Engineering students from Grand Valley State University will
support high school students participating in the 2011 For Inspiration
and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) West Michigan
Robotics Invitational on October 29 at Zeeland West High School, 3390
100th Ave. in Zeeland.
More than 600 people and 24 statewide teams are expected to
attend the one-day event, which is free and open to the public from
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Photo opportunity: Teams of students and their handmade robots
will begin competing with others at 9 a.m., break for lunch at 12:30
p.m., and continue matches at 1:15 p.m.
The invitational, supported by Grand Valley, aims to prepare,
inspire and excite statewide high school students competing in the
FIRST Robotics West Michigan Regional Competition that Grand Valley
will host in March. Engineering students from Grand Valley’s Padnos
College of Engineering and Computing will be at the event to provide
support, offer advice and foster encouragement to the high school students.
Grand Valley has supported The FIRST West Michigan Robotics
Invitational since 2006. The annual competition provides high school
students the opportunity to learn how to be science and technology
leaders. The competition connects high school students to colleges,
sponsors, engineers and technology professionals through an
engineering challenge in a competitive and creative environment.
For more information about WMRI FIRST, visit www.wmri.info.
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