June 17, 2021
From left: Former Assemblymember Rusty Areias, U.S. Rep. Jim Costa, Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, UC Merced Chancellor Juan Sánchez Muñoz. (Photo by Monique de Villa, UC Merced)
Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis visited UC Merced in early June for a tour of the new Merced 2020 Project facilities and to learn more about water and agriculture concerns.
Kounalakis and UC Merced Chancellor Juan Sánchez Muñoz led a panel discussion of faculty and local leaders in the agriculture industry to discuss the needs and concerns facing the Central Valley’s growers. They were joined by U.S. Rep. Jim Costa, D-Fresno, a third-generation family farmer. The discussion was followed by a tour of phase three of the Merced 2020 Project, delivered late last summer, including classrooms, laboratories, residence halls and recreational facilities.
