fisher graduated from Missouri Southern 1980 with a bachelor’s of science in business administration with an emphasis in marketing and management.
A retired Army lieutenant colonel with 27 years of service, he has worked for the last 12 years as a sales representative for Blue Valley Public Safety. He is a member and past chairman of Region A (Rural) Homeland Security Oversight Committee, the Cass County Emergency Management Agency, the Metropolitan Emergency Managers Committee, served as past vice president of the Joplin Area Alumni Chapter for KA, and on Missouri Southern’s Alumni Association board.
His wife, Shelly, is the alumni coordinator for Truman High School (Independence) class of 1978. She volunteers at Kansas City’s Starlight Theater, as well as for many contemporary Christian concerts throughout the region.
They have two daughters, Abby and Ally Fisher.
Abby graduated from Northwest Missouri State University with a degree in biology, with a zoology emphasis, and a minor in environmental science. Ally is a senior health promotion and wellness major at Missouri Southern and has been involved in many campus organizations, including Southern Ambassadors, Zeta Tau Alpha and the MSSU Greek Council. In 2017, she was accepted in the Disney College Program, gaining college credit during an internship at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Fla.
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