Vol. 13, No. 19 - Feb. 3, 2009

Sometime between Feb. 9-13, Truman’s Department of Public Safety will be performing a test of the emergency text messaging system.

Individuals who have signed up for this service will receive a message on the mobile device that they registered. No action is needed after the message is received.

Those who have not signed up for this service may do so by logging into TruView at http://truview.truman.edu and clicking on “Update Emergency Text Messaging Information” in the My Personal Information section.

The Career Center will host the “Paging All Doctors” program to assist students interested in applying to medical school Feb. 9.

The day will begin with pre-med mock interviews from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Career Center. Students must sign up in the Career Center for an interview time.

“Med School Application Preparation,” will begin at 5 p.m. in Magruder Hall 1098. Students will learn the do’s and don’ts of the intense application process.

Finally, students can participate in “You are the Admissions Committee,” at 5 p.m. in Magruder Hall 1098. Students will switch roles and play the admissions committee while reviewing mock applications.

Registration can be completed at http://pdi.truman.edu/register/classlist.asp.  

The Center for Student Involvement (CSI) is sponsoring the 2009 Leadership Recognition Program. This annual program is designed to honor Truman students, advisers and organizations for their dedication to their peers, campus and Kirksville community through various leadership roles and events during the year.

Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to nominate exceptional student leaders, advisers, organizations and events on campus.

Student awards include the Athletic Leadership Award, the Excellence in Diversity Award, the New Student Leader Award, the Outstanding President of the Year Award (one small and one large), the Outstanding Residence Leader Award, the Outstanding Student Worker Award and the Senior Leadership Award.

Organization Awards include the Excellence in Diversity Organization Award, the Outstanding Educational Event, the Outstanding Entertainment Event Award, the Outstanding New Organization Award and the Outstanding Organization Award (one small and one large).

The adviser award is the E.M. Violette Outstanding Adviser of the Year Award.

The nomination forms are due by 5 p.m. March 18 in the CSI office in the Student Union Building. They can also be downloaded as a PDF or submitted electronically on the CSI website at http://csi.truman.edu.

Anyone seeking more information should contact the CSI at 785.4222 or e-mail csilrp@truman.edu.

The Leadership Recognition Program banquet will be at 7 p.m. April 8 in the Student Union Building Georgian Room.     

Allison Walton, a senior public communication major, is serving as the intern for the Public Relations Office during the spring semester.

Walton is from Wentzville, Mo., and is a 2005 graduate of Timberland High School. She is the daughter of Larry and Linda Walton and has an older sibling, Miranda, who graduated from Drury University in 2007. 

As the intern, she will assist in the writing, producing and distributing of the University newsletter, Truman Today, as well as posting it online. She will also be responsible for writing press releases and performing various office duties.

Walton currently serves as the secretary of Lambda Pi Eta, a communication honor fraternity, and is a member of Phi Sigma Pi, the Advertising and Public Relations Organization, Alpha Phi Omega and VOX: Voices for Planned Parenthood.

Walton’s interest in obtaining experience and skills in various communication outlets led her to this position.

The Weekly Lunch Series, sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning, will conduct a four-part examination of “The Role of the Classroom in College Student Persistence,” in an effort to improve retention rates.
 
This series was released in fall 2008 in the book “New Directions for Teaching and Learning,” that features what instructors can do in their classroom to ultimately improve retention rates. Copies of this book are available for checkout from the Center for Teaching and Learning.

The four-part series, spread out through the remainder of the semester, begins during the Feb. 4 Weekly Lunch Series and continues Feb. 11, March 4 and March 18.

The Weekly Lunch Series takes place at 12:30 p.m. every Wednesday in the Student Union Building Spanish Room.

Three Truman faculty members, Carol Cox, Michael Kelrick and Ian Lindevald, have been honored with the Walker and Doris Allen Fellowship.

President Darrell Krueger, along with Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Troy Paino, surprised the faculty members with the $10,000 Fellowship Feb. 2.

Cox, professor of health, has been a member of the health and exercise sciences faculty at Truman since the 1994-1995 school year. She received her Bachelor of Science in health education and physical education from Slippery Rock University, followed by a master’s degree in counseling from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. in health education from Pennsylvania State University. Her research interests include school health programming and worksite health promotion programs.



Lindevald, an associate professor and chair of the physics department, has been at Truman since 1992. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Gettysburg College and a Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University. His research interests include modal characteristics of clarinet reeds, imaging vibrations of surfaces using holography and sound propagation in nonuniform waveguides-horns.

Alumni Walker and Doris Allen established the Fellowship eight years ago with one of the largest outright gifts ever made to the Truman State University Foundation.

Walker W. Allen graduated from Truman (then Northeast Missouri State Teacher’s College) in 1939 with a bachelor’s degree in business education.

The $10,000 Walker and Doris Allen Fellowship recognizes outstanding faculty members who have greatly contributed to the success of the University and its students.

In a celebration of womanhood the Women’s Resource Center will sponsor V-Week Feb. 9-13.

The first event, “Congo Teach-In,” is a powerful presentation, about the atrocities occurring to the women in the Congo. It takes place at 7 p.m. Feb. 9 in the Baldwin Hall Little Theatre.

