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
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
Beardsley MakerSpace opens
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
Katie Clark begins work as the first full time staff member of the Center for Innovation and Leadership.
CoRaL: A Non-Disciplinary Hub
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
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)