President's Office

Dear Campus Colleagues: Unfortunately, late Friday afternoon, the Governor withheld additional funding from higher education.  Truman, along with the other four year public higher education institutions, will be subject to a 9% reduction in core funding as opposed to the 6.58% that was recommended in the budget sent to the Governor (the Governor initially recommended […]

Dear Colleagues: The Truman State University Board of Governors met this past Saturday for their annual June meeting and retreat under the leadership of Board Chair Mike LaBeth. During their retreat on Saturday morning, the Board heard a report on the University’s Sesquicentennial (150 years) Celebration and viewed the renovation progress at Baldwin Hall.  In […]

Dear Colleagues: It is my pleasure to announce that Dr. Janet Gooch will serve as our Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost beginning July 1, 2017.  Dr. Gooch has contributed significantly to our University, most recently as the Dean of the School of Health Sciences and Education and the Interim Dean of the […]

Dear Colleagues: The Organizational Excellence Advisory Group, established to answer core questions designed to guide budget decision making into the future, met for the third and final time on Monday, April 24.  Based upon the discussion of the second meeting, the group focused during their 2.5 hour work session on the question, “How should the […]

The webcast of the open forum for Dr. Janet Gooch (the second of two finalists for the position of Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost) has been posted to http://evpaaprovost.truman.edu/. The open forum for Dr. Amber Johnson was shared with campus last week and is available on the search website. Input from the […]