Published on Aug. 14, 2018

Updated on Feb. 27, 2020

Aug. 14, 2018

Dear Mizzou community,

With move-in day and the First Roar Kickoff tomorrow, I want to welcome all of our new students to the Tiger family. Along with our current students, faculty and staff, you are continuing to make our university and our community stronger. As we prepare for another extraordinary year at the university, I encourage everyone to take advantage of the many opportunities Mizzou offers, both on and off campus. I also encourage you to always keep our core values top of mind: Respect for our citizens and our wonderful community; Responsibility for the continued well-being of all Tigers and the many communities we serve here and abroad; Discovery in your pursuit of research, innovation and creativity; and Excellence in everything that you do.

I want to invite you to join me at my one-year address, University for Missouri: Where People Meet Possibilities, at 10 a.m. next Wednesday, Aug. 22 in the MU Student Center. I’m looking forward to talking about the many extraordinary things that we’ve done and our exciting plans for the future. And if you can’t attend, you can tune into the address via livestream.

I look forward to sharing with you all the many ways Mizzou is (and can continue to be) the University for Missouri.

Alexander N. Cartwright, Ph.D.
Chancellor
University of Missouri

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