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Where should I go to college?
I’m a high school junior in Virginia. I currently have a 4.07 GPA and am ranked 15th in my class. I know that I want to go into the Peace Corps after college. I’ve always wanted to either go to UVA or William & Mary, but I have recently become very frustrated with high school. In my mind, high school and college are supposed to be the best times of my life, and AP Calculus isn’t a good time. I’ve decided that I’m going to drop the class at the end of this semester.
I am now considering Virginia Tech as an option, because it is easier to get into. The campus seems to be beautiful and I like the mascot, but I HATE the colors. Va Tech also has a poorer academic reputation than W&M and UVA.
Should I stick with with my first two options, or take the easy road and head to Tech. Also, I plan to major in International Studies. What is a career to look into if I ever choose to leave the Peace Corps?
What do you mean “if” you ever choose to leave the Peace Corps? (A rhetorical question… don’t bother answering.)
The Peace Corps is something one does for a little while to get a taste for what it’s like in other countries, and to help out. But it’s rarely a career (although, that said, some people end-up actually going to work for the government agency which manages the Peace Corps… but that’s rare).
What strikes me about you is that you’re more worried about which school to attend than you are about what kind of degree you’re going to get; and what you’re going to do in life. Although it might be more that a young person like you should have to worry too much about for a little while longer, it seems to me that if you’re going to choose from schools like that ones you’re saying you’re choosing from — all with limited majors from which to choose — than you should probably at LEAST make sure that whatever you MIGHT want to do in life is something you can get a degree in from those places.
You say you want to major in “international studies,” but you have no idea what that will actually GET you in terms of career. You obviously haven’t researched any of it, or performed any due diligence. As smart as you obviously are, that’s shameful. Get up off your butt and do some research. Start taking all of this seriously.
I think, if it had to guess, that you’re so bright that school has always come easy to you, and now you’re just sick to death of it and bored. That AP course might actually not be as hard as you think… it’s just, as you’ve said, time for a little fun in your life, it seems.
Plus, anyone who’s worried about a school’s COLORS as a reason to go or not to go to it is likely not yet sufficiently serious about ANY of it yet to make any potentially life-altering decisions about ANYTHING. It sounds like a year in the Peace Corps would help you to put things into perspective. It will snap you into reality in a big hurry, that’s for sure.
You have a top-flight GPA. Assuming you also do well on the SAT, the truth is that you’re not going to have too much trouble getting into any school, anywhere, of your choice. The world, as the old saying goes, is your oyster!
That being the case, why are you engaging in the kind of fretting over where you’ll go to school which some students who don’t have your GPA are FORCED to do because their GPA has so limited their options?
Given the choices you’ve listed, I’d got to UVA. Part of my reason for recommending it is that it will provide the widest number of possible choices of major once you figure out what you want to do in life. And it’s not a tech school. Only if you think you’ll end-up in a tech career should you be looking at a tech school. W&M, of course, is VERY well respected, but won’t offer you the breadth and depth of major options.
Go to UVA. Get your degree. If you’re still interested, by then, in the Peace Corps, then go do that. (It will definitely change your life… give you a little what I suspect is much-needed humility). And then come home and start your career. Hopefully the Peace Corps will have convinced you to make that career something which somehow helps people.
It was Albert Schweitzer once said to a group of budding young med students: “I do not know what your destiny will be, but this I do know: The only ones among you who will be truly happy are those who will have sought and found a way to serve.”
Find a way to serve, no matter what. Your life, by its end, will be far more rich; and your regrets far fewer.
Hope that helps.
NOTE TO QUESTIONERS: Always, at some point, please select a best answer. The answerers, of course, shouldn’t be doing this just for points; but it’s still nice to earn them when it’s appropriate. So please don’t just leave it hanging, with no points awarded. At some point, when you think you’ve gotten all the answers you’re going to get, please pick the best one and award points. Thanks!
