NE Iowa Iowa Family STEM Festival comes to UIU

The Northeast Iowa Family STEM Festival will take place at the Recreation Center, located at Upper Iowa University’s Fayette Campus, Thursday, October 18. The free public event will be held from 4-7 p.m.

The goals of the festival are to promote, inspire and engage youth in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) activities and to introduce children and parents to STEM careers in their local communities. Exhibitors will present hands-on STEM activities for children and their families. Past attendees had the opportunity to drive robots, conduct amazing science experiments, and much more!

The Northeast Iowa Family STEM Festival is a communitywide partnership led by the Northeast Region of the Iowa Governor’s STEM Advisory Council at the University of Northern Iowa, Upper Iowa University, North Fayette Valley Community School District, Oelwein Community School District, Central Rivers AEA, County Extension and Outreach, IowaWorks, Keystone AEA, Helping Services for Youth & Families and the TigerHawk Connections Learning Center, Northeast Iowa Community College and Fayette County Economic Development.