{"id":12835,"date":"2026-05-12T10:27:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T15:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/?p=12835"},"modified":"2026-05-12T10:27:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T15:27:58","slug":"congratulating-our-newest-tiger-alumni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/2026\/05\/12\/congratulating-our-newest-tiger-alumni\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulating our newest Tiger alumni!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Hannah<\/a>
Hannah Weaver, a Mizzou Honors student graduating with a degree in textile & apparel management, during the 2026 Chancellor\u2019s Arts Showcase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This week, we recognize the remarkable accomplishments of Mizzou\u2019s Class of 2026 during 16 spring commencement ceremonies. Earning a Mizzou degree shows the hard work and dedication of our\u00a0nearly 6,000\u00a0graduates this semester who together earned 4,737 bachelor\u2019s degrees, 1,020 master\u2019s degrees, 454 professional degrees, 207 doctoral degrees and 14 education specialist degrees. I am proud to celebrate the success of these incredible Tigers alongside their family and friends, as well as the many faculty and staff who mentored them along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among our outstanding graduates is Hannah Weaver, a\u00a0textile & apparel management<\/a> major and Honors College student. Hannah comes from a long legacy of accomplished Mizzou supporters and alumni. She is the great-granddaughter of John Carrier Weaver, who served as University of Missouri System president from 1966-70. Her grandmother, Karen Weaver (BS Ed \u201971), is an alumna and married to two-time Mizzou alumnus Tom Weaver (BS BA \u201972, MBA \u201973).\u00a0Karen\u2019s father, Charles Koelling (M Ed \u201953,\u00a0EdD \u201958), was a professor and associate dean in the College of Education and her mother, Bettie, worked in the School of Journalism\u2019s dean\u2019s office. Hannah\u2019s rich family\u00a0history\u00a0shows the power of a Mizzou education to change lives and help our alumni make a difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New grads like Hannah are leaders who leave Mizzou prepared to achieve success. More than 95% launch a great career, continue to graduate school, join the military or take on important service roles within six months of graduation. They also join more than 372,000 alumni who are ready to support their continued growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Join me in congratulating the newest members of our alumni community!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Mun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week, we recognize the remarkable accomplishments of Mizzou\u2019s Class of 2026 during 16 spring commencement ceremonies. Earning a Mizzou degree shows the hard work and dedication of our\u00a0nearly 6,000\u00a0graduates this semester who together earned 4,737 bachelor\u2019s degrees, 1,020 master\u2019s degrees, 454 professional degrees, 207 doctoral degrees and 14 education specialist degrees.<\/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-12835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12835","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=12835"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12842,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12835\/revisions\/12842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}