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Highlands University Using Historic Building For New Media, Tech Center

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Highlands University is using a historic Las Vegas landmark for its Media Arts and Technology Department.

The northern New Mexico school is set next week to publicly unveil the transformed 21,000-square-foot Trolley Building a month after classes started.

Officials say the revamped building includes 3-D printers, a large-scale laser cutter, and a modern television studio. It also has labs for studio photography and audio mixing.

The Trolley Building is a historic and architectural landmark built in the classic Romanesque style in 1905. It is on both the state and national historic registries.

The building operated until 1926 when the popularity of automobiles made it obsolete.

Funding for the Trolley Building came from state voter-approved $6 million in general obligation higher education bonds.

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