June 16, 2026
Contact: Stephanie Fleming, sfleming@missouri.edu
WHAT:
The University of Missouri will host a grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate a new location in Springfield, including the School of Medicine Springfield Campus, a full four-year regional medical school that will allow students to spend the duration of their medical education in southwest Missouri.
WHEN:
Wednesday, June 24
4 p.m. remarks and ribbon cutting
4:30 p.m. media availability
WHERE:
University of Missouri Springfield Building
3737 E. Battlefield Road
Springfield, MO 65809
WHO:
• Richard Barohn, executive vice chancellor of health affairs and the Hugh E. and Sarah D. Stephenson Dean, University of Missouri School of Medicine
• Mun Choi, University of Missouri president
• Todd Graves, University of Missouri Board of Curators chair
• Lincoln Hough, Missouri state senator
• Nicole Walker, third-year medical student at Mizzou
• David Haustein, associate dean for the Springfield Campus
