Illinois Valley Community College’s 15th annual Edible Car Contest will be at noon Wednesday, February 26th in the cafeteria.
The contest, which celebrates National Engineering Week, was originally sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Check-in begins at 10 a.m. with judging at 11:30 and racing at noon.
Computer Aided Design instructor Dorene Data, organizer and coordinator of the event said, “Our purpose is to demonstrate that STEM, or science, technology, engineering and math, can be creative and fun.”
IVCC students, faculty, staff and area high schools are invited to compete. New in 2020 is a press category. Participants work in teams to come up with creative and workable designs.
In 2016, the contest received its fourth nomination for a prestigious Bellwether Award, a national award recognizing outstanding and innovative community college projects. In 2012, the contest was one of ten finalists.
“We’re proud to be in our 15th year with the contest – each year it gets better and better. Last year we had 66 entries with 38 cars created by students from 5 local high schools and two junior highs. We can’t wait to see this year’s designs,” Data said.
For more information, call (815) 224-0221 or email [email protected].