7th Annual STEM Fest To Offer Over 50 Free Activities

The Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation (EVSC) and New Tech Institute are hosting the 7th annual STEM Fest this month, and this year's event features more STEM activities than ever.

What is STEM Fest?

At this point, I'm going to assume you know that STEM is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math - so you can imagine what an event like STEM Fest is all about. In case you can't imagine, I can tell you that STEM Fest will have over 50 FREE STEM activities hosted by area colleges, businesses, organizations, and New Tech students. Again this year we are partnering with Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library (EVPL), which will host a Preschool STEM room.

EVSC New Tech STEM Fest via Facebook

New Tech is so thankful for the following sponsors who have made this FREE community event possible again this year.

Berry
Liberty Federal Credit Union
SABIC
AstraZeneca
Centerpoint
Evansville Downtown Optimists
Feller Express
University of Evansville Engineering Department
Alcoa
Bayer
SoINFame
Hafer
Berger Wealth Management
Graybar
Project Associates
Kahn, Dees, Donovan, and Kahn
CIHOLAS
EVSC Foundation
NexTech

And how could I forget - visitors have the chance to drive a friggin' robot!

When and Where is STEM Fest 2024?

There are two days of STEM Fest - one day for EVSC students only, and another day that is open to the public.

On Friday, February 23rd, New Tech will welcome over 800 area middle school students along with homeschool families and groups. Everyone else is invited to come out on Saturday, February 24th between 9am-1pm.

New Tech Institute has a new home - it is now located at 3013 N. First Avenue in Evansville.

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