On behalf of the CAFNR Alumni Board, we would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to all sponsors, donors, attendees, bidders and students for making this year’s CAFNR Unlimited a resounding success.

Together, we raised over $94,000 while celebrating the 30th anniversary of this remarkable event. Your generosity has significantly impacted our mission, allowing us to foster future CAFNR student success through scholarships, grants and support throughout their college years.

– Lisa Bocklage, CAFNR Unlimited Chair

The facility will offer additional education and workforce development opportunities to contribute to one of Missouri’s largest industries.

Rick Relyea joins Mizzou program July 1, 2025, from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

CAFNR sports management expert Michelle Brimecombe takes a deep dive into the billion-dollar engine behind the NCAA’s biggest tournament.

By studying how female eggs repair — or sometimes fail to repair — DNA damage, CAFNR researchers hope to improve reproductive health.

Regulated Utilities Leadership Institute aims to foster academic-industry collaboration and mentor emerging researchers through a $250,000 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant.

Young, internship supervisor for Parks, Recreation, Sport and Tourism students in the School of Natural Resources, received the award to acknowledge his teaching excellence.

Shibu Jose, associate dean of research, named Senior Member of National Academy of Inventors (NAI)

Plant Science and Technology professor Kelly Nelson named American Society of Agronomy Fellow

Katheryn Paullus, BS ’47, Mizzou’s pioneering female graduate in conservation, transformed the field with bobwhite quail research that inspired generations.

While obtaining her degree in agribusiness management (December ’22), Kate Thompson found her passion for commodity training and expanded on her previous agricultural experience.

Tahira K. Hira M.S. Agricultural Economics ’73; Ph.D. Family Economics & Financial Management ’76 (Died Dec. 4, 2024). Tahira was an internationally recognized leader in personal finance and consumer economics. She was professor emeritus in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at Iowa State University and also served as senior policy advisor to the president of the university. Her research and teaching focused around consumer behavior, financial literacy, investment behavior and financial education. She also served as assistant to the president and as associate vice provost for ISU Extension over her 34-year tenure at the university.

She served as a member of the U.S. President’s Advisory Council on Financial Literacy, chaired the NYSE committee on financial literacy, was founding president of the Association for Financial Counseling, and founded the Iowa State Financial Counseling Center. She published more than 140 articles and given hundreds of presentations, both nationally and internationally. She has been cited in popular press, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, The Chicago Tribune, Business Monthly, The Christian Science Monitor, Money Magazine, and Your Money, and appeared on National Public Radio, the NBC Today Show, CNN News, and CBS. Read more about Tahira via Iowa State University and The Ames Tribune.

Tahira received the CAFNR Column Award, the highest alumni honor given by the college, in 2022, as well as the University of Missouri Distinguished Alumni Award, the Distinguished Fellows Award from the Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education, and the Iowa State Board of Regents Award for Faculty Excellence. Read more about the Column Award honor.

CAFNR degree programs are each having their moment in the spotlight! The new CAFNR Experience video series promotes the well-rounded experience of CAFNR students in every major, and displays the valuable work done across the college by undergraduates. From use in prospective student emails to social media campaigns, the videos aim to appeal to a variety of audiences to further the mission of CAFNR. Watch one or all 14 today, and feel free to share with your favorite prospective CAFNR students!

Students earn credentials for their future accreditation as dieticians by hosting food demos and packing groceries at The Food Bank Market.

Mizzou’s Academic Quadrathlon Team secured their 4th consecutive first-place finish at Midwest contest.

Mizzou Giving Day 2025

Thank you to all of our CAFNR Tigers who answered the Giving Day call! Special thanks to Powell Carman (BS Ag Econ ’83) and Kelley Carman (BA ’87) for their generous gift to the Carman Family Endowment, as well as Dan Malan (BS Ag ’75) for his match to CAFNR 150 Endowment. Giving Day gifts like these make a lasting impact on the success of our faculty and students!

May 3: CAFNR Alumni Awards

Sept. 19: CAFNR Tiger Classic Golf Tournament

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