Timeline 2010/11 to Present

We’re working towards Campus wide conversations, perhaps getting on the agenda of a Faculty Lunch, the All Staff Meeting and running a student focus group.

Events on the Path

2017
Wood Shop/Maker Space Manager

Hire of Russell Prigodich as Wood Shop/Maker Space Manager.

Pat Colgan – Fab Lab, MIT, FabFoundation
Pat Colgan – Fab Lab, MIT, FabFoundation

Overflow lunch talk by Patrick Colgan in the Language Center … 

Swarthmore Innovation Conversation

Swarthmore Innovation Conversation Denise Crossan, Katie Clark, Doug Willen, Mike Jones, Carr Everbach, Ben Berger, Logan Grider, Jeremy Polk, Andrew Reuther,  Ashley Turner.  Apologies: Tara Webb We had a conversation about all of the activities currently underway relating to innovation across campus – round table discussion / introduction on the…Read More

Social Innovation Lab
Social Innovation Lab

Founded by Denise Crossan, the Eugene M. Lang Visiting Professor for Social Change, the Social Innovation Lab will host courses and programs that teach participants innovation skills such as human-centered design thinking methods, strategic and project planning, and social entrepreneurship skills.

Conversations between Art and ITS about a Beardsley MakerSpace

An informal conversation between Art and ITS quickly expands to discussions about a possible staffing and a space.  The discussions broaden to include Facilities, Theatre, CIL, SIL during the course of the Spring 2017.

2014
Center for Innovation and Leadership
Center for Innovation and Leadership

Katie Clark begins work as the first full time staff member of the Center for Innovation and Leadership.

CoRaL: A Non-Disciplinary Hub
Screenshot of the CoRaL blog.

CoRaL [Creative Research Lab, Organisms & Artifacts] would not be just a maker space, nor a visual resource library – it would be both.

2011
Strategic Directions 2011
2011 Strategic Directions Plan

Promoting “both traditional forms of teaching and learning and seeking more and better forms of problem-centered, community-based, digitally-informed learning” as expressed in the College’s Strategic Directions (2011)