{"id":9105,"date":"2023-10-24T12:53:22","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T17:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/?p=9105"},"modified":"2023-10-24T12:53:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T17:53:22","slug":"best-homecoming-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/2023\/10\/24\/best-homecoming-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Homecoming ever"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-medium is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/2023-Homecoming-1-scaled-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-Homecoming-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"A combined photo of (left) Homecoming Tri-Directors Adela Keller, Jonathan Jain and Annie Watson. (Right) Christian Hall and Josie Johnson, Homecoming King and Queen.\" class=\"wp-image-9106\" style=\"width:264px;height:180px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Left) Homecoming Tri-Directors Adela Keller, Jonathan Jain and Annie Watson. (Right) Christian Hall and Josie Johnson, Homecoming King and Queen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We just finished another unforgettable Homecoming weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I appreciate the hard work of Tri-Directors Jonathan Jain, Adela Keller and Annie Watson along with all students on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mizzou.com\/s\/1002\/alumni\/19\/interior.aspx?sid=1002&amp;gid=1001&amp;sitebuilder=1&amp;pgid=10482\">the Steering Committee<\/a>. I also want to congratulate Christian Hall and Josie Johnson, MU\u2019s 2023 Homecoming King and Queen, as well as the three outstanding alumni we welcomed into the Mizzou Hall of Fame:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-medium is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/2023-Homecoming-2-edited-scaled-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-Homecoming-2-edited-1-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"Homecoming Royalty and Steering Committee members with Mizzou Hall of Fame inductees.\" class=\"wp-image-9125\" style=\"width:264px;height:164px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Homecoming Royalty candidates and Steering Committee members with Mizzou Hall of Fame inductees.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2022<\/strong> Margaret Holt, B.J. \u201973, retired standards editor for the Chicago Tribune.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2022<\/strong> Sara Parker Pauley, B.J. \u201987, J.D. \u201993, director of the Missouri Department of Conservation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2022<\/strong> Rodger O. Riney, B.S. C.I.E. \u201968, M.B.A. \u201969, founder of Scottrade, Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-medium is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/2023-Homecoming-3-scaled-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-Homecoming-3-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"A combined photo of (left) Brady Cook. (Right) Mizzou Football defeated South Carolina in front of a sellout crowd.\" class=\"wp-image-9107\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:264px;height:177px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Left) Brady Cook. (Right) Mizzou Football defeated South Carolina in front of a sellout crowd.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On Saturday, Mizzou Football won big over the University of South Carolina. Congratulations to the team, as well as to Coach Drinkwitz, the coaching staff and Athletic Director Desiree Reed-Francois. Mizzou Football now has an impressive 7-1 record and is ranked #16 in the country. Georgia, here we come!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I want to again thank our Mizzou alumni and students for making this the best Homecoming ever!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Mun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We just finished another unforgettable Homecoming weekend.<\/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-9105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9105","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=9105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9105\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}