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Truman State University
History
Truman State University was founded in 1867 by Joseph Baldwin as the First Missouri Normal School and Commercial College. Baldwin was considered a pioneer in education, and his school quickly gained official recognition in 1870 by the Missouri General Assembly, which designated it as the first public teaching college in Missouri.
Joseph Baldwin statue on the Truman State University campus
A region of 25 Missouri counties was designated as the school’s college district; these counties included Adair, Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Chariton, Clark, Howard, Knox, Lewis, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Macon, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike, Putnam, Ralls, Randolph, St. Charles, Schuyler, Scotland, Shelby, Sullivan and Warren.
As the school continued to grow, Basil Brewer wrote the school song “The Purple and White” in 1902. The song’s popularity prompted the university to adopt the school colors as purple and white. Thirteen years later, in 1915, the bulldog became the official mascot of the college.
In 1924 a fire destroyed Old Baldwin Hall and the library. Both were rebuilt, with $25,000.00 allotted for the new library donated by Samuel M. Pickler, a member of the first graduating class of 1870, former faculty member, and a local merchant. The broad pond in the quadrangle (a prominent feature in pre-1924 photographs of the campus) was pumped dry in a futile attempt to put out the fire. The depression was filled in with debris from the ruined buildings and covered with grass, which now serves as the quadrangle (“Quad”) of the campus.
The college was renamed Northeast Missouri State University in 1972, and, in 1983, the university was awarded the G. Theodore Mitau Award for Innovation and Change in Higher Education by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities. Northeast Missouri State continued pushing for excellence. On June 20, 1985, Governor John Ashcroft signed a bill that designated the university as Missouri’s only statewide public liberal arts and sciences university. This changed the school’s mission to a state-wide rather than a regional (northeast) objective. As such, nearly 100 programs were dropped in the span of six years, including all two-year programs those that did not fulfill the liberal arts mission.
The school continued to win praise from such publications as US News and World Report and the university’s reputation continued to spread. By the 1990s, the university was no longer solely a teachers’ college, but also had a nationally-known accounting division and schools of science, mathematics, computer science, and literature. Ten years after Governor Ashcroft’s designation, Governor Mel Carnahan signed legislation renaming the school Truman State University. Truman State University is designated by statute as Missouri’s premier public liberal arts and sciences institution.
Years
Name
1867-1868
North Missouri Normal and Commercial School
1868-1870
North Missouri Normal School
1870-1918
North Missouri Normal School of the First District
1918-1968
Northeast Missouri State Teachers College
(Commonly called Kirksville State Teachers College)
1968-1972
Northeast Missouri State College
1972-1996
Northeast Missouri State University
1996-Present
Truman State University
Academic Mission
On June 15, 2007, the Board of Governors approved and adopted the University Strategic Plan. In this plan the university will continue its devotion to providing a liberal arts education that is financially accessible. The primary vision, as stated by the Plan, is for Truman to be “…America premier public liberal arts and sciences university.” The Plan also lists six goals that outlines an agenda that will be implemented in the next three to five years.
As part of its focus on liberal arts and sciences, Truman requires all students to complete the Liberal Studies Program, or LSP. The LSP is designed to give students a “broad educational experience”, and consists of Essential Skills, Modes of Inquiry, and Interconnecting Perspectives sections.
Truman State University Entrance
Truman State University Entrance Close-Up
Administration and Organization
University presidents
Joseph Baldwin (1867-1881)
William P. Nason (1881-1882)
Joseph Blanton (1882-1891)
William D. Dobson (1891-1899)
John R. Kirk (1899-1925)
Eugene Fair (1925-1937)
Walter H. Ryle (1937-1967)
F. Clark Elkins (1967-1969)
Eli F. Mittler (1969-1970)
Charles J. McClain (1970-1989)
Robert A. Dager (1989-1990)
Russell G. Warren (1990-1994)
W. Jack Magruder (1994-2003)
Barbara Dixon (2003-2008)
Darrell Krueger (interim) (2008-Present)
Board of Governors
Truman State’s Board of Governors consists of ten members. Each member is appointed by the Governor of Missouri to serve a four-year term, with a student representative serving for two years. The ten members must meet residential requirements defined by Missouri law as follows:
Four voting members from inside Truman’s regional boundary, provided that not more than one person from the same county is selected.
