Danielle Elizabeth Schallom
Danielle (Danie) Schallom
is in her third year at Truman
State University in Kirksville,
Missouri.  She is studying
History, and would like to
someday be a Museum
Curator.  She came with Lynn
to visit me in Yardley, PA.,
and to see Philadelphia.  
Then she came with her whole
family to visit me in NYC.
and Commercial College.

December 29, 1870 Missouri's General Assembly made Baldwin's private
college the First District Normal School, the first Missouri supported institution of
higher education established for the primary purpose of preparing teachers for
public schools.

1995  On June 15, coinciding with the 10th anniversary of the mission change to
a statewide university, Gov. Mel Carnahan signed legislation that changed the
University's name from Northeast Missouri State University to Truman State
University, giving the University a name that complements its statewide mission
and honors the only Missourian to serve as the President of the United States.

The new name, Truman State University, becomes official on July 1, 1996.
Kirksville is a city in Adair County, Missouri, United It is
the county seat of Adair County. Kirksville also anchors
a micropolitan area that is comprised of Adair and
Schuyler counties.

The first permanent settlement in Adair County began
in 1828. Most of the settlers were from Kentucky. This
was twenty-five years after the Louisiana Purchase and
four years after the Sac and Fox Indians surrendered
their claims to the land.

Kirksville is home to three institutions of higher
learning:

* Truman State University, originally the North Missouri
Normal School and Commercial College, and more
recently Northeast Missouri State University.
* A.T. Still University, home of the Kirksville College of
Osteopathic Medicine, the founding osteopathic
medical school. The campus in Kirksville also includes
ATSU's School of Health Management.
* Moberly Area Community College (MACC) operates a
Kirksville campus.
She attended and graduated from Parkway South High School