RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CA — Mt. San Jacinto College has contracted with Redlands visionary Garner Holt Education Through Imagination (GHETI) to build an Animatronic Makerspace at the college’s San Jacinto Campus.
The GHETI AniMakerspace, in conjunction with MSJC design and engineering classes, will give students the ability to learn the practices and skills needed to become great problem-solvers, designers, builders and technical operators.
The $832,472 AniMakerspace will take over two classrooms in the 100 Building on the campus and could open as soon as January 2022. It will also be adjacent to the campus’ new STEM building that is scheduled to debut in 2023.
The MSJC Board of Trustees unanimously approved a contract with GHETI at its Sept. 9 meeting. A video shown during the meeting explained how animatronics inspires and teaches Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics…
