2023

Makerspace Hosting Holiday Gift Workshops

The new space in the Fahy Commons for Public Engagement and Innovation is open to all students, faculty and staff and has workers trained in the machinery available to assist with projects.

By: Meghan Kita  Friday, December 1, 2023 02:48 PM

Photos by Katie Quinn

The Makerspace, on the lower level of Fahy Commons, is hosting holiday gift workshops this week and next as a way to introduce the Muhlenberg community to the space.

“We’re really trying to reach out to the campus community and let them know that the Makerspace is an asset and resource for everyone, whether faculty, staff or student,” says Assistant Professor and Innovation & Entrepreneurship Program Director Greg Heller-LaBelle. “We thought the holiday gift workshops would be a great way to introduce the space, because many of us struggle to find time for shopping between finals and everything else. Plus, who wouldn’t rather have something fun that was made by a loved one?”

The Makerspace offers a variety of machines and tools, including:

• A 3D printer
• A laser cutter/engraver
• A heat press
• Sewing machines
• And more (find a complete list here)

Today’s workshop teaches how to personalize drinkware and Monday’s demonstrates 3D printed ornaments (both begin at 4 p.m.), but materials are still available to make items such as stickers, magnets, buttons, earrings, laser-cut ornaments and knick-knacks, pillow cases, puzzles and more.

The Makerspace is open from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. weekdays through finals week.