Show Up and Make: Co-Working and Learning in the TRU Library Makerspace

Join us for twice-weekly co-working sessions where students, staff, and faculty can work on projects, learn new skills, and collaborate in a supportive environment. Whether you’re a curious beginner or an experienced maker, these sessions will help you make progress on your goals through expert support, access to resources, and a supportive community.

Why Attend:

1. Accountability and Momentum: Working alongside others helps you stay motivated, maintain focus, and make progress on your projects.
2. Support: Get guidance from the Makerspace Librarian, staff, CELT faculty, and fellow participants.
3. Resources: Access the Makerspace’s extensive tools and resources and get guidance on other campus resources.
4. Community Building: Meet like-minded creators from various disciplines.
5. Flexible attendance: You can come to as many or few sessions as you want, and drop in anytime during the session depending on your schedule.
6. Coffee and snacks: Fuel your creativity with caffeine and sugar.

Project Possibilities

Remember, the best projects are those that are personally or professionally meaningful to you. Here are some ideas to spark your imagination.

For Everyone:

• Learn new skills: Learn 3D printing, embroidery, or dive into Artificial Intelligence. We have a website with tutorials for most of our technologies to help get you started.
• Personal Projects: Create something for yourself or a friend or bring an innovative idea to life.
• Repair, Maintain, and Upcycle: Give new life to old items by repairing, maintaining, or upcycling something
• Digital Storytelling: Use technology to share your narrative in compelling new ways.

For Students:

• Course Projects: Take your assignments to the next level.
• Portfolio Building: Create a showcase your skills to share with future collaborators or employers.
• Student Club Initiatives: Collaborate on projects for your student organizations.

For Faculty and Staff:

• Curriculum Design: Prototype engaging, hands-on assignments for your courses.
• Research Tools: Develop custom apparatus or novel ways to share or visualize your research.
• Professional Development: Explore how emerging technologies can enhance your work or research methodologies.

Technologies and Modalities We Support:

• Digital Humanities: Blend technology with arts and humanities in new and exciting ways.
• 3D Technologies: From scanning real objects to printing your designs.
• Virtual Reality: Explore or create immersive experiences or visualize complex data in VR.
• Textile Arts: Embroidery, knitting, or sewing.
• Audio Production: Record a podcast or compose your next musical masterpiece.
• Electronics and Computing Prototyping: Prototype your ideas with Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and more.
• Artificial Intelligence: Explore the possibilities and ethical considerations of AI tools using local models on our computers.
• Data Visualization or physicalization: Transform complex information into compelling visual stories.

Details:

• Check our calendar for dates and times
• Drop in whenever you like – no pressure to attend every week
• Registration isn’t required, but it helps us plan (and make sure we have enough coffee!)

Skill Share Workshops

Skill Share Workshops are short, hands-on sessions where you learn the basics of a technology or method. Right now we are offering workshops on 3D Printing and Collaborating with Artificial Intelligence, but we’re planning workshops that cover a wide range of topics, from soldering to traditional crafts.

What to Expect:

• 1-2 hours in length
• No experience necessary
• Focus on hands-on learning
• Chance to work on your own ideas or follow along with provided examples

Upcoming Workshops:

• Check out our calendar to see what’s coming up!

Got a Skill to Share?

• We welcome proposals for new workshops! If you have expertise you’d like to share with the TRU community, we’d love to hear from you. Send us a message on our contact us page to learn more!