Current Issue - Truman Review

The Spirit of Service With increasing regularity, service projects are becoming more a part of Truman students’ educational experience. Whether it is through an organization, for a class credit or just out of the kindness of their hearts, many students are discovering that service to others can be a rewarding aspect of their time at the University.
Celebrating 100 Years of Bulldogs This spring marked the 100th year of the bulldog being the University's official mascot.
Charles McClain: A Champion of Education As president of the University from 1970 to 1989, McClain helped transform the school into Missouri’s only statewide public liberal arts and sciences institution.
Making the Most For senior nursing major Kelsey Dreiling, her Truman career is fundamentally connected to her passion for service across the world.

Class Notes

Celebrate Truman National Spirit Day, Oct. 2

No matter where you live, you can stay connected to the University by participating in Truman’s National Spirit Days twice a year. National Spirit Days are always the first Friday in April and October. The Alumni Association encourages all alumni, students, friends, families and supporters all around the world to wear Bulldog purple or University

Sports

Women’s Basketball

Amy Eagan’s Bulldogs qualified for their fifth straight conference tournament, but came up on the short end in a first-round loss to Indianapolis in Pershing Arena. Truman was 16-11 overall and 10-8 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference with senior Allie Norton earning All-GLVC first-team honors. Norton became the 10th Truman player to earn all-conference

Class Notes

Attend the Alumni Leaders Conference

Each fall, Truman alumni and friends come together for the Alumni Leaders Conference to share ideas, develop new skills and network with other Bulldogs. Attendees can learn effective ways of communicating and what makes a successful alumni event, as well as get an inside look at what is happening on campus. The ALC takes place

Sports

Men’s Basketball

A second trip to the Great Lakes Valley Conference tournament in as many seasons, and another 20-win season, highlighted the Truman men’s basketball year, as the Bulldogs posted 11 conference victories under the direction of first-year head coach Chris Foster. Truman, coming off a 20-7 season a year ago, went 20-10 in the 2014-15 campaign,

Class Notes

Alumnus Makes History as Longest-Serving Legislator

With the bang of the gavel, Sen. Wally Horn (’58, ’62) began his 43rd consecutive session in the Iowa Legislature this January, officially making him the state’s longest-serving legislator. Horn, who has served his district as a state senator for more than 30 years, got a taste of the public life at a young age.