Vol. 23 No. 19 - Jan. 28, 2019

The Student Activities Board welcomes Grammy-nominated artist Hunter Hayes, with special guest RaeLynn, to perform at 8 p.m. Feb. 23 in Pershing Arena.

Hayes first debuted his self-titled album in 2011, and since then has released popular hits such as “Invincible,” “I Want Crazy,” “Wanted,” “Dear God” and “One Shot.”

RaeLynn was the highest-selling female country artist of last year. She received critical acclaim for her debut album in 2017, which included the songs “Love Triangle” and “Wildhorse.”

Student tickets go on sale Jan. 28 and can be purchased for $5 at the SAB Office located in the Student Union Building. General admission will go on sale Feb. 11 and can be purchased for $20. The SAB Office is open Monday-Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tickets are nonrefundable and prices will increase $2 on the day of the event. Students must present student ID when purchasing a ticket.

No professional cameras, large bags, outside food or drink, alcohol or illegal substances will be permitted into the show. Any small bags brought are subject to search.

Special accommodations can be made by contacting sab+concerts@truman.edu.

Every year the student body selects one professor and one research mentor to receive the Educator of the Year award, honoring the outstanding efforts on their behalf in the classroom and community. This is an opportunity to show appreciation to favorite educators for their dedication to the Truman community and highlight their accomplishments.

Truman will also be sponsoring an inaugural Faculty Mental Health Honoree of the Year award. This award will seek to honor an educator at Truman who promotes mental health and its culture, both in and outside the classroom.

To make a nomination, complete this form before 11:59 p.m. Feb. 8.

Panel speakers include: Fara Algalith, gynecologist; Mariquit (Kit) Hadwiger, associate professor emeritus of nursing; Stephen Hadwiger, professor emeritus of nursing; Ray Klingsmith, polio eradication worldwide with Rotary International; Amanda Medlock-Klyukovski, professor of communication.

The panel will address, through a rich varied global perspective, an overview of the areas of women and family health and their needs throughout different parts of the world. Panel participants will offer perspectives and expertise based on their lifelong activism and medical careers and address the urgent needs of global family health, such as areas of polio eradication, clean water and hygiene, maternal health care and genetically transmitted disease.

This event is free and open to the public.

Featured speaker Dr. Audrey Redford earned her Ph.D. in economics from Texas Tech University and her undergraduate degree, also in economics, from James Madison University. Her research interests in entrepreneurship include market adaptations to changes in policy and institutional foundations using the tools of public choice economics, comparative institutional analysis, and Australian economics. While in graduate school she was an Adam Smith Fellow with the Mercatus Center and a Humane Studies Fellow with the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University.

Redford’s presentation will begin to answer questions such as: What does ‘drug prohibition’ mean in the United States? How does our understanding of illegal drug markets change as we examine the unintended consequences of drug prohibition policies in addition to the intended consequences? How do changes in drug policy influence entrepreneurial behavior in illegal drug markets and sometimes unintentionally incentivize dangerous outcomes? How are the answers to these questions relevant to our current opioid crisis?

TruAlert Emergency Text Messaging System
Students, faculty and staff interested in receiving emergency notices about Truman through text messages on their phone can sign up through TruView. On the Truview main page, under “Update and View my Personal Information” click on “Update Emergency Text Messaging Information.” A maximum of three phones can be registered to receive texts. The Emergency Response Guide is also available on the DPS website at police.truman.edu.

Kirksville Text Caster Weather Alerts
To receive notifications regarding city news, local weather alerts, parks and rec information and public safety notices, students, faculty and staff can sign up at kirksvillecity.com/alerts. Participants can choose what type of notifications they want to receive by providing their phone number, email or both. Students, faculty and staff who utilize city streets to their park cars are encouraged to sign up for the service as this is how the city announces if they are implementing a snow emergency that requires all cars to be moved off all emergency snow routes.

