The Laney FabLab needs your support in finding a new on-campus home!
For the past three years the FabLab has grown and integrated itself into the lives of Laney College students. More and more students every semester depend on the equipment and know-how of the friendly staff to create almost anything: from hydraulic claws used to demonstrate engineering principles, to beautiful furniture for student homes, to Halloween costumes and holiday gifts. Students who use the space find rewarding jobs in advanced manufacturing or go on to create small businesses of their own. Faculty and staff from more than 30 different departments are finding the FabLab critical to successfully teach and inspire their students. New Laney students are even falling in love with the trades and deciding to pursue a Career in Technical Education certificate after they use the FabLab.
A bigger space can allow us to explore partnerships to add more services for students, and bring more visibility for work that happens in the FabLab and elsewhere on campus.
Those who visit the FabLab know we use a very tiny space in the back of the theater. Simply put, we need to move into a bigger space to:
- Accommodate our growing student users
- Expand the number and types of machines we have
- Accommodate whole classes, or multiple classes at once
- Have a design studio separate from the fabrication lab
Please sign and share this petition to convince our campus administrators to find the FabLab a new, bigger home. We can't do it without you!
Updates
November 6, 2018
The administration has acknowledged receipt of our proposal to relocate the Laney FabLab. While official dialogue remains in the preliminary stages, your collective support has provided the necessary leverage to keep this conversation moving forward.
November 6, 2018
The momentum behind this petition highlights how vital the FabLab has become to our campus culture. It is clear that our community recognizes the importance of providing students with the resources they need to succeed.
Reached 100 supporters
November 6, 2018
59 Comments
The FabLab is an invaluable resource for students, as well as attractive and innovative programming at Laney. Its popularity and need for additional space are great "problems" to have, and I support all efforts to accommodate this critical 21st century educational resource.
I've toured the FabLab and seen some inspiring student energy around designing, creating, starting businesses. It would be great for them to have more space and accommodate more classes.
This is the future of manufacturing, let's maintain and enhance it's impact on Laney Students job procurement.
Im a wood technology student at Laney. Id love to have more space/machine/access to the FabLab. Its what got me back into school
This has been a great resource, not just for Laney students and faculty, but also for OUSD and other teachers to learn how to use the equipment. They then take that knowledge back to their own classrooms.
This place has been a wonderful resource to me, and an invaluable locale inspiring creativity and ingenuity among the student body.
The fab lab s great, a bigger space would be incredible.
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The Laney FabLab needs your support in finding a new on-campus home!
For the past three years the FabLab has grown and integrated itself into the lives of Laney College students. More and more students every semester depend on the equipment and know-how of the friendly staff to create almost anything: from hydraulic claws used to demonstrate engineering principles, to beautiful furniture for student homes, to Halloween costumes and holiday gifts. Students who use the space find rewarding jobs in advanced manufacturing or go on to create small businesses of their own. Faculty and staff from more than 30 different departments are finding the FabLab critical to successfully teach and inspire their students. New Laney students are even falling in love with the trades and deciding to pursue a Career in Technical Education certificate after they use the FabLab.
A bigger space can allow us to explore partnerships to add more services for students, and bring more visibility for work that happens in the FabLab and elsewhere on campus.
Those who visit the FabLab know we use a very tiny space in the back of the theater. Simply put, we need to move into a bigger space to:
- Accommodate our growing student users
- Expand the number and types of machines we have
- Accommodate whole classes, or multiple classes at once
- Have a design studio separate from the fabrication lab
Please sign and share this petition to convince our campus administrators to find the FabLab a new, bigger home. We can't do it without you!
Updates
November 6, 2018
The administration has acknowledged receipt of our proposal to relocate the Laney FabLab. While official dialogue remains in the preliminary stages, your collective support has provided the necessary leverage to keep this conversation moving forward.
November 6, 2018
The momentum behind this petition highlights how vital the FabLab has become to our campus culture. It is clear that our community recognizes the importance of providing students with the resources they need to succeed.
Reached 100 supporters
November 6, 2018
59 Comments
The Fab Lab was instrumental in helping to fabricate one of our modular prototypes for our firm. They do great work and deserve a space that supports they work they do so that the students can continue to learn and benefit.
The FabLab is an invaluable resource for students, as well as attractive and innovative programming at Laney. Its popularity and need for additional space are great "problems" to have, and I support all efforts to accommodate this critical 21st century educational resource.
I've toured the FabLab and seen some inspiring student energy around designing, creating, starting businesses. It would be great for them to have more space and accommodate more classes.
This is the future of manufacturing, let's maintain and enhance it's impact on Laney Students job procurement.
Im a wood technology student at Laney. Id love to have more space/machine/access to the FabLab. Its what got me back into school
This has been a great resource, not just for Laney students and faculty, but also for OUSD and other teachers to learn how to use the equipment. They then take that knowledge back to their own classrooms.
This place has been a wonderful resource to me, and an invaluable locale inspiring creativity and ingenuity among the student body.
The fab lab s great, a bigger space would be incredible.
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The Fab Lab was instrumental in helping to fabricate one of our modular prototypes for our firm. They do great work and deserve a space that supports they work they do so that the students can continue to learn and benefit.