The exploration station first opened its doors in the 1980s at the Wolfson Campus. Given the impact it made in our community in 2011 North Campus built a state-of-the-art facility for children to enjoy high quality early childhood education (ECE). Research in early childhood education indicates that the first five years of a child’s life are the most important for brain development. State legislator and higher education institutions all agree that there is a correlation between high quality Early Childhood Education and benefits to community, states, and the nation.