Mun Choi, first Asian-American leader of UM System, reflects on AAPI Heritage Month

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Mun Choi, first Asian-American leader of UM System, reflects on AAPI Heritage Month

Acknowledging Asian-American Pacific Islander Heritage Month is an important exercise, said Mun Choi, the first Asian-American president of the University of Missouri System and MU chancellor.

"I think it's very important," Choi said of the month. "It provides us with an opportunity to reflect. It's very valuable in that regard, with how we benefit as a society and try to gain a better understanding of people of different countries, different backgrounds and cultures."

Choi spoke Thursday in a wide-ranging interview from his office in Jesse Hall.

Choi is the top administrator of MU and the UM System, whose other Asian-American leaders include Provost Latha Ramchand at MU and Mauli Agrawal, chancellor of the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

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