UAWC3 Lab

Hello everyone, The Spring semester came to a close last week, culminating with a Celebration of Graduates event honoring students who recently completed their degrees through the Wayne campus.  More than 150 students, family members, staff, and special guests attended the graduation event on May 4th—the highest attendance since before the pandemic. Even though spring classes are finished, there is plenty happening at Wayne College!  Everyone is welcome at the Wayne College Library for its summer activities including board games, movies, book clubs, even a used book sale in August!  Attached is a schedule of events.  Click to learn more. In the 3D Lab, studentsRead More →

Hello everyone, Finals Week is over!  Congratulations to all of our students who finished exams and can look forward to a peaceful, beautiful, snow covered Winter Break.  We ended the semester with a “fiesta” of activities including holiday craftmaking, wonderful food at MARRs Café, karaoke, a door decorating contest, and more!  Earlier this month, young community members from a local homeschool group visited the 3D Lab to learn digital fabrication and express their creativity!  Lab staff Carter helped them create designs in Corel DRAW which were laser engraved onto balsawood bookmarks.  They also learned the button press to make custom pin-on buttons and the solventRead More →

Hello everyone, The Fall season is in full swing here at The University of Akron Wayne College.  Make a point to visit the grounds, enjoy the walking path along Wagstaff Way, and the see colorful rural Fall foliage!  Our maples are spectacular this year. HalloWayne at Wayne College is a wrap!  Our costumed student and staff enjoyed a scavenger hunt card, solved riddles, went trick or treating, and carved pumpkins!  As end of semester draws near in December, Tools for Engineering students prepare for two challenging assignments: building robots that climb stairs and compete in the Battles Bots tournament.  The former is particularly challenging asRead More →

Hello everyone, The start of fall semester brought a flurry of excitement and anticipation.  Almost four weeks since, Wayne College is bustling with students with many new faces gracing our halls.  Plenty of activities, too, from our popular Welcome to Wayne Day welcoming event to the many student (and community!) activities offered by the Wayne College Library.  Stop-by some evening for trivia & board games, book club, movies, and D&D sessions!  You are bound to make new friends at Wayne College. While you’re here, visit the Wayne College 3D Lab to make some cool stuff for yourself, friends, or community groups that you are involvedRead More →

Hello everyone, It’s hard to believe that summer is drawing to a close and Fall semester begins in a little over a month here at Wayne College!  Maintenance staff have been busy beautifying and improving the campus, especially with a collage of varied flowers and flowering bushes throughout the campus.  Feel free to stop-by for lunch at MARRs Café on Tuesdays & Thursdays or check-out summer activities happening in the Library!  While you’re here, visit the Wayne College 3D Lab to make some cool stuff for yourself, friends, or community groups that you are involved with.  Attached is a list of possibilities and our labRead More →

Hello everyone, The damp, cool weather of Spring has turned to warm, sunny days here at Wayne College.  Our campus is quite beautiful this time of year with flowering annuals, bushes, trees, farmlands, and woods.  Come visit the College via the walking path along Wagstaff Way and have lunch at MARRs Café!  And while you’re here, visit the Wayne College 3D Lab to make some cool stuff for yourself, friends, or community groups that you are involved with.  Attached is a list of possibilities and our lab hours are listed here. Over the Spring semester, student Gabriel has been a regular visitor in our lab,Read More →

Hello everyone, With two more weeks of classes before Finals Week, the Spring semester is finishing up like a gust of wind, just like Ohio weather lately!  There have been lots of activities at Wayne College lately, including an Easter Egg Hunt and lots of student and community-welcome activities offered at the Wayne College Library!  Want to know more, just contact the library! Brett Lanz of Tri-County Educational Service Center announces an upcoming event, the 2025 Tri-County ESC STEAM Camp!  In conjunction with the Wayne County Schools Career Center, Schantz Makerspace, and Wayne County Children’s STEAM PLaylab, it is an engaging multi-day camp designed forRead More →

Hello everyone, The Spring semester is flying by this year!  Already halfway through the semester, students have been busy with midterm exams and projects.  Spring is just around the corner, yet today’s blistery cold wind and snow took us by surprise! This week was also our Disability & Mental Health Awareness event.  Students learned something new about what it’s like to have a disability that interferes with learning and everyday functioning.  In our personal and work lives, we all run into someone who is differently-abled than ourselves.  This was a great opportunity to learn and develop empathy in a fun and relaxed environment. Feel freeRead More →

Hello everyone, The Fall semester is at a close and winter break is here!  We’ve had snow (now melted), but need a bit more for Christmas.  Merry Christmas from all of us in the Wayne College family! Feel free to stop-by the 3D Lab on Tuesday & Wednesday, December 17 & 18 to learn 3D printing and make stickers, buttons, and laser engraved gifts.  We show you how to use the equipment; you make the stuff!  Why buy pre-made Christmas gifts when you can make your own?  Handmade gifts are original, personalized, and have sentimental value; they also are a gift to the maker simply by theRead More →

Hello everyone, Why buy pre-made Christmas gifts when you can make your own?  Handmade gifts are original, personalized, and have sentimental value; they also are a gift to the maker simply by the joy of creating something new!  You can bring items to personalize and we have a number of items donated by The Aldrich Family and P. Graham Dunn that can be personalized to make nice gifts. The 3D Lab is open now through December 18th on Monday-Friday from 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. then closed for the holidays until January 2nd.  Please let us know the day and time of your arrival so that we can scheduleRead More →