LARAMIE — The University of Wyoming College of Engineering and Applied Science’s Innovation Wyrkshop will expand across the state with five new Innovation Wyrkshop mini-makerspaces — aimed at high school students and young adults with disabilities — thanks to $175,000 from Wyoming Department of Workforce Services Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) Pre-Employment Training Funds.
Locations for the mini-makerspaces are being sought, and the Innovation Wyrkshop is looking for input from interested communities. To submit the opportunity to host a mini-makerspace, visit www.wyrkshop.org/apply.
“We are so thrilled about this partnership, and we can’t wait to see these new spaces in action,” says Tyler Kerr, coordinator for UW’s Innovation Wyrkshop. “The five new mini-makerspaces will be geared primarily to providing unique opportunities for young adults…