Three voting members from in-state, provided that not more than one person is from the same college region defined by Missouri state law.
Two non-voting members from out-of-state. Former U.S. Housing and Urban Development secretary Alphonso Jackson, a graduate of Truman, served on the board in this capacity for two terms.
One non-voting member who is a current full-time Truman student. Student groups have lobbied the state to allow this member to vote. The Truman Student Senate recently passed a unanimous resolution calling for a student to become a voting member of the Board of Governors and sent the resolution to every member of the Missouri Legislature.
The current Board of Governors includes the following members:
Chair – Cheryl J. Cozette, Columbia
Vice Chair – Matthew W. Potter, St. Louis
Secretary – John W. Siscel, III, St. Louis
Mike Greenwell, Shelbina
Karen Haber, Kansas City
Kenneth L. Read, Kirksville
Mark S. Wasinger, Hannibal
Board Members – Nonvoting – Out-of-State
John Hilton, Alexandria, Virginia
Peter T. Ewell, Boulder, Colorado
Board Member – Nonvoting – Student Representative
G. Cody Sumter, Warrensburg
The Board of Governors also includes four committees: the Finance and Audit Committee, the Budget and Capital Projects Committee, the Honorary Degrees Committee, and the Truman State University Foundation Board of Directors.
Campus
The quad in Spring
The campus is located on the south side of Kirksville. Truman’s main campus is situated around a slightly wooded quadrangle, also known as the “Quad.” It is two blocks south of the town square, which includes an eight screen movie theatre and various eateries.
Notable buildings on campus include Pickler Memorial Library, the Kirk Memorial, the Kirk Auditorium Building (the oldest building on campus, built in 1922), Magruder Hall, McClain Hall, Baldwin Hall, Violette Hall, Barnett Hall, Ophelia Parrish, Pershing Arena, and the Recreation Center (or “The Rec”).
“The Bubble” of the Pickler Memorial Library
Pickler Memorial Library was named after Samuel M. Pickler, who donated funds to rebuild the library after it was destroyed by fire in 1924. Renovated in 1993, it is now houses the main computer lab, as well as approximately 450,000 volumes of various works. The front lobby area of Pickler Memorial Library is known as “the Bubble” for its curved glass atrium.
Kirk Memorial is a small, domed structure near the center of campus. The structure is dedicated to John Kirk, the fifth president of the university. It formerly housed Truman’s debate team and now houses a few administrative offices. The Kirk Auditorium, now known as “Kirk Building,” was once the University’s combined gymnasium and auditorium facility. It currently houses the Center for International Education, Student Affairs, Publications and the Department of Sports Information. The Rec is located just north of Centennial Residence Hall and is open everyday except on holidays. It also offers a gymnasium for a variety sports, a weight room, an elevated track, various exercise equipment, and a smaller, multipurpose gym for hockey, indoor soccer, etc. There are seven main academic buildings. Magruder Hall is the science building and houses the departments of Chemistry, physics, Biology and Agriculture. McClain Hall serves as both an administrative and academic building. For the academic portion, Classical & Modern Languages, Economics, English & Linguistics, History, Philosophy & Religion, Political Science, and Psychology can be found there. Baldwin Hall is connected to McClain Hall and houses the campus auditorium that is best known for hosting cultural events through the Kohlenberg-Lyceum Series. Violette Hall, named after former history professor E.M. Violette, is home to the School of Business, the Mathematics and Computer Science Department, and the Education Department. Ophelia Parrish is used as home to the Art, Music, and Theatre Departments. Barnett Hall is home to the departments of Anthropology, Geography, and Sociology; Communication; Communication Disorders; Justice Systems; and Nursing programs. Finally, Pershing Arena is for department of Health and Exercise Science classes.
