The University of Missouri Board of Curators voted to name the developing meat sciences laboratory on the MU campus after former Missouri Gov. Mike Parson.
The official name of the new building (pictured above) will be The Michael L. Parson Meat Science Education and Training Laboratory.
The laboratory will enhance the capabilities of the nationally regarded MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources by providing new tools and technology for leaders and workers in the meat processing industry to better meet their needs.
In 2023 and 2024, Parson signed budget bills which included a combined $35 million for the facility that will now bear his name. Since Parson took office in 2018, he oversaw and approved several core funding increases to institutions of higher education across the state, including historic levels of funding for the UM system.
