Craft Academy Academic Facilities

COMPUTER LAB

The Craft Academy has a computer lab in your residence hall with Mac computers provided by Dataseam, and you’ll have the opportunity to use our MakerSpace.

Combine your innovation and know-how to utilize the space for your STEM projects or experiment at various stations working with circuit boards, e-textiles, computer programming and 3-D printing.

SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

MSU's Space Science Center, which houses one of only five undergraduate space science programs in the country, features facilities allowing MSU students and faculty to develop, build, test and launch small satellites and other spacecraft systems.

As a Craft Academy student, you will get the chance to contribute to work that could end up in space's far reaches.

You can also take classes in our Department of Engineering Sciences, which offers manufacturing and robotics laboratories.

MAKERSPACE

The Craft Academy MakerSpace is designed to allow student creativity to come to life with cutting-edge equipment that provides rapid prototype solutions to today’s problems. Equipment and supplies that may be present in the MakerSpace will include electronic workstations, soldering stations, microcontrollers, 3-D printers, a sewing machine, a tabletop CNC machine, a tabletop drill press, a laser printer and more.

The MakerSpace is located on the ground floor of Craft Tower and is available during regularly scheduled MakerSpace open hours.

CAMDEN-CARROLL LIBRARY

Your high school library likely has plenty of reading materials. As a Craft Academy student, you'll have full access to the Camden-Carroll Library (CCL) at MSU. CCL has five floors of books, magazines, periodicals and other materials.

You’ll also have access to other learning and entertainment tools (CDs, DVDs, software, teaching aids, etc.), online research tools, the Learning Technology Lab, the Tutoring and Learning Center, the Instructional Technology Center, and the Research and Help Desk.

The library has space for group study and presentations. Plus, it offers full Wi-Fi capability, making it a great place to study or collaborate.