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
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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!

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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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