{"id":8928,"date":"2023-09-19T09:04:19","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T14:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/?p=8928"},"modified":"2023-09-19T09:04:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T14:04:19","slug":"dedicating-the-stephens-indoor-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/2023\/09\/19\/dedicating-the-stephens-indoor-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"Dedicating the Stephens Indoor Facility\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/SMS_2593-min-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Athletic Director Desiree Reed-Francois addresses the crowd at the Stephens Indoor Facility dedication.\" class=\"wp-image-8929\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Athletic Director Desiree Reed-Francois addresses the crowd at the Stephens Indoor Facility dedication (photo courtesy of Schaefer Photography).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, I attended our dedication ceremony for the Stephens Indoor Facility. Around 150 supporters were on hand to celebrate, including Brad and Rachel Stephens and their family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This spectacular facility sends a strong message across Missouri and the nation: We\u2019re building a championship culture here at Mizzou. Tigers past and present can be proud of what we\u2019ve accomplished, and we\u2019re already <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/mutigers.com\/news\/2023\/9\/16\/football-upsets-no-15-k-state-on-mevis-61-yard-field-goal.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">seeing the results<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I want to again recognize Brad and Rachel Stephens for their leadership. I\u2019m also thankful to the University of Missouri Board of Curators and all who supported this facility, as well Athletic Director Reed-Francois, Coach Drinkwitz and our incredible student-athletes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I can\u2019t wait to see what we achieve next. M-I-Z!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Mun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, I attended our dedication ceremony for the Stephens Indoor Facility. Around 150 supporters were on hand to celebrate, including Brad and Rachel Stephens and their family. This spectacular facility sends a strong message across Missouri and the nation: We\u2019re building a championship culture here at Mizzou. Tigers past and present can be proud [&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-8928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8928","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=8928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8928\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}