Speculum art will be at 7 p.m. Feb. 10 in Ophelia Parrish Room 2121. All are welcome to participate in the decorating of speculums. A poetry slam will be presented at 7 p.m. Feb. 11 in the Student Union Building Spanish Room. All are invited to share poetry, stories and art about women, relationships, dating, violence and sex.

The week will end with the “Vagina Monologues” Feb. 12-13, a powerful and awarding-wining play by Eve Ensler performed by Truman women. The performance will be at 7 p.m. in Baldwin Hall Auditorium. Tickets for the “Vagina Monologues” are $3 each or two for $5. All other events during V-Week are free.  

Foundation scholarship applications for Truman students in 2009-2010 are now available. Current students must apply online. Applications are due by midnight on March 1. To learn more, go https://secure.truman.edu/isupport-s/.

The IAA Foundation plans to award 57 scholarships to students majoring in agriculture, agri-business or a related field, as well as many scholarships open to any major. To be eligible to apply for these scholarships students must be an Illinois Farm Bureau member, spouse of a member or member’s child, must be an Illinois resident and exhibit potential for successful completion of course of study. For more information or to apply for these scholarships visit the IAA Foundation website at http://www.iaafoundation.org.  Application deadline is Feb. 6.

The Alumnae Panhellenic Association of Greater Kansas City is offering scholarship opportunities to female college juniors, seniors or graduate students, who are residents of the greater Kansas City area. The Kansas City area is defined as Cass, Clay, Jackson, Platte and Ray counties in Missouri and Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami and Wyandotte counties in Kansas. Greek sorority membership is required to apply for this program. Application deadline is Feb. 13. Applications are available online at http://www.kcpanhel.com.

The Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) is offering scholarship opportunities through the Memorial Education Fund (MEF) to student IMA members pursuing study in accounting or finance as an undergraduate or graduate student. These scholarships range from $1,000 to $2,500. One student will be chosen from the scholarship pool to receive the Stuart Cameron and Margaret McCloud Memorial Scholarship in the amount of $5,000. Students must be at least part-time (at least six credits per semester), an IMA student member (membership number must be included on the application), and have a minimum GPA of 3.0. Applications are available on the IMA website at http://www.imanet.org/scholarships. Deadline for application submission is Feb. 15.

Activity: Taboo
Division: Open
Deadline: Feb. 16
Captain's Meeting: NA
Play Begins: Feb. 22

Activity: Cranium
Division: Open
Deadline: Feb. 23
Captain's Meeting: NA
Play Begins: Mar. 1

Activity: Volleyball
Division: Open/Org/Greek
Deadline: Feb. 23
Captain's Meeting: Mar. 4
Play Begins: Mar. 16

Activity: Co-Rec Volleyball
Division: Open
Deadline: Feb. 23
Captain's Meeting: Mar. 4
Play Begins: Mar. 16

Activity: Closest to the Pin
Division: Open/Org/Greek
Deadline: Mar. 2
Captain's Meeting: NA
Play Begins: TBA

Activity: Outdoor Soccer
Division: Open/Org/Greek
Deadline: Mar. 18
Captain's Meeting: Mar. 19
Play Begins: Mar. 23

Activity: Sports Trivia
Division: Open
Deadline: Mar. 23
Captain's Meeting: NA
Play Begins: Mar. 29

Activity: Ultimate Frisbee
Division: Open
Deadline: Apr. 14
Captain's Meeting: Apr. 16
Play Begins: Apr. 18-19

Activity: Punt, Pass & Kick
Division: Open/Org/Greek
Deadline: Apr. 14
Captain's Meeting: Apr. 16
Play Begins: Apr. 22

Activity: Swim Meet
Division: Open/Org/Greek
Deadline: Apr. 14
Captain's Meeting: Apr. 16
Play Begins: Apr. 23

Activity: Bench Press
Division: Open/Org/Greek
Deadline: Apr. 20
Captain's Meeting: Apr. 23
Play Begins: Apr. 27

Activity: T-shirt Design Contest
Division: Open
Deadline: Apr. 30
Captain's Meeting: NA
Play Begins: NA

All information, rules and registration requirements are online at http://recreation.truman.edu/intramuralrec.asp, or contact the Intramural Office at 785.4467.

Matthew Beaky, associate professor of physics, gave a presentation entitled “Searching for Pulsating Stars in Eclipsing Binary Systems,” at the Galileo’s Legacy Conference in Oahu, Hawaii, Dec. 31-Jan. 5. The presentation described research carried out over the past year by undergraduate students at the Truman Observatory.

Jeff Romine, professor of accounting and a 17-year member of the Kirksville Rotary club, has been named District Governor for the 2010-2011 Rotary year by the District 6040 Nominating Committee. Romine will serve as District Governor during fellow Kirksville Rotarian Ray Klinginsmith’s term as Rotary International President.

Lynn Rose, professor of history, was the keynote speaker Jan. 24 for “Redefining Disability in the Ancient World,” a workshop at the University of Leeds Humanities Research Institute.

