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Get excited for the MVP Challenge
Get excited for the MVP Challenge

Get excited for the MVP Challenge

Megan DavisMegan DavisFebruary 9, 2026
The University Libraries Creation and Innovation Hubs: What we were up to this semester!
Two 4-H participants recording video with a 360 degree camera
The University Libraries Creation and Innovation Hubs: What we were up to this semester!

The University Libraries Creation and Innovation Hubs: What we were up to this semester!

Emerson IronstoneEmerson IronstoneJanuary 6, 2026
The first ever game jam at the Toaster
Students and judges for the Tinker @ The Toaster Game Jam challenge gathered under the Toaster neon sign for a group photo.
The first ever game jam at the Toaster

The first ever game jam at the Toaster

Megan DavisMegan DavisDecember 4, 2025
Spitballing at MPR: Voices for Impact
Megan Davis is standing in the Toaster Innovation Hub.
Spitballing at MPR: Voices for Impact

Spitballing at MPR: Voices for Impact

Megan DavisMegan DavisNovember 25, 2025
The Toaster helps incoming design students grow their opportunities
New students visit information tables at the Toaster Innovation Hub during College Welcome Days
The Toaster helps incoming design students grow their opportunities

The Toaster helps incoming design students grow their opportunities

Megan DavisMegan DavisSeptember 4, 2025
The MVP Challenge returns to the Toaster once again for Founders Day
The MVP Challenge returns to the Toaster once again for Founders Day

The MVP Challenge returns to the Toaster once again for Founders Day

Megan DavisMegan DavisMay 13, 2025
Students sharpen their entrepreneurial talents during Biz Pitch at the Toaster
A group of students and judges in front of a monitor that reads Biz Pitch. Students in the front row hold a large check that reads BizPitch Winner $2,000.00.
Students sharpen their entrepreneurial talents during Biz Pitch at the Toaster

Students sharpen their entrepreneurial talents during Biz Pitch at the Toaster

Megan DavisMegan DavisApril 8, 2025
Students celebrate five years of creation and innovation at The Toaster on Toast Day!
A person place their hands together in fist and the fingers have writing that spell out Toast Day.
Students celebrate five years of creation and innovation at The Toaster on Toast Day!

Students celebrate five years of creation and innovation at The Toaster on Toast Day!

Megan DavisMegan DavisMarch 4, 2025
The Toaster Challenges Students to Tinker with AI
The Toaster Challenges Students to Tinker with AI

The Toaster Challenges Students to Tinker with AI

Ai-Quynh Bui — Toaster AmbassadorAi-Quynh Bui — Toaster AmbassadorDecember 13, 2024
Exploring Virtual Reality at the Toaster: Insights from Charlie and My Experience as a Product Design Student
Student using virtual reality with a screen showing how the student is creating a drawing over what a video camera is seeing in the space.
Exploring Virtual Reality at the Toaster: Insights from Charlie and My Experience as a Product Design Student

Exploring Virtual Reality at the Toaster: Insights from Charlie and My Experience as a Product Design Student

Kimberlie MoockKimberlie MoockNovember 19, 2024
Innovation happens here!
BASE participants photo in the Toaster Innovation Hub
Innovation happens here!

Innovation happens here!

Kimberlie MoockKimberlie MoockSeptember 4, 2024
Undergraduate innovators to showcase their MVP at Founders Day
Founders Day 2024
Undergraduate innovators to showcase their MVP at Founders Day

Undergraduate innovators to showcase their MVP at Founders Day

Ai-Quynh Bui — Toaster AmbassadorAi-Quynh Bui — Toaster AmbassadorApril 26, 2024
The Toaster Celebrates and Says Goodbye to Three of Their Own
The Toaster Celebrates and Says Goodbye to Three of Their Own

The Toaster Celebrates and Says Goodbye to Three of Their Own

Ai-Quynh Bui — Toaster AmbassadorAi-Quynh Bui — Toaster AmbassadorApril 23, 2024
New Additions to the Toaster Team Bring a Fresh Wave of Creativity and Innovation
New Additions to the Toaster Team Bring a Fresh Wave of Creativity and Innovation

New Additions to the Toaster Team Bring a Fresh Wave of Creativity and Innovation

Ai-Quynh Bui — Toaster AmbassadorAi-Quynh Bui — Toaster AmbassadorApril 18, 2024
Carlson students explore problem solving at the Toaster Innovation Hub
Carlson students explore problem solving at the Toaster Innovation Hub

Carlson students explore problem solving at the Toaster Innovation Hub

Ai-Quynh Bui — Toaster AmbassadorAi-Quynh Bui — Toaster AmbassadorFebruary 12, 2024
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