The UNI STEM Support Services office host an annual Team Social for Iowa Regional participants on THURSDAY night. This year the social will take place in the Applied Engineering Building.
Registration for youth participant and chaperons is free but space is limited. Pre-registration is required. Registration will open the week of Kick-Off!
Activities
A variety of UNI Departments and Clubs are hosting activities for the social including:
- Campfire and Smores with UNI Outdoors
- Foundry Tours with Applied Engineering
- Escape Rooms by the UNI Computer and Technology Clubs
- Tabletop Gaming with the Rod Library and the Friendly Meeple
- and more…Remember Fun is a Core Value!
Coaches and Mentors
Your team can eat before coming to the Team Social or have food delivered to the WRC and eat in our designated eating areas. Information about local pizza and sub take out is provided. If you are bringing your own meal – coolers are ok but appliances such as warmers, crock-pots, and instant pots will not be allowed. There is no access to electricity for teams.
Three teams attending the team social will be selected for a unique foundry experience. They will be awarded a 1-hour time slot for 12 team members to cast and pour a special object designed just for them by our foundry team and serve as the live demonstration for the social participants on the foundry tour. The team winning The Game Game will earn the first slot. The other two slots will be selected at random from teams registered by February 10.
The Friendly Meeple will bring a custom selection of table top and card games for teams to try, including games that align with the current year’s FIRST theme and cooperative games. This is often listed as one of the highlights of the event!
Dinner/Food
Dinner is not provided as a part of the team social. However, teams are welcome to bring food into the event and eat in the John Deere Innovation Corridor or at the tables outside the East doors (weather permitting) . Your Team Social event packet will include information about local pizza and sub shops that deliver and instructions for having food delivered to the event for your team. Some teams choose to eat before they arrive or participate for a while and then leave to eat. Do what works for you! Food is not allowed in the activity/classrooms and labs.
Tag-a-longs
Teams/Chaperons may reserve tickets for younger siblings traveling with their team. Each Tag-a-long’s parent/guardian must complete and provide an event liability waiver and a team adult or guardian must supervise them at all times. Some activities, such as the Foundry Experience, may be limited by age and/or size.
Parking at the Team Social
will be Free!
