Scifest set for April 21

by John Cheli IV Leader Staff

The Illinois Valley Community College is reopening a tradition known as Scifest on April 21, 2023 at 7-9 p.m. in the IVCC gym, after a three year hiatus due to COVID.

The crowd-favorite event which had been suppressed by the pandemic is making a grandiose return this spring.It is an event for kids as well as the adults.

Scifest will take place in the IVCC gymnasium directly in front of the college, and will feature interesting activities and experiments that involve all the sciences, minus the headaches. These science activities include chemistry, biology, geology, and physics.

IVCC Chem/Stem advisor Dr. Matt Johll is ecstatic for the return of the much anticipated event.

Johll will be involved in organizing Scifest, as well as assisting and participating in multiple different experiments and activities.

There is more to the fest than science, however, as students in the Stem/Chem Club help to organize the event, and learn many important things outside of science. According to Johll, the students get to experience and observe what goes into organizing public events.

“Scifest this year will feature an inflatable planetarium, an imploding barrel, and NASA-collected Lunar Moon Samples,” said Johll. “The samples were collected over the course of multiple Lunar missions!”

The event is known to happen on the third Friday