{"id":6190,"date":"2021-05-14T08:19:11","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T13:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/?p=6190"},"modified":"2021-05-14T08:19:11","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T13:19:11","slug":"congratulations-class-of-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/2021\/05\/14\/congratulations-class-of-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations Class of 2021!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft wp-image-6191 size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Alonso-300x281.png\" alt=\"A photo of Jordi Alonso and his dog Frida\" class=\"wp-image-6191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Alonso-300x281.png 300w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Alonso-1024x961.png 1024w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Alonso-768x721.png 768w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Alonso-1536x1441.png 1536w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Alonso-2048x1922.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jordi Alonso and Frida celebrate together. (Photo by Mario Alonso.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Between last weekend and this weekend, we are celebrating more than 5,500 graduating students during our 2021 commencement ceremonies. That\u2019s remarkable! There\u2019s no better way to jump start this weeklong celebration than hosting two of our beloved traditions: Tiger Prowl and Senior Sendoff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On May 7, Class of 2021 students (and many of their four-legged friends) gathered on Francis Quadrangle for photos and a final run through the Columns \u2014 symbolically entering the world as Tiger alumni. English PhD candidate Jordi Alonso joined his parents and his dog, Frida, to honor this moment. Jordi and Frida dressed in matching caps and gowns for the occasion and crossed through the Columns together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright wp-image-6192 size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Tiger-Prowl-300x182.jpeg\" alt=\"A photo of Ashley Rolf and other students running for Tiger Prowl\" class=\"wp-image-6192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Tiger-Prowl-300x182.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Tiger-Prowl-1024x620.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Tiger-Prowl-768x465.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Tiger-Prowl.jpeg 1377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ashley Rolf (in yellow) and other students run toward the Columns.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Another student, Ashley Rolf, who will graduate next December with a degree in information technology, is one of four Tigers in her family. She\u2019s thrilled to follow in their footsteps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s so inspiring to see all of our Tigers carry their hard work, success and excellence into the next chapter of their lives. Congratulations again to our Class of 2021. I can\u2019t wait to see what you accomplish next!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Mun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Between last weekend and this weekend, we are celebrating more than 5,500 graduating students during our 2021 commencement ceremonies. That\u2019s remarkable! There\u2019s no better way to jump start this weeklong celebration than hosting two of our beloved traditions: Tiger Prowl and Senior Sendoff. On May 7, Class of 2021 students (and many of their four-legged [&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-6190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6190","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=6190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6190\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}