Vol. 22 No. 13 - November 13, 2017

 
Due to significant financial challenges, the Truman State University Press is making changes to its publication program.
 
At this time, TSUP will proceed with its literary publications, however, scholarly books will be permanently discontinued.
 
Chariton Review, a bi-annual literary journal featuring short fiction, essays, poetry and book reviews, will continue without interruption, including its annual special issue, Young Voices of Missouri, which features the work of high school students from throughout the state.
 
Potential manuscripts for TSUP’s Contemporary Nonfiction series featuring selected essay collections and memoirs will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
 
The T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry, an annual award for a book-length poetry manuscript, will not take place in 2018 while TSUP reorganizes.
 
The Early Modern Studies series will be moved to the Penn State University Press. The TSUP website will direct buyers to the PSUP website to make purchases, and PSUP will acknowledge the books were originally published by TSUP.
 
The Peter Martyr Library, published by TSUP in conjunction with The Peter Martyr Society, will be taken over by The Peter Martyr Society, now part of The Davenant Institute, which sponsors historical scholarship on Reformation theology.
 
TSUP will discontinue publications in the areas of American Midwest, American history and regional studies, but will continue to market and distribute already published books for as long as the market demands. Additional titles in the Notable Missourians series of biographies for young readers will be published as funding becomes available.
 
The press is also working with its authors and with Pickler Memorial Library to develop an online repository of TSUP’s out-of-print titles, making scholarship easily and freely available to a broad audience throughout the world.
 
TSUP will be initiating a fundraising campaign to build up the Schnucker-Presley Publishing Fund, with the goal to support future literary publications. In addition, a program has been set up to allow schools and libraries to get a free set of the 2014 Notable Missourians for every $100 donated to the project. Questions about TSUP can be directed to Barbara Smith-Mandell.

On the Fly saxophone quartet won for best independent act at Delta Sigma Pi’s “Truman’s Got Talent” fundraising event.

Delta Sigma Pi showcased the various talents of Truman students all in one show in order to raise money for charity.

“Truman’s Got Talent” took place Nov. 3 in Baldwin Auditorium and raised nearly $700 for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

The show featured talents from organizations on campus as well as individual students. Performances ranged from acapella singing, to dance, to extreme cup stacking and more. The winners of the competition were On the Fly saxophone quartet for best independent act and Minor Detail acapella group for best organization act.

All profits from ticket sales were donated to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, an organization that improves the daily lives of those who suffer from CF and seeks to find a cure.

Delta Sigma Pi is a professional business fraternity open to business, accounting and economics majors at Truman. It is focused on the professional development of its members, the fraternal bond of brotherhood and the betterment of the community through service.


Minor Detail received the best organization act award at Delta Sigma Pi’s “Truman’s Got Talent” fundraising event.

In honor of the year Truman was founded, the 1867 Challenge gives donors 1,867 minutes to celebrate the school’s history and build for its future.

Beginning at 12 p.m. Nov. 15 and running through 7:07 p.m. Nov. 16, donations to Truman Athletics, the Truman Fund for Excellence or the Faculty Development Fund are eligible for matching donations.

During special challenge hours, donations to the featured campaigns are eligible to receive even larger matches. Anyone wishing to donate should also keep an eye on social media to see how to take advantage of additional matching funds.

To make a gift to Truman during the 1867 Challenge, click here.

Going home for Thanksgiving can be one of the highlights of the fall semester. Many of the students who live too far from home to make the trip back often get taken in by fellow classmates, which can be the first memories in a lifelong friendship.

In the 1950s, alumnus Irving Waldman, a city kid from Brooklyn, N.Y., spent a Thanksgiving break in the tiny town of Medill, Mo., with his friend and fellow alumnus Carl Mitten.  

“Talk about culture shock. The house had no indoor plumbing. I didn’t know that existed, except in the movies,” Waldman said. “They were lovely people. They took real good care of me for the weekend and we became fast friends.”

From that point on, Waldman and Mitten inseparable during their time on campus. Both men eventually became doctors, and even though their lives took them in different directions remained close for the next 65 years before Mitten passed away in 2017. Their story is representative of countless other alumni. Click here to read more about the friendship Waldman and Mitten formed during their time as students.


A Thanksgiving break trip home cemented an otherwise unlikely friendship that lasted nearly 65 years.

Truman will conduct a test of the emergency notification system at 10:15 a.m. Nov. 16.