Bell Tower from across an icy quad
Campus Map
Services available on campus to students include the student health center, career center, and writing center. General use of the health center is free, but it is closed on the weekends and holidays. The career center is located next to the health center and provides help to students in determining a career path, selecting a major, developing career skills, helping put together a resume, or even conducting mock interviews. The writing center is located on the third floor of McClain and offers critique and editing for student papers.
Academics
Admissions
Truman State University is Missouri’s only highly selective public institution of higher learning. This designation means that, in order to be accepted, applicants must have a combined ability score of at least 140. The combined ability score is calculated by adding the percentage of students in the applicant’s graduating class that the applicant outranks and the percentage of students the applicant outscored on a nationally-standardized test (usually the ACT, although the SAT is also accepted). Admissions decisions are also based, however, on a mandatory application essay, the applicant’s resume, and the applicant’s high school and extracurricular record. According to the Princeton Review, Truman has a selectivity rating of 97, a 79% acceptance rate, and an 85% retention rate. All applicants must have 4 credits of English, 3 credits of math, 3 credits of science, 2 credits of foreign language, 2 credits of social studies, and 1 credit of fine art. The average GPA of an admitted student is 3.76, with 50% of all admitted students ranking in the top 10% of their class, and the median ACT range is 25-31.
The Liberal Studies Program
On July 20, 1985, the state of Missouri charged Truman State University with serving as the state’s premier public liberal arts and sciences university. In order to meet this commitment to the people of Missouri, the Truman faculty and administration created the Liberal Studies Program, the general education curriculum undergraduates complete in order to receive a Truman degree. The Liberal Studies Program consists of three distinct areas:
Essential Skills for success in liberal studies, including courses in writing as critical thinking, public speaking, elementary functions, statistics, computer literacy, and personal well-being.
Modes of Inquiry by which students may approach problems and issues in other academic areas. Students must complete coursework in seven of the following eight modes: fine arts, literature, history, mathematics, philosophy or religion, life science, physical science, and social science.
Interconnecting Perspectives that allow students to understand and appreciate better the knowledge they have gained. This includes taking a series of writing-enhanced courses, an interdisciplinary seminar course in the junior year, at least two semesters of a foreign language, and participating in an intercultural experience (this can be fulfilled through any one of a series of courses or by going on any study abroad trip).
Schools
The School of Arts and Letters is the home of the departments of Art, Classical & Modern Languages, English & Linguistics, Music, and Theatre. Degrees offered through the school include Art, Art History, Classics, English, French, German, Linguistics, Music, Romance Languages, Russian, Spanish, Theatre, and Visual Communications. In addition to the 17 distinct undergraduate majors offered, the school also offers 6 graduate programs, including Music and English.
The School of Business offers degrees in Business Administration (BA or BS) with emphasis in Finance, Management, Marketing, and International Business. In addition, a BS and MAc in Accounting are offered, with the graduate program ranked third in the nation in terms of CPA passage rates.
The School of Health Sciences & Education offers degrees Communication Disorders (graduate and undergraduate), Nursing, Health Science, Exercise Science, and Education (MAE only). Education students can emphasize in elementary education, special education, English, exercise science, foreign language, music, mathematics, science, and visual arts.
The School of Science and Mathematics offers degrees in Agricultural Science, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics and Psychology.
The School of Social & Cultural Studies offers degrees in Communication, Economics, History, Justice Systems, Military Science (minor only), Philosophy & Religion, Political Science, Geography (minor only), and Sociology/Anthropology.
Students are also free to create their own interdisciplinary majors or to minor in any of the approved interdisciplinary minors, which include African/African-American Studies, Asian Studies, Classical Studies, Cognitive Sciences, Environmental Studies, Folklore, Forensic Science, International Studies, Italian Studies, Mathematical Biology, Medieval Studies, and Women’s and Gender Studies.
