Greenville, TX – October 11, 2023 – To celebrate the International Day of the Girl, The Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation and the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) today announced a partnership that will create greater access to hands-on learning, mentorship, scholarships, and workforce opportunities in robotics and drone programming for young women from […]
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Like many REC Foundation (RECF) mentors, Yazmin Rivera got into robotics with little prior experience after her school’s STEM teacher departed and she was asked to fill in for the position. Despite this inexperience, she quickly became intrigued after attending an RECF training. Her curiosity was reinforced by her relationship with her father, an auto […]
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Janeen Uzzell is the Chief Executive Officer at the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), the largest Black STEM community impacting society and industry. In her former role as the Chief Operating Officer for the Wikimedia Foundation, which operates Wikipedia, Janeen drove process improvement and helped launch the Wikimedia Knowledge Equity Fund to address racial […]
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Great job to all students from all over the globe who participated in this year's 2022 Online Challenges! We are so proud of all the entries we saw and we are excited to share this year's winners.
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Working with our partners at the American Indian Science and Engineering Society, the REC Foundation celebrates Native American Heritage Month by highlighting indigenous people in various domains of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).  We want to share  individual stories to inspire you and your teams. We are so humbled  to be a part of a diverse STEM community,  […]
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All Native American and Indigenous Teams are invited to participate in the 3rd Annual Native American Showcase Events - November 18-19, 2022 in Whiteriver, Arizona.   Teams will have an opportunity to earn spots to the 2023 VEX Robotics World Championship!  Teams must be either a Native American Reservation School Team,  Tribal School Team,  or Native […]
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As part of Hispanic Heritage month (September 15-October 15) the REC Foundation is highlighting Hispanic members of the VEX robotics community. We recently sat down with Patricia Cortez, an educator based in Dallas, Texas, Air Force pilot and AI Researcher Victor Lopez, and Carlos Hernandez, Computer Science and Technology Department Coordinator for the Dallas Independent […]
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Robotics teams from around the globe are recognized at the world’s largest robotics competition Greenville, TX – May 17, 2022: The Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation’s VEX Robotics World Championship has crowned world champions among its divisions and age groups. More than 20,000 students from 49 states and 36 countries persevered through exciting timed […]
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World's largest robotics competition with more than 28,000 attendees from 36 nations celebrates hands-on STEM education through robotics. GREENVILLE, Texas, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Starting today, the Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation's 15th annual VEX Robotics World Championship will be coming home to Dallas for the first in-person event in two years. Students compete year-round to attend this event with the goal […]
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Great job to all students from all over the globe who participated in this year's 2022 Online Challenges! We are so proud of all the entries we saw and we are excited to share this year's winners.
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