Notable Alumni

Will Forte is an American actor, writer, and comedian. He is most famous for his involvement with Saturday Night Live and has also appeared in numerous movies such as Beerfest and Around the World in 80 Days. Forte currently serves on the Board of Directors of the National Policy and Advocacy Council on Homelessness.

Powers Boothe is an American television and film actor most famous for his Emmy-winning 1980 portrayal of Jim Jones and Cy Tolliver on the HBO series Deadwood. He attended Texas State University in San Marcos as an undergraduate and later received his Master of Fine Arts from Southern Methodist University in Dallas in 1972. Booth was also a special guest star on the tv series 24, where he played Vice President Noah Daniels.

Neal is an American pop opera singer that was the 2008 winner of America's Got Talent. He studied speech communications, political science, and music at Southeast Missouri State University and later at the University of Missouri-- Columbia. He released his first album My American Dream in June 2009.

Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States. Truman was the only president who served after 1897 not to earn a college degree. However, he studied for a law degree at the University of Missouri-Kansas City in the early '20s. Many American historians consider Truman to be one of the greatest U.S. Presidents.

Chris Klein is an American movie actor most known for playing Chris "Oz" Ostericher in American Pie. He attended Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas where he studied theatre. Recently, Klein has appeared in films such as Just Friends and Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li.