Campus Life
Residence Life
In the 1960s the university built Dobson Hall (1961), Ryle Hall (1963), Missouri Hall (1965) and Centennial Hall (1967). There are three other residence halls on campus: Blanton-Nason-Brewer (1948, Brewer added in 1959), Ezra C. Grim Hall (1923), and West Campus Suites (2006). The residence halls are maintained by ResLife, an administrative body of professionals and students who live in the halls and act as student advisors (SA’s) and hall directors. Truman’s residence halls are currently undergoing a $90 million renovation schedule. This project included the construction of West Campus Suites in 2006, the renovation of Missouri Hall in 2006, Blanton-Nason-Brewer in 2007, and Dobson in 2008. Ryle Hall is currently in the first phase of a two-year renovation, and Centennial is scheduled to undergo a two-year renovation after Ryle.
Dobson Hall is coed by wing and houses roughly 400 students. Dobson features community-style bathrooms, study areas, laundry facilities, air conditioning in all rooms, and a convenience store, but no cafeteria.
Ryle Hall is the second largest hall at Truman. This coed dorm houses nearly 600 students in suite-style rooms. The standard arrangement is two bedrooms, or four people, sharing one bathroom. Ryle has a spacious main lounge that is often used for on-campus events. The dorm features a cafeteria, computer labs, mailboxes, vending machines, ATM machines, laundry rooms, and also house a classroom used by the Residential College Program (RCP). Ryle will be undergoing renovations from 2009-2011. The North wing and main lounge of Ryle will be closed and remodeled during the 2009-2010 academic year, reopening in August 2010. The South wing of Ryle will be closed and remodeled during the 2010-2011 academic year, reopening in August 2011. Renovation plans also include remodeling the Ryle cafeteria during the summer of 2009.
Centennial Hall (commonly called “C-Hall”) is the largest dorm on campus. This coed dorm houses nearly 600 students in suite-style rooms. Like Ryle, the standard arrangement is two rooms, or four people, sharing one bathroom. Centennial also has a spacious main lounge that is often used for small on-campus events. The dorm features a cafeteria, computer labs, mailboxes, vending machines, ATM machines, laundry rooms, and also a large study lounge. The primary difference between Ryle and Centennial is that Ryle’s lounge is located on the first floor with its cafeteria below, and that Centennial’s cafeteria bisects the second floor, with the lounge area sitting directly below. Centennial will be the final dorm renovation on Truman’s campus, completing a seven year renovation schedule of all of the residence halls. The hall renovated similarly to Ryle, in 2 stages, the first from 2011-2012 and the second from 2012-2013.
Missouri Hall (commonly called “MO Hall”) is a coed residence hall that houses 518 students, making it the third largest on campus. Missouri Hall is made up of seven different wings. On both the north and south sides of the building three wings join with a common lounge. The two common lounges are linked by a seventh “crossover” wing. From overhead, the building is shaped like an elongated asterisk. While each wing is either male or female, each “house” (the north or south side of a single floor) includes both male and female wings. The building also houses a large cafeteria, study rooms, laundry facilities, and many public kitchens. With a high percentage of first year students each fall term, more students get their start at Truman in Missouri Hall than any other place on campus.A renovation of Missouri Hall began in the summer of 2006 and concluded during the summer of 2007. The upgrade included improved air conditioning, renovated bathrooms, wiring upgrades, improved community space, an updated dining hall, and a new lobby.
Blanton-Nason-Brewer (commonly called “BNB”), offers three floors of suite-style, coed living arrangements to students. Originally three separate buildings connected by breezeways, the building underwent a major renovation in the 2007-2008 academic year and is now one, unified residence hall. The north wing, Brewer Hall, is primarily used as sorority housing. The east and south wings, respectively Nason Hall and Blanton Hall, are used as regular housing. BNB does not have its own dining hall, so residents typically walk to Missouri Hall, which is next door. The hall offers two large lounges with fireplaces on the first floor. The second and third floors have open community lounge areas, study rooms, computer workstations, laundry facilities, trash and recycling areas, and public kitchens.
