The Bulldog Party is a student society at Truman State University. The Bulldog Party's mission statement is to "works towards securing a student voice and student empowerment with the guidance of the student body. The Bulldog Party values are defined as: Improving conditions of the students to make authorized decisions; and Ensuring and securing a student voice." The Bulldog Party in it's current incarnation was formed January 24, 1999 in a meeting of ten individuals organized by then Truman State University students Christopher Ross and Keith Ziegelman.