{"id":6861,"date":"2022-02-11T15:14:24","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T20:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/?p=6861"},"modified":"2022-02-11T15:14:24","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T20:14:24","slug":"governor-hosts-higher-ed-roundtable-at-mu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/2022\/02\/11\/governor-hosts-higher-ed-roundtable-at-mu\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor hosts higher ed roundtable at MU"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Governors_Roundtable-1-scaled-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Governors_Roundtable-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of President Choi (center left) and Governor Mike Parson (center right) in NextGen for the roundtable discussion\" class=\"wp-image-6862\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a busy morning at the Roy Blunt NextGen Precision Health building. I was happy to welcome Governor Mike Parson \u2014 and more than 20 of Missouri\u2019s elected officials and education leaders \u2014 for a roundtable discussion on building the workforce of tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Governor Parson reiterated his bold vision for higher education and encouraged us to continue finding collaborative solutions to the problems facing Missourians. I highlighted a few of the many ways we deliver for citizens, including our push for rural broadband coverage, our dual-enrollment program with Moberly Area Community College and the incredible work of the University of Missouri Research Reactor (currently the only U.S. supplier of five life-saving radiopharmaceutical isotopes used in cancer and cardiac drugs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Governors_Roundtable-4-scaled-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Governors_Roundtable-4-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of President Choi presenting a Mizzou Football helmet to Governor Parson\" class=\"wp-image-6863\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After concluding the group discussion (and before the Governor toured NextGen) I presented him with a Mizzou Football helmet from the Armed Forces Bowl in appreciation of his support and his service as a veteran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s essential that we\u2019re good stewards of state support and create more opportunities for our citizens. It\u2019s a responsibility we don\u2019t take lightly. A recent report noted that taxpayer investment in Mizzou results in a $5 billion return for the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I want to again thank Governor Parson, and our many partners throughout Missouri, for helping us prepare the next generation for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Mun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a busy morning at the Roy Blunt NextGen Precision Health building. I was happy to welcome Governor Mike Parson \u2014 and more than 20 of Missouri\u2019s elected officials and education leaders \u2014 for a roundtable discussion on building the workforce of tomorrow. Governor Parson reiterated his bold vision for higher education and encouraged [&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-6861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6861","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=6861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6861\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}