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'''<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;">Introduction</span>'''
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;">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" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">many [[File:Nathan UIF Profile.JPG|thumb|Nathan UIF Profile.JPG]]<span id="docs-internal-guid-ce008693-67d7-1c1d-06e4-61c99709305d" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;">students from different universities, he is interested in bringing people fr</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt;">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>
<li><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ce008693-67e6-fcc9-8533-8aaa201ba534"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Try to get outside funding that will cover the cost of materials so that anything students do is free for them. Seriously, what student wouldn’t come learn how to use a 3D printer for free? It’s free!</span></span></span></span><ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ce008693-67e6-fcc9-8533-8aaa201ba534"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Funding can be achieved through grants, faculty, fundraising, or even crowdfunding. Think about starting a crowdfund that supports students and their projects - including your own!</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></span></span>Offer workshops with guided projects to get people creative, and turn them loose on their own projects when they come to you with them. Sometimes the crazier the better, just make sure to get pictures so that you can share with others.</span></li>
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#<span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you generate enough positive response you may be able to become a recognized or official part of the university's practice</span></span></span></span>
##<span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Try to negotiate for your own building or dedicated space, again dream big.</span></span></span></span>
##<span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></span></span>Make an effort to involve your work in the school's cirriculum, doing this will help you tap into major funding and resources not to mention the number of people who will be coming into your space.</span>
##<span style="font-size:larger;">Make sure to keep up with safety guidelines and ensure that you are attentive of new rules you may be under as you expand. You will have a lot more people keeping a close eye on you as you grow.</span>
#<span style="font-size:larger;">Tell the world about it!</span>
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<br/>'''Contributors:''''''[[Drake Dawson''']]
[[Andrew Stroud]]
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Patriciaho Patricia Ho]