New episode of the Staff Lounge Podcast launches today: The Magic Ingredient: Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Perfecting the recipe for student success? Could interdisciplinary collaboration be the magic ingredient?

In this episode, professor Shirantha Beddage chats with Bakery and Culinary Arts professor, Kenneth Ku, and Web Design and Interactive Technology professor, David Neumann about their exciting professional collaboration that brings together Culinary and Media students. Professors Ku and Neumann share how they developed a successful interdisciplinary collaboration that’s created an exciting and professionally rewarding learning experience for faculty and learners.

This episode celebrates how Humber faculty are working together, moving out of their professional silos and creating key professional partnerships. This perfect pairing is a powerful example of what makes Humber an innovative leader in Higher Education.

"For instance, we make chocolate and we always had to purchase the molds. I didn’t know David had all these 3D printing machines; they had mold making machines. And so, we can customize things, right? That’s how it started, just seeing that every department can do these things."- Kenneth Ku, Professor, Baking & Pastry Arts Management, Faculty of Business 

"For those students who have an idea and want to prototype, they now know there’s a way of getting it out of their head and out into the world, without having to doubt: ‘how am I going to make this custom mold? ‘What about my own ideas? How can I do that, and express myself?’ So, entrepreneurship is one of the huge areas that this is helpful for. But it’s also your own voice saying, 'I want to try this.'" - David Neumann, PC, Web Design and Interactive Media & User Experience Design, Faculty of Media and Creative Arts 

Enjoy this episode at The Staff Lounge, or wherever you get your podcasts.