What's on the Second Life campus of the University of North Carolina at Pembroke?
ARCHITECTURE
Twelve large, adjacent venues form the campus of UNCP in Second Life. The architecture of the campus is a pair of stacks of sky platforms side-by-side in the Dotoorak region of the SL mainland near the ocean. Each is an ample 100m x 50m flat rectangle. There also are additional smaller platforms.
The original five levels are referred to as the Main Campus, while five levels added more recently form the West Annex. On the other side of the Main Campus is the East Annex, which has the Newbie Convenience Center sandbox at ground level near the campus Welcome Center and also the Maintenance Shop in the sky at about the altitude of a level 2 platform. The newest land parcels under development are at the center of the Dotoorak region and are referred to as Central Campus.
Level 0 is ground level and the level numbers in each stack go up from there to level 4, which is at the highest altitude in use by UNCP at this time. Levels 5 to 10 are available, but not constructed.
Level 0 = 50m, on the ground, just above sea level
Level 1 = 250m
Level 2 = 325m
Level 3 = 400m
Level 4 = 475m
SANDBOX
The Newbie Convenience Center and Rest Station is a place where anyone can build things, transfer clothes or other necessities to their inventory, and change clothes in private. It has a small house for privacy as well as a huge backyard where large and small objects can be constructed.
NEIGHBORHOOD
The surrounding area in Dotoorak and nearby regions is much like a typical college town with residences, small shops, a mall, and fields with rolling hills. The Second Life ocean is nearby east of campus with the closest approach at Stone's Harbor, which has a close affiliation with UNCP.
A search for "UNCP" in the SL Search engine in-world will turn up the land profile with a teleport button to the campus welcome area. However, the list below is more precise in locating more than 50 places in particular on campus.
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke in SL
UNCP Campus Directory
MAIN CAMPUS
Level 0:
UNCP Welcome Center
Level 1:
Classroom Building
Outdoor Seminar
Streaming Video Center (NASA and other public events)
Restful Pond
Level 2:
Classroom Building
Computer Lab
Email Center
Outdoor Classroom
Media Center
Outdoor Meeting Area
Admissions Information
Picnic Area
New Resident Tips
Braves Spirit Shoppe (free UNCP t-shirts and other paraphernalia)
Level 3:
Library
Circulation Desk
Reference desk
Video Room
How-To-Build Instruction
UNCP Heritage History
Library Backyard
Level 4:
Art Gallery
Braves Park
Braves Gridiron
Braves Scoreboard
CENTRAL CAMPUS
Level 0:
Museum of Science and Technology
Memorial Parkland
CAMPUS WEST ANNEX
Level 0:
Student Union Building
Arts & Sciences Building
Biology
Biology Greenhouse
Geography
Meteorology
Guides for New Residents
Level 1:
Mass Communication
New Media Center
Journalism Laboratory
Apple Distinguished Educators Center
Level 2:
Snowport Environmental Classroom
Level 3:
Science Annex
Astronomy Hall
Hubble Exhibition
Astrophysics
Planetary Geology
Space Science
Level 4:
Wheat Fields (Interdisciplinary art and agriculture demonstration field)
The Barn (Recreation center available for entertainment bookings)
EAST ANNEX
Sandbox – Newbie Convenience Center and Rest Station (level 0)
Indoor clothing privacy and box opening area
Outdoor backyard sandbox
Pine Needle Student Newspaper Office (approximately level 3)
Maintenance Shop (approximately level 2)
Authorized Personnel Only
STONE'S POINT PARK AND OTHER NEARBY PLACES
Stone's Point Park
Stone's Point Sculpture Garden
Stoneflower Gallery
Stone's Point Academy
Stone's Harbor Bathysphere research Station
The Space Place
Solar System Ambassadors HQ in SL
APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day
Borg Cube
A Better Place To Be – Harry Chapin Memorial
Stone's Point Spelunkers Cave
Here's a direct Web link to the campus in Second Life: UNCP in SL
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