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OMRON Donates $10,000 To Support Girls In STEM

February 6, 2020
HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL, January 30, 2020 – OMRON today announced it will donate $10,000 to the Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation in support of its “Girl Powered” initiative, which...
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How the REC Foundation is Inspiring the Next Generation of STEM Students

December 18, 2019
Recently, Dan Mantz, the CEO and Chairman of REC, sat down with Dallas Business Journal Market President & Publisher Ollie Chandhok to discuss how the Foundation allows students to design and inn...
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Expanding Female Engagement In STEM Can Prepare Industries For The Fourth Industrial Revolution

December 9, 2019
By Dan Mantz Companies across a spectrum of industries, from healthcare to retail to banking, face a common issue: building a skilled workforce ready to handle the Fourth Industrial Revolution. ...
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Featured Video: Girl Powered Flagship Event 2019

November 27, 2019
Over 50 girls from the Dallas, TX area gathered together at the Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas’s STEM Center of Excellence in October for our third annual Girl Powered Flagship Event, sponsored by Te...
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Featured Video: Building Hope

November 27, 2019
In the REC Foundation community, we are privileged to know and work with so many incredible mentors. In collaboration with VEX Robotics, it is our pleasure to share this short documentary about Coach...
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How Do We Get More Girls Into STEM? Build Confidence (and Robots)

October 7, 2019
By Dan Mantz Sep 30, 2019 Women make up half of the total U.S. college-educated workforce today but hold only a quarter of the science and engineering jobs. With careers of the future heavily ...
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Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation and the Dallas Sports Commission Announce the VEX Robotics World Championship Returning to Dallas for 2021-2024

July 18, 2019
GREENVILLE, Texas–The Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation and the Dallas Sports Commission is announcing today at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas that the REC...
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VEX Robotics World Championship Announce its Elementary and Middle School Winners

April 30, 2019
Louisville, KY – April 30, 2019 – Today, The Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation recognized the VEX IQ Challenge (VIQC) Elementary & Middle School World Champions at the 2019 VE...
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2025-2026 Signature Event Updates

  1. An Event Partner wanting to apply to host a Signature Event must have hosted events for at least 2 seasons prior to applying. 
  2. Signature Events must use the officially branded award banners for the Excellence Award and Tournament/Teamwork Champions Award.
  3. When hanging field skirts the VEX Robotics logo/brand name can not be covered up on the competition fields.
  4. VEX V5 Robotics Competition Signature Events may have regional capacity and max per organization restrictions lifted 8 weeks before the event if the event is not full (similar to the process already in place for VEX IQ Robotics Competition Signature Events).
  5. Minimum pit size reduced to 8’x 8’ instead of 10’x10’.
  6. Beginning in the 2025-2026 season, the REC Foundation will collect $10 instead of $5 per team registration on all Signature Events. This is to help offset travel costs for REC Foundation staff to support these larger events.

2025-2026 Signature Event Application Reminders

  1. Existing Signature Events only need to complete the Final Application (due by March 31, 2025)
  2. New Signature Event concepts will need to complete the Initial Proposal by January 31, 2025 and if approved, complete the Final Application by March 31, 2025.
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