Students, faculty and staff who have signed up to receive Truman emergency alert text notifications will get a TruAlert text and email message letting them know it is a test. Those that have not signed up for emergency text messaging can do so through TruView.

To sign up, sign in to TruView and click on the “Truman” tab. Click the “Update Emergency Text Messaging Information” under “Update and View My Personal Information” (lower right screen). A maximum of three phones can be registered to receive texts. Confirm information in the same manner.

In addition to text and email messages, an emergency alert will be displayed on all Truman computer systems where the Alertus software has been installed. This should include nearly all workstations on campus. There will also be alerts sent to digital signs in Violette Hall, Magruder Hall, Ophelia Parrish and Health Sciences, to the Truman channel on the cable televisions in residence halls, and to classrooms with the Truman touch-pad control system installed.

The campus is also encouraged to review the emergency procedures. It is important that the entire community is familiar with these procedures in order to understand how to respond appropriately in a number of emergency situations.

Dereck Daschke, professor of philosophy and religion, will conduct the first information session about his faculty-led study abroad trip “Sacred Healing in Peru” at 4 p.m. Nov. 13 in Baldwin Hall 101. The session will cover what the course is about, what excursions it will include – such as Machu Picchu – expected costs and more. The course will run in Cusco, Peru, from June 9-July 3, 2018.

Seeing the Impact Speaker
7 p.m.
Nov. 14
Student Union Building Alumni Room

Zumba for a Cause
6 p.m.
Nov. 15
Kirk Gym

Tabling in the SUB and Magruder Hall
Nov. 13-17
T-shirts and canvases will be for sale and free snacks in Magruder Hall, Nov. 16. All proceeds will go to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

International Tea and Coffee with Health Science
11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Nov. 13
Student Union Building Georgian Room A
Posters of global health triumphs will be presented with various complimentary international teas and coffees.

Show Me Sushi
7-8 p.m.
Nov. 13
Student Union Building Down Under
Sponsored by SAB
Students will be taught how to make sushi, eggrolls and sauce.

International Flag Display
3-5 p.m.
Nov. 14
Pickler Memorial Library
A ceremony of the unveiling of the recently approved international flag display with Student Government and University President Sue Thomas. Refreshments will be provided.

Educating Global Citizens
5:30-7 p.m.
Nov. 14
Baldwin Hall 114
Sponsored by Peace Corps
Film screening of “Girl Rising” followed by a faculty panel from 7-8 p.m. on the impacts of various fields on international education

Dance Explosion
7-9 p.m.
Nov. 15
Baptist Student Union
Learn cultural dances with African Student Association, Namaste Nepal, I-Club and more.

Perspectives
7 p.m.
Nov. 16
Magruder Hall 1000
Sponsored by MAC
A panel on international student perspectives on current issues such as gun control, immigration and minority rights

Reminiscent of the popular movie “Night at the Museum,” great movie speeches will transcend the screen and come to life Nov. 13 at Truman’s Ruth W. Towne Museum and Visitors Center.  

Students from select COMM 170 sections have organized an entertaining program scheduled from 8-9 p.m. Approximately 90 students are involved in the project sponsored by the Communication Club (NCASC) in honor of Communication Week at Truman. At any given point about half of the students will be in character and will share what was rhetorically splendid or lackluster in the speech at hand. This will allow the other student performers to move around and enjoy student speeches as well.  

The public is invited to meander through the museum in self-paced style. Each student presentation is 3-5 minutes. Students will share brief insights about the characters, as well as the rhetorical situation, and will perform excerpts of the dialogue/speeches.  

Students are also invited to join the Communication Club. NCASC is committed to enriching the lives of undergraduate communication majors and minors by promoting the study and application of communication principles through educational and social functions.

Barry Poyner serves as an advisor to the organization, the only NCA student club in the state of Missouri. Bethany Spitzmiller serves as club president. NCA members will assist as night watchmen.  

This is the eighth time this event has been organized at Truman. In the past, historic speeches, drawn from the top 100 speeches of the 20th century have been performed. In addition to the movie speeches, this grand finale poses a number of 21st century nominations for consideration.  

Those attending are encouraged to vote for the best portrayal based on dress and delivery of quotes, as well as understanding of character, rhetorical situation and rhetorical splendor. The event is free and open to the public. For additional information, contact Poyner at 660.785.4063 or bpoyner@truman.edu.

