McClain Hall 210

29 September 2016

4pm

For many, the thought of applying to graduate school is both an exciting and overwhelming process filled with questions and anxieties. How do you choose the right program? Should you do a Masters or PhD program? What are graduate programs looking for in potential candidates?

New faculty member Dr. Caleb Owen, will be hosting a workshop series through the Department of History to address these issues, respond to specific student questions, and explain the process of applying to Masters and PhD programs. Having just finished his PhD in African History at Michigan State University, Dr. Owen has recent knowledge of the structure and challenges of today’s graduate programs.

12-4 p.m.

Oct. 11
Student Union Building Georgian Room

Students can talk with program sponsors, advisors and students who have previously studied abroad. Advisors can help students find out which program is best suited for their goals.

Truman’s Historical Society will meet Thursday, 22 September in Violette Hall 1408. On the agenda is the 4-credit-hour course History major proposal. If you have questions about how this proposed revision will (or will not) affect you plan to attend.

All are welcome.

This fall, the Global Issues Colloquium will feature five events to help raise campus awareness of current international issues.

The first event of the colloquium, “Transnational Latin American Revolutionary Solidarity with the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party in the 1950s and Beyond,” will take place at 7 p.m. Sept. 15 in Magruder Hall 2001. This presentation will use the stories of Carlos Padilla and Rosa Meneses, two members of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party (PRNP), to examine three issues related to Puerto Rico and Latin America in the 1950s. The issues this presentation addresses largely occurred prior to the 1959 Cuban revolution, but they provide insight into the revolutionary currents that existed throughout Latin America in the pivotal decade leading up to it.

Other presentations scheduled for this semester include: “The Fight against Corruption and Impunity in Honduras,” at 1:30 p.m. Oct. 11 in Student Union Building Georgian Room C; “International Development: Is there hope?” at 7 p.m. Oct. 20 in Magruder Hall 2001; “Natural Treasures in Peril: Challenges and Successes in Conservation from the Himalayas,” at 7 p.m. Nov. 10 in Magruder Hall 2001; and “Youth and African Development – Harnessing the Demographic Dividend” at 7 p.m. Dec. 1 in Magruder Hall 2001.

The colloquium was first developed more than a dozen years ago as an informal attempt to broaden conversations about current issues affecting the world. More recently, it has found a niche within the structure of the International Studies Program. Charged with “sustaining and enhancing an atmosphere in which global thinking becomes habitual,” the colloquiums aim to help the broader community understand the “strengths, beauties and core humanity of other cultures.” For further information on these event, visit the Global Colloquium’s webpage at globalissues.truman.edu.

A number of History majors participated in the creation of the exhibit. Go and see their great work.

Presenters did a great job. For a list of the project titles click here.

A group of community members from Scotland County, working with Chris Kempke from the Missouri Extension Office there, want to preserve an old school house and get it listed on the National Registry for Historic Places. They would like to identifyi a student who might be interested in helping them do the historical research, mapping, and paperwork necessary for this application process. 

The community group has done quite a bit of fundraising and it sounds like they could pay someone for their time and they would like to get started soon, but there’s not a tight timeline. This could be a good summer job or paid internship for credit.

If you would like additional information contact Professor Amber Johnson (ajohnson@truman.edu).

Dr. Todd Surovell, Director of the George C. Frison Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Wyoming,  will present two talks to the Kirksville community:

Tuesday, 29 March at 8pm in SUB Alumni Room:

Ethnoarchaeology of Mongolian Dhuka Reindeer Herders

Wednesday, 30 March at noon in Gutensohn Clinic, Room 357, ATSU

What Happened to the Mammoths?