President's Office

Dear Colleagues: On Tuesday, June 30, Governor Parson signed the FY 2021 budget bills; yesterday, July 1 began FY 2021.  As you will recall, as the result of two withholds by the Governor in the last quarter of FY 2020, Truman’s state appropriation was cut by approximately 12.5% which equates to approximately $5.2 million.  Add to […]

As President Thomas noted in an email following the June 13th Board of Governors meeting and as announced in the June 22nd Truman Today, starting with the new fiscal year (July 1), faculty and staff who have previously received annual contracts or salary letters will no longer receive these paper documents.  Instead, for this year […]

Dear Colleagues: It is with great sadness that I inform you of the passing of Mark Schultz, University Architect/Project Manager.  Mark passed away unexpectedly on June 26.  Mark has been a valued member of the Truman community since 2007, playing the lead role in multiple campus construction/renovation projects which made Truman a more beautiful, functional […]

Dear Colleagues: The Truman State University Board of Governors met virtually this past Saturday for their annual June meeting under the leadership of Board Chair Jennifer Kopp Dameron. In a very full and productive meeting, the Board welcomed Abby Smeltzer, the new Student Representative to the Board of Governors, who began her term on June […]

Dear Truman Community: As protests continue across the country and around the world demanding justice for George Floyd (and many others) and an end to structural and systemic racism, these protests are happening during a time when the nation is still reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic.  The anger and anguish of another senseless death coupled […]