{"id":11138,"date":"2025-01-29T12:14:43","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T17:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/?p=11138"},"modified":"2025-01-29T12:14:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T17:14:43","slug":"cafnr-graduate-recognized-at-state-of-the-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/2025\/01\/29\/cafnr-graduate-recognized-at-state-of-the-state\/","title":{"rendered":"CAFNR graduate recognized at State of the State"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/State-of-State-2-scaled-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/State-of-State-2-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Gov. Mike Kehoe delivering the 2025 State of the State address.\" class=\"wp-image-11139\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/State-of-State-2-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/State-of-State-2-scaled-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/State-of-State-2-scaled-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/State-of-State-2-scaled-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/State-of-State-2-scaled-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/State-of-State-2-scaled-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I was honored to attend Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe\u2019s first State of the State address and to hear him especially acknowledge a recent Mizzou alumna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gov. Kehoe recognized Addie Thessen, a 2024 CAFNR graduate with a degree in plant sciences with an emphasis in crop management. Addie is from Taos, Missouri and from an early age pursued her interest in agriculture, including through FFA and <a href=\"https:\/\/extension.missouri.edu\/programs\/missouri-4-h\">Missouri 4-H<\/a> (an MU Extension program). Using her Mizzou degree, Addie now works on her family farm and in precision agriculture \u2013 advancing innovations that benefit local producers. Gov. Kehoe included her among the next generation of Missouri\u2019s agricultural leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/Addy-thessen-1024x683-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/Addy-thessen-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"Addie Thessen\" class=\"wp-image-11140\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/Addy-thessen-1024x683-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/Addy-thessen-1024x683-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/Addy-thessen-1024x683-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Addie Thessen (Photo courtesy of Addie Thessen)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As the state\u2019s flagship, land-grant university, it\u2019s our mission to prepare Tigers like Addie to make a difference. We share Gov. Kehoe\u2019s support for agriculture \u2013 as well as workforce development and securing a strong future for Missouri. We\u2019re proud to work alongside Gov. Kehoe and all our state\u2019s elected officials to impact each Missouri community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Mun<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was honored to attend Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe\u2019s first State of the State address and to hear him especially acknowledge a recent Mizzou graduate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11138\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}