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<span style="font-size:large">Many of the student priorities at George Fox University are centered around the Maker Hub. We want this space to live up to its name as a "hub" of innovation and entrepreneurship on campus, and to ensure that it is being used to its fullest potential. We also want interdisciplenary students to be able to take advantage of this resourse, so that students with different talents can pool their resources and make something truely special.</span>
= Strategy #1: End of Semester Makerspace Showcase Fair Advertise the Maker Hub<br/> =
<span style="font-size:large"><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">'''Team:Description''' Kelsey Dody, Caleb Hubbell, Codi Morton, and Ethan Moss</span></span>
<span style="font-size:large"><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">'''Description:''' This would be The engineering staff envision the Maker Hub as a fair at space for everyone in the end of each semester based around what was made University to use, not just engineers. Currently, all engineering students are exposed to resourses available to them in the coming makerspace that would allow innovative Maker Hub through online and entrepreneurial one on one trainings as part of their Freshman curriculum. The staff is prepared to offer these same opportunities to studentsoutside the major, faculty, but those students lack both the knowledge that these resources exist and community members a reason to showcase what they had been working on in the makerspacelearn about them.</span></span>
== Tactic #1<br/> ==
<span style="font-size:large">January Hold pop- March 2017 up classes, such as how to use a 3D printer or how to develop a prototype. The Maker Hub's position next to a popular on- campus cafe will be beneficially in spontaniously attracting attention to the classes<span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">Encourage engineering students who already attend the Engineering Expo at the end of each semester to showcase their hobbies as well as their school projects.</span></span>
== Tactic #2<br/> ==
<span style="font-size:large">Spring 2017 - Provide input regarding the <span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">design Develop a student organization focused around making. Give students a problem to solve and a small amount of the coming makerspace time to ensure that do it is robust enough to allow people to tinker and express themselves enough to warrant this showcase fairturn them loose. Placing students under pressure will encourage experimentation and promote creativity.</span></span>
== Tactic #3<br/> ==
<span style="font-size:larger"><span style="font-size:large">Spring 2017 </span></span><span style="font-size:large">Advertise the Maker Hub in campus publications to encourage students to try it out. Make sure that the entry process is inviting, but tight enough to ensure that students won't abuse the resources.</span> <span style="font- Winter 2017 size:large"><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">Make a detailed plan of how to contact the people who use the makerspace and parties that may be interested in the products that are made so that setting up and running the fair is simple and organized.</span></span>
= Strategy #2: 3 Day Challenge =