Woodie Flowers Award Essay Archive
The Woodie Flowers Award celebrates effective communication in the art and science of engineering and design. Dr. William Murphy founded this prestigious award in 1996 to recognize mentors who lead, inspire and empower using excellent communication skills1. Mentors must win a Woodie Flowers Finalist Award at a Regional or District Championship to be eligible for the Woodie Flowers Award.
EWCP is collecting essays to showcase nominated mentors. Students are encouraged to use these essays as a starting point when writing nominations for their mentors.
2363 Todd Ferrante
Todd Ferrante has been a dedicated mentor to our team since 2011. As a systems integration engineer at NASA Langley, he is beyond well-equipped to
2363 Nate Laverdure 2016
Nate Laverdure has been involved in FIRST for as long as he can remember. He grew up in southern New Hampshire, less than 20 minutes
2363 Nate Laverdure 2019
Nate Laverdure joined Triple Helix six years ago and took on the role of head coach the following year. As a cryogenics mechanical engineer at
122 Nate Laverdure
First Robotics Competition team 122, the NASA Knights, wishes to nominate mentor Nate Laverdure. William Arthur Ward once said, “The mediocre teacher tells. The good
2363 Wendy Bretton
Wendy Bretton first joined Triple Helix four years ago as a software mentor, but her impact on the team has been much larger than that.
1619 Mike Ott
One day in 2013, an unassuming man, Mike Ott, visited our pit at the CO Regional. We didn’t know it at the time, but he
1619 Teresa Ewing
Be careful running into this mentor at the grocery store because you might find yourself invited to “visit the team.” Teresa Ewing, lead software mentor
1619 Bruce Hoiem
“True education will remain a human to human activity.” Dr. Woodie Flowers It is the personal connection that Bruce has with us students at Up-A-Creek
1619 Tom Glenn
Tom has been a mentor at Up-A-Creek for 6 years. He joined the team in 2013 and is a passionate and invested mentor. The first