Submissions for the next issue of Windfall Literary Magazine will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. Nov. 13 at windfallmagazine@gmail.com. They may include prose, poetry (neither one no longer than two pages, double spaced) and 2-D art (photography, painting, etc.). There can be up to 15 submissions. All submissions will be reviewed anonymously. Times New Roman is preferred, but there are no specific styling requirements.

Psi Chi will host a panel at 6 p.m. Nov. 14 in Magruder Hall 2090 for all those interested in applying to a graduate school program in psychology. Ashley Ramey, assistant professor psychology, and Katie Judd, assistant professor of psychology, along with some advanced psychology students, will answer questions and discuss the application process.

French students will perform the play “Dormez, je le veux!” by Georges Feydeau at 8 p.m. Nov. 14 and Nov. 16 in the Baldwin Hall Little Theater. Admission is free.

In this one-act comedy, presented in French with English translation, Justine, a servant, uses her skills of hypnosis to control her master and eventually keep him from marrying the beautiful Emilienne.

Suzanne Scholte from the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation will present “The Battle for Human Rights in North Korea: Is There Hope for Peaceful Change?” at 7 p.m. Nov. 14 in the Student Union Building Activities Room. Sponsored by the College Republicans.

The 2017 United Way campaign in Adair County ends Nov. 15. Each Truman faculty and staff member should have a received an envelope through campus mail that includes a pledge form and return envelope. The Truman community has been challenged to raise $50,000. Ending its second week, the Truman drive thus far has netted donations and pledges totaling more than $10,000. Faculty and staff in need of a pledge form and return envelope should contact a campus co-chair: Mark Smith in communication or Tim Mills in Information Technology Services.

9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Nov. 15
Student Union Building Down Under

A performance of “El Delantal Blanco” will take place at 6 p.m. Nov. 15 in the Student Union Building Activities Room. English subtitles will be provided for this student-preformed event. Tickets are $1. All proceeds will benefit Sigma Delta Pi, the national collegiate Hispanic honor society.

Truman is offering a new study abroad opportunity to learn about the history and contemporary events in Cuba.

Only 90 miles from the United States, Cuba has remained a forbidden territory for most U.S. citizens since the Revolution of 1959. Cuba is a former Spanish colony and sugar-producing slave society, and one of the last countries of Latin America to achieve independence from Spain in 1898. Between 1898 and 1959, the U.S. held an outsized influence on the island. In 1959, Cuban was the site of the hemisphere’s first successful socialist revolution. While most people in the U.S. know little about Cuba today, Cubans are acutely aware of the United States and the long-intertwined history between the two countries.

During the midterm break, March 10-18, students will have a unique opportunity to travel to Cuba to take a close look at issues of global economics, conflict and peace, race, culture, the environment and U.S. relations.

Participants will examine Cuban national priorities, such as universal education and health care; visit schools, museums, cultural and historical sites; discuss with Cubans the effects of recent changes in U.S. and Cuban relations including the longstanding U.S. embargo on Cuba; learn about Cuba’s history of sugar production and slavery; and experience the sights, sounds and tastes of old Havana, its neighborhoods, and the surrounding countryside.

Information sessions on this intensive international learning experience will take place at 3:30 p.m. Nov. 15 in McClain Hall 211 and at 5 p.m. Nov. 30 in McClain Hall 209.

Students can earn one credit for this study abroad experience (CUB 310). The course is open to all majors and has no prerequisites. It runs parallel to Latin American Revolutions (HIST 391), but enrollment in that class is not a requirement.

Applications and a $350 non-refundable deposit are due by Jan. 19.

For more information and an application contact Marc Becker, McClain Hall 227, 660.785.6036.

The National Weather Service has designated Nov. 15 as Winter Weather Awareness Day in an effort to emphasize the importance of planning ahead.  

A webpage with safety tips and information about winter weather and its impact can be found at weather.gov/lsx/winterday. The page includes explanations of weather terms like “wind-chill index” as well as information on generator safety and avoiding health and safety risks that come with frigid temperatures, snow and ice.

The MO.gov website includes a winter weather safety page that has additional information including safe winter driving techniques, avoiding injury when shoveling and other tips. The page is available at mo.gov/winter-weather-safety. It also includes a video from the Missouri State Highway Patrol on driving in snow and ice.

