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Local company hosts first-ever drone Fly-In

Ty Knight | July 27

More than 75 pilots from across the United States were drawn to Albuquerque on July 22 to attend the area’s first local drone olympics. New-Mexico-based drone pilot training company, DroneU, in association with multiple unmanned aviation organizations, hosted its first Fly-In at its Albuquerque headquarters last weekend. The first of its kind, DroneU’s Fly-In is a veritable drone olympics.

Members of the Matunda Ya Yesu African Refugee Youth Choir perform at the African American Performing Art Center on Sunday, July 16th. The choir is comprised of young refugees from Uganda, Mozambique, Tanzania, Chad, Kenya, and Rwanda.

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African refugee youth choir raises cultural awareness at fundraiser

Ty Knight | July 19

A local refugee choir performed traditional African dances, songs and drumming before exhibiting varieties of traditional dress in a captivating fashion show on July 16. Co-founders of the Immigrant and Refugee Resource Village of Albuquerque, as well as New Mexico Women's Global Pathways, Lungile Sinandile and his wife Nkazi Sinandile organized the The Matunda Ya Yesu African Refugee Youth Choir performance and fashion show. The event was held to benefit displaced youth from South African refugee camps. Each choir member spent weeks preparing for the event, sewing their own garments and handcrafting their own jewelry. Items were placed on sale, and proceeds aimed to benefit the youth choir members and their families, assisting them with living and back-to-school costs.

Ben Ginsburg demos the HTC Vive virtual reality headset at VR Junkies, Friday, July, 14. VR Junkies is a virtual reality arcade and storefront that immerses guests into the developing worlds of VR software and hardware. The space boasts 60+ software titles that utilize various VR setups.

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AllOutVR STEM learning camps put on hold

Ty Knight | July 16

STEM learning camps brought to life by UNM professor Elan Colello in partnership with VR Junkies at AllOutVR have been put on hold due to lack of participation. The learning camps were originally scheduled to take place in two different segments between June 19 and 23, and July 17 and 21, but only four students registered for the program. AllOutVR’s website advertises that “VR Days of Summer is the first STEM-based virtual reality camp in the nation.” This collaboration between UNM and VR Junkies, while unique and cutting-edge, represents a continuation in a long tradition of using games, simulation and role play to enhance learning.

Local company hosts first-ever drone Fly-In

African refugee youth choir raises cultural awareness at fundraiser

AllOutVR STEM learning camps put on hold

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