Alumni

Headshot of Ciara Imani May

Dec. 18, 2025

Mizzou alumna champions healthier hair extensions through mission-driven startup

Ciara Imani May is finding success with an innovative business that uses sustainable banana fibers to make safer, healthier braiding hair.

Graphic depicting the Wendy's fast food chain logo

Dec. 17, 2025

From the Missouri Method to the Super Bowl: Mizzou’s Deep Ties to VML

One of the world’s largest advertising agencies calls Missouri home. VML’s global success is powered by generations of Mizzou-trained storytellers.

Dec. 17, 2025

Mother of Dragonlance

From a barn in Wisconsin, Margaret Weis, spins tales of quests, friendship and the occasional dragon. They have reshaped the landscape of modern fantasy.

Five McHaney brothers with their father.

Dec. 17, 2025

Bootheel brotherhood

The McHaneys’ arrivals at Mizzou spanned decades, but they each carried the same conviction: Education could lift a family, strengthen a region and echo long after the last diploma.

melt masters food truck

Dec. 17, 2025

The holy order of the ooze

The Melt Masters turn up the heat, fueled by campus love and plenty of cheddar.

Dec. 17, 2025

The archivist steps into the archive

Longtime Mizzou sports information director enters the Hall he helped establish.

Kim Rutledge

Dec. 17, 2025

Road to impact

Opportunities at Mizzou empowered Kim Rutledge to lead disability services.

Brad Exton holding a guitar

Dec. 17, 2025

Harmony on the range

Brad Exton is inducted into the Western Music Association Hall of Fame.

Jim Walsh and Nancy Markussen

Dec. 17, 2025

A lifetime out there, a season back here

Jim Walsh built a global career in business and teaching, then came back to Mizzou for a semester that closed the circle.

Kinder Institute event at Kansas City Library

Dec. 17, 2025

A grant to teach the country’s roots

The U.S. Department of Education rewards the Kinder Institute with a $2.6 million grant.

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