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Volunteers Needed for State Special Olympics

Kirksville will be the site of the 2025 Special Olympics Missouri State Summer Games, May 30-June 1, and the Truman campus will host all the events.

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Puppy Love for Tally Supports Adair County Humane Society

Alpha Sigma Alpha is sponsoring their annual philanthropy, Puppy Love for Tally, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. April 28-May 1 on the quad to raise money for the Adair County Humane Society.

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Alumna Judge to Give May Commencement Address

Kayla Jackson-Williams will provide the commencement address at the spring graduation, May 10.

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MAE Students Receive Outstanding Beginning Teacher Award

MAE student Lillian Conger and MAE alumna Grace Carcamo were recognized as two of Missouri’s Outstanding Beginning Teachers at the spring conference of the Missouri Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (MACTE).

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TMN Wins Multiple State Awards

The Truman Media Network took home a total of 27 awards from the Missouri College Media Association and Missouri College Broadcast Educators joint conference, April 12.

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Class of ‘21

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