{"id":43137,"date":"2016-02-22T14:30:25","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T00:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=43137"},"modified":"2018-11-30T10:39:43","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T20:39:43","slug":"imiloa-astronomy-center-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2016\/02\/22\/imiloa-astronomy-center-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"<span aria-label=\"Imiloa\">&#699;Imiloa<\/span> Astronomy Center celebrates 10 years of sharing the wonders of science"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6ArSA0KxoZY?rel=0&#038;showinfo=0\" title=\"Youtube video player\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imiloahawaii.org\/\"><span aria-label=\"Imiloa\">&#699;Imiloa<\/span> Astronomy Center of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span><\/a>, a world-class science education center, opened its doors ten years ago on the <a href=\"http:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo<\/a> campus. On February 21, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.imiloahawaii.org\/general-information\/imiloa-turns-10\/\">center <span aria-label=\"ohana\">&#699;ohana<\/span> and community members celebrated<\/a> with a day of food, fun and free activities for all ages.<\/p>\n<p>The center&#8217;s interactive exhibits, <abbr>3D<\/abbr> full dome planetarium, native landscape, programs and events engage children, families and the local community in the wonders of science and technology found in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>. <\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on the past and excited for what lies ahead <span aria-label=\"Imiloa\">&#699;Imiloa<\/span>&#8217;s Executive Director <strong><span aria-label=\"Kaiu\">Ka&#699;iu<\/span> Kimura<\/strong> shared, &ldquo;In the first ten years of <span aria-label=\"Imiloa\">&#699;Imiloa<\/span>&#8217;s existence here in the community, we worked hard to provide educational opportunities that shared different perspectives regarding Maunakea, astronomy and our Hawaiian culture. In the next 10, we are looking at how we can bring these different perspectives together to learn from one another and have more of a collective approach to educating our community.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>While <span aria-label=\"Imiloa\">&#699;Imiloa<\/span> hopes to grow, expand and enhance the way it impacts community in the future, inspiring these new generations of learners is something that will never change. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The one thing that will continue to be a consistent here at <span aria-label=\"Imiloa\">&#699;Imiloa<\/span> is how we reflect our name, <span aria-label=\"Imiloa\">&#699;Imiloa<\/span>&#8212; this notion of always on this perpetual search for knowledge; not knowledge for knowledge&#8217;s sake but knowledge for the enrichment and empowerment of our community.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/hilo-imiloa.jpg\" alt=\"children looking at displays inside the Imiloa Astronomy Center\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/hilo-imiloa.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/hilo-imiloa-260x195.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#699;Imiloa Astronomy Center of Â鶹´«Ã½ opened its doors ten years ago on the Â鶹´«Ã½Hilo campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,12],"tags":[643,292,14,56],"class_list":["post-43137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","category-video","tag-anniversary","tag-imiloa-astronomy-center","tag-uh-hilo","tag-video-2","entry","no-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43137"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88071,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43137\/revisions\/88071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}