Family STEM festival reaches 350 youth

CRESCO - Howard County was privileged to host this year’s Northeast Iowa Family STEM Festival on April 11 at the Fairgrounds in Cresco. 
In the past, the event has taken place in Calmar. To spread the fun, it was held in Cresco this year and will also be held in Decorah on rotating years.
There were 20 exhibitors who gave around 350 youth an introduction to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math). 
Jeff Beneke from the Iowa Governor’s STEM Advisory Council helped sponsor the event. “The idea behind the festival is to promote, inspire and create awareness for STEM opportunities and careers.”
It worked! The youth attending were having fun and ran from booth to booth to see what new things they could learn.
If you or your children couldn’t get enough during the three-hour event, there are more opportunities provided by NICC in the months to come. Go to www.nicc.edu/camps .
~ NICC Cresco Center: May 16, Trimark CNC Day (entering grades 11-12)
~ NICC Cresco Center: June 3-7, Be Your Own Boss (entering 5-6)
~ Dairy Center: June 18, Progressive Agriculture Safety Day (ages 4-12)
~ Waukon Center: June 18, Kids in the Kitchen (entering 3-7)
~ Waukon Center: June 19-21, Game on with STEM (entering PK-7)
~ Waukon Center: July 30-31, Build Your Own Business (entering 4-6)
~ Calmar Campus: August 5-7: NICC for Kids (entering 2-4)
~ Waukon Center: Aug. 8, Healthcare Faces of the Future (entering 3-7)
Organizations that exhibited were A&W Restaurant, CUSB Bank, Donlon Pharmacy & Toy Jungle, Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois, Green Iowa AmeriCorps, Grout Museum District, Howard-Winneshiek CSD, Iowa Public Television, Iowa Speedway, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, IowaWORKS, ITC Midwest, Keystone Area Education Agency, MiEnergy Cooperative, Northeast Iowa Community College, NICC-Nursing, Regional Health Services of Howard County, RHSHC Laboratory, Upper Iowa University - Computer Sciences and University of Northern Iowa - STEM.
 

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