Anonymous trust makes second gift toward building Ag Learning Center at NWMSU

By BRENT MARTIN

St. Joseph Post

(Left to right) Mitzi Marchant with the Northwest Foundation and Office of University Advancement; NWMSU President Dr. John Jasinski; Rex Brod and Shannon Moore with U.S. Bank. (Photo by Brandon Bland/NMSU)

A charitable trust which wishes to remain anonymous has given the Agricultural Learning Center at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville another gift.

This time, the trust gave $75,000 to the center. Last year, the same trust gave $50,000.

Representatives of U.S. Bank presented the check to University President Dr. John Jasinski and Mitzi Marchant, the director of donor engagement for the Northwest Foundation and Office of University Advancement.

“We are extremely appreciative of the continued support provided by this anonymous trust as well as the support shown by U.S. Bank, which presented the Agricultural Learning Center concept to the trust,” Marchant said in a written statement released by NWMSU. “A facility such as this – which will benefit students as well as the broader community – requires substantial buy-in from individuals, corporations and foundations, and this is a great example of the impact of strong partnerships.”

The Northwest Foundation and NWSU are raising funds to build the Agricultural Learning Center on the 448-acre R.T. Wright Farm. It is planned as a 29,000-square-foot multipurpose facility for classroom instruction and laboratory research. It is estimated to cost $8.5 million. It will include space both for public and private use, including space for processing agricultural products.