April 14 2016

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NEWS

SPORTS

FEATURES

University Swingers take second during Heartland Swing Festival

Baseball and softball top GLVC in stolen bases

Truman administrators to close Patterson House next year

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THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2016

EXCELLENCE SINCE 1909

THE UNIVERSITY’S STUDENT-PRODUCED NEWSPAPER

tmn.truman.edu

WITH THE INTERIM

PRESIDENT SUE THOMAS

By Johanna Burns/Assistant News Editor index.newseditor@gmail.com

A: The wonderful thing is that President Paino and I work enormously well together. We’ve worked well together, we will continue to work well together. He is enormously supportive, so what we’ll be doing between now and when he leaves is he has committed to exposing me to everything he can. As the chief academic officer, I’m well aware of all the issues on the academic side of things. I might be less aware of other things that are going on in other kinds of areas, so I’m going to work mostly with him so I am understanding and aware of everything that is going on on campus. What we hope to do is have the transition be as seamless as possible.

Assistant News Editor Johanna Burns sat down with newly appointed Interim President Sue Thomas to discuss her goals for the next academic school year. Q: When did you find out that you were going to be interim president? A: That’s actually an interesting question, because how the process works is when the Board [of Governors] chair asked me about it, I thought about it and then once I decided I wanted to do it, you work out a contract and how all that is going to work. So none of that finished much before all of this happened. That’s an extended process, so it’s hard to say when I really found out. The process doesn’t quite work like that. I did know before Saturday.

Q: Is there anything else you’d like to add?

Q: Is this a position you could see yourself filling permanently in the future? Or is it definitely just an interim position?

Submitted photo University provost Sue Thomas is set to serve as interim president July 1.

A: It’s actually a really fabulous opportunity, for me to do the job and see if it’s right for me and if it’s right for the campus. When you think about it, there are very few opportunities where you get to kind of try on a job before you take it. The president’s job is unlike any other job on campus, so I want to be really certain that if I considered doing this as the “permanent” president, that it’s right for Truman and it’s right for me. I think the reason why [University] president [Troy] Paino has been so successful is he is a wonderful match for Truman

and has been able to do so many fabulous things because of that. So he and I are both very dedicated to public liberal arts and what that means. So I think he was so successful because he was perfect for Truman, and I think Truman deserves someone who is perfect for them to be their president. Q: Moving forward in July, what are some important aspects of that transition you need to be aware of? What would you classify as some of the big issues on campus that you need to be concerned about?

A: It’s surreal, but I’m thrilled, and I’m honored and energized and amazed, and I think together, the entire campus working together is going to do super cool, amazing things. But I think it takes all of us working together, including our board, our parents, our community — everybody. Not just our students and faculty and staff. Truman belongs to all of us, and so we’re at this amazing time when Truman has the opportunity through the Next Step teams and all of that work to really take control of our destiny. For the full story, visit the TMN website, tmn.truman.edu

Photo submitted by Daniel Degenhardt The University Swingers perform their dance routine, which featured 1930s steps and Beyoncé moves, during the Heartland Swing Festival April 2. The Swingers took second place in the competition against other teams from across the Midwest.

University Swingers take second By heather brostrom/staff writer

The Truman State University Swingers took second place April 2 at the Heartland Swing Festival in Des Moines, Iowa. See SWINGERS, page 3

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