Family Day Set for Sept. 13

Truman’s annual Family Day is scheduled for Sept. 13 and the campus has a variety of activities planned throughout the weekend for students and their families.


This year’s events are designed to provide families with information and entertainment from the University and the surrounding Kirksville community.

Friday, Sept. 12, the women’s and men’s soccer teams will play the University of Illinois-Springfield. Afterward, Fireside Friday will be in the Student Union Building HUB from 4:30 to 6 p.m. There will be live music and food.

Saturday, Sept. 13 kicks off with a Truman baseball scrimmage at 10 a.m. Library tours will also be available from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

At 10:30 a.m. at the YMCA, Phi Kappa Tau will host a Paint Party 5k fun run where participants will be covered in colored powder at various points along the course. Proceeds will benefit the YMCA and the SeriousFun Children’s Network.

The Truman softball team will have a scrimmage at 11 a.m. The University Art Gallery Faculty Exhibit runs from 12-4:30 p.m. In the Centennial Hall Courtyard from 1-4 p.m., there will be the Annual Festival Centennial. The Student Activities Board is hosting “Campus Feud,” a Family Feud-type interactive game show, at 4 p.m. in the Baldwin Auditorium.

The campus-wide barbeque is from 5-6:30 p.m. on the Student Union Mall (rain site: Student Union Building). Tickets are $8.50 per person, and students with a meal plan can eat for free with their Truman ID. Barbeque tickets can be bought online at store.truman.edu/familyday.

At 7 p.m., the Bulldog football team plays Langston University at Stokes Stadium. General admission tickets cost $8.

Sunday, Sept. 14, the women’s and men’s soccer teams play the University of Southern Indiana. Truman’s volleyball team also plays Lewis University in Pershing Arena.

A complete detailed schedule of events can be found here. For more information, email pr@truman.edu or call 660.785.4016.