1529 Mike Taylor
Teacher by day, mentor by night, and a dedicated family-man, Mike Taylor sets an example for students to emulate even after high school. From 2005-2012, Mike was mainly a one-man team. Team 1529 is thrilled to nominate him for the 2014 Woodie Flowers Award. Taylor, the only PLTW teacher at Southport High, mentions FRC in […]
3847 Allen Gregory IV, WFA Essay
Allen Gregory IV, FIRST alum and mentor for Spectrum 3847, lives to change the world every day. Boundless enthusiasm, compassion, and resourcefulness are just a few of the many qualities he brings to the lab and the FIRST community. For the past 16 years, Allen has provided an invaluable font of expertise to all teams […]
2021 Winner – EWCP Scholarship for Social Change
2021 Scholarship Winner EWCP is proud to recognize Maria Izzi, a member of FTC team 10357 “Volt-e-mort” in Herndon, VA, as the winner of the 2021 EWCP Scholarship for Social Change. Maria is a high school senior and plans to attend Duke University majoring in Computer Science. Maria’s Winning Essay When I learned that an […]
EWCP Scholarship for Social Change
EWCP Scholarship Purpose Universal hardships aren’t experienced equally: the events of 2020 brought intense public focus to problems of systematic inequality and injustice around the world. In particular, the ongoing global pandemic disproportionately affects populations without access to social mobility, economic opportunity, personal freedom, and support from societal institutions. Given the increasingly complex set of […]
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Gettin’ Picky, Part 3: Getting Picked
Making it to the Top 8 wasn’t in the cards, what now?
The Shop Dog Effect
I’ve been part of two teams and was witness to a third who added shop dogs to their team and have seen how these teams have improved as well. This left me wondering, “How do shop dogs relate to team performance?”
Gettin’ Picky, Part 2: Alliance Selection
You did your scouting and made a picklist. Now it’s time for alliance selection.
Gettin’ Picky: A Guide to Alliance Selections (Part 1: The Picklist)
The event has been going great for your team and the top 8 is in sight: you’re going to need a picklist.
MentorBuilt exclusive: Head Referee Digest revealed
This article was originally published anonymously on EWCP’s satirical FRC news blog MentorBuilt.com on April 8, 2019.
On Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019, FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Director Frank Merrick alluded to the existence of some official but undisclosed guidance for key event personnel. In his blog post, which was primarily intended as an apology for harsh and misguided enforcement of rule G20 during the weekend’s competitions, Merrick indicated that two of these guidances were provided to Head Referees during the events.
