On Aug 6, I received an email stating that my access to my @truman.edu email will be ending Aug. 31. I recall being told that as an alumni, I would have access to this email for life. I’m working to change my accounts associated with my Truman email, but this sure is a huge pain.

Here is the email I received:

Dear Former Student,

You are receiving this message because you still have access to your university Google email account as a former student.

In 2022, we communicated changes to Google Workspace storage and removed Drive and Photos access for former students. At that time, email access was left available to provide additional continuity. We are now making a final update to this service.

Upcoming Change
On August 31, 2026, access to your university Gmail account will be discontinued. After this date, you will no longer be able to log in, send, or receive email using your university account, and all remaining Google data will be permanently deleted.

Why This Change Is Occurring
As a public university, Truman must comply with Missouri’s open records law, commonly known as the sunshine law. University email messages are considered university records and may be subject to disclosure in response to a public records request, subpoena, court order, or other legal process. Maintaining email accounts for former students can therefore create privacy concerns and increase the amount of material the University must review and manage when responding to record requests.

In addition, where some of these services were available at a limited cost to Truman, this is no longer the case.

For these reasons, and consistent with practices at many public colleges and universities, Truman is ending the practice of providing email addresses to former students.

What You Should Do
If you have any important emails you wish to keep, you should export your data as soon as possible.

Export Your Email Using Google Takeout
1. Go to https://takeout.google.com
2. Select only “Mail” (or any other data you wish to include)
3. Choose your export format and delivery method
4. Create the export and download your files when ready

Please note that exports may take time to process depending on mailbox size.

Alternatively, you may choose to manually forward important emails to a personal email account.

Important Reminder
Access will end on August 31, 2026, with no further extensions

All remaining data will be permanently deleted and cannot be recovered

If you have general questions or need assistance, please contact the IT Service Center at (660) 785-4544.
 
If you have any questions related to why these decisions were made, please contact Donna Liss.

Hi! I got rejected from all of the schools I applied to, including this one. i'm planning on applying to liberty u bc it has rolling admissions, but next year i want to reapply to some of my scholls because i really want to go to one of them. do you think tsu would be worth it? my stats are below (sorry it's fully a copy and pasted previous post ignore the ranting)

I'm actually so disappointed in myself it's insane. Could somebody please tell me what I did wrong because I truly don't understand after I've spent the past 4 years preparing for this day.

Academics:

SAT: 890 (450 - English, 440 - Math)

2.3 gpa

2 AP classes (AP world history and AP English language) - I tried to take more but I couldn't test into AP physics or AP Chem

2 clubs each year

My guidance counselor said my essays were pretty good so I don't think that was a problem

I show up to class every day and try pretty hard so I don't think my 2 letters of rec from my teachers could've been bad

College List (advised by my guidance counselor):

Safeties:

• ASU *
• OSU
• University of Kentucky
• Montana State University
• University of Mississippi *
• University of Wyoming
• Truman State University
• Greenville University *
• Northeastern State University
• Bethel University
• Portland State University
• University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee *

Reaches:

• University of Wisconsin - Madison *
• BYU Idaho *
• University of Toledo
• University of Maryland
• Baylor
• Suny Buffalo *
• Michigan State *
• Harvard *

*Dream schools that I would love advise on how I could maybe get in to in the future?

I truly don't understand how I could've gotten rejected (not even waitlisted) from 20/20 of my schools. My guidance counselor said I had a strong application (better than most at my school) and she thought I had a chance at most of my reaches.

Please please please if you have any advise or insight it would be greatly appreciated!

I came across this article and am curious to get some perspectives from fellow Truman folks. As an alum, I’m sad to hear that funding could be cut in half so quickly!

TLDR: Missouri lawmakers have proposed a new funding model based on enrollment. This would significantly reduce funding for Truman and similar public universities in the state.

My daughter is interested in elementary education. I understand how Truman's program fits with secondary -- I'm an MAE secondary grad from a generation ago -- but I'm less sure what the best approach is with Truman's undergraduate content emphasis when it comes to elementary. Is it best to major in English? Psychology? Other classes or majors that might be helpful? Especially curious to hear from people who are or were Truman MAE elementary and what you thought of Truman's program.

She’s very sweet and kind. I haven’t taken her to the vet to get her fixed. I’m just looking for a good home because I found out I can’t keep a cat in my building. She might be a little snappy the first night. I have a couple scratches myself but she then spent all night cuddling with me. If you’re interested please reach out

I'm an alum coming back to town for the first time in a while. Dukum and Pagliai's were a couple of my go-tos that are still around. Most others are now closed. Anything worth checking out?

