{"id":16076,"date":"2012-09-14T10:51:02","date_gmt":"2012-09-14T14:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=16076"},"modified":"2012-09-14T10:51:02","modified_gmt":"2012-09-14T14:51:02","slug":"ribbon-cutting-held-for-new-mini-university-greenhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2012\/09\/14\/ribbon-cutting-held-for-new-mini-university-greenhouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Ribbon-cutting held for new Mini University greenhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mini University, the child care center on Wright State University&#8217;s Dayton campus, held a special ribbon-cutting ceremony to open its new state-of-the-art geodesic greenhouse. President David R. Hopkins and several elected officials were on hand Sept. 13 to celebrate the new dome, which will provide an outdoor classroom for Mini University&#8217;s young students.<\/p>\n<p>For more on the greenhouse, read our earlier story: <a title=\"Dome-field advantage\" href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2012\/09\/06\/dome-field-advantage-mini-u-to-unveil-new-greenhouse\/\">Dome field advantage: Mini U. to unveil new greenhouse<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-16076 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2012\/09\/14\/ribbon-cutting-held-for-new-mini-university-greenhouse\/miniu_3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"126\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2012\/09\/MiniU_3-140x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of Hopkins speaking at a podium\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-16081\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-16081'>\n\t\t\t\tThe geo-dome is 33 feet in diameter, stands over 14 feet tall and occupies 850 square feet of real estate in the Mini U backyard. \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2012\/09\/14\/ribbon-cutting-held-for-new-mini-university-greenhouse\/miniu_2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"126\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2012\/09\/MiniU_2-140x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of Thorner and Hopkins cutting the ribbon\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-16079\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-16079'>\n\t\t\t\tOne of many important upgrades to Mini U over the summer, the construction of the geo-dome has students, staff and parents eager for classes to begin in the greenhouse.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2012\/09\/14\/ribbon-cutting-held-for-new-mini-university-greenhouse\/miniu_4\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"126\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2012\/09\/MiniU_4-140x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo inside the greenhouse\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-16078\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-16078'>\n\t\t\t\tOne staff member will be in charge of the greenhouse and will teach classes there on a weekly basis, incorporating science experiments, life-cycle lessons and plenty of digging in the dirt. \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2012\/09\/14\/ribbon-cutting-held-for-new-mini-university-greenhouse\/miniu_5\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"126\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2012\/09\/MiniU_5-140x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo inside the greenhouse\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-16080\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-16080'>\n\t\t\t\tPowered by three solar panels, the dome&#8217;s fans, vents and four-foot-deep water tank independently irrigate and ventilate the chamber.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2012\/09\/14\/ribbon-cutting-held-for-new-mini-university-greenhouse\/miniu_1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"126\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2012\/09\/MiniU_1-140x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of Julie Thorner speaking at a podium\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-16077\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-16077'>\n\t\t\t\tBeavercreek Council Member Brian Jarvis (not pictured), (L\u2013R) Fairborn Councilwoman Marilyn McCauley, Fairborn Mayor Tom Nagel, Mini University President Julie Thorner, Wright State University President David R. Hopkins, State Rep. Bob Hackett and Greene County Commissioner Rick Perales all participated in the ribbon-cutting.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President David R. Hopkins and several elected officials were on hand to celebrate the new dome. <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2012\/09\/14\/ribbon-cutting-held-for-new-mini-university-greenhouse\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":16079,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[722,729,2038,725,727,715,717,719],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics","category-around-campus","category-campus-growth","category-home-news-sidebar","category-homepage-photos-and-video","category-news","category-photos","category-special-categories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16076"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16086,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16076\/revisions\/16086"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}