Community Events

Tuesday, March 19, 2024 - 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm

The Northeast Iowa Regional Hub partners with local community leaders and educators to host the Cedar Valley Family STEM Festival. Exhibitors from throughout Iowa spark student and parent interest with hands-on learning ranging from driving robots and trying virtual welding to testing chemical reactions and flying flight simulators. Organized like a street festival or county fair, visitors stroll form activity to activity at their leisure. This awe-inspiring day will feature compelling, educational and entertaining activities, performances and exhibits for all ages!

Thursday, March 21, 2024 - 8:30 am to 6:30 pm

Combining the excitement of sport with the rigors of science and technology, the FIRST Robotics Competition will bring together more than 50 teams from the Midwest and beyond to compete in the University of Northern Iowa McLeod Center.  Each high school team will design, build, and program their robot to play this year’s game. During each match, witness two brand-new alliances of 3 robots each face off against each other. Come join us as we celebrate 9 years of FIRST Robotics Competition Regional events for Iowa teams.

Friday, March 22, 2024 - 12:00 am to 11:59 pm

Show your Panther Pride by wearing purple and gold!

Friday, March 22, 2024 - 8:00 am to 5:45 pm

Combining the excitement of sport with the rigors of science and technology, the FIRST Robotics Competition will bring together more than 50 teams from the Midwest and beyond to compete in the University of Northern Iowa McLeod Center.  Each high school team will design, build, and program their robot to play this year’s game. During each match, witness two brand-new alliances of 3 robots each face off against each other. Come join us as we celebrate 9 years of FIRST Robotics Competition Regional events for Iowa teams.

Saturday, March 23, 2024 - 8:00 am to 5:00 pm

Combining the excitement of sport with the rigors of science and technology, the FIRST Robotics Competition will bring together more than 50 teams from the Midwest and beyond to compete in the University of Northern Iowa McLeod Center.  Each high school team will design, build, and program their robot to play this year’s game. During each match, witness two brand-new alliances of 3 robots each face off against each other. Come join us as we celebrate 9 years of FIRST Robotics Competition Regional events for Iowa teams.

Friday, March 29, 2024 - 12:00 am to 11:59 pm

Show your Panther Pride by wearing purple and gold!

Friday, April 5, 2024 - 12:00 am to 11:59 pm

Show your Panther Pride by wearing purple and gold!

Saturday, April 6, 2024 - 10:00 am to 5:00 pm

RodCon is a mini-comic book convention with a welcoming environment where people with common interests come together to share their love of all things pop culture. This will be the ninth year for our event, and we hope this year will continue to be bigger and even better. The event is always free and open to the public and highlights guest speakers, artists, vendors, trivia competitions, youth and adult costume contests, prizes, giveaways, video gaming, live-action role-playing, youth crafts, and much more!  The RodCon strives to present diverse perspectives and offer opportunities for discussion and idea-sharing.

Monday, April 8, 2024 - 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm

Today is the day!  It's time for an eclipse, and even if you can't make it to a location within the totality, you can participate!  Students, faculty, staff - please join UNI Earth & Environmental Science and STEM Support Services in an Eclipse Open House south of the Campanile and between Wright Hall and the Business Building. 

View the eclipse through a specially filtered telescope, participate in solar themed activities and citizen science.  Free and open to all.  We'll even have some special give-a-ways!  Mark this celestial event with the rest of the UNI community by joining us any time between 12:30 and 3:30! 

Friday, April 12, 2024 - 12:00 am to 11:59 pm

Show your Panther Pride by wearing purple and gold!

Friday, April 19, 2024 - 12:00 am to 11:59 pm

Show your Panther Pride by wearing purple and gold!

Friday, April 26, 2024 - 12:00 am to 11:59 pm

Show your Panther Pride by wearing purple and gold!

Friday, April 26, 2024 - 12:00 am to 11:59 pm

If you have taken part in community engagement work through the Service Learning Institute, coursework, internships, class projects, professional service, student organizations, research, individually, etc. from summer 2022 to present, we would like to invite you to showcase your work on Friday, April 26, 2023.

Friday, May 3, 2024 - 12:00 am to 11:59 pm

Show your Panther Pride by wearing purple and gold!

Friday, May 10, 2024 - 12:00 am to 11:59 pm

Show your Panther Pride by wearing purple and gold!

Thursday, May 23, 2024 - 9:00 am

Garden of Memories Cemetery is by far the largest cemetery in our local community with more than 4,500 veterans interned there. It is an extensive undertaking to place flags on the grave of each Veteran for Memorial Day.

We are requesting the help of volunteers to place flags on the graves. This mission requires attention to detail, determination and quick adaptive skill sets to finish in a timely manner. Please dress appropriately for the weather and wear appropriate footwear.  

Please sign up by emailing chiquita.loveless@uni.edu or yloveless@blackhawkcounty.iowa.gov, or call 319-287-9463 to keep this noble tradition alive.

When: 
Thursday, May 23
Two shifts available at 9 a.m. -  noon; and 4-7 p.m.

Where: 
Garden of Memories, 3669 Logan Avenue, Waterloo, IA 50703. 
(North of Waterloo on Highway 63)

We will be taking flags back out of the ground on Wednesday, May 29 throughout the day. We would like to encourage folks to help out with that process as well.