A Tale of Two Cities:

Race, Transnational Migration, and Community in Chicago and St. Louis

Presentation/Book Signing by Dr. Huping Ling

3-4pm, January 23, 2012

Sponsored by Truman Book Store, Alumni Room, SUB

A leading scholar in Asian American studies, Executive Editor of Journal of Asian American Studies, and award-winning author of eleven books and over hundred articles, History Professor Huping Ling of Truman State University will present her newly published book Chinese Chicago: Race, Transnational Migration, and Community since 1870 (Stanford University Press, 2012), from the three Moy brothers in the 1870s to the present Chinese Chicagoland, and in comparison with her earlier book Chinese St. Louis: From Enclave to Cultural Community (Temple University Press, 2004), the acclaimed “most comprehensive” and “groundbreaking” work “on Asian American community in the Midwest.” Ling focuses on how race, transnational migration, and community have defined Chinese in Chicago and St. Louis, with special attention to the unique characteristics of Chinese in the two major American Midwestern metropolises.

Reviews of Chinese Chicago

“A unique and valuable study, sure to deepen our understanding of extra-national migratory studies in the development of modernity.”—John Kuo Wei Tchen, New York University & Museum of Chinese in America

 ”Huping Ling, a prolific and leading scholar of Chinese America, gives us yet another refreshingly exciting book. An excellent community study, it offers fascinating stories about various aspects of Chinese America life in the community. . . The book situates these stories in larger contexts, specially the Chinese American transnational world, providing extraordinary insights into the connection between the local and the global. It also connects the past to the present by taking an in-depth look at the post-war forces that have transformed and continue to transform Chinese Chicago.”—Yong Chen, author of Chinese San Francisco, 1850-1943: A Trans-Pacific Community

“An insightful interpretation of Chinese community as an integral part of a multiethnic Chicago, Ling’s book is a land­mark addition to the growing Chinese American transnation­al historiography.” —Haiming Liu, author of The Transnational History of a Chinese Family

The Truman Speech and Debate Team took home four awards at “The Mule” tournament at the University of Central Missouri on November 4-6.  The tournament consisted of separate debate and individual events competitions.

During the debate portion, the team competed against the top teams in the nation.  Freshman Maddie Ebert made it to the semifinal round of Lincoln-Douglas debate where she lost on a close decision to the eventual tournament champions.  Sophomore Kristen Wright made it to the final round where she placed second.

The second half of the tournament consisted of individual (speech) events competition.   The team earned two new qualifications for the national competition taking place in April.  Korey Anderson earned his first individual events qualification by placing sixth in extemporaneous speaking.  Wright also qualified by placing second in extemporaneous speaking.

The team has one tournament remaining this semester at the Ohio Univeristy swing tournament in December.  This is one of the largest tournaments of the year.  For more information on the team, contact Kristi Scholten at skscholten@truman.edu.

John Barker (left) stands with local artist Brandon Crandall and Crandall’s scupture “The Purple Heart” in the Ruth W. Towne Museum and Visitor’s Center.  The statue was dedicated as part of the 2011 Veteran’s Day Ceremony that took place November 11, and will be located permanently at the Towne Museum.

Barker was in attendance to pay tribute to his brother, Jedh Barker, a former University student who lost his life during the Vietnam War.  For his heroic actions, Jedh Barker posthumously received the Medal of Honor, the only Truman student ever to receive the award.

The Spring 2012 Missouri Government Interns were given the rare opportunity to hear from Senator David Pearce, the Missouri Senate Education Committee Chairman, at their recent informational meeting.  The interns will spend the semester in Jefferson City, Missouri, earning up to 15 hours of college credit while working with either a legislator, public official, or state agency.

Pictured, front row, left to right:  Nick Henderson, Julie Quinn, Heidi Geisbuhler, Queene Alara, Isaac Robinson, Nicola Fish, and Devin Heier.  Second row, left to right:  Michaela Martinez, Kyle Olmstead, Josh Foster, Alan Phipps, Joy Bulen, Senator David Pearce, and Truman President, Troy Paino.  Top row, left to right:  Andrew Robbins, Alex Feurer, Julia Stoverink, Christopher Vick, and Luke Freeland.  Not pictured:  Adam Schmid.

The Military Science Department will hold their Fall 2011 Commissioning Ceremony at 9:00 a.m. on December 17, 2011, in the Alumni Room of the Student Union. 

The following students will receive their commissions at Second Lieutenants in the U.S. Army:

Ralph C. Bogan

Patrick H. Takamiya

Heather M. Wagner

William C. Wolfram

Please join them in celebrating this occasion.

Rudy Cesaretti, a senior Sociology/Anthropology and History major at Truman, received a message this morning that the poster he presented at the American Anthropological Association meeting in Montreal, Canada, from November 16-20, 2011, has been recognized as “exemplary in terms of the excellence of its presentation” by a panel of judges from the Society for Visual Anthropology.

