Central College is hosting a STEM town hall meeting May 5th featuring Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds, and President and CEO of Vermeer Corporation Mary Andringa. Reynolds is holding STEM town hall meetings across the state to update Iowans on the progress being made by Governor Branstad’s STEM Advisory Council, to showcase student STEM work and to seek feedback from communities about how the council should set STEM priorities moving forward. Central College President Mark Putnam is also a member of the executive committee of the governor’s STEM advisory council, and says each of the town hall stops have provided a look at the successes and opportunities for further growth in the future and he looks forward to doing the same in Pella. The STEM fest will begin at 1 p.m. in the Harry and Bernice Vermeer Banquet Hall in the Graham Conference Center with refreshments and music from the Flying Pans Steel Band.