{"id":12600,"date":"2026-02-17T09:52:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T15:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/?p=12600"},"modified":"2026-02-17T09:52:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T15:52:33","slug":"launching-a-new-way-for-alumni-to-connect-with-mizzou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/2026\/02\/17\/launching-a-new-way-for-alumni-to-connect-with-mizzou\/","title":{"rendered":"Launching a new way for alumni to connect with Mizzou"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/20250905_CB_Advancement-Columns-Jesse-002-edited-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2499\" height=\"1667\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/20250905_CB_Advancement-Columns-Jesse-002-edited-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Columns with &quot;Power the Roar&quot; banners and Jesse Hall in the background\" class=\"wp-image-12604\" style=\"width:350px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/20250905_CB_Advancement-Columns-Jesse-002-edited-1.jpg 2499w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/20250905_CB_Advancement-Columns-Jesse-002-edited-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/20250905_CB_Advancement-Columns-Jesse-002-edited-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/20250905_CB_Advancement-Columns-Jesse-002-edited-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/20250905_CB_Advancement-Columns-Jesse-002-edited-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/20250905_CB_Advancement-Columns-Jesse-002-edited-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2499px) 100vw, 2499px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>No one knows the power of a Mizzou education better than our alumni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Starting today, we\u2019re launching a new way for our more than 372,000 global alumni to stay connected to the Mizzou community \u2013 no matter where they live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each week, I\u2019ll send a brief email message highlighting one notable story that reflects our teaching, research and engagement mission, along with a quick update to keep you informed on the latest at Mizzou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our first message features the story of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/showme.missouri.edu\/2026\/mizzou-alumnus-supports-usa-hockey-at-the-winter-olympics\/\">Kimber Auerbach, M Ed \u201924<\/a>, a Mizzou graduate who serves as a media officer for USA Hockey at the Winter Olympics! All alumni should receive their message shortly. If you\u2019d like to subscribe,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mizzou.com\/s\/1002\/alumni\/19\/interior.aspx?sid=1002&amp;gid=1001&amp;pgid=612&amp;cid=1237&amp;post_id=0&amp;sitebuilder=1&amp;contentbuilder=1\">please reach out to the Mizzou Alumni Association<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are so many ways our incredible students, faculty and staff make a difference in our state and nation \u2013 and our alumni serve as industry leaders around the world. I\u2019m thankful for your support, and I\u2019m thrilled to share my pride and gratitude with you every week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>M-I-Z!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Mun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re launching a new way for our more than 372,000 global alumni to stay connected to the Mizzou community \u2013 no matter where they live.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12600","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=12600"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12608,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12600\/revisions\/12608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}