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FSR welcomes new program directors

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At a July 15 meeting, the FSR board appointed Delaware’s new FTC/FLL affiliate partner, Eric Cheek, as the FSR program director for Diamond State FTC and First State FLL/JFLL. Dr. Cheek served as FIRST affiliate partner in North Carolina before moving to Delaware last year to become Associate Vice President for Adult Continuing Education and Summer Programs at Delaware State University.

The board voted also to create new program director positions for two FTC mentors of non-school related teams, Andrew Szeto with MOE FTC Team 365 and David Onstad with FTC Team 8528, Rhyme Know Reason.

Andrew, a Technical Lead Engineer in software engineering at Boeing, has mentored MOE FTC, a non-school affiliated program for high school students organized through FSR, since its founding in 2006. David is a senior research scientist in entomology with DuPont and is mentor to a new FTC team made up primarily of home school students.

Peggy Vavalla, First State Robotics board president said, “We are delighted to welcome Eric, Andrew and David to our organization. FSR has always strived to create more opportunities for students to learn about robotics and other STEM disciplines through Lego League and FIRST Tech Challenge. Our new affiliates and program directors will allow us to reach more students throughout the state of Delaware and we look forward to assisting their efforts.”

Team registration opens for FLL and FTC

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FSR announces team registration has begun for the FLL and FTC 2014 season.

  • Register an FLL team here
  • Learn how to start an FLL team here
  • Register an FTC team here
  • Learn how to start an FTC team here

Upcoming announcements

In early fall, FLL will release the 2014 Challenge, based on a real-world scientific topic.

In September, FTC will hold a kick-off to announce the 2014 season’s game design.

Terry Moore named FSFLL Volunteer of Year

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Saturday, February 15, at FSFLL Championship event held at Delaware Air National Guard Base in New Castle, FSFLL program director, Lou Rosanio recognized Mrs.Terry Moore for her 13 years of service with FLL Planning Committee as First State Judge Advisor, presenting her with the volunteer of year award. As judge advisor, Terry has been responsible for training and overseeing the judging experience at all FSFLL qualifier and DE FLL championship events. Also, she facilitates judges’ final deliberations and validates state/regional finalists who may continue on to higher levels of competition.

Looking back, Rosanio remarked, “Without the dedication of people like Terry, First State FLL could never have grown to the size it is today and influence over 15,000 students here in Delaware over the past 13 years.”

Terry Moore- FSFLL 2013 Volunteer of the Year

Terry Moore- FSFLL 2013 Volunteer of the Year