Karen Hawkins Memorial Week: Randy Strong presentation

Northwest's Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority annually hosts a week of activities to educate others about sexual assault while remembering Karen Hawkins, a student and sorority member killed nearly 30 years ago.

The memorial week begins with a presentation by Nodaway County Sheriff Randy Strong at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 24. Strong, a detective on Hawkins’ case, will provide attendees with tips to protect themselves from sexual assault. Doors open at 6 p.m. 

Hawkins, a Maryville native, Northwest student and Sigma Sigma Sigma member, was sexually assaulted and killed in April 1995 by a man she had known since high school. Since her death, the sorority has annually organized Karen Hawkins Memorial Week, and the Karen Hawkins Memorial Peace Pavilion at the northwest bank of Colden Pond is named in her honor.