Truman State University Top Questions

As mentioned earlier, most Truman Students come from St. Louis, or other cities, and thier suburbs. It takes all kinds to make a university run, but the only commonality - better than 95{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the students and Faculty are completly accepting of any race, sexual preferance, religion, family background, or any other social commonality in the world. We don't question; everyone there is present only to better themselves and those around them via academics, student orginizations, and fun activities. The only diverse diasagreements I have seen are those based on the Cubs vs. the Cardinals in baseball season.

I think about half of the truman student population is from St. Louis, MO.

There are many diverse and unique people and groups on campus, Truman is after all a liberal arts college! We have musicians, artists, business majors, aggies (that's me!), computer science geeks, and many many more. The only student that would feel out of place is the student who didn't want to get involved. There are so many opportunites to meet and get to know your fellow student that it's hard not to find a group you blend with!

At Truman I have met people of all different shapes, sizes, races, backgrounds...truly all kinds. And that is what I wanted. I wanted to meet a diverse group of people and learn from each and every one of them. Everyone has their own story and getting different points of view forces one out of their comfort zone and into a new way of thinking. They can't teach you that in a classroom. Most people roll out of bed and head to class. Very few put a lot of effort into their appearance. To be honest, we make fun of the girls that wake up shower, put on a full load of makeup and hairspray just to sit in class. That shouldn't be the focus. Sweats to class are just fine with me. I would say about 1/3 of students are from STL, 1/3 from KC, and 1/3 from everywhere else. Included in everywhere else are the students from the smallest town in Nowheresville, Iowa to the kid from California. This also includes a bunch of students from all over the world. There is a division between the Greek System at Truman and those unaffiliated. There really isn't a rivalry, but rather you're either Greek or your not. Greeks have a lot of events for just fellow Greeks. I would have to say that Truman, in my experience is a fairly Liberal campus (student body and faculty alike). Most students are very politically aware and become active on campus on their respective side (left, right, or center). Students come from all kinds of backgrounds. I would say the most prominant group originates from the Middle Middle Class.

hard-working, accepting of everyone, and they love to wear their pajamas everywhere

I believe Truman fudges a little bit on their diversity advertisements. While we do have diversity to some extent, I believe we do not have near the diversity as we are led to believe. Other than that, most students are friendly and very easy to work with.

The Campus Christian Fellowship at Truman is AMAZING! Many students are from St. Louis. Different types of students interact on this campus.

There are few instances of racial prejudice, but LGBT prejudices are not common. The school definately needs to be more diverse. Theres a balance as to who's left or right winged.

If you are looking for a religious organization to join...Truman probably has the one you are looking for. I feel like there are a ton of religious organizations on campus. having been involved at the Catholic Newman Center I know that my faith has grown and become and even more crucial aspect of my life since I began college. I do not feel as though any "type" of student would feel out of place on Truman's campus. People are friendly and fairly inviting! : ) People typically wear tshirts and jeans to class. There are a few people here and there that dress up, but I know a lot of the time I even wore sweat pants! Most Truman students are from either St. Louis or Kansas City. But there are people from all over the world!

Truman is a sweatpants and t shirt type school. Students know when there is a special occasion (or assume there is one) is a student is dressed up. Someone who wants a huge party college would feel out of place at Truman. Truman almost seems like highschool all over again- There are the athletes, the sororities and fraternities, the nerds, etc. The highest percentage of truman students come from the STL area which is nice if students need to carpool home. students are politically aware and active and I would say there is an even distribution of liberal/conservative students (maybe a little more liberal)