Truman faculty and students were on hand at the 2006 President's Luncheon when it was announced that Truman student Jesse Bohlmeyer was selected as the 2006 Missouri Graduate Student of the Year by the Missouri Speech-Language-Hearing Association awards committee. This marks the second year in a row that a Truman student has won the award and the fourth time in the last ten years.

Jesse had presented a poster session about a previous research project at the 2005 convention. He obtained his undergraduate degree from Truman as well, and graduated from the master's progam in May, 2006.