By TRENTON JUDD
Student Reporter
The NWOSU Bookstore has opened under new management.
Neebo, a Nebraska Book Company, is now in charge of the bookstore, and some noticeable changes are being made.
Transition Manager Rhonda Hileman said, “We welcome the campus and the Alva community to come and check out some of our merchandise. We offer an assortment of clothing and gift items.”
In the spirit of Homecoming week Hileman encouraged all members of the Ranger family to stop in because “we are currently offering a 15 percent discount on a single general merchandise item and we are hoping that the gift items for the alumni arrive before Homecoming, but we still have an assortment of clothing items for them to purchase.”
Students that do not have buttons will still be able to get in on the savings, according to Hileman. “We are currently offering two different promotional sales. The first sale is a buy two, get one free on any of the t-shirts that are on the table towards the front of the store. The second sale is on any regular priced $19.99 long sleeve t-shirt or sweat pant and that is also a buy two, get one free deal, but you have the option to mix and match the items.”
Vice President for Administration, David Pecha, is thrilled about the new management “I am very excited about seeing the new assortment of merchandise and they have a very expansive website that will make shopping for students and alumni very easy,” he said.
Neebo is under a five-year agreement with Northwestern, and according to Pecha “Neebo was one of four vendors that had very good proposals so a group of faculty and staff sat down and interviewed each of the vendors and we discovered that Neebo would be the best fit for Northwestern.”
Neebo is ready to save students money, Hileman said. “Now all textbooks that we sell will have a renting option and we offer a “Best Price Promise,” which means if a student finds a book at a lower price somewhere else then we will beat that price by 10 percent.”
Pecha said, “Another thing we wanted from the bookstore was for the merchandise to be more accessible to the alumni. Well, now they will be able to have a wide variety to choose from and with the online shopping option our alumni will be able to have easier access to Northwestern merchandise. The bookstore will be open on Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. so hopefully that will give people a chance to really see some of the improvements that have been made.”