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Google Expands Support for Girls in STEM through its Girl Powered Partnership with The REC Foundation and VEX Robotics

SEATTLE, WA – March 13, 2019 – Exploring hands-on challenges in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) is increasing girls’ interest in engineering robots for competitions, acco...
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Robotics Education & Competition Foundation 2019 Online Challenge Winners Announced

DALLAS, TX – March 11, 2019 – The Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation is pleased to announce the winners of the 2019 Online Challenges, which encourage students to take what the...
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Be Authentically You – Mrs. Belt-Robinson

We are very excited to kick off a new blog series that will feature a Q&A with the strong women mentors, coaches, teachers, and more within VEX Robotics and CS-STEM that inspire our young girls t...

Schools for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students in the Southeast Gather at Their First-ever Robotics Event

Dallas, TX – FEBRUARY 25, 2019 – The first-ever student robotics tournament in the Southeast region with robotics teams comprised of all Deaf and Hard of Hearing students, hosted by The Robotics Educ...

Finding Confidence, Self Identity and a Love for Mentoring with Robotics and STEM

Mentors empower young people to make smart choices and put them on a path to making better life decisions. Jaden Baldwin does just that. A senior at the University of Central Florida studying Forensi...
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Girl Powered Year in Review | 2018

Girl Powered marked a highly successful year by a number of measures. There were many workshops held internationally and across the United States, including the Girl Powered Workshop at Google’s Moun...

Get to Know these Women in STEM

On October 20th, hundreds of elementary, middle and high school students and female change-makers will unite at Texas Instruments for our second annual Girl Powered Flagship Event in Dallas, TX. T...
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More than A Pledge

We are working to bring all students who are interested in STEM together, because a more diverse robotics community, is a better community. We can’t do it alone though. We need your support ...
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Freeman is our shipping partner for the VEX Robotics World Championship. Teams choosing to ship should ensure that their robots arrive on or AFTER April 23, 2024 to the Kay…
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Volunteer | VEX Robotics World Championship
WE NEED PASSIONATE VOLUNTEERS LIKE YOU TO POWER THE VEX ROBOTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP! Whether you participate solo or with a group of friends, family, or coworkers, you’ll make a huge…