Walking backward, but moving forward
MIZZOU TOUR TEAM
Tour Team's new hire class of 2015 jumps for a photo during their headshot photoshoot. This year's hire class has the most freshmen out of all past hire classes! (photo by Shane Epping)
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EVER WANTED TO HANG OUT WITH YOUR TOUR GUIDE?
Now you can! Kind of.
Cora Heffernan and Will Whitney pose for a photo on Faurot Field, May 6, 2015. They played for "East Coast, Beast Coast" during Tour Team's annual Field Day. (photo by Kathryn Cua)
Oh, the places we wish you could go!
ontrary to popular belief, our tour guides at
Mizzou are not scripted! However, we do follow a set route.
Some variations exist in order to reduce or avoid traffic, but for the most part, we show everyone the same spots around campus.
If we had it our way, we'd show you everything! But alas, there is only so much we can show you in an hour and fifteen minutes.
With that said, here's a video with some of our favorite sights that you might miss en route!
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very funny
tour team
eople always say that all tour guides tell the same jokes. Admittedly, we do have an arsenal of go-to jokes should nothing come to mind while giving a tour, but many guides come up with their own!
In this video, several guides share some of their favorite ways to lighten the mood while giving a tour.
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Some of the girls from the new hire class of 2015 rounded up to take goofy pictures at The Chancellor's Breakfast on April 2, 2015. The breakfast is an event the Chancellor holds annually to recognize Tour Team. (from right to left in back: Gabbie Gresge, Sarah Gillespie, Claire Kopsky, Sarah Vickery, Andria Kirkland, Kaydee Harper, Cristen Milliner).
(from left to right in front: Rachel Marcus and Kat Cua).
New hire classes ranging from 2012 to 2015 gather on Faurot Field for Tour Team's annual field day on May 6, 2015. This year, teams were divided into "East Coast, Beast Coast" versus "West Coast, Best Coast," which essentially ended up being guides from Saint Louis and Chicago versus everyone else.
(photo provided by Emily Donaldson)
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Some of the guides tailgate before Mizzou's game versus Texas A&M. An away game, they trekked down to Texas to watch Mizzou play! (from left to right in back: Tucker Moore, Dylan Eike; second row: John Stahl, Poonam Sheevam, Lindsey Moesle, Jordan Huss, Brynn Thibault; front row: Casey Gergen and Cora Heffernan)
(photo provided by Poonam Sheevam).
US
We work hard,
play harder
Lilly Zacharias piggy backs Alana Simpson, posing in front of their 2014 Homecoming float. Tour Team competed in Homecoming for the first time this year and won fourth place in Overall Campus Organizations. (photo provided by Lily Zacharias)