Grim Hall is the smallest residence hall on campus, with a capacity of just 68 residents. It is also unusual in its hardwood flooring and house-like appearance. Originally a dormitory for nurses at the adjacent Grim-Smith Hospital, it was later acquired by the University in the 1930s. For many years Grim was also the “International Dorm” by striving to maintain a population of at least one third foreign students. Because of its small size, Grim Hall sometimes feels more like a home than a large housing complex; much of its personality comes from its residents differentiating Grim from the large dormitories.
West Campus Suites, just northwest of Centennial Hall, opened its doors to 416 students in Fall 2006. Currently, all floors are coed by suite and the building’s residents come from all class standings. Each room (with the exception of single rooms for eight student advisors and apartments for the hall director and community coordinator) consists of two bedrooms attached to a central living room, sink, kitchen cabinets and large bathroom. All suites have individual central air conditioning. Each floor has its own dedicated lounge, 2 study rooms, laundry facilities, trash and recycling center, campus events bulletin board, and computer labs. A favorite amenity of students is the convenience store located off of the main lobby.
Truman offers the option of three campus-owned apartments for student living: Randolph, Campbell, and Fair. Randolph and Campbell Apartments provide residents with a kitchen area, while students living in Fair Apartments use their meal plan to eat on campus. Fair is located across the street from Violette Hall, Campbell is located next to the tennis courts, and Randolph is located behind Dobson Hall.
Yet another option is Farm Hall, located at the University Farm. Only a handful of students, often majors in agricultural science, live here each year. Their work on the farm helps them gain useful first-hand experience, as well as help pay for room and board.
Student organizations
Truman is host to a variety of student organizations. Option for student involvement include campus media, cultural organization, departmental and professional groups, Greek life, honorary societies, political groups, recreational sporting organizations, religious communities, service groups, and Student Government.
Greek Life
The Greek community contains almost 20% of the campus in nineteen fraternities and eleven sororities. The fraternities are governed by the Interfraternal Council (IFC), which includes the thirteen nationally recognized Greek fraternities on campus: Alpha Gamma Rho, Alpha Kappa Lambda, Alpha Tau Omega, Beta Theta Pi, Delta Chi, Kappa Alpha Psi, Lambda Chi Alpha, Pi Kappa Phi, Sigma Tau Gamma, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Phi Kappa Theta, Phi Kappa Tau, Phi Lambda Phi , Phi Mu Alpha, and Phi Sigma Kappa. The sororities are governed by the Panhellenic Council, which is made up of five internationally recognized sororities on campus: Alpha Gamma Delta, Alpha Sigma Alpha, Delta Zeta, Sigma Kappa, and Sigma Sigma Sigma, and several local sororities: Sigma Chi Delta, Beta Omega Beta, Tau Lambda Sigma, Alpha Sigma Gamma,Phi Delta, and The Primroses. There are also seven of the divine nine Historically Black Fraternities and sororities which are part of the National Pan-Hellenic Council, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc., and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. It also has a multicultural sorority and fraternity. The sorority is Sigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority, Inc, while the fraternity is Sigma Lambda Beta National Fraternity, Inc. The organizations do service around the community, provide leadership on campus, and provide a social outlet for students. In addition to these organizations, Truman also boasts an honor fraternity for nearly every major on campus.
Honorary
Truman also offers a wide selection of honorary organizations. Such organizations include Alpha Phi Sigma, Alpha Psi Omega, Eta Sigma Phi, Eta Sigma Gamma, Kappa Delta Pi, Kappa Mu Epsilon, Lambda Pi Eta, National Residence Hall Honorary, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Sigma Pi, Pi Delta Phi, Psi Chi, Sigma Delta Pi, Sigma Tau Delta. In addition, there is the Pershing Society, a special organization for students who have been awarded the Pershing Scholarship, the University’s most prestigious award.
