[Imc-makerspace] Public Engagement Grant w/ DFA: First Meeting

[Jeffrey Putney]

Hi everyone!

Just a reminder we'll be meeting with the UIUC DFA group today at 3pm.

Thanks,
Jeff


On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 4:25 PM, Jeffrey Putney <quaker at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone!
>
> Exciting news. The UIUC DFA <http://designforamerica.com/> group was
> awarded a grant to do workshops with Makerspace Urbana and our first
> planning meeting with DFA has been set. So if your interested in having
> input on the workshops and activities they are planning, please join us:
>
> When: April 19th
> Where: Art and Design Building Rm 331 (408 E Peabody Dr. Champaign)
> Who: Any makers interested in helping plan some awesome activities,
> including some geared towards making novel inventions and hacks to tackle
> contemporary social issues within the community and beyond
>
> And here is a little background on the how this came about just in case
> you haven't heard:
>
>
>
> *"Design for America (DFA) UIUC. DFA <http://designforamerica.com/> is a
> network of student run design studios that seek to use human centered
> design to solve problems within the community. A faculty member from the
> Department of Computer Science , Karrie Karahalios
> <http://social.cs.uiuc.edu/people/kkarahal.html> has recommended DFA apply
> for University of Illinois Public Engagement Grant ($1500) to use design as
> an outreach tool to the community. She has volunteered to be the faculty
> advisor. What DFA is proposing is a series of workshops from DFA to teach
> human-centered design methodologies to the members of Makerspace Urbana.
> The $1500 will be used to bring in design thinking speakers, host workshops
> base on design thinking processes and will be geared towards making novel
> inventions and hacks to tackle contemporary social issues within the
> community and beyond. We are thinking also partnering experienced DFAers to
> co-collaborate in these projects."*
>
> Please email me if you know you can make it so we can know to expect you.
>
> Thanks, and feel free to email me if you have any questions!
>   Jeff
>
> --
> Jeffrey Putney
> Senior Software Engineer
> Diagnostic Photonics
> 217-766-6580
>



-- 
Jeffrey Putney
Senior Software Engineer
Diagnostic Photonics
217-766-6580
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