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METRO MINUTES
Astronomy grant brings
science to virtual life
Metro and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science have received a grant for $470,000 to test the Immersive Virtual Environment at the Gates Planetarium. The IVE will be used as an additional tool in teaching astronomy to non-majors.
The grant is meant to allow researchers to study how well students are able to learn about space with the assistance of virtual environments.
The IVE allows visitors at the Gates Planetarium to travel virtually around space, giving them different perspectives on extra-terrestrial events, such as solar and lunar eclipses and the phases of the moon.
If the virtual environment is successful, the immersive technology could find its way into other classrooms, allowing biology students to immerse themselves into a skin cell or history students to view a historic battle.
Cheerleading tryouts
to be held Sept. 17
Tryouts for the 2005-2006 Metro Cheerleading Club will take place at 9 a.m., Sept. 17 in the Events Center.
The tryouts will be open to any male or female student attending Metro, UCD or CCD who is enrolled in at least 12 credit hours and has at least a 2.5 GPA.
There will be a $25 tryout fee and all participants must have updated insurance and have participated in at least one cheerleading clinic.
Clinics will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Sept. 12, 14, and 15 in the lobby of the Events Center.
For more information contact head coach Keith Espinosa, espinosk@mscd.edu or Club President Amber Michael, michaeam@mscd.edu.
Alumni art exhibit opens
for first time in 15 years
The Metro Alumni Art Exhibition will be holding its opening reception from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Sept. 15 at the Center for the Visual Arts.
The exhibit will run from Sept. 8 to Oct. 29 and will be the first alumni exhibit in the past 15 years.
The 26 artists featured in the exhibition were picked by Greg Watts, chair of the art department, Kathy Andrews, director and curator of the CVA and Yuko Yagisawa, assistant professor of jewelry and metals.
