U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar traveled through a life-sized artery Saturday afternoon, before taking a look at the Milky Way Galaxy from miles above Earth.
She did so wearing 3D glasses, without leaving the basement of the ISELF building at St. Cloud State University.
The immersive visualization and simulation lab was part of her tour of the Integrated Science and Engineering Laboratory Facility. She was on campus to hear how the university would use a $5 million National Science Foundation grant awarded this year to help local students.
The ACCESS STEM grant aims to help St. Cloud State recruit, retain and support sciences in science, technology, engineering and math disciplines. It will be distributed over five years. The grant uses research-based support services to retain first-year students and help students from community colleges transition into a four-year university.
