Monmouth College XR Arena

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(page started on Oct 14, 2022; bes)

Welcome to the organizational page for the Academically-Driven Monmouth College XR Arena.

First Meeting

The first formal meeting to discuss the details of the XR space in HT 109 was held at 10 am on Oct 13, 2022. During this presentation the following powerpoint was used to guide the conversation.

In attendance

- President Wyatt, CFO Holly Tharp, Dean of Students Karen Ogorzalek, Head IS/IT Nick Carlson, Assoc. VP of Communications and Marketing Duane Bonifer, Amy Warrington (Exec. Assistant to the President), Brad Sturgeon (Chemistry), Ashwani Kumar (Physics), Ryan Coclasure (Psychology), Reed Bona (Business major), Ryan Prusak (Computer Science), Kevin Baldwin (Biology), Steve Distin (Chemistry), Ralph Patterson (Physics and Engineering), Ethan Ferguson (IS/IT), Tony Deford (Physical Plant).

Action Plan (10/14/2022)

- The students registered for independent study credit will continue their work focusing on Monmouth specific strategies to use this space for student-centered activities. In addition, to propose at a later time, an eSports program (Sturgeon, Bona, Prusak, Boswell).
- Space will be demonstrated/shown to additional faculty to maximize academic involvement (Sturgeon, Kumar, Coclasure, Baldwin, J. Braun)
- Security camera(s) will be installed in HT 109 and monitored by MC Security (Ferguson, funding pending).
- MC carpenter will be asked to offer an upgraded design to the play space platforms (Young, funding pending).
- Additional students will be recruited to assist in the removal of more tables/chairs. Storage for tables and chair will be clearly defined (Sturgeon, Boswell, Bona, Prusak).
- Physical plant will make the 1st floor restroom functional and begin a game plan for HT 109 egress...that may include lower level emergency exit via SE stairwell (Young, funding pending).
- A second TV will be purchased ($500 via LeSuer Endowment, Sturgeon) so that the 2 lower-level classrooms/play spaces (CS1 and CS2) can be completed and fully tested before full implementation (~$600 in material cost, Young, funding pending).
- IT/IS will order networking switch and begin installation of hardwire computer connections ($1600) (Carlson, Ferguson funding pending).
- And the big one...finalize plans for the HVAC unit ($25K) (Wyatt, Tharp, Young funding pending).