Roses, Buds & Thorns

Roses

-600 unique student users in 2023 (first year), 41 faculty, 150+ K12 students

—68% female, 70% first-generation university student, 68% Latinx

-Grants received

-Creation of teacher development certificate for Maker Pedagogy

-Workshops for students, staff, faculty, & community members

-10 student assistants from all four academic colleges and variety of majors + internships

Buds

-Partnerships with regional schools & other partners

-Strong potential for growth/scalability

-Buy-in from administration & staff, but not fully educated or aware of possibilities or ways to support (besides direct $ support)

-Proof-of-concept phase completed

-Many policies in place, but still finding our best practices - remaining flexible

-Large “service” area, up to 60 miles one-way (also a thorn)

-Many ideas (also a thorn)

Thorns

-Overwhelming amount of ideas

-Time constraints/bandwidth