Yesterday’s workshops for the Admissions Office Open House proved to be a great interactive experience for both prospective and current students. Starting with a bellyful of Simply Waffles, prospective students met Lemelson staff members and current Lemelson students, then moved on to the workshops.
Design Challenge participants display their Puffcar designs.
Participants in the Build-a-Candlestick workshop learned to weld, grind, and hammer metal, producing beautiful votive candle holders to take home. In the Design Challenge workshop, each person was asked to design a “puffcar”, a vehicle that could travel as far as possible on a single puff of air. The winning design – which was also the simplest design – got its creator a Lemelson t-shirt.
Throughout the open house, student Jake Horsey gave demonstrations of the CNC milling machine. Everyone who attended enjoyed the whirlwind introduction to life at Lemelson, with some prospectives asking if they could return the next day to complete their candle holders.
Prospective students built metal holders for votive candles in Sunday's workshop.
HCLC periodically offers workshops for prospective, accepted, and incoming students, providing an opportunity for those who might not know much about the Lemelson shop – or have any shop experience – to see what is available to them.
Thanks to our staff for organizing and leading the workshops, to our students who gave the prospectives their take on the Hampshire experience, and to Stephen for his delicious (and borderline dangerous) waffles.