{"id":7477,"date":"2022-09-08T12:13:51","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T17:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/?p=7477"},"modified":"2022-09-08T12:13:51","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T17:13:51","slug":"accelerating-graduate-student-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/2022\/09\/08\/accelerating-graduate-student-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"Accelerating graduate student excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/20220830_GradCeremony-056-scaled-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220830_GradCeremony-056-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of Graduate School Dean Jeni Hart, Provost Latha Ramchand, Alaina Wilson (National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow and MU Graduate Student of Distinction) and President Choi at the graduate fellowship reception.\" class=\"wp-image-7478\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Graduate School Dean Jeni Hart, Provost Latha Ramchand, Alaina Wilson (National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow and MU Graduate Student of Distinction) and President Choi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This semester there are nearly 5,800 graduate students at Mizzou, representing all 50 states and more than 60 countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/missouri.edu\/researchpathtosuccess#grad\">To support new, returning and prospective students<\/a>, the Graduate School is expanding resources, including year-round&nbsp;fellowship application assistance and advising opportunities before key&nbsp;award&nbsp;deadlines (such&nbsp;as&nbsp;the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gradschool.missouri.edu\/funding\/external-fellowships\/national-science-foundations-graduate-research-fellowship-program-grfp\/\">National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship<\/a>&nbsp;due&nbsp;in October). There are also <a href=\"https:\/\/gradschool.missouri.edu\/grad-essentials\/\">events<\/a>&nbsp;for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows pursuing a <a href=\"http:\/\/calendar.missouri.edu\/event\/webinar_nuts_and_bolts_of_the_fulbright\">Fulbright<\/a> and other external funding programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, we\u2019re creating more ways to applaud excellence and build a welcoming community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At a recent reception, we celebrated&nbsp;graduate&nbsp;students who earned competitive MU and external fellowships. We also honored a select group known as \u201cMU Graduate Students of Distinction\u201d for receiving highly-prestigious external fellowships and awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Graduate students are a key part of our research enterprise. We\u2019re investing in what they need to make an impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Mun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This semester there are nearly 5,800 graduate students at Mizzou, representing all 50 states and more than 60 countries. To support new, returning and prospective students, the Graduate School is expanding resources, including year-round&nbsp;fellowship application assistance and advising opportunities before key&nbsp;award&nbsp;deadlines (such&nbsp;as&nbsp;the&nbsp;National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship&nbsp;due&nbsp;in October). There are also events&nbsp;for graduate students and [&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-7477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7477","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=7477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7477\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}