Employees share why they love working at Mizzou

It’s Staff Recognition Week at the University of Missouri. To celebrate, 10 Tigers explain why they love their job.

Contact: Deidra Ashley, ashleyde@missouri.edu
Photos by Hanna Caldwell

Elijah Cason

Groundskeeper, Landscape Services
Time at Mizzou: 1 month
Why I love working at Mizzou: The people are nice, and I like working outside. We also get great benefits.

Je-Kook Chung

Program/project coordinator, Asian Affairs Center
Years at Mizzou: 10
Why I love working at Mizzou: The environment is flexible, and I meet lots of new scholars, college students and their families. I love staying in touch with Mizzou alumni from Korea, China, Vietnam and Japan.

Heiddi Davis

Director of business administration, Division of Finance Administration
Years at Mizzou: 23
Why I love working at Mizzou: The variety of what our campus has to offer. I run into someone different every day, and everyone I meet is doing amazing things.

Nahomi Gonzalez

Student employee, TRiO Student Support Services
Years at Mizzou: 4
Why I love working at Mizzou: I love working with students and creating a community on campus for traditionally underserved students.

Brittany Hilderbrand

Strategic communications associate II, Internal Communications DoIT
Years at Mizzou: 2
Why I love working at Mizzou: Meeting different people, learning new things and the opportunity to inspire students around us.

Kimberly Moeller

Librarian, Library Research and Information Services
Years at Mizzou: 10
Why I love working at Mizzou: My colleagues — we are like a family. We care about the students and faculty we support, and we also support each other.

Harmeet Singh

Graduate research assistant, Plant, Insect and Microbial Science
Years at Mizzou: 2
Why I love working at Mizzou: I like the diversity, and the campus is very beautiful. The people are friendly, and there are lots of campus engagement activities.

LeAnn Stroupe

Student service coordinator, Center for Academic Success and Excellence (CASE)
Years at Mizzou: 30
Why I love working at Mizzou: We are engaged in students and invested in them. We impact their lives and make a difference while they are here as Tigers.

Evan White

Student support specialist, Student Success Center
Years at Mizzou: 4
Why I love working at Mizzou: I love the staff I get to work with and how dedicated we are to our students’ success holistically. This is my first ever job in higher ed, and it’s a great way to help young adults get where they need to go.

Cameron Wischnowski

Ticket sales associate, Mizzou Athletics
Time at Mizzou: 10 months
Why I love working at Mizzou: The community in the Athletics Department — and the opportunity to work with employees and fans. Being in Columbia is nice, and the Mizzou campus and sports facilities are beautiful.

Story written by Sarah Salmons

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