{"id":5867,"date":"2021-02-24T08:23:48","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T13:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/?p=5867"},"modified":"2021-02-24T08:23:48","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T13:23:48","slug":"henry-kirklin-plant-sciences-learning-lab-dedication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/2021\/02\/24\/henry-kirklin-plant-sciences-learning-lab-dedication\/","title":{"rendered":"Henry Kirklin Plant Sciences Learning Lab dedication"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/Picture1-3-300x167.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/Picture1-3-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/Picture1-3.png 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This afternoon, I have the privilege to attend the dedication of the new Henry Kirklin Plant Sciences Learning Laboratory in the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources. I\u2019ll join several of Mr. Kirklin\u2019s family members as we celebrate a pioneering educator for the University of Missouri. Mr. Kirklin, who is often noted as the university\u2019s first Black teacher, taught our CAFNR students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s an honor to recognize such an important man in our university\u2019s history. His vision for education was comprehensive. He believed not only in the immediate value of learning, but also in its generational value. We see that in the legacy he left for Mizzou. And we\u2019re committed to building on that legacy as we reaffirm hands-on learning and forge new partnerships that connect our students to the broader community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Mun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This afternoon, I have the privilege to attend the dedication of the new Henry Kirklin Plant Sciences Learning Laboratory in the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources. I\u2019ll join several of Mr. Kirklin\u2019s family members as we celebrate a pioneering educator for the University of Missouri. Mr. Kirklin, who is often noted as the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5867\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}