2014 FIRST Championship Program Sponsors include: Monsanto Company, Abbott Fund, Boeing Company, Coca-Cola Company, FedEx Corporation, NASA, NRG Energy, Inc., United States Air Force, and United Technologies Corporation.
Other 2014 FIRST Championship Sponsors include: America Makes, Autodesk, Bechtel Corporation, Best Buy Co., Inc., Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., Central Intelligence Agency, Comcast NBCUniversal, Culinary Institute of America, GoDaddy, International Association of Emergency Managers, International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), Leidos, Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Mouser Electronics, Inc., Novelis, Inc., Nvidia Corporation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Patriarch Partners, LLC (I am Jane; Ken Paves), Siemens, Southwest Airlines, SpaceX, Underwriters Laboratories, and Vulcan Spring.
EDITOR’S NOTE
Media can register online to attend FIRST Championship:
http://www.usfirst.org/aboutus/cmp-media-registration
For additional information about featured speakers and celebrity guests, please contact us after April 23, 2014.
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About FIRST®
Accomplished
inventor
Dean
Kamen founded
FIRST®
(For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) in 1989
to inspire an appreciation of science and technology in young people.
Based in Manchester, N.H., FIRST designs accessible, innovative
programs to build self-confidence, knowledge, and life skills while
motivating young people to pursue opportunities in science, technology,
and engineering. With support from over 200 of the Fortune 500 companies
and more than $19 million in college scholarships, the not-for-profit
organization hosts the
FIRST®
Robotics Competition (FRC® ) for
students in Grades 9-12;
FIRST®
Tech Challenge (FTC® ) for Grades
7-12;
FIRST®
LEGO® League (FLL®
) for Grades 4-8; and
Junior
FIRST® LEGO®
League (Jr.FLL®) for Grades K-3.
Gracious
Professionalism® is a way of doing things that
encourages high-quality work, emphasizes the value of others, and
respects individuals and the community. To learn more about FIRST,
go to
www.usfirst.org.
Contact:
For FIRST
Ashley Aruda, 617-943-1248
Email Contact
or
Emily
Carlucci, 919-395-9568
Email Contact
