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Campus, Planetarium Plan for Solar Eclipse
During the Aug. 21 eclipse, the Truman campus will experience 98.5 percent obscuration of the sun. Vayujeet Gokhale, associate professor of physics, and the Truman Stargazers will have telescopes with solar filters set up on campus and in the community for students and area citizens to utilize during the event. Read more»
Eclipse Time for Kirksville
- Start of Partial Eclipse: 11:44 a.m. CST
- Maximum Eclipse: 1:11 p.m. CST
- End of Partial Eclipse: 2:37 p.m. CST
Solar Telescope & Solar Binocular Locations in Kirksville
- Truman Observatory
University Farm - Outside the Del and Norma Robison Planetarium
University Mall - Moberly Area Community College
2105 E. Normal Ave. - Adair County Public Library
1 Library Lane
Sports
- Swimming’s Pretre Named Assistant Coach at Villanova
- Ali Brems Tabbed as Softball’s New Assistant Coach
- Basketball Programs Unveil 2017-18 Schedules
- Legacy Gift is a Big Win for Athletics
Featured Stories
5 Minutes with Marty JayneEquipped with a juris doctor from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a Master of Laws degree from the University of Virginia, Jayne is aptly prepared for his role as associate professor and chair of the Justice Systems Department. He also serves as the prelaw advisor. When he is not on the job, he can usually be found outdoors, either gardening, hunting or fishing – anything but playing golf
Students Give New Life to Old Products
From making an end table from a broken chair to transforming a pair of crutches into knick knack shelves, students in one class explored innovative ways to give old items a new life. Every fall in Clark’s HLTH 362 course, students are challenged with a “Second Life Project.” As part of Clark’s curriculum for the environmental health class, students not only give a second life to old products but also construct a paper to fully analyze the impact the project can make.
Capitalizing on Every Minute
The epitome of a liberal arts student, JJ Dorrell (’17) thinks of time as a gift so he does everything in his power to make the most of it. From serving as captain of the wrestling team to student advisor and president of both Student Government and the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, he found plenty of opportunities to make his mark on Truman before he graduated this past May.