The Truman State University Foundation has applications for 2018 Study Abroad Foundation Scholarships available now. These are scholarships established by generous alumni and friends of the University.

Scholarships are for students studying abroad through a Truman-sponsored program. To apply, log in to TruView, go to the Student Tab, Student Finances, Foundation Scholarship Application. Applications can be revised any time prior to the Jan. 31 deadline.

Nov. 17
7:30 a.m.-10 p.m.

Nov. 18-19
Closed

Nov. 20-21
7:30 a.m.-9 p.m.

Nov. 22-25
Closed

Nov. 26
3-10 p.m.

Nov. 27
Resume regular hours
7:30 a.m.-10 p.m.

Truman, working with the Missouri Consortium for International Studies and Education, offers a unique program for study abroad in Ghana at the University of Ghana-Legon during the Fall semester. Located on the Gulf of Guinea in northwestern Africa, the University of Ghana-Legon offers courses from a variety of academic disciplines. Enjoy classes like African dance performance, ancient and medieval political thought, gender studies, governance and leadership, history of Africa, international marketing, sociology of the family, African drumming and many more. In addition, business students can take business courses exclusively at the School of Business. All courses are taught in English.

Along with a wide range of study topics, students will find many other activities to experience the culture of the country. There are campus sports, art, theater and music groups; and a short trip to town offers museums, movies, dance clubs, restaurants, open-air markets and live music performances.

For cost information, visit the Missouri Africa Program budget page. Costs include: academic fees (tuition), accommodations, airport pickup, excursions, flight, health insurance and in-country travel.

To apply, fill out a Truman online application as well as the University of Ghana-Legon online application. Deadline for the fall 2018 semester is Feb. 23.

For more information and to apply, contact the Center for International Education/Study Abroad, Baldwin Hall 106, 660.785.4076, ciea@truman.edu.

Pickler Memorial Library will conduct its annual Food for Fines drive from Nov. 27 through Dec. 11. For every food item donated, $1 in fines will be waived.

The public health nursing class is sponsoring a World AIDS Day ceremony from 7-7:30 p.m. Nov. 28 at the eternal flame in front of Kirk Memorial.

For more than 20 years, DST Systems, Inc., has administered the annual Gould Scholastic Award in honor of former CEO Robert Gould. This award recognizes outstanding university students who compose exceptional academic papers on topics related to investment management strategies, theories and trends. The award represents Gould’s legacy of effective utilization of operations management and information technology to advance the financial services industry. Student winners are awarded grants in the amounts of $10,000, $7,500 and $5,000 for first, second and third place, respectively, and are celebrated at a special ceremony in Kansas City.  More information about DST can be found at www.dstsystems.com.
 
Eligible participants are: junior, senior or honors program students. Graduate students are not eligible to participate. Group projects are eligible. Each university may submit up to three student papers for consideration of the award.

Student papers should be submitted to the School of Business office by email at sbdean@truman.edu by Dec. 15.

The Orientation Committee is seeking enthusiastic, friendly and dedicated students to welcome the Class of 2022 to the Bulldog community through summer orientation. Orientation welcomes and introduces all first-year students and their families to Truman throughout the month of June and a late session in August. Orientation leaders have access to benefits such as impactful professional experience, a deeper understanding of the University, provided room and board (if needed) and a $1,500 taxable stipend. Applications are open now and are due Dec. 20.
 
To read the full job description and to apply, visit truman.edu/ol or contact orientation coordinator, Shari Fieser with any questions.

In addition to Truman’s sesquicentennial, A.T. Still University is honoring 125 years, and the city of Kirkville is marking 175 years. A limited number of T-shirts commemorating the anniversaries are available for purchase in McClain Hall 202. Cost is $8 for 2XL and 3XL. Cash or check transactions only.

The next issue of the Truman Today will be available Nov. 27.

The Missouri Folklore Society conducted its annual meeting in Sikeston, Nov. 2-4. Presentations included senior folklore minor Philip Dryden, an English and biology major, discussing the practices and beliefs of traditionalist Catholics; Barbara Price, professor of English education, on the imagery used to advertise fried chicken; and Adam Brooke Davis, professor of English, on the urban legends emerging from the hurricanes and floods in Houston.

The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) committee invites American students to apply to learn a critical foreign language next summer on a fully-funded study abroad program.

