About the Hub

What is “The Hub”?

Founded in January 2018 through a $2.5 million investment by Provost Sally McRorie, FSU’s Innovation Hub, also known as “The Hub,” is a unique collaborative workspace and makerspace that provides students from across disciplines with opportunities to explore their creative, innovative nature through course work, co-curricular activities, and tools for innovation. We also support faculty in teaching and research by providing resources, expertise, and a community focused on the future of higher education. We are open to everyone with an FSU ID and offer special outreach events for our local community.

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The Hub is not an academic unit within the university, but offers a wide range of co-curricular resources, and offers courses and academic credentials through partnerships with academic units.

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Our Interdisciplinary Mission

To advance higher education by bringing together faculty and students from across disciplines, in collaboration with industry experts, to confront the complex challenges of our day using design thinking and emerging technologies while preparing students to lead in a future of automation and accelerating change.

Our Beliefs & Values

Innovation is critical to the future of humanity.
Creativity and collaboration are at the heart of innovation and human purpose.
Emerging technologies expand our capabilities and capacity for problem-solving.
Each individual brings value to problem-solving through their unique perspective, knowledge, and life experiences
Meaningful collaboration is driven by empathy, trust, respect, and authenticity.
Innovation lies at the intersection of disciplines
There is no such thing as a bad idea - we can build on each other’s ideas
We learn through trial and error, progressing forward together

Design Thinking

Designing the Future
of Higher Education

Check out this mind-blowing mind map of Innovation Hub functions, resources, and partners!

Essential Ingredients for Innovation

Individual Contribution

The most important ingredient for innovation is what you bring to the table.
- Unique perspective
- Unique skill-set and knowledge
- Creativity
- Passion
- Empathy
Collaborative Engagement

The synergy between individuals is where the innovative magic happens when the proper skills are applied.
- Interdisciplinary Perspectives
- Emotional Literacy
- Leadership and Facilitation
- Project Management
- Effective Communication
Innovation Framework

The Innovative process benefits from an organized approach.
- Design Thinking
- Systems Thinking
- Other assorted methods
Emerging Technologies

Technologies enhance our ability for creative innovation with new technologies opening doors to new innovations.
- Digital Fabrication
- Immersive Media
- Artificial Intelligence
- Robotics
- Blockchain
- Other emerging tech

Innovation Hub Resources at a Glance

Collaborative Workspace

Rooms of all sizes available to reserve with displays, whiteboards, sticky notes and markers.
Hangout Space

Study, play VR games or chess, meet-up with friends or make new friends! The Hub is a great place to pass the time between classes.
Digital Fablab

3D Print, Laser Cut, Vinyl Cut, electronics workstation, and and more to bring your digital design into the physical world.
Rubini Design Lab

Our New and Immersive Media Design Lab supports all kinds of digital design in 3D and 2D for VR, Games, and more.
Innovation Courses

Design Thinking, Systems Thinking, Emerging Tech and more. Combine courses for a MINOR in INNOVATION!
Workshops and Events

Seminole innovators Lunch Hours, Tech Workshops, Faculty Innovator Coffee Chats, Showcases, Ideathons, and many more!
Faculty Support and Activities

From supplementing your classes with Innovative activities to socializing and learning at our Faculty Coffee Chats the Hub can help keep you connected and moving forward.
Interdisciplinary Design

The Hub supports design across disciplines. Utilizing Design Thinking, we can confront a wide range of design challenges whether they be related to products, services, social issues, environmental, or other.

Supporters

The Innovation Hub is financially supported by the FSU Provost with assistance from key partners listed below.

Founding Partners

These programs provided essential resources that allowed the Innovation Hub to be established and continue their support and involvement annually.

Academic Partners

These programs provide support for student interns in the Innovation Hub and co-educational activities. They are representation on the Innovation Steering Committee and provide valuable disciplinary perspective to our interdisciplinary work.