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Minka Initiatives

Interdisciplinary Initiatives

Tile, tablet, and smart watch shown as assistive tech in the Minka

Minka Home Assistant

CIS Students suggested the Minka purchase a Home Assistant.

Pollinator Garden

The Buzz on Campus

This interdisciplinary initiative focuses on student engagement and collaboration with the Minka House and other stakeholders to create accessible native plant gardens.

An instructor helping a student with an electro stimulation simulator kit

Simulations in the Minka

Various health professions majors regularly participate in simulations in the Minka.

A student using arthritis simulation gloves while trying to write

Geriatric Simulation Kits

The Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program provides geriatric simulation kits to be used in the Minka.

Four Dementia Friendly USI representatives smile in matching t-shirts

Minka Advisory Board

The Advisory Board brings new perspectives to Minka decision making.

Headshot of Dr. Bill Thomas

Dr. Bill Thomas

Dr. Thomas promotes discussions on aging myths, happiness as we age, and the complexity of impacting aging related systems.

A group of engineering students survey the under construction Minka house for improvements

Architectural Additions

Senior engineering students designed additions to the Minka.

Purple Coneflower

Native Plants

A Biology faculty member recommended plants for the Minka.

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Minka Learning Lab for Living Well

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