Real-World Learning. Real Industry Experience.
From consumer insights and retail activations to industry partnerships and career readiness, students gain experience that extends beyond the classroom.
Experiential Learning & Industry Engagement
The Lundgren Consumer Science Lab serves as a living laboratory where students connect classroom learning with real-world experience. Through industry partnerships, consumer research, retail activations, and community engagement, students develop practical skills while exploring the future of retail and consumer sciences.
Working alongside faculty mentors, industry professionals, and community partners, students gain hands-on experience in marketing, merchandising, consumer insights, event management, entrepreneurship, and strategic decision-making.
Tile one: What Students Experience
Retail Activations & Events
Students help plan and execute engaging experiences that connect campus, community, and industry while developing skills in event management, merchandising, marketing, and consumer engagement.
Consumer Research & Insights
Student-led focus groups provide valuable Gen Z perspectives for industry partners while helping students build experience in qualitative research, data analysis, facilitation, and presentation skills.
Industry Partnerships
Students collaborate with professionals, brands, and organizations on projects that reflect real business opportunities and challenges, building professional networks and career-ready skills along the way.
Lab
Coming Fall 2026: Campus Closet at the LCS Lab
Coming Fall 2026: Campus Closet at the LCS Lab
The next chapter of the Lab's evolution is the launch of Campus Closet at the LCS Lab, a partnership designed to expand access to career-ready resources while creating new experiential learning opportunities for students.
The boutique-style satellite location will provide:
- Professional and business casual clothing
- Career readiness resources
- Professional headshots
- Styling and image consultations
- Digital portfolio and video resume support
- Interdisciplinary collaborations across campus
Campus Closet at the LCS Lab will serve as both a student resource and a hands-on learning environment, creating new opportunities for learning, engagement, and career preparation while strengthening connections between students, industry, and the University of Arizona community.