{"id":12302,"date":"2025-10-09T09:42:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T14:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/?p=12302"},"modified":"2025-10-09T09:42:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T14:42:38","slug":"flagship-council-marks-20-years-of-supporting-mizzou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/2025\/10\/09\/flagship-council-marks-20-years-of-supporting-mizzou\/","title":{"rendered":"Flagship Council marks 20 years of supporting Mizzou"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/20251006_OP_Flagship-Council-0051.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/20251006_OP_Flagship-Council-0051-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"(Left to right) 1st Vice Chair Gary Smith, Chair-Elect Jason Andrews and President Choi\" class=\"wp-image-12303\" style=\"width:350px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/20251006_OP_Flagship-Council-0051-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/20251006_OP_Flagship-Council-0051-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/20251006_OP_Flagship-Council-0051-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/20251006_OP_Flagship-Council-0051-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/20251006_OP_Flagship-Council-0051-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Left to right) 1<sup>st<\/sup> Vice Chair Gary Smith, Chair-Elect Jason Andrews and President Choi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This week, I was pleased to attend a reception at the Chancellor\u2019s Residence celebrating the 20th anniversary of <a href=\"https:\/\/flagshipcouncil.com\/\">Flagship Council<\/a>. More than 100 guests \u2013 including current and former members, as well as MU administrators and local legislators \u2013 gathered to recognize the group\u2019s remarkable two decades of advocacy for Mizzou\u2019s land-grant mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flagship Council is a private organization <a href=\"https:\/\/showme.missouri.edu\/2024\/alumni-to-the-rescue\/\">founded in 2005<\/a> to communicate the value of Mizzou to state leaders and to help the university achieve excellence. Through their outreach, Flagship Council members have helped realize transformative initiatives, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/bondlsc.missouri.edu\/\">Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/precisionhealth.missouri.edu\/\">Roy Blunt NextGen Precision Health building<\/a>, along with supporting <a href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/2025\/09\/10\/advancing-the-life-saving-mission-of-murr-with-strong-support\/\">growth at MURR<\/a> and the development of <a href=\"https:\/\/nextgenmurr.missouri.edu\/\">NextGen MURR<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their advocacy recently contributed to another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umsystem.edu\/ums\/news\/news_releases\/20250701590014445_news\">record year of state support<\/a>, including key investments in NextGen MURR and Extension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reception brought together many phenomenal Mizzou supporters, including Richard Mendenhall, the first chair of Flagship Council, along with current chair-elect Jason Andrews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flagship Council members are important champions of teaching, research and meaningful engagement on Mizzou\u2019s campus and beyond. I\u2019m grateful for their commitment to the Tiger community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Mun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, I was pleased to attend a reception at the Chancellor\u2019s Residence marking the 20th anniversary of Flagship Council. 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