{"id":7308,"date":"2022-06-27T11:07:52","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T16:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/?p=7308"},"modified":"2022-06-27T11:07:52","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T16:07:52","slug":"mizzou-hosts-gifted-high-school-scholars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/2022\/06\/27\/mizzou-hosts-gifted-high-school-scholars\/","title":{"rendered":"Mizzou hosts gifted high school scholars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/22.6.27-MSA-Blog-Post-photo-3-scaled-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/22.6.27-MSA-Blog-Post-photo-3-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of Keynote speaker Dr. Erika Michalski joined by her family and her Mizzou mentors from her undergraduate time at MU.\" class=\"wp-image-7320\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Keynote speaker Dr. Erika Michalski (middle of front row) joined her family and her Mizzou mentors from her undergraduate time at MU.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I enjoyed speaking with nearly 300 of our state\u2019s most talented high school students \u2013 and the educators who inspire them \u2013 as part of Teacher Appreciation Day at the Missouri Scholars Acade<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">my.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Every summer, our campus welcomes gifted, rising juniors from across Missouri for the Academy. Over three weeks, scholars select a \u201cmajor\u201d (courses such as Making Beautiful Mathematics and the Nature of Creativity), attend guest lectures, and participate in thought-provoking discussions.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Founded in 1985 and supported by the Missouri Legislature, the Academy is an important way we serve some of our state\u2019s brightest. It also introduces a new generation to Mizzou.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It was great meeting <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">so<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">me of tomorrow\u2019<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s Tigers.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2014&nbsp; Mun<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I enjoyed speaking with nearly 300 of our state\u2019s most talented high school students \u2013 and the educators who inspire them \u2013 as part of Teacher Appreciation Day at the Missouri Scholars Academy.&nbsp; Every summer, our campus welcomes gifted, rising juniors from across Missouri for the Academy. Over three weeks, scholars select a \u201cmajor\u201d (courses [&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-7308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7308","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=7308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7308\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}