School Design Archives - MiEN Company

12 May

JetCo Federal’s New Collaborative Workspace is Inspiring and Motivating

JetCo Federal’s New Collaborative Workspace is Inspiring and MotivatingGovernment contractor works with MiEN to design a new, inviting space for its growing workforce. Founded in 2007, JetCo Federal is a supply chain management and logistics firm that works with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). Focused on developing efficient warehouses, the Grand Rapids, Mich.-based organization...

27 Apr

3 Key Elements of Future Ready Science Labs

3 Key Elements of Future Ready Science Labs Gone are the old, stuffy, and institutional-looking labs of the past, and now in their place are bright and airy future ready spaces that support collaboration and student-centered learning. Students benefit from working in spaces that are designed for their comfort and to support their learning, and––in...

23 Apr

5 Classroom Learning Zones to Promote Engagement

5 Classroom Learning Zones to Promote Engagement When designing a classroom, creating differentiated classroom learning zones is a useful way to personalize the learning environment to meet the diverse needs of students. This strategy can be used with all age levels to organize learning spaces into established zones where students can engage with different learning...

14 Apr

Chicago Middle School Transforms Older Building into a Collaborative Learning Space

Chicago Middle School Transforms Older Building into a Collaborative Learning SpaceWorking with MiEN, this top-ranking middle school in Illinois turns an older building into a modern learning space. Taking older structures and turning them into modern, collaborative learning spaces is no easy task, but some schools are facing the project head-on and achieving their goals...

13 Apr

A Modern, Engaging Classroom for the Workforce of the Future

A Modern, Engaging Classroom for the Workforce of the FutureMySchool@Kent overhauls its learning space to meet the needs of its learners and help them prepare for success in the workforce of the future. A vital program for the Kent ISD in Grand Rapids, Mich., MySchool@Kent provides an engaging, world-class blended learning environment that supports all...

08 Apr

Florida Charter School Develops a New, Highly-Collaborative School Building

Florida Charter School Develops a New, Highly-Collaborative School BuildingHillsborough County Public Schools A part of the Hillsborough County Public Schools in Tampa, Fla., Literacy Leadership Technology (LLT) Academy was founded in 2005 with the goal of creating a place for middle school students to focus on technology. It would later add Franklin Covey’s “Leader in...

18 Mar

St. Charles Catholic School Receives New Furniture Donation

Community Donor Transformed Classroom for 21st Century Learning Greenville, MI— 2/16/2021 — Some Students at St. Charles Catholic Schools are learning in a new “state of the art” classroom, thanks to a gift of new furniture. It was donated by MiEN Environments, an educational furniture manufacturer based in Grand Rapids, and The Currie...

17 Mar

Q&A with Jonathan and Ryanne: Top 5 Favorite MiEN Products

Q&A with Jonathan and Ryanne: Top 5 Favorite MiEN Products Welcome to the MiEN Environments Top 5 Series, where our regional directors, account managers, and designers share their favorite MiEN products. Here we will breakdown the value our employees and our customers find in the solutions designed with specific products and why those products meet...

15 Mar

Designing Better Learning Environments for Active Learning

Designing Better Learning Environments for Active Learning Author: Dr. Christina Counts When designing learning environments, it’s important to consider how spaces can support active learning. Active learning is an approach to learning in which students are engaged as active participants in the learning process through investigation, discussion, problem-solving, and collaboration. The active learning model allows...

05 Mar

The Effect of Learning Environments on Behavior and Wellbeing

The Effect of Learning Environments on Behavior and Wellbeing Author: Dr. Christina Counts Numerous studies show that physical spaces have a direct effect on mood and behavior (Uncapher, 2016). Factors such as comfort, security, serenity, and levels of distraction all have an impact on how spaces make us feel and how we act in these...

Tags: School Design

JetCo Federal’s New Collaborative Workspace is Inspiring and Motivating

3 Key Elements of Future Ready Science Labs

5 Classroom Learning Zones to Promote Engagement

Chicago Middle School Transforms Older Building into a Collaborative Learning Space

A Modern, Engaging Classroom for the Workforce of the Future

Florida Charter School Develops a New, Highly-Collaborative School Building

St. Charles Catholic School Receives New Furniture Donation

Q&A with Jonathan and Ryanne: Top 5 Favorite MiEN Products

Designing Better Learning Environments for Active Learning

The Effect of Learning Environments on Behavior and Wellbeing

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