The dust will settle for decades on the impacts of the pandemic, but one trend was noticeable immediately.
According to the Census Bureau, there were 281,692 business license applications in July 2019. A year later, in the throes of the economic havoc the pandemic wrought, that number jumped to 558,688 applications, an all-time high.
Entrepreneurship doesn’t show any signs of slowing, either. In July 2021 alone, there were 454,460 license applications.
If there is a do-it-yourself ethos gripping the country, one part of campus is primed to develop those head-down, hands-on skills in students: UNLV Libraries’ Makerspace and Multimedia Production Studios.
Opened in summer 2019, the Makerspace gave students access to 3D printers, a laser cutter, sewing machines, hand tools, a vinyl cutter, workbenches; and complete audio and visual studios for podcasting, vlogging, music…
