President's Office

Dear Colleagues: Truman Homecoming 2020 “Close or Apart, We are Bulldogs at Heart” was a wonderful celebration thanks to all of you!  While a number of the traditional Homecoming events were cancelled due to the pandemic, I was delighted that many of our students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends participated in multiple socially distanced and […]

Dear Truman Community: We are completing our tenth week on campus and that is certainly something to celebrate!  While the semester has been challenging and exhausting, being together has given us a cherished opportunity to create impactful and transformative curricular and co-curricular experiences that are hallmarks of a Truman education. However, with COVID-19 cases surging […]

Dear Truman Faculty, Staff and Students, In any other year, today would be the beginning of a long holiday weekend.  Marking the end of the summer, Labor Day weekend often involves traveling, large social gatherings, or other activities that are not appropriate in the midst of a pandemic.  So, in this very different year, we […]

Good morning Truman Faculty, Staff, and Students! We have come to the end of the first week of classes and it has been quite an uplifting week.  Our campus has come back to life with the energy and joy of being together.  The sounds of lively conversations, engaged learning, and celebrations have returned.  We have […]

Dear Colleagues: The Truman State University Board of Governors met on campus this past weekend under the leadership of Board Chair Jennifer Kopp Dameron.  In line with Truman’s return to campus plan, the Board members, and everyone in the room, wore masks for the entire meeting and maintained social distance.  The Board began the meeting by recognizing Tiffany Middlemas, former […]