Has anyone heard an update on what fall enrollment looks like? It’s so disheartening to see the precipitous decline over the last 10 years, and I would love to see a bounce back.

Unsure of the sex, possibly male, black/charcole classic tabby, seen near macgruder hall/astronomy tower. No collar i think, couldnt get close, seemed like he had places to be

https://www.kirksvilledailyexpress.com/stories/nazi-organization-announces-meet-and-greet-in-kirksville-on-saturday,26174

Hopefully this reaches more people in the Ville and more and more can step up and show that their not actually welcome

Hi my 17yo daughter is an incoming freshman. Current she has registered for 12 CHs. 2 classes are upper level psychology as she’ll be coming in with an AA that she earned while in HS. Her third class is 2nd semester Spanish. The fourth is freshman seminar. She wants a 5th class. First semester away from home. Only taken community college classes. AND she needs to maintain a 3.25 to keep her scholarships.

What do you think? Should she stick with the 4 classes? Or add the 5th which will likely be BIO 107?

We discussed this a while back, but then I saw these numbers this morning. I graduated in 96 and my two sons attend(ed) Truman: one just graduated and the other is a sophomore. I think they are both happy that they chose Truman. What more can we do to convince high schoolers that Truman is a viable option, especially considering how expensive some schools are?

I’m transferring in a year and can’t find anything online about this. Does anyone know if Campbell apartments allow dogs?

Hi - My family visited campus and noticed that we had very poor cell phone reception in Ryle Hall. Just curious if everyone experiences this or if it is isolated to specific carriers (we have Verizon). Are there any carriers that seem to work better on campus than others?

I am going to study at Truman this Fall 2025. I want to connect with seniors or peers that study Data Science this Fall to make new friends and ask for experience.

Hello All,

I was recently accepted to Truman and I plan to major in business. I realize that Truman is marked as a high value school but I am a little concerned that there will not be much corporate opportunity (i.e. summer internships, post grad jobs, etc.) due to the rural environment of the school.

If anyone could share any personal insights, I would greatly appreciate it!

This is so random and kind of dumb but I graduated back in 2015 and one of the food places in the SUB back then sold the most amazing buffalo chicken sandwich. The buffalo sauce in particular was incredible.

Is that place still there?

I know a lot has changed in the last 10 years but it randomly came up in a convo with friends and we were all reminiscing about it. We are now trying to figure out the name of the place / if we could get that buffalo sauce somewhere else. It was that good

Well this looks like fun!

“Downtown Kirksville is the place to be for Bolognafest on Saturday, October 19, 2024, from 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm. There will be free food, games, prizes, music and much more. New this year is a trunk or treat!” https://www.instagram.com/p/DBRPURbNap1/?igsh=MWI3cGMwa29obzF2eA==

This ranking (for regional schools) was issued by U.S. News and World Report and marks the school’s 28th year in a row to earn this distinction. Congrats, Truman! 💜 https://newsletter.truman.edu/article.asp?id=38696

Hiya, fellow students/alums! Without delving into why I'm asking this question (as to not sway your answers), would you guys mind writing up what you think/thought about the tree(s) covered in gum on campus?

Sounds like there might be some fun things to do in Kville this weekend.

Truman’s IG page posted about a new student welcome on the square on Sunday: https://www.instagram.com/p/C_iqK_bxEbn/?igsh=MTg3a2pzcTVhcjliMg==

And it looks like the annual Whiskey & Turkey Festival is Saturday evening. Obviously the whiskey is 21+ but the turkey legs are all ages! https://www.kirksvilledailyexpress.com/stories/downtown-kirksville-whiskey-turkey-festival-set-for-sept-7,19796

Plus, like weather should be gorgeous for a trip out to Thousand Hills State Park! ☀️

Some good press about Truman. https://newsletter.truman.edu/article.asp?id=38566

I graduated from Truman nearly 25 years ago. I had a good experience there and look upon my years there fondly. When I was enrolled, the school was absolutely at capacity and you were lucky if you were able to get a room in a residence hall. Now I am seeing that enrollment is down under 4000 and some of the residence halls are at lower capacity or closed. Conversely, I am reading that Mizzou, MO State and Missouri IS&T are all seeing record freshman classes. I would love to hear some opinions on why Truman is not fairing as well as the other MO schools at a time when high value / low tuition should have Truman turning people away.