{"id":8294,"date":"2023-04-21T14:56:49","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T19:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/?p=8294"},"modified":"2023-04-21T14:56:49","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T19:56:49","slug":"a-friend-to-all-remembering-harlan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/2023\/04\/21\/a-friend-to-all-remembering-harlan\/","title":{"rendered":"A friend to all: remembering Harlan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Harlan-dedication-2-edited-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"A photo of Luna (Harlan\u2019s niece), Cris and Linda Wood, President Choi, outgoing MSA President Josiah Mendoza and MSA Vice President Molly Miller with the bench dedicated to Harlan.\" class=\"wp-image-8302\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Left to right) Luna (Harlan\u2019s niece), Cris and Linda Wood, President Choi, outgoing MSA President Josiah Mendoza and MSA Vice President Molly Miller with the bench dedicated to Harlan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A large crowd&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;including many dogs&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;gathered in Peace Park to dedicate a white bench in memory of Harlan, the beloved Great Pyrenees who passed away in February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was joined by Harlan\u2019s owners, Cris and Linda Wood, as well as outgoing Missouri Students Association President Josiah Mendoza and Vice President Molly Miller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20200813_ChoiFormal_08_calim_toned-2-edited-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of President Choi with Harlan.\" class=\"wp-image-8300\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Choi with Harlan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I met Harlan when I first arrived at MU and always enjoyed his friendly greetings. It was moving to hear the joy he brought to so many others. After Harlan died, students wanted something iconic to remember him on campus. This tribute invites all walking by to recall his warmth and kindness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I want to thank Josiah, Molly and MSA for making this tribute possible, as well as Cris and Linda for sharing Harlan with our community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Mun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A large crowd \u2014 including many dogs \u2014 gathered in Peace Park to dedicate a white bench in memory of Harlan, the beloved Great Pyrenees who passed away in February.<\/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-8294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8294","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=8294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8294\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}