Media are welcome to cover the dedication of the Hannewald Digital Learning Design Lab at Northern Michigan University. The event will take place at 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3 in West Science 2702. There will be technology demonstrations by NMU faculty and students, as well as school-age children, along with a possible "Rube Goldberg" themed ribbon-cutting.

The room is equipped with 3D printers, iPads, Go Pro cameras, robotics, a machine that sews circuitry into clothing and other devices that will help education students and practicing teachers more actively engage youth. The lab was supported by a $100,000 gift to the NMU Foundation in honor of the late alumnus and former teacher Florence Hagberg-Hannewald.

For more information, call Jess Jones in the NMU Foundation at 227-2662.