{"id":9229,"date":"2023-11-03T12:08:19","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T17:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/?p=9229"},"modified":"2023-11-03T12:08:19","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T17:08:19","slug":"committed-to-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/2023\/11\/03\/committed-to-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Committed to community\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/mun_blog_11.3-scaled-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/mun_blog_11.3-1024x647.jpg\" alt=\"President Choi (center) with leaders from the Alliance of Missouri Community Foundations. \" class=\"wp-image-9230\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5826893353941267;width:310px;height:auto\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Choi (center) with leaders from the Alliance of Missouri Community Foundations.&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This week, we welcomed members of the Alliance of Missouri Community Foundations for a gathering at the Reynolds Alumni Center. The Alliance acts as a resource for regional community foundations throughout the state to offer assistance, spark collaboration and make Missouri a better place. We were also joined by eight outstanding Mizzou students who received scholarships from the community foundations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MU shares the Alliance\u2019s commitment to service, and I appreciated the opportunity to highlight our incredible impact, including a record graduation rate (76%) and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/a-focus-on-missouris-youth\/\" target=\"_blank\">Extension\u2019s presence in each Missouri county<\/a>. We also discussed important topics that connect with our land-grant mission, such as improving rural health care and providing the best education for Missouri students. After the meeting, attendees had a chance to tour the MU Research Reactor and learn more about our role as a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/breaking-ground-on-murrs-future\/\" target=\"_blank\">leading producer of lifesaving radioisotopes<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Working with community partners helps us create meaningful change for all Missourians. I enjoyed meeting the Alliance\u2019s dedicated members, and I am grateful for their generous support of Mizzou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Mun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, we welcomed members of the Alliance of Missouri Community Foundations for a gathering at the Reynolds Alumni Center. The Alliance acts as a resource for regional community foundations throughout the state to offer assistance, spark collaboration and make Missouri a better place.<\/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-9229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9229","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=9229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9229\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}