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Jason White

Jason White
Centennial Hall 143
660.785.4864
jwhite@truman.edu

Position: Head Academic Advisor

Hometown: Carthage, Illinois

Education: M.S. College Student Personnel, Western Illinois University, B.S. Health Education and Promotion, Western Illinois University

Career Path: (since age 14) Newspaper Deliverer, Grocery Clerk, Waiter, Forestry Intern, Dog Trainer, Produce Manager, Substitute Teacher, Advertising Salesperson, Apartment Complex Manager, Conference & Hospitality Intern, Teaching Assistant, Graduate Assistant, Academic Advisor 

Interesting Fact: I was an accident and the youngest child of six, but I’m more alive than all of them.

Personal Quote: Experience the journey not the destination.

Hobbies: traveling, dog training, hiking, camping, fishing, jogging, swimming, scuba diving, landscaping/gardening, computer gaming (strategic/fantasy/fighting/role playing), watching movies (thriller, sci-fi, & action), researching genealogy and meditating

Family: My twelve year-old and two chocolate labs keep my partner and I very busy.

Position: Academic Advisor

Hometown: Tucson, Arizona

Education: MA in Education from Truman State University- 1979 and BS in Education from the University of Arizona - 1973

Career Path:

  • After two years of college I worked as a traveling salesman for 4 months and hated every minute of it.  It helped me decide what I didn’t want to do for a career.
  • Served in the U.S. Army from 1968-1970, 17 months of which was in Vietnam
  • Worked as a data technician at an airbase in New Mexico for a company that did missile testing/research for the U.S. government.
  • Taught middle school for 25 years and coached basketball for 12 of those years.

Interesting Fact: I worked in a “hippie” leather shop in Tucson, Arizona in 1974.

Favorite Quotes: "A little thing is a little thing, but faithfulness in a little thing is a big thing." - Hudson Taylor
"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep, to gain that which he cannot lose." - Jim Elliott

Hobbies: I enjoy sports, reading, Bible study and doing “minor remodeling” projects when there is time.

Family:  I am married and have two sons, two wonderful daughter-in-laws and 7 delightful grandchildren.

Other: Member of Missouri Academic Advising Association and Member of the National Academic Advising Association

 

Jim Kelly

Jim Kelly
Centennial Hall 147
660.785.4864
jkelly@truman.edu

Barb Espe
Barb Espe


Centennial Hall 148
660.785.4864
barbespe@truman.edu

 

Position: Academic Advisor

Hometown: Algona, Iowa

Education: BS in Business Administration with Concentrations in Marketing and Management from Truman State University

Career Path: My first career was as a Registered Orthodontic Assistant in Winona, Minnesota. When we moved to Kirksville, I decided to finish my college degree. Upon graduation, I was hired as an academic advisor for business and accounting majors. Presently I advise entering students for all majors at Truman.

Favorite Quote: "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain

Hobbies: playing golf and reading

Position: Academic Advisor

Hometown: Born in Colby, Kansas, grew up in Lawrence, Kansas, but I’ve spent my adult life in Alaska, Oklahoma, and now Missouri.

Education: B.A. in Journalism-Public Relations with a minor in Sociology, M.Ed. in Higher Education Administration University of Oklahoma

Career Path:

Favorite Quote: “An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding” – Robert Louis Stevenson

Hobbies: Traveling! Also, watching movies, eating, and discovering new bands/solo artists before they become famous.

Erin Case
 


Centennial Hall 146
660.785.4864
ecase@truman.edu

 

Shanna "Veeve" Holtz
 


Centennial Hall 145
660.785.4864
veeveh@truman.edu

 

Position: Academic Advisor

Hometown: Colorado Springs, CO/East St. Louis, IL

Education: B.S. Mass Media Communications; Oral Roberts University, Tulsa OK

Career Path: Freelance Reporter, Web Design Editor, News Director, High School Substitute Teacher, and currently RCP Academic Advisor/S.E.E. Coordinator

Favorite Quote: A wise man gets more use out of his enemies than a fool gets out of his friends” –Baltasar Gracian

Hobbies: Music, Reading, Writing, and Sports