International Students
Truman enrolls students from all over the world. According to 2009 figures from the International Student Affair Office, 309 students represent 45 countries, with the largest contingent (127) coming from Nepal.
Campus Lore
The second — replacement — gum tree near the southwest corner of Ophelia Parrish Hall
The weather vane atop Kirk Memorial is welded in place so that it will always point northeast, in honor of the school’s previous name and its location.
“The Ghost of Centennial Hall” is named “Joan,” who has been said to be a student killed in an auto accident in the 1970s. In addition, “Charlotte” and an unnamed little boy have haunted Grim Hall for 70 years, and “Gina” watches over the women of Ryle. See external link “Truman Ghost Stories,” below.
Students traditionally stuck their chewing gum on a redbud tree on the east side of campus. This “gum tree” was decorated in colorful wads, and at times, it even sported students’ names. The tree was vandalized and knocked down by an unknown party in 2000, but students quickly adopted another tree.
The sunken garden, site of many student weddings, is actually the cellar left from the Baldwin Hall fire of 1924. Due to the frequency of student weddings in the sunken garden, a campus myth came into common circulation. It is alleged that if a new couple has their first kiss at midnight on one of the two benches located in the sunken garden, the couple will eventually get married.
A row of large, clapperless bells is fixed in a brick wall on the quad. The Bell Wall was built and dedicated at the Centennial Celebration in 1967. The bells were donated by Joe Burdman, local businessman and University benefactor. The historic bells were collected from abandoned churches, schoolhouses and public buildings in northeast Missouri. Each bell was meant to represent the ideals of liberty, justice, religion, and education.
The annual football game against Northwest Missouri State University was established in 1930 when Northwest president Uel W. Lamkin sent Fair a polished hickory stick from the farm where the former president Eugene Fair was born. The “Hickory Stick” has since been contested annually.
Army ROTC
Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) was established at Truman in 1969. Approximately 200 Truman students are members of the “Bulldog Battalion” and enroll in military science courses each semester. Students completing the ROTC program are additionally awarded a minor in Military Science.
Athletics
Truman is a member of NCAA Division II and plays in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association conference. The athletic department sponsors 21 teams (11 men’s and 10 women’s) more than any other school in Missouri. Among Truman’s most recent successes include: four regional championships for women’s volleyball, a regional berth for men’s basketball in 2006, and undefeated regular seasons for both men’s and women’s soccer. In March 2008, the women’s swim team won their seventh national title in eight years, again beating their in state rival Drury University. The team holds the record for most national titles won in their division.
Indoor sports are played in the Pershing Arena (named for general John J. Pershing who attended Truman the 1880s). Indoor sports include: Men and women’s Swimming, Wrestling (M), Volleyball (W), and Basketball (M/W). Outdoor offerings are; Soccer (M/W), Golf (M/W), Football, Baseball, Softball, Track (M/W), Cross-country (M/W), and Tennis (M/W). Stokes Stadium is the site for home football games and track meets.
In addition to intercollegiate athletics, recreational teams exist for lacrosse, rugby union (Bulls and Bullets), roller hockey, Ultimate (JujiTSU and TSUnami), men’s volleyball and men’s and women’s soccer.
Truman students passed a resolution in the Spring of 2007, adding a $50/semester fee to all students taking six or more credit hours to help support athletic facilities on campus. The addition of lights to Stokes Stadium was one of the first projects completed with the help of the student athletic fee.
Notable people associated with Truman
Main article: List of Truman State University alumni
Ray Armstead gold medal winner in the 1984 Olympics (4x400m relay)
Robert J. Behnen, a genealogist and former Republican member of the Missouri House of Representatives;
Andrew Blakely, rated in the top ten All-Time for NCAA college football receptions with 300 receptions from 1999-2002.
