GlobeMed students visited the Dominican last summer to teach maternal health education among sugarcane field workers.
Read more...President Darrell Krueger signed Truman’s Sustainability Initiative at the Local Foods Banquet April 23. It will establish a President’s Sustainability Action Committee to identify and evaluate ways to modify University practices to create a more ecologically sound, socially just and economically viable campus and community.
Read more...Truman has been included on the 2008 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, released earlier this year. Launched in 2006, the Honor Roll recognizes colleges and universities nationwide that support innovative and effective community service and service-learning progress.
Read more...Rachel Barklage, a junior English major from Springfield, Mo., was awarded the 2008-2009 Student Recycler of the Year Award at a ceremony April 29.
Read more...Truman students and advisors attended the 50th Annual Missouri Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) state Leadership Conference March 27-29 in Jefferson City, Mo.
Read more...The Annual Academic Honor Awards Assembly, which recognizes outstanding students who have dedicated time, energy and talent to their academic achievement, will take place at 5 p.m. May 8 in the Student Union Building Georgian Room.
Read more...The Society of Professional Journalists recently recognized the Index as the Best All-Around Non-Daily Student Newspaper in Region 7. This is the Index’s second consecutive year winning the award.
Read more...The first Language and Literacy Conference, a collaborative effort between the Communication Disorders and Education Programs, with the help of the Regional Professional Development Center, took place on campus April 24.
Read more...Abbott & Fenner Business Consultants will be awarding up to $1,000 each year to the winner of this scholarship. To apply students must submit an essay on one of the two topics that appear on the scholarship page of their website at http://www.abbottandfenner.com/scholarships.htm. Application deadline is June 20.
Read more...Graduates should report to Baldwin Auditorium by 12:30 pm. Pictures will be taken in Baldwin Auditorium starting at noon. Following the Commencement Ceremony, the University will host a reception on the Mall near the Student Union. This reception is for all students, family members, guests, faculty, staff and administration.
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