Family Day gives students and their families the perfect opportunity to spend quality time together. It’s also a celebration of special connections forged on campus between our students, alumni, faculty, staff, and the whole Kirksville community.
Anyone with an attachment to À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ is invited to take part in the fun, whether as an introduction or a reunion to your Truman family.
This schedule will continue to be updated. Please check back for the latest updates!
4:30 p.m. | Statesman Performance Quad Featuring the Marching Band, Color Guard, Showgirls and Spike
7:00 – 9:00 p.m. | Stargazing Thousand Hills State Park Point Shelter For more information contact: gokhale@truman.edu
7:30 p.m. | Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Lab Band Concert Baldwin Auditorium
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Welcome Tent – FREE Family Mugs (while supplies last) Quad Visit the Welcome tent for your free family mug (one per student), sticker, event schedule.
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Tie-Dye for Younger Siblings (while supplies last) Quad
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Truman T-shirts for Sale ($5.00 each) (while supplies last) Quad
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. | FREE Truman Temporary Tattoos Quad
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Missouri Residence Hall Event: S’MO Cones and Friendship Bracelets Missouri Hall Courtyard
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. | West Campus Residence Hall Event: S’more Fun with West! West Campus Suites Multipurpose Room
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Pickler Memorial Library Open House Pickler Memorial Library Stop by Special Collections and University Archives (third floor) to get a peek at historical artifacts, rare books, and other treasures including items documenting the history of the university.
Show off your creativity with the design lab, build a Lego masterpiece, or try your hand at podcasting in the Doug and Diane Villhard Innovation Lab located on the first floor.
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Math Department Activities Violette Hall Commons Area (2nd Floor) Floor maze, games, puzzles, map coloring, and more!
11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. | University Art Gallery Ophelia Parrish Art Gallery The University Art Gallery will be open during Family Day, featuring our current exhibitions, including work by our new Design faculty member, Rao Najam, as well as The Legend of Kente, a traveling exhibition from Exhibit USA that has come to À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ.
We would love to have families stop by and experience the exhibitions while they are on campus.
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Ryle Residence Hall Event: Letter Writing and Whalegating Ryle Courtyard and Main Lounge
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Mathemagic Violette Hall 1010 A magic show full of tricks whose secrets lie in mathematics rather than props, misdirection, or slight of hand.
1 p.m. – 4 p.m. | Planetarium Shows Robison Planetarium Cost is $8.00 per person (online or at the door.) 1 p.m. – Galaxy Tour 2 p.m. – Life in the Universe 3 p.m. – Galaxy Tour 4 p.m. – Life in the Universe
1:30 p.m. | Football – Missouri S & T Stokes Stadium
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | BNB Residence Hall Event: Pet Decs and Booty Bags BNB Hall Courtyard
Homecoming Philanthropy Events – Info Coming Soon
12:00 p.m. | Women’s Soccer – Lincoln University of Missouri Stokes Stadium
2:00 p.m. | Wind Symphony I and II Baldwin Hall Auditorium
2:30 p.m. | Men’s Soccer – Lincoln University of Missouri Stokes Stadium