James Carter, former deputy undersecretary for international affairs at the United States Department of Labor’s bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), formerly deputy assistant secretary of economic policy at the United States Department of the Treasury and associate director at the White House National Economic Council;
Beryl Franklin Carroll, 20th governor of Iowa
John W. Cauthorn, a former Republican member of the Missouri State Senate;
Trudy Cooper, one of four co-founders of Outback Steakhouse.
Byron Crawford, an blogger and Hip-Hop critic;
Lenvil Elliott, former professional American football player who played running back for nine seasons in the NFL.
Jenna Fischer, actress, best known for her role as Pam Beesly, in the U.S. adaptation of The Office;
Kevin C. Fitzpatrick, a non-fiction writer best known for his research of Dorothy Parker and the Algonquin Round Table.
Harry Gallatin, Truman men’s basketball player, NBA player for the New York Knicks and the Detroit Pistons, coach of the New York Knicks, and member of the Basketball Hall of Fame;
Alphonso Jackson, 13th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD);
Glenn Jacobs, WWE wrestler best known as “Kane”, played both football and basketball for Truman;
Harry H. Laughlin, was a leading American eugenicist in the first half of the 20th century;
Rebecca McClanahan, RN and professor of Nursing, and current Democrat member of the Missouri House of Representatives;
Mike Morris, former long snapper for the Minnesota Vikings and a current radio host on KFAN in Minneapolis.
Al Nipper, a Major League Baseball coach and a former pitcher who played for the Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians.
Ken Norton, boxer, one of the few to beat Muhammad Ali;
General John J. “Black Jack” Pershing, American Army Officer who achieved rank of General of the Armies;
Mary Rhodes Russell, judge on the Supreme Court of Missouri, appointed in 2004 and retained in 2006.
Rhonda Vincent, bluegrass singer, International Bluegrass Music Association’s female vocalist of the year 2000-2006.
Gregg Williams, football coach, currently defensive coordinator formerly with the Jacksonville Jaguars, now with the New Orleans Saints.[citation needed]
See also
Liberal arts colleges
References
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^ http://governors.truman.edu/boardofficersandboardcommittees.asp
^ http://www.princetonreview.com/schools/college/CollegeAdmissions.aspx?iid=1022679
^ http://sal.truman.edu/
^ http://business.truman.edu/
^ http://healthscienceseducation.truman.edu/
^ http://scienceandmath.truman.edu/
^ http://sacs.truman.edu/
^ http://ois.truman.edu/minors_index.asp
^ http://reslife.truman.edu/halls/dobson/index.asp
^ http://reslife.truman.edu/halls/ryle/index.asp
^ http://reslife.truman.edu/halls/chall/index.asp
^ http://reslife.truman.edu/halls/missouri/index.asp
^ http://reslife.truman.edu/halls/bnb/index.asp
^ http://reslife.truman.edu/halls/grim/index.asp
^ http://reslife.truman.edu/halls/west/index.asp
^ http://reslife.truman.edu/halls/apartments/BldgRmInfo.asp
^ http://studentinvolvement.truman.edu/studentorgs.asp
^ Current Statistical Information for International Students for Spring 2009 http://iso.truman.edu/main/docs/091 Stats.pdf
^ http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=d70d224971c81010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD
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I was inspired to ask this question after this morning’s news story that William & Mary College has narrowed down its new mascot to five finalists, including a Phoenix and a Wren…:
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A Giant Panda.
People like to look at it and think its all nice and cuddly, but in the end its just a useless bamboo eater that sits around all day doing nothing and refusing to use its time to reproduce (you know since the internet is supposed to be about porn).
(hydra is good too though, since every time someone debunks a lame remark or question, the same remark or question comes back twice as much!)
Introducing the Griffin, the Tribe’s new mascot
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