Nearly 70 different RIT student teams and clubs are poised to move into the Student Hall for Exploration and Development (SHED) this summer in preparation for the building’s official opening in the fall semester. The SHED will centralize RIT’s maker community and bring together many of the performance teams, various other maker clubs and organizations, and a growing number of performing arts groups.
The SHED’s glass construction will showcase student creativity, encapsulating RIT’s unique blend of technology, the arts, and design, envisioned by RIT President David Munson. Passersby and visitors to campus will see students busy at work on three levels of maker spaces, starting with the A-level, and in extra-large classrooms located on the third and fourth floors.
The A-level is split into two zones that will house, on one side, an open maker space and wood and…
