{"id":5962,"date":"2021-03-19T15:44:10","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T20:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/?p=5962"},"modified":"2021-03-19T15:44:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T20:44:10","slug":"discussing-excellence-with-our-alumni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/2021\/03\/19\/discussing-excellence-with-our-alumni\/","title":{"rendered":"Discussing excellence with our alumni"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"254\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-19-at-9.25.06-AM-254x300.png\" alt=\"A flyer promoting President Mun Choi's participation in MIZZOU LEADS.\" class=\"wp-image-5964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-19-at-9.25.06-AM-254x300.png 254w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-19-at-9.25.06-AM.png 306w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Last night, I participated in the Mizzou Alumni Association\u2019s virtual<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/alumlc.org\/missouri\/6527\">MIZ Talks<\/a><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>alongside Associate Vice Chancellor for Alumni Relations Todd McCubbin. Todd and I were joined by alumni from around the world, with the event being viewed more than 800 times so far.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Throughout the conversation and live Q&amp;A, we discussed the importance of Mizzou\u2019s land-grant mission; our progress throughout the pandemic; our work toward a safe, full in-person return in the fall; and upcoming plans for our commencement celebrations. We also shared our excitement for tomorrow\u2019s NCAA tournament game that I\u2019ll be attending, and I even had the chance to talk about racing my moped against the Mizzou helmet car! That race will be in the fall, during one of our football games.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>From this conversation and more, it\u2019s clear to me how committed our alumni are to supporting Mizzou and growing our excellence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Mun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, I participated in the Mizzou Alumni Association\u2019s virtual&nbsp;MIZ Talks&nbsp;alongside Associate Vice Chancellor for Alumni Relations Todd McCubbin. Todd and I were joined by alumni from around the world, with the event being viewed more than 800 times so far. Throughout the conversation and live Q&amp;A, we discussed the importance of Mizzou\u2019s land-grant mission; [&hellip;]<\/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-5962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5962","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=5962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5962\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}