This semester, students from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s School of Interior Architecture will engage fifth- and sixth-grade students at a local middle school to address diversity in the profession, with support from a $72,000 grant from the Angelo Donghia Foundation. The grant is funding the creation of the Engaging Youth to Make Interactive Experience (EYMIE) Lab, a mobile lab and library equipped with tools and technology for design and making, as well as design/build installations that benefit local communities.
Throughout the semester, UT students will design the mobile design lab in collaboration with the young students at Lenoir City Intermediate/Middle School, a Title I STEM-designated school in Tennessee, to introduce them to design and participate together in design/build projects.