University Cancellation Policy
As a matter of policy, the campus never completely closes, but during extreme conditions, the University may initiate cancellation of classes, emergency closure and/or early release of employees. Policy information may be found at hr.truman.edu/university-cancellation-policy. Cancellation or delay of classes is announced via the TruAlert text system and email.
 
Travel Reminder
Check the National Weather Service at www.weather.gov/eax/ to keep up to date on the weather before heading out on the road. When traveling during potentially difficult winter weather conditions it is always a good idea to have a full tank of gas; have water, snacks and blankets in the vehicle and make sure cellphones are fully charged.

Emergency Procedures Flyer
Campus emergency procedures can be found at police.truman.edu/emergency-procedures. This information is posted around campus. Public Safety should be notified if posters are not where they are supposed to be located.

Siren Testing
Weather permitting, the city of Kirksville tests all sirens the last Friday of every month.
 
Public Safety Website
Additional information related to keeping campus safe can be found at police.truman.edu.

Trained facilitators will be speaking at the meetings to provide information about the organization. Positive Peers will also be taking public requests for meeting topics to help expand the programming and tailor to student needs.

No registration or sign up is required. For more information contact Maya Wasserstrom or positivepeerstsu@truman.edu.

A graduate of Truman with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology and minors in English and African studies, O’Brien is a social justice writer and a fire technician for the U.S. Forest Service. He grew up in Davenport, Iowa, and has lived in Missouri, Minnesota, Maryland and California. His experiences and travels abroad have produced a unique lens through which he sees the world. He uses his writing to focus attention on often overlooked issues and attempts to amplify the voices of those seldom heard.

O’Brien’s work includes the novel “Out of the Depths,” as well as the nonfiction title “Trace: The Hidden Cost of What We Buy,” of which 20 percent of all proceeds goes to Human Rights Watch. These books are readily available on noisetrade.com, and both books are a part of the growing body of the U.S. social justice literature.

Free and open to the public, both events are funded through an Arts and Letters Alumni Visit Grant.

SAB will bring a nine-hole glow-in-the-dark mini golf course from 5-9 p.m. Jan. 31 in the Student Union Building Activities Room. Students are able to play in groups of three or less and are encouraged to wear white for the event. Pencils, scorecards, golf balls and putters will be provided.

Truman Department of Classical and Modern Languages’ (CML) annual film festival begins at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 25 in Baldwin Hall Little Theatre.

One movie will be shown each Friday and Saturday for the next four weekends until Feb. 16. The festival is featuring films that discuss the topics of race and diversity.

The number of films being shown this year has been expanded to eight, thanks to a grant awarded to Truman CML from the Tournées Film Festival, which is an artistic fund supported by the FACE foundation (French-American Culture Exhange). This year six French-language films  – “I am not your negro,” “Bande de filles,” “Félicité,” “120 BPM,” “Qu’Allah bénisse la France” and “Petit á petit” – will be shown along with one German-language film, “Neuland,” and one Spanish-language film, “Pelo-Malo”.

The festival is a free event and is open to all members of the public.

For more information about the film festival please contact Audrey Viguier.

A TruScholars proposal writing workshop for students will take place from 3:30-5 p.m. Feb. 5 in the Student Union Building Alumni Room.

Complete guidelines for the TruScholars application can be found at the Office of Students Research. Applications for funding opportunities are due March 1. Questions can be emailed to osr@truman.edu.

Students are able to send applications for the museum and archives summer internships.

Locations include the Harry Truman Presidential Library in Kansas City, Mo.; National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Mo.; Judicial Archives Project in Kirksville, Mo.; Missouri History Museum in St. Louis, Mo.; Mercantile Library in St. Louis, Mo. and MSU Special Collections and Archive in Springfield, Mo.

The summer internships are open to all Truman students, but they are especially relevant for those considering careers in archives, museums, teaching and law.

Contact Jason McDonald for more information.

