The Princeton Review has again recognized Truman as one of the nation’s top colleges for students seeking a superb education with great career preparation at an affordable price.

The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri feeds 7,500 students every week of the school year through pantries and packs of food for the weekend. To support the Food Bank’s mission to end hunger in the community, and help Truman in the Top Dog Challenge, donate at http://involvement.truman.edu/shop.

The finals for this year’s Bulldog B.I.T.E. Pitch Competition will be streamed on Facebook live at 4 p.m. April 9. This year, 24 students or teams submitted projects for the first round of the competition. Judges reviewed and scored submissions and the top six entries were advanced to the finals. Finalists include: Mitchell Kronsbein, Esther Lee, Mackenzie Miller, Victor Wei, Brandon Winston and Logan Yardley.

Truman Communication Disorders graduate students won second place in a statewide “Quest for the Cup” trivia bowl. The competition was part of the Missouri Speech-Language-Hearing Association annual convention, which took place virtually this year. Nine programs total participated. Graduate students Katie Krull, team captain Savanna Ott, Amy Pattee and Gretchen Sadler brought home the second-place prize. This marks multiple consecutive years of placing in the top three in the state for

Last year The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri donated nearly 905,000 pounds of food, more than 18,000 of which went to local schools through the Buddy Pack program. To support the Food Bank’s mission to end hunger in the community, and help Truman in the Top Dog Challenge, donate at involvement.truman.edu/shop

Researchers from Baylor University and the University of Northern Iowa used annual data released by the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) to examine the data of 521 large and medium-sized accounting programs from 2019 and provided a top 40 for both categories, as well as overall. For this testing window, Truman ranked No. 1 overall with a CPA success index rating of 1.000.

Another proud moment as Truman was ranked No. 23 on Kiplinger’s recently released list of “100 Best Values in Public Colleges.” Truman was the top-ranked Missouri school and was the only school from the state to be listed in the top 75.

Truman won both portions of the Top Dog Challenge against the Greyhounds of the University of Indianapolis. Truman swept both categories with a total of 1,578 donors compared to 432 for UIndy, and $7,852 against $7,131 for the Greyhounds. All of the money raised by Truman will be split between The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri and the Adair County Humane Society.

Two notable publications have recognized Truman for quality and affordability. Washington Monthly included Truman as one of the top master’s universities in the nation. Coming in at No. 6 in the publication’s 2021 college rankings, Truman improved six spots from last year’s honors. The Princeton Review also recently recognized Truman as one of the nation’s best schools for undergraduates to earn their college degree. The education services company included Truman in the 2022 edition of

Mission of the Adair County Humane Society is to provide a nurturing and safe environment for homeless, abandoned and neglected animals. To support the humane society, and help Truman in the Top Dog Challenge, donate here: http://involvement.truman.edu/shop. Animals like Blaze can be adopted by contacting the humane society at 660.665.8038. Blaze is a 10 week old Pitbull mix, he’s very social and loving and will be about 55 pounds full grown.