MakerLodge aims to train first-year undergraduate students on a small set of introductory maker technologies, give those students an opportunity to practice what they’ve learned, and then choose one additional tool or technology for further training—welding, sewing, machining, or whatever is of most interest to them! MakerLodge provides all students who complete the program with a toolbox full of hand tools, an Arduino nano and MakerBucks (a special form of TechCash) to enable and encourage future making.