Community Service Night
1:30-3:30 p.m.
Feb. 3
Student Union Building Georgian Room B

Meet the Chapter
7-9 p.m.
Feb. 4
Catholic Newman Center

Trivia Night
7-9 p.m.
Feb. 5
Student Union Building Down Under
 
Professional Speaker
7-9 p.m.
Feb. 6
Magruder Hall 2001

For more information contact Amber Smith.

The following projects are recipients of the Grants-In-Aid-of-Scholarship and Research.

Function of the degA gene in Bacillus subtilis Fitspiration
Student: Sarah Evans
Mentor: Joyce Patrick

Social Media: a Qualitative Exploration into Perspectives and Online Experiences of College Women
Student: Avery Chancellor
Mentor: Kristin Welker

Social competencies of elementary school students before and after a social-emotional learning-focuses bullying prevention intervention in an out-of-school setting
Student: Taylor Cichon
Mentor: Carol Cox

Tick Distribution and Abundance in Missouri
Student: Dravid Paiva
Mentor: Carolina Semperegui

Comparison between active vocal cool-down and passive cool-down in a cappella singers
Student: Gretchen Sadler
Mentor: Julia Edgar

Virtual Screening of Potential Inhibitors of APOBEC3B: a Promising Cancer Drug Target
Student” Zachary Smith
Mentor: Bill Miller

Life cycle timing of field caught adult Dermacentor variabilis using physiological aging
Student: Grace Steck
Mentor: Stephanie Fore

Argonne National Laboratory Trip to Confirm My Research Results before Graduation
Student: Patrick Sullivan
Mentor: Tim Humphry

Change in nursing student attitudes toward interprofessional education and towards seniors before and after senior healthcare – focused interprofessional education program
Student: Cassidy Myers
Mentor: Pam Melvin

Applications for Homecoming 2019 are now available. The deadline for the director position is Feb. 15 and interviews will take place on a rolling basis. Applicants applying for director may use the same application for a committee position.

The deadline for general committee members is due Feb. 22 and interviews will occur the week of Feb. 25. Applications can be completed at homecoming.truman.edu/apply. Contact homecoming@truman.edu for any further questions.

The JED Committee will be hosting a town hall meeting at 5 p.m. Feb. 11 in Baldwin Hall Auditorium. Results of the Healthy Minds Survey taken last spring will be shared in addition to the progress made on the Strategic Plan. Future plans will also be outlined. For more information contact co-chairs Brenda Higgins or Evonne Bird.

The state of Missouri began issuing new bicentennial license plates in October 2018. New license plate numbers need to be updated for the Truman Parking Decal Vehicle Registration. To update license plate numbers contact Joyce Cook or Mollie Corrick.

The Funds Allotment Council is now accepting member and funding applications.

FAC is committed to helping various organizations fund campus events. This is an excellent opportunity for students of all majors to make a difference on campus and connect with new people. Organizations can receive up to $5,000 of funding to make their events possible.

Member applications are due by 5 p.m. Feb. 27 and funding applications are due by 5 p.m. March 22. Applications are available at fac.truman.edu. For more information contact fac@truman.edu.

Complete guidelines for the Interdisciplinary Research Community application can be found at the Office of Student Research. Applications for funding opportunities are due March 1. Questions can be emailed to osr@truman.edu.

Antonio Scuderi, professor of Italian, edited “Remembering the Consummate Playwright/Performer: Essays on Dario Fo,” Leicester UK: Troubador (Italian Series), 2018, to which he contributed three essays.

Truman women’s swimming team, was one of 713 squads from 460 different institutions that earned the distinction of Scholar All-American team for the fall 2018 semester with a team GPA of 3.44. To earn the honor, teams were required to post a GPA of 3.0 or higher and maintain a roster of 12 or more student-athletes.

Eric Norfleet, was awarded the President’s Award, for Outstanding Leadership and Service as Blue Key Chapter President, by the Blue Key Board of Governors at the 2019 Blue Key National Leadership Conference. This award was given for Norfleet’s leadership and commitment to Blue Key, campus and community involvement, service, character and integrity. Norfleet served as president during the 2017-18 academic year.