Josh Fields/Arizona Summer Wildcat Medical Technician Betty Nelson holds a bag of O-negative blood at the University Medical Center Blood Bank. Nelson encourages everyone to donate his or her blood because UMC is in need of a constant supply.

Recruiting of the nation's top football players, construction of $20 million mirrors that will help us see further into space than ever before, broadcasting of football games all over the nation, criminal processing, and flying patients in via helicopter for emergency care are all of things that are happening behind closed doors right here on the UA campus.

Most of us don't experience these events on our daily trek to and from our classes or offices, but our campus is full of people and places that are dedicated to making history, keeping us safe and healthy, and giving us something to cheer for.

Josh Fields/Arizona Summer Wildcat The media center sits high above the playing field and features 103 seats for working media, three radio booths, three network television booths and a coaching and administration booth. The Arizona Stadium has been the home of the Wildcats for 65 seasons since it opened in 1928, and currently has a permanent capacity of 57,803.

The Wildcat has gained access to some of the more important and influential areas to give you a peek inside the places you don't see everyday on our very own campus.

Josh Fields/Arizona Summer Wildcat A 6.5-meter mirror is being polished inside the Steward Observatory Mirror Lab. The large mirror is part of the LOTIS project that will test large space-based optical systems for commercial and defense uses.