What is the date and format for WestFest 2023?
- WestFest 2023 will be held in-person on Saturday September 30th from 11am-3pm.
Where will the in-person portion of WestFest be held?
- WestFest 2023 will be held on at The Ohio State University on the West Campus quad (open space between Scott, Bevis, Rightmire and Pressey Halls).
Will there be a virtual component to WestFest 2023?
- WestFest 2023 will include a suite of asynchronous virtual programs developed to complement the WestFest 2023 activity kit. Activity kits will be distributed through community partners and at the live event (quantities are limited). Links to the virtual programs will be added in the coming weeks.
What is the WestFest Event Passport?
- The event passport is our way of encouraging WestFest participants to stop by as many booths as possible during in-person event. Printed passports will be available at the information booth during WestFest. Attendees get stamps on their passports by completing activities at different booths. Completed passports can be turned in at the information booth for a WestFest prize.
What is the take-home activity kit?
- Thanks to generous grant funding we are building 500 take-home activity kits to correspond with this year’s virtual WestFest programs. Each kit will contain the supplies necessary to complete four different STEM activities. The kits are provided to the community free-of-charge and will be distributed in through select community partners and at the event (quantities are limited). Distribution locations are not yet set, but our plan is to focus on getting supplies into underserved neighborhoods. More information about the activity kits will be available on our website in the coming weeks.
How can I help promote the event?
- We’re glad you asked! Please help us spread the word using the promotional assets linked below. Please consider including information about WestFest on your unit/organization’s website, and sharing it out through your newsletters and other forms of communication.
- WestFest event website – https://go.osu.edu/WestFest
- WestFest promotional materials will be made available to program partners in the coming weeks.