President's Office

On May 28, 2021, the CDC issued Interim Public Health Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated People (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated-guidance.html).  Key among the recommendations is that fully vaccinated people can “Resume activities without wearing masks or physically distancing, except where required by federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial laws, rules and regulations, including local business and workplace guidance.” To […]

Starting this fall, all classrooms on campus will operate under their original usage guidelines. Based on a variety of factors, including a decrease in the number of active cases, an increase in vaccination rates, and updated guidance from the CDC, classrooms will return to their usual capacities beginning Fall 2021.  This will permit all in-person […]

Dear Truman Community: I hope your summer has begun well.  At the start of the new academic year, we will begin our work in earnest to make a positive impact on the eight foundational metrics of our new strategic plan.  To successfully realize the promise of the strategic plan, we must have an integrated approach […]

              Dear Truman Community: As we begin the final week of this most challenging academic year, there are many words that come to mind.  The one I embrace is pride. We can take great pride in the fact that we have been on campus and in person the entire […]

Dear Truman Community: The guilty verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd is not the realization of justice; it is a first necessary step toward it.  Accountability is essential for justice. As we affirmed last summer, social justice can only be realized when we confront the racial injustice and inequity legacies of the past, […]