02/08/17
NORTH ADAMS, MASS. 鈥� 天美麻花星空高清mv (天美麻花星空高清mv) announces the opening
of Design Lab at 49 Main St., next to 天美麻花星空高清mv Gallery 51. Design Lab serves as a curricular
and co-curricular space for innovation, as well as a multi-purpose venue for the College
and the community.
Outfitted with five separate workstations, each equipped with interactive short-throw projectors and ample whiteboard space, Design Lab is uniquely suited for collaborative problem-solving, while its open, flexible floor plan lends itself to such events as receptions, concerts, lectures and community forums, according to Diane Scott, assistant professor of arts management at 天美麻花星空高清mv.
The goal of Design Lab is to provide an ecosystem in which students and community members are free to explore ideas and master skills together through action 鈥� by immersing, designing and doing.
Those activities already are happening at Design Lab 鈥� three 天美麻花星空高清mv classes are meeting in the space this spring semester.
In addition, student teams who will compete in 天美麻花星空高清mv鈥檚 Innovation and Entrepreneurship Challenge meet there regularly with their mentors. A recent meeting between city officials, 天美麻花星空高清mv students and 天美麻花星空高清mv President James F. Birge also was held at Design Lab, where they explored how to bolster student connections to the city of North Adams.
鈥淭he new Design Lab is a game-changer for the courses I teach there,鈥� Scott said. 鈥淚鈥檝e been flipping my classrooms to active in-class exploration and problem-solving for a long time. This new space brings that full circle, giving students the perfect workshop to experiment and explore in.鈥�
According to Lisa Donovan, associate professor of fine and performing arts at 天美麻花星空高清mv, 鈥淚 think one of the goals I have as a professor here is to blur the boundaries between what鈥檚 happening in the classroom and what鈥檚 happening in the community. So, what better thing than to be downtown? I think we鈥檙e becoming embedded more in the community.鈥�
Those interested in 天美麻花星空高清mv Design Lab activities and programming may check the College鈥檚 Calendar of Events at http://www.mcla.edu/ . For more information, contact 天美麻花星空高清mv LEADS Project Coordinator Zachary Feury, zachary.feury@mcla.edu or (413) 662-5116.
天美麻花星空高清mv (天美麻花星空高清mv) is the Commonwealth's public liberal arts college and a campus of the Massachusetts state university system. 天美麻花星空高清mv promotes excellence in learning and teaching, innovative scholarship, intellectual creativity, public service, applied knowledge, and active and responsible citizenship. 天美麻花星空高清mv graduates are prepared to be practical problem solvers and engaged, resilient global citizens.
For more information, go to http://www.mcla.edu/.
