Accolades // Show Me Mizzou // University of Missouri

Roee Darr playing keyboard, chess and in a white doctors coat

May 12, 2025

Roee Dar found family, purpose and harmony at Mizzou’s School of Medicine

Through patient-based learning, music and service, the future pediatrician built a foundation rooted in connection and care.

May 12, 2025

Law school graduate delivers her verdict on a legal education

For Hope Adamson, Mizzou Law was more than casebooks. Here, she found community, clinics and courtroom experience.

May 12, 2025

From first-gen to Mizzou made

Fueled by the support she received at Mizzou, Alyson Coles wants to pay it forward by helping others in medical school after graduating this spring.

May 12, 2025

Nursing graduate follows in black and gold footsteps

The youngest of four siblings who all attended Mizzou, Mary Grace Cantalin plans to graduate this spring and return to St. Louis to work as an ER nurse.

May 12, 2025

Dear Me: Journalism graduate shares journey from foster care to master’s degree

Read Sherae Honeycutt’s note to her younger self as she prepares for commencement.

May 12, 2025

How Eli Bollinger used Mizzou to turn a passion for coding into a career

Leadership, community and curiosity have shaped this senior’s journey to a future in tech.

May 12, 2025

Mizzou revives veterinary student’s dream to heal horses

When Gabby Balaa graduates from the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine this week, she will fulfill a dream she’d once given up.

Vaysia Knust performs in Show-Me Mizzou Opera.

May 12, 2025

Music student hits high note at Mizzou graduation

Music major Vaysia Knust will take the stage at this weekend’s commencement ceremony, fulfilling a childhood dream as she sings before her graduating class.

May 9, 2025

Mizzou to celebrate 5,954 graduates at spring commencement

Learn more about this year’s graduates and what you need to know before attending the ceremonies.

May 9, 2025

Mizzou Engineer wins award for innovative approach to ALS treatment

Apaala Basak received the Michael Donovan NFOSD Innovation Award for her research to develop a translational approach to manage dysphagia in ALS patients using optogenetic neuromodulation.