{"id":13488,"date":"2026-08-31T08:53:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T13:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/?p=13488"},"modified":"2026-08-31T09:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T14:30:11","slug":"tigers-get-involved-to-make-a-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/2026\/08\/31\/tigers-get-involved-to-make-a-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigers\u00a0get\u00a0involved\u00a0to\u00a0make\u00a0a difference\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The MU Chapter of the Soil and Water Conservation Society at the University of Missouri Ashland Wildlife Research Area.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Last week, we welcomed more than 9,000 new students<\/a> to campus. As the Fall semester begins,\u00a0the Mizzou community is\u00a0ready to support their success\u00a0by\u00a0creating opportunities\u00a0for\u00a0all Tigers to get\u00a0involved\u00a0and start the year off\u00a0strong.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today marks the beginning of Involvement Week<\/a>, highlighting over 650 recognized student organizations<\/a> and opportunities to join fraternity and sorority life, club sports or another organization for students to explore<\/a>. Across events including today\u2019s Get Involved Fair<\/a>, tomorrow\u2019s Volunteer Fair<\/a> and next week\u2019s Study Abroad Fair<\/a>, Tigers connect with each other and learn through hands-on experiences and meaningful engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mizzou is also a leader in undergraduate research<\/a> opportunities, where students work alongside our world-class faculty to make a difference through discovery. Programs such as BioFLARE<\/a> and Freshmen Research in Plants<\/a> engage students in groundbreaking innovations and train a new generation to lead their fields. Mizzou\u2019s Office of Undergraduate Research<\/a> is ready to offer research support and mentorship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We also prepare Tigers to compete for the nation’s top research honors. Through the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) Sprint<\/a>, offered by our Office of Global and National Fellowships<\/a>, students strengthen their applications for the prestigious NSF GRFP and position themselves for success in graduate school and as researchers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Mizzou, there are countless ways for students to get involved and develop the connections and skills they need to achieve excellence. I can’t wait to see what our Tigers achieve this semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Last week, we welcomed more than 31,600 students to campus. As the Fall semester begins,\u00a0the Mizzou community is\u00a0ready to support their success\u00a0by\u00a0creating opportunities\u00a0for\u00a0all Tigers to get\u00a0involved\u00a0and start the year off\u00a0strong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"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-13488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13488","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\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13488"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13508,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13488\/revisions\/13508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}