The CLS program is an intensive overseas language and cultural immersion program for students who desire to spend eight to 10 weeks abroad studying one of 14 critical languages. The program includes intensive language instruction and structured cultural enrichment experiences designed to promote rapid language gains.

The CLS Program seeks participants with diverse interests, and from a wide range of fields of study and career paths, with the purpose of representing the full diversity of the United States. Participants are selected based on their commitment to language learning and plans to apply their language skills to their future academic or professional pursuits. Students from all academic disciplines are encouraged to apply.

Languages offered:
Beginning, advanced beginning, intermediate and advanced levels: Azerbaijani, Bangla, Hindi, Indonesian, Korean, Punjabi, Swahili, Turkish and Urdu

Advanced beginning, intermediate and advanced levels: Arabic and Persian Chinese
Intermediate and advanced levels: Japanese and Russian

Deadline to apply for summer 2018: Nov. 15

For more information on eligibility and how to apply visit clscholarship.org or contact the Center for International Education Abroad, Baldwin Hall 106, 660.785.4076, ciea@truman.edu.

The Gilman Scholarship Program is open to U.S. citizen undergraduate students who are receiving Federal Pell Grant funding at a two-year or four-year college or university to participate in study and intern abroad programs worldwide.

Student Sydnie Russian studied abroad in Russia during the spring 2017 semester with the Gilman Scholarship. She will be available throughout the semester to help interested students learn about and apply for the scholarship.

Gilman Advisor Sessions
12:30-1:30 p.m.
Student Union Building
Nov. 20
Dec. 4
Dec. 18

Sydnie Russian takes a picture outside the Kremlin. She studied abroad on a Gilman Scholarship in the spring. During the fall she will be available to interested students apply for the Scholarship.

The Truman State University Foundation has applications for 2018 Study Abroad Foundation Scholarships available now. These are scholarships established by generous alumni and friends of the University.

Scholarships are for students studying abroad through a Truman-sponsored program. To apply, log in to TruView, go to the Student Tab, Student Finances, Foundation Scholarship Application. Applications can be revised any time prior to the Jan. 31 deadline.

The Rainbow Scholarship will be awarded to a deserving LGBTQI student who aims to participate in a high-quality, rigorous education abroad program. This scholarship is made possible by the generous support of a group of international education professionals who are committed to advocating on behalf of LGBTQI students.

Being a scholarship promoted by the Fund for Education Abroad (FEA), students who plan to study abroad for a full academic year (2018-19) could receive up to $10,000; $5,000 for students who plan to study abroad during the fall (2018) or spring (2019) semester; and awards that are prorated by number of weeks in-country (with a minimum of $1,250) for students studying abroad during summer 2018.

Requirements for this Scholarship include:
•    The Rainbow Scholarship recipient must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident
•    Currently enrolled as an undergraduate at a college or university in the U.S. (graduate students are not eligible)
•    Study abroad program must be eligible for academic credit at the student’s home institution
•    Study abroad program must include at least four weeks (28 days) in country/countries

Application components:
•    Online application form (includes an unofficial transcript)
•    Financial aid form (to be filled out by financial aid office)
•    Recommendation letter (submitted by a professor or advisor, maximum of one)

Scholarship Application Deadlines:
Opens- Nov. 15
Closes- Jan. 10

For more information on the Rainbow Scholarship, and others sponsored by the Fund for Education Abroad, visit fundforeducationabroad.org/rainbow-scholarship. To look at the different study abroad programs offered at Truman visit studyabroad.truman.edu/choosing-a-program/study-abroad-exchange-summerinterim.

For more information and to apply to a study abroad program, contact the Center for International Education Abroad, Baldwin Hall 106, 660.785.4076, ciea@truman.edu.

Macquarie University offers a new exciting scholarship opportunity for students interested in studying abroad in Australia. Students who wish to experience Australian culture through a study abroad program at Macquarie University are eligible to apply for the Macquarie University Study Abroad Scholarship.

Under this scholarship, Macquarie University will provide up to AU $1,000 to each successful student as a payment applied toward the student’s study abroad tuition fee. There will be in total 15 successful candidates every semester.

Applications for semester 1, 2018 close Nov. 30. To apply, visit the Macquarie University website.

For more information on Macquarie University, the programs they offer, and how to apply to Macquarie, visit the CCIS website.

Additional details and assistance can be provided by Truman’s Center for International Education Abroad, Baldwin Hall 106, 660.785.4076, ciea@truman.edu.