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Faculty Tutorials

Immersive Technology Day (2025)

In February, Media Commons and Penn State York hosted a Commonwealth Immersive Technology Day. The event featured an introductory presentation on immersive technology, a dynamic faculty panel with participants from Penn State York and Penn State Hazleton that sparked...

Arts & Architecture Staff Appreciation Day (2025)

We held two workshops for Arts and Architecture's Staff Appreciation Days this year. The first was a Tote Bag Dye Sublimation workshop, where staff created designs using Adobe Express and then transferred them to tote bags. The second was an intro to 3D printing and...

Spring 2025 Semester Report

Spring 2025 saw 9,410 students, faculty, and staff use the Media Commons, Maker Commons, and Immersive Experiences Lab initiatives across the Commonwealth. Much of this use was focused in 253 classes in nearly every discipline offered at Penn State. To facilitate these interactions outside of University Park, traveling consultants provided 29 in-person sessions and 35 remote sessions for instruction, consultations and support.

Makers-in-Residence at Garden Grow-How

At the Student Farm’s Garden Grow-How event in the HUB, Maker-in-Residence student workers 3D printed hundreds of germination plates for the top of Mason jars and gave them and stickers out to attendees. The student makers also attended the ENTI minor’s CommunENTI...