{"id":8065,"date":"2023-04-04T08:45:24","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T13:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/?p=8065"},"modified":"2023-04-04T08:45:24","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T13:45:24","slug":"serving-missouri-with-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/2023\/04\/04\/serving-missouri-with-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Serving Missouri with Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/MU-for-You-Jayla-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/MU-for-You-Jayla-scaled-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of Jody Squires, Chad Higgins, Jayla Smith, Alison Copeland and President Choi.\" class=\"wp-image-8066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/MU-for-You-Jayla-scaled-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/MU-for-You-Jayla-scaled-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/MU-for-You-Jayla-scaled-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/MU-for-You-Jayla-scaled-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/MU-for-You-Jayla-scaled-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Left to right) Jody Squires (interim director of off campus operations &amp; regional director), Chad Higgins (interim vice chancellor for extension and engagement &amp; interim chief engagement officer), Jayla Smith (40 years of service from Daviess County), Alison Copeland (deputy chief engagement officer) and President Choi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>All 114 Missouri counties (and St. Louis) were represented at Extension\u2019s MU for You conference. The high-energy gathering was the first since 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 200 Extension council members and staff traveled to Columbia to share ideas, participate in workshops and tour MU\u2019s campus. It was also a chance to listen and learn how we can better serve all Missourians. I was pleased to attend and congratulate Extension members receiving awards for decades of service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Council members are locally elected and serve as a bridge between their communities and MU. They work every day to maximize Extension\u2019s impact throughout the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/MU-for-You-Anita-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/MU-for-You-Anita-scaled-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of Jody Squires, Chad Higgins, Anita Brace, Alison Copeland and President Choi\" class=\"wp-image-8067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/MU-for-You-Anita-scaled-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/MU-for-You-Anita-scaled-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/MU-for-You-Anita-scaled-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/MU-for-You-Anita-scaled-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/MU-for-You-Anita-scaled-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Center) Anita Brace (29 years of service from Warren County).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We are a land-grant university with a focus on teaching, research and service that makes a difference. Extension is central to how we fulfill that mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I am grateful for their important work.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Mun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All 114 Missouri counties (and St. Louis) were represented at Extension\u2019s MU for You conference. The high-energy gathering was the first since 2019. More than 200 Extension council members and staff traveled to Columbia to share ideas, participate in workshops and tour MU\u2019s campus. It was also a chance to listen and learn how we [&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-8065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8065","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=8065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8065\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}