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What the Wond’ry has to offer
Feb. 23, 2017—I have been at the Wond’ry for three weeks now, and it has been a blast. On the job after a long morning of football and classes I’m tired, but boy oh boy does the Wond’ry give me some energy. It’s the newest building on campus and is adjacent to the new engineering building. As...
How to Make a Box
Feb. 23, 2017—This workshop took place on February 23rd at 4pm until 6pm in the Wond’ry Makerspace with Instructor Kevin Galloway the Director of Making. This workshop explored several methods for making a box and making it look good. Topics covered in the workshop were simple wood joining techniques to rapidly assemble box frames, steps for laser...
“A Heart to Hold” Sewing Workshop at the Wond’ry
Feb. 23, 2017—On February 22nd, the Wond’ry co hosted a sewing workshop with VU theatre and the school of nursing. This workshop showed Faculty, staff, and students everything from hand sewing to industrial machine sewing. My favorite part about this workshop was sewing a heart for “a heart to hold”. The heart to hold project was launched...
Design Sketching
Feb. 18, 2017—This event took place on February 15th from 4pm until 6pm at the Wond’ry with Instructor Evan Reese from Fractal Hardware. It explored why designers draw and dug into the mindset and techniques of the best designers in the world to help you use drawing to get things done. The instructor, Evan Reese, is the...
Radx 2017 Innovation Challenge
Feb. 16, 2017—The VU Department of Radiology kicked off its RadXInnovation Challenge, co-sponsored by the Wond’ry and CTTC, on February 16th at 4pm at the Wond’ry. RadX is a healthcare innovation and entrepreneurship incubator within the Dept. of Radiology and this inaugural innovation challenge has teams working from February to June to create a commercially viable solution to...
VandyHacks Hacker Night – Let’s Code This
Feb. 16, 2017—This event took place on February 16th from 5:30pm until 11pm on the 3rd floor of the Wond’ry and was hosted by VandyHacks and Home Depot. This 5-hour coding event was an evening of creativity and hacking, where Vandy students could turn ideas into reality. Overall, 54 students attended, and 7 projects were submitted. In...
School for Science and Math at Vanderbilt
Feb. 14, 2017—On February 2nd, the Wond’ry hosted a group of high school juniors from the School for Science and Math at Vanderbilt for a morning of fun and fabrication. The students learned how to make plastic forms using a vacuum former and then built frames for their creations by drilling pocket holes into pieces of lumber....
Places and Spaces: Mapping Science Exhibit Workshops
Feb. 9, 2017—• Illustrations in Inkscape o This event took place on February 7th from 11am until 12pm and demonstrated how to make illustrations in Inkscape, a vector graphics editor. • Interactive Data Using KK/ggvis o This event took place on February 8th from 11am until 12pm and taught how to test data using KK/ggvis with instruction...
Entrepreneurial Mentality
Feb. 6, 2017—This event was a two-part workshop exploring the emotional, psychological, and physical ups and downs of being an entrepreneur. It featured guest speakers Avi Spelman (VU ’08), Ben Hindman (VU ’07) and Austin Dirks (VU ’08), who discussed their many experiences as entrepreneurs and advice to further help motivate other aspiring entrepreneurs. Students who had...
Global Student Entrepreneur Awards – Regional Competition
Jan. 27, 2017—The Premier global competition for students who own and operate a business while attending college or university took place on January 27th from 3pm until 6pm on the Wond’ry second level common space. The competitors for this competition had to be an undergraduate student with a business that has been operational for at least six...