The American Marketing Association (AMA) will host a professional night at 7 p.m. Feb. 3 in Violette Hall 1412. Professional dress is desired. There will be a speaker from Edward Jones with refreshments to follow.

Tau Lambda Sigma, a local service sorority, will conduct spring recruitment beginning with a social night at 7 p.m. Feb. 3 in the Student Union Building Down Under. A service night will be at 7 p.m. Feb. 4 in the Student Union Building Georgian Room B. For more information about the organization visit http://tls.truman.edu.

Phi Sigma Pi, a national honor fraternity, will host a scholarship night at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 3 and a Leadership Night at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 4 in the Student Union Building Activities Room. Student must have 30 total credit hours and a 3.0 cumulative GPA to rush.

The Physics Colloquia continues at 4:30 p.m. Feb. 4 in Magruder Hall 1096, with Gas Adsorption on Nanoporous Biocarbon, Results and Pore Structure Analysis. For more information go to http://physics.truman.edu/colloquia/mainstage.asp.

The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) will meet at 4:30 p.m. Feb. 6 at the University Club. Contact Marc Becker at marc@truman.edu or call 785.6036 for more information.

The Student Activities Board will be conducting auditions for Truman Live at 5 p.m.-9 p.m. Feb. 8 in Baldwin Hall Auditorium. Talents of all varieties are welcome. Students interested can sign up for audition times in the SAB Office in the Student Union Building. All contestants must be available from 6 p.m.-10 p.m. Feb. 28 for dress rehearsal and the show.     

Music Therapy Brown Bag Lecture will take place from 12:30-2 p.m. Feb. 9 at the Career Center. Find out about music therapy and how music is processed in the brain. Presented by Kelley Pujol, M.Ed, M.M., MT-BC, NMT, Fellow Board Certified Music Therapist Neurologic Music Therapist, Fellow and Jennifer Cooley, B.A., MT-BC. Open to students, faculty and anyone interested in learning more about music therapy. Feel free to bring your lunch to the lecture.

The Study Abroad Office will sponsor “Explore the World-Study Abroad,” an informational table, beginning at 12 p.m. Feb. 9 in the Student Union Building. Students who have studied abroad will be at the table from 12 p.m.-1 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for the month of February to answer questions and hand out information about studying abroad.

The University Conduct Board is now accepting applications for student members. Interested students can find out more information at the University Conduct Board Information Session, at 6 p.m. Feb. 9 in Student Union Building 3204. Applications will be available at the session, in the Student Affairs Office, Student Union Building 3100, and online at http://conduct.truman.edu. Applications are due Feb. 13.

Peace Corp applications are due Feb. 10. Applications are on the Peace Corp website. Interviews will be conducted 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Feb. 24 at the Career Center for those who are selected.

The Center for Student Involvement will host Event Planning 101 at 7 p.m. Feb. 10 in the Student Involvement Complex. The workshop demonstrates step-by-step planning of an effective event. There will be free food, door prizes and an event planning resource packet.
The Career Center will sponsor “PDI: Internships, Why, Where & How?” at 12 p.m. Feb. 11 at the Career Center with Internship Coordinator, Elizabeth Bauer. Students wanting an internship, as well as professors, advisors or on-campus employers interested in adding an internship program, can attend. Register for this event on the PDI website http://pdi.truman.edu/register/classlist.asp.

Funds Allotment Council membership applications are due at 5 p.m. Feb. 11 in the Center for Student Involvement Office. Members of FAC have the opportunity to make important decisions on which events come to campus and how much funding goes to intercollegiate activities. Officers of the FAC have the ability to earn scholarship job hours. Applications are available outside the FAC office located in the CSI complex in the Student Union Building.

The Funds Allotment Council (FAC) will host an information meeting for groups intending to apply for FAC funding at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 11 in the Baldwin Hall Little Theatre. The FAC is an independent council of Student Senate that is responsible for granting money to student organizations that wish to host events on campus. Events funded by the FAC must be on campus, open to all students and cannot be used as a fundraiser for the organization. To be considered for funding, organizations must have been chartered for one full semester prior to the semester in which funding is requested.

Omicron Delta Kappa Circle will host an information night at 6 p.m. Feb. 11 in the Student Union Building. Students interested in
joining this national leadership honor society may attend. Requirements include 60 hours of credit by the beginning of the 2008 fall semester (end of 2008 spring semester). Students must also be in the top 35 percent of their class with a minimum GPA of 3.55 for juniors and 3.58 for seniors. Food will be provided.

The Global Issues Colloquium presents Julie Flowerday, assistant professor of anthropology, who will present “Writing Colonial History under Postcolonial Conditions: The Unfinished Study” at 7 p.m. Feb 12 in Magruder Hall 2001.

The Association of Black Collegians and Kappa Alpha Psi will sponsor an open mic night, “A Night of Heart and Soul,” at 7 p.m. Feb. 13 in the Student Union Building HUB.

The Truman Chamber Choir will host the fourth annual Madrigal Dinner at 6 p.m. Feb. 13-14 in the Student Union Building Room 3200. For ticket purchase or more information about this evening of food and music go online to http://music.truman.edu/madrigal.