Students, Faculty, Staff Attend Annual MOPIP Conference

Students, staff and faculty members (from left to right) Joel Alabi, Adelynn Heitzman, Roberta Donahue, Khaula Hadi, Fatema Labonno, Chloe Ha, Zac Burden and Moses Yohanna attended the 2026 Meeting of the Minds Conference.

A delegation from Truman attended the 2026 Meeting of the Minds Conference in St. Louis, Missouri, April 9-11. 

This annual conference, sponsored by Missouri Partners in Prevention, works with campus leaders to bring efforts promoting student success through increased health, safety, prevention and well-being initiatives back to their university. Students Joel Alabi, Chloe Ha, Khaula Hadi, Adelynn Heitzman and Fatema Labonno were joined by alumnus Moses Yohanna, Roberta Donahue, professor of health science, James Smiser, director of Institutional Compliance, and Zac Burden, director of Citizenship and Conduct. Chad Whittom, assistant director of public safety, was honored at the conference as a 2026 Outstanding Service Award winner. 

The 2027 conference will take place April 8-10 in St. Louis. Students, faculty and staff interested in attending next year's conference should contact Zac Burden at zburden@truman.edu.
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