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<span data-cke-bookmark="1" style="display: none"> </span><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif">'''WikiGuide: How to Create a 100% Student Run Makerspace'''</span></span><br/></span>
<span style="font-size:medium"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif">'''<span style="background-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap">Introduction</span>'''</span></span><br/></span>
<span style="font-size:medium"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="background-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap">Meet Nathan LaWarre, a student from Western Michigan University. Nathan is an active student on his campus and like </span><span id="docs-internal-guid-ce008693-67d7-1c1d-06e4-61c99709305d"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">many [[File:Nathan UIF Profile.JPG|thumb]]<span id="docs-internal-guid-ce008693-67d7-1c1d-06e4-61c99709305d" style="background-color: transparent"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline">students from different universities, he is interested in bringing people fr</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent">om interdisciplinary backgrounds together. With his strong interest in creating an environment where students can ideate, build projects and learn, Nathan and his club, Innovation Club, created this collaborative work space at his university known as a “makerspace.”</span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size:medium"><brspan style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="background-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap">As a creative and innovative work space, a makerspace is an accessible place where students are able to use multiple tools and resources. Whether it’s making your project idea come to life or learning a different skill, makerspaces give students the creative freedom to explore and produce tangible objects. In a student run makerspace, only students are responsible for managing and utilizing the facilities. For Nathan, creating a student run makerspace meant working with the right people and consistent planning in order to execute their vision for a successful work space.</span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-size:medium"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif">'''<span id="docs-internal-guid-ce008693-67e6-fcc9-8533-8aaa201ba534"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">How to get started</span></span>'''</span></span></span>
<span style="font-size:medium"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif">'''<span id="docs-internal-guid-ce008693-67e6-fcc9-8533-8aaa201ba534"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Your Vision</span></span>'''</span></span></span>
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<li><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif"><u><span id="docs-internal-guid-ce008693-67e6-fcc9-8533-8aaa201ba534"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">With Have a strong enough reason to want to have a makerspace, have an overall vision and plan.</span></span></u></span></span></span><ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ce008693-67e6-fcc9-8533-8aaa201ba534"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Creating a makerspace can have a long lasting impact on your college campus and for future generations of students.</span></span> </span></span></span><ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ce008693-67e6-fcc9-8533-8aaa201ba534"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">In order to maintain and possibly expand your makerspace, continue working closely with faculty and students to ensure that the future of your makerspace will continue to thrive and be accessible to everyone.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<br/><span style="font-size:medium"><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif">'''Contributors:'''</span></span></span>
<span style="font-size:medium"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif">[[Drake Dawson]]</span></span></span>