Maryland STEM Festival
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Maryland STEM Festival at College Park
October 18 @ 11:00 am - 7:30 pm
FreeJoin University of Maryland College Park components as they offer activities and demonstrations in various STEM areas. From Agriculture to Astronomy to architecture to Engineering to Physics. The components and the events are as follows
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
A James Clark School of Engineering
- Meet Maryland Engineering 12:30-2:30 pm
- UMD Fire Protection Engineering Information Session 2:30-3;30
College of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences
- UMD Department of Physics
- Department of Geology
- Iribe Initiative for Inclusion & Diversity in Computing
- Solar Observing and Looking into the Cosmos
Public schools are closed, so this is a great, fun, and educational way to spend the day. More details to come! This is part of UMD Homecoming, so expect a lively, crowded campus.
Please plan your parking before heading to the event. Park options are discussed below.
The closest visitor parking is in the Regents Drive Garage, and metered parking is enforced. There is a $4 per hour cost, with a $20 daily maximum if you park and pay after 7:30 a.m. Violators will be ticketed, so please park in designated visitor parking and pay for your parking. You can pay for visitor parking through the ParkMobile app in many visitor parking zones. For more parking information, please visit https://dots.umd.edu/parking/visitors.
The Hotel has a variety of parking options. Check out their website for options https://www.thehotelumd.com/
College Park Metro-Parking is $5 per day. A shuttle runs every 15 minutes to the Campus.
The Station at Riverdale Park garage is free. From the station, take the 104 bus to campus, which runs every 15 minutes.