President Choi and Missouri State University President Clif Smart joined by Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce Leaders Doug Neff, Matt Morrow and Emily Denniston met House and Senate leadership and Lt. Governor Mike Parsons as part of Higher Education Advocacy Day. The group shared with legislators the importance of supporting public higher education, specifically the need to restore funding to the core and for high-demand projects like the Springfield Clinical Campus and collaborative engineering programs with MU, Missouri S&T and MSU. In addition, they talked about the need to modify SB389 and delay performance funding changes.
Reviewed 2024-03-11