<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Mac Preston is currently a junior, training to become a University Innovation Fellow.</span> [[File'''Serving as UIF Since: '''Fall 2015 '''School: '''Western Michigan University '''What he does now:Mackenzie Preston Profile Picture.JPG|thumb|right|Mackenzie Preston Profile Picture.JPG]]<span style="color''' Production Support Engineer at Gentex Corporation '''What that means: rgb(51'''Help build my team to be the best they can, 51, 51); font-familyand support them with creative solutions to real world problems. '''Contact him about: 'Helvetica Neue''Rapid prototyping, building 3d printers, starting a makerspace, Helveticagaining traction on campus, creating excitement around ideas, cheese, Arialhockey, sans-serif; fontanything to do with advanced hockey stats '''Email: '''mackenzie.w.preston@gmail.com '''Phone: '''(269)-size: 14px; line274-height: 18px;">He 8635 Mac was taken up a University Innovation Fellow at an early age Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan from 2015 to 2017, he was drawn into the movement by former fellow and friend Zach Crawford. After receiving the push for green energytraining through UIF, Mac helped to start WMU's first Registered Student Organization (RSO) centered around empowering student design and doing cool stuff. Deciding Along with other fellows at WMU and growing collection of students Mac helped to launch WMU's first makerspace in the best way summer of 2017, to help give students a physical space to get involved in green power experiment and exchange ideas with people of many backgrounds. Through this new space he was able to immerse himself in interact with many new people who were poised to do many exciting projects. He had the privilege to help mentor and watch the learning next group of it, leadership work their way through the newly founded RSO and work with them through their training into the full-fledged leaders themselves. Mac decided lauched the new leadership and watched from afar as they contunued to grow and develpe their own culture within WMU. He recenty became a UIGuide to pursue help foster the coming groupings of fellows in the surrounding areas. Mac graduated with a mechanical engineering degree at Western B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in the Spring of 2017 and moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan University, with his sights set on where he discoved the thriving cheese scene and now has lost all hope of going vegan. He currently works at Gentex Corporation and a Production Support Engineer helping create a more environmentally conscious world</span>people work together effectively and excite and empower people to discover solutions that they did not think possible. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">. When not studying, Mac enjoys playing and listening to a variety of music as well as downhill skiing and snowboarding. Mac is always open to new ideas and sharing his own, so if you want share an idea or learn further about his you can contact him at mackenzie.w.preston@gmail.com.</span>
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