A planetarium theater, made accessible with sympathetic and professional assistance to students in the fine arts and humanities, enhances the quality of learning across the curriculum. Fine Arts Poetry readings, choir performances, musical concerts, and theatrical or artistic events take place in the planetarium, accompanied by appropriate displays of the starry sky. The planetarium's sound system and acoustics make it an attractive facility in which to offer live performances . The astronomy and cosmology assumed or referred to by writers such as Aristotle, Dante, Chaucer, Milton, or Hardy can be far more effectively presented in a planetarium than a classroom lecture. Shows for campus visitors , including alumni and prospective students, reflect the vibrancy of academic life all the more because of the conspicuous role of students in each aspect of planetarium operation.
Students are the face of the university planetarium.
The planetarium makes the academic resources of the university available to serve the community and region, as students offer educational programs for families on Friday nights and by arrangement, and for elementary or secondary students during school hours. Hands-on, interactive programs for various age groups. Designed to complement grade-specific curricula, such as 8th grade earth sciences. Shows also include multi-media modules to present particular explanations with greatest impact, using video and audio systems, along with auxiliary slide projectors with various special effects not inferior to commercial planetariums. An elementary and secondary educational website is under construction to support primary and secondary teachers with learning activities for their own classrooms.