The poster derived from the TruScholars project Rudy undertook last summer to study the impact of school consolidation on community identity in Schuyler and Putnam Counties in Missouri. There will be an article about the art of poster making which will recognize Rudy and three other undergraduate students with exemplary posters from the AAA session in an issue of Anthropology News sometime during the spring semester, 2012.

Congratulations, Rudy!

This year’s Annual Conference will begin at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 12, in the Alumni Room of the Student Union.  Students from Truman and several other colleges and universities in the Midwest will present papers on topics in philosophy and religion studies. 

Keynote speaker will be noted New Testament scholar, Robert Jewett, from Heidelberg University presenting “Jesus, Captain America, and Barack Obama and the Superhero Myth in Contemporary America.”

Truman’s Forensics Team took home six championship awards at the MCC-Longview Central States Swing Tournament on Oct. 29-30.  The Tournament consisted of two separate individual events competitions and one debate competition.  The individual events (speech) competitors took second place overall in team sweepstakes on the first day and third place at the second competition.

During the first tournament, the team qualified for five new events at the National Tournament in April and earned two tournament championship titles.  Junior Jessica Petrie won impromptu speaking, pleaced second in rhetorical criticism and fourth in extemporaneous speaking.  Senior Andrew Grojean won informative speaking and placed sixth in impromptu speaking.  Sophomore Arielle Long-Seabra placed third in dramatic interpretation and freshman Codi Caton made it to the semifinals in poetry interpretation.

In the second competition, Petrie won first place in both extemporaneous speaking and rhetorical criticism.  Grojean won first in dramatic interpretation and earned sixth in informative speaking.  Freshman Alex Eichstadt broke into elemination rounds and took third place in extemporaneous speaking and fourth in impromptu speaking.  Freshman Kate Pillen, also breaking into elimination rounds, placed fifth in prose interpretation.

In debate, freshman Maddie Ebert won the novice division on Lincoln-Douglas Debate and won the first place speaker award.  In the open division of Lincoln-Douglas Debate, sophomores John Carney and Nick Gorman made it into the quarterfinal round of debate, while sophomore Kory Anderson made it to semifinals.  Gorman won the first place speaker award, Anderson fourth, and Carney fifth.

The second half of the tournament also resulted in five new qualifications for the National Tournament.

Truman will host the annual Kirksville area Veteran’s Day ceremony and honor University veterans who have served in the armed forces in a special service taking place at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, November 11, at the Ruth Towne Museum and Visitors Center.

The University will also posthumously honor former student, Marine Corps veteran and Medal of Honor recipient, Jedh Barker, at the ceremony.  Barker’s brother, John Barker of Lakewood, NJ, and sister, Susan Rilliet of Landing, NJ, will attend the ceremony and present remarks on behalf of the family.

Lt. Col. James Tenpenny, Chair of the Military Science Department, will present remarks about the history of the ROTC program at the University and the impact of Truman alumni in the armed forces. 

A reception will follow the ceremony at the Towne Museum, and the public is invited to attend.

Members of the Truman Community,

As a central component to the process of institutional reaccreditation, Truman State University is participating as a Pioneer Institution in the Higher Learning Commission’s Pathways Demonstration Project. Our work in the Project examines achievement of three University-wide student learning outcomes and the role of transformative experiences in that process. Furthermore, the project is focused upon exploring how we can enhance the achievement of those three learning goals in measurable ways. Next week we will be issuing a Request for Proposals that invites individuals and groups  to submit plans for pilot projects focused upon one or more of the following outcomes: understanding and articulating well-reasoned arguments, demonstrating leadership, or living emotionally and physically healthy lives.

In order to assist you in designing a proposal, three of the Pathways Task Forces will be hosting informational sessions during the week of October 31-November 4. These sessions will provide opportunities to learn more about the potential for these pilot projects and the work of the respective Task Force. Members of the Transformational Experiences Task Force will also be present at each of the sessions to speak about the role of transformative learning in these projects. We encourage you to attend one or more of the sessions and to consider preparing a proposal.

Monday, October 31, 2-3pm  - SUB 3203- Critical Thinking (Understand and Articulate Well-Reasoned Arguments)

Tuesday, Nov. 1, 1:30-3pm  – SUB 3202 – Wellness  (Live Emotionally and Physically healthy lives)

Thursday, Nov. 3, 4-5pm  - SUB 3201 – Leadership

As you consider this opportunity, please read the “Purple Papers” written by members of the Task Forces. You can find them on the Resources page of Provost’s Office website, as links for the 2011 Summer Planning and Assessment Workshop: http://provost.truman.edu/resources.asp. You are also welcome to contact the chairs of the Task Forces for further information…

Critical Thinking Task Force – Royce Kallerud (kallerud@truman.edu)

Leadership Task Force – Adrien Presley (apresley@truman.edu)

Healthy Living Task Force – Evonne Bird (ebird@truman.edu)

Transformational Experiences Task Force – Lou Ann Gilchrist (lcg@truman.edu)

Sincerely,

Karen Vittengl, Chair, Assessment Committee

Doug Davenport, Chair, HLC Leadership Team