Meet the Student Innovation Team
Learn about the fantastic group of students helping the Hub tackle challenges in higher education
The Hub’s Student Innovation Team enhances higher education’s traditional model of project implementation by engaging student voices early in large-scale University challenges and opportunities. The team addresses challenges in curriculum and course development, space design, engagement strategy, and more through research, brainstorming, and testing. Each week, the 12 person team learns to apply methods of creative problem solving, such as design thinking, systems thinking, and Lean SixSigma, to 2-week project sprints. Individuals on this year’s team brought diversity from 10 different majors, 6 colleges, on and off-campus, transfer, domestic, and international students.
The Student Innovation team acts as a Think Tank for MSU.
PA VANG
Anthropology, senior
1 THING I HAVE TO OFFER:
An anthropology mindset
Minor/ specialization:
Graphic Design and Entrepreneurship
Some of my other involvements include…
Student Supervisor at the Learning Resource Center, Lab Monitor at the Anatomy Lab
One experience that helped me grow…
Joining the Asian Pacific American Student Organization and the Spartan Remix Committee
DOUGLAS CLEMENTS
Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, junior
1 THING I HAVE TO OFFER:
A background in renewable energy and an interest in regenerative systems
Minor/ specialization:
Ecosystems design
Some of my other involvements include…
Zap Zone Manager, Martial arts student/instructor, Design for America member
One experience that helped me grow…
Spending a month in Nepal, living with locals, trekking and eating a lot
CAMERON SNOW
Finance, freshman
1 THING I HAVE TO OFFER:
Leadership
Some of my other involvements include…
Employment at Forest Akers, Brother of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity and Brotherhood Committee Chairman
One experience that helped me grow…
Learning to golf, which taught me patience and the importance of hard work
ROHIT SEN
Computer Science, sophomore
1 THING I HAVE TO OFFER:
Technical and management skills
Minor/ Specialization:
Cognitive Science
Some of my other involvements include…
Research Assistant at Hintze Lab
One experience that helped me grow…
My environmental engineering business
KAT SHUPE
Zoology, senior
1 THING I HAVE TO OFFER:
Team work & enthusiasm
Minor/Specialization:
Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology
Some of my other involvements include…
Research Assistant at the Kay Holekamp Lab, as well as a writer for the Integrative Biology Department Communications Team
One experience that helped me grow…
Doing conservation research this summer in South Africa
DOUGLAS KLIMBAL
Environmental Geoscience, senior
1 THING I HAVE TO OFFER:
The perspective of a Geology student
Minor/Specialization:
Geographic Information Science (GIS)
Some of my other involvements include…
Geology Club, Research at Friesen Lab in Plant Bio, Photography
One experience that helped me grow…
Helping my family sell the house I grew up in. The summer after my freshman year in college, I helped reconstruct the wrap-around porch/covered deck.
TANNER MATHY
Environmental and Economics Management, freshman
1 THING I HAVE TO OFFER:
Organization & sustainability
Minor/Specialization:
Leadership in Integrated Learning (Bailey Scholars Program); possibly Mathematics
Some of my other involvements include…
Student senate representative for LEAF Club; member of MSU Stars (Make A Wish); volunteer with City of East Lansing Environmental Stewardship Program
One experience that helped me grow…
Coming to MSU and not knowing ANYONE. At all. I’m not a very outgoing guy, but meeting the people on my floor and getting involved with groups really has helped me become more sociable.
CHAD BINDER
Supply Chain Management, senior
1 THING I HAVE TO OFFER:
Love
Some of my other involvements include…
Leading a team for Design for America, Lou and Harry’s Manager, Research Assistant for Supply Chain
One experience that helped me grow…
Travelling to Lilongwe, Malawi with the Global Center for Food Systems Innovation to innovate informal food markets while collaborating with local students and city government
LINDA LAY
Biosystems Engineering, junior
1 THING I HAVE TO OFFER:
Enthusiasm!
Minor/Specialization:
Leadership in Integrated Learning (Bailey Scholars Program); possibly Mathematics
Some of my other involvements include…
Design for America, Research opportunities
One experience that helped me grow…
Being a team member with Design for America
JUSTIN WOODS
Media and information, freshman
1 THING I HAVE TO OFFER:
Leadership
Some of my other involvements include…
Freelance photography and film
One experience that helped me grow…
Getting hired by MSU for University photography projects
LIZ MARTIN
Experience Architecture, senior
1 THING I HAVE TO OFFER:
Listening
Some of my other involvements include…
Design for America
One experience that helped me grow…
Leading a design project in Jamaica
LIBBY HOFFMAN
Experience architecture, senior
1 THING I HAVE TO OFFER:
Energy!
Some of my other involvements include…
Being an intercultural aide on campus, teaching kickboxing and bootcamp, working on education projects at the Hub
One experience that helped me grow…
Travelling in the Caribbean, Central America, and Africa
Want to learn more about working with the Student Innovation Team? Send a note to Libby Hoffman (hoffm492@msu.edu).