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Black History Month 2022 Feature: Rodney Williams

February 8, 2022
Organization: South Panola High School Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps, Mississippi Squadron 081 (MS-081) State: Mississippi How did you become interested in robotics? My int...
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Black History Month 2022 Feature: Junior Bernadin

February 8, 2022
Organization: Ron Clark Academy State: Georgia How did you become interested in robotics? When I was a child, I was always fascinated with technology and its daily use in our lives. I would ...
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Black History Month 2022 Feature: Eric J. Davis

February 3, 2022
Organization: STEM Center of Excellence, Inc. State: Maryland How did you become interested in robotics? I began volunteering through my company, UPS, in 2013. I noticed the low participatio...
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Black History Month 2022 Feature: Oscar DeVon McCullough

February 1, 2022
Organization: Potomac School Robotics, Enginotic 6 Robotics State: Virginia How did you become interested in robotics? Growing up, I was always interested in robotics, math, science and acti...
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Black History Month 2022 Feature: Arkadia K. Armour

February 1, 2022
Organization: Lakeside School District (Lakeside Elementary) Chicot County State: Arkansas How did you become interested in robotics? Becoming a robotics coach for an elementary school was p...
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VEX Journey Comes Full Circle

August 12, 2022
During high school, I competed on a VEX Robotics team. During this time, I had many opportunities because I was part of this community. For example, my high school robotics coach also worked for NASA...
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Black History Month 2022 Feature: Marcia Evans and Sandra Whittle-Jeffcoat

February 1, 2022
Organization: The National Coalition of 100 Black Women Las Vegas Team/Program: VEX IQ Challenge State: Nevada How did you become interested in robotics? Marcia: I was able to volunteer a...
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Native American Profiles in STEM 2021

November 23, 2021
The REC Foundation is proud to celebrate Native American Heritage Month by highlighting indigenous people in STEM. With the help of our partners at the American Indian Science and Engineering Society...
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Back to School with the Student Advisory Board

September 19, 2024
At the 2019 VEX Robotics World Championship, the REC Foundation announced the Student Advisory Board (SAB) to provide students that participate in the VEX Robotics programs an opportunity to share th...
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The International Robotics Honor Society Welcomes New High School Chapters

December 15, 2021
The REC Foundation is proud to welcome the following new chapters below to the International Robotics Honor Society. Student candidates will be able to apply for membership at these newly approved ch...
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Being Girl Powered: Julianne Rodriguez and her Telepresence Robot

October 19, 2020
Meet Julianne Rodriguez, a high school senior who is passionate about STEM and using her robotics skills to help others. She’s currently a student pilot, and loves programming robots. During...
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Being Girl Powered: Shari Eskenas

October 27, 2020
I’ve enjoyed building things with electronics from an early age. In elementary school, I enjoyed “snap together” circuits and creating simple circuits on breadboards that lit up LEDs or spun a motor....
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Being Girl Powered: Sophie Hernandez

October 9, 2020
My name is Sophie Hernandez, a senior at Holy Names High school. Around 8th grade, I knew I wanted to pursue an engineering career in the future. However, I never truly felt supported in my middle sc...
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Black History Month 2021 Feature: A. Michael West Jr.

February 16, 2021
A. Michael West Jr. is pursuing his Ph.D. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He’s currently researching the use of robots for expediting human rehabilitation during physical therapy ...
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Black History Month 2021 Feature: Angela Wells

February 17, 2021
Angela Wells is studying to receive her Masters of Computer Science Artificial Intelligence at Louisiana State University in Shreveport. She currently teaches courses at the City University of Seattl...
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Black History Month 2021 Feature: Aprille Ericsson, Ph.D.

February 18, 2021
Aprille Ericsson, Ph.D. is the New Business Lead for the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Instrument Systems and Technology Division. She is currently a member of the Board of Higher Education and Wo...
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Black History Month 2021 Feature: Calvin Mackie, Ph.D.

March 2, 2021
Calvin Mackie, Ph.D. is the founder of STEM NOLA, a non-profit dedicated to exposing, inspiring, and engaging communities to STEM. His non-profit has engaged over 60,000 K-12 students in STEM through...
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Black History Month 2021 Feature: Carlotta A. Berry, Ph.D.

February 1, 2021
Carlotta A. Berry, Ph.D. is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. She teaches students how to design mobile robots to be intelligent by creat...
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Black History Month 2021 Feature: Donna Auguste, Ph.D.

February 1, 2021
Donna Auguste, Ph.D. is the Founder/CEO of the Auguste Research Group, where she works extensively with sensors and sensor data fusion. She is an advocate for diversity in STEM education. She receive...
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2021 Live Remote VEX Robotics World Championship Winners

May 23, 2021
*Teams with an asterisk listed with their name qualify for VEX Worlds 2022. VEX Robotics Competition Middle School Division (LRT) V5RC World Champions – Middle School Overall Champions ...
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Black History Month 2021 Feature: Norman Fletcher

February 18, 2021
Norman Fletcher is a Senior Global Engineering Manager at Expedia. He multi-tasks with cross-functional groups utilizing data to uncover opportunities for efficiency from algorithmic tweaks in AI and...
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2020-21 Girl Powered Online Challenges Winners

March 29, 2021
Congratulations to the winners of the 2020-21 Girl Powered Online Challenge, sponsored by Google. The Girl Powered Online Challenge was created to show the robotics community at large just what i...
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5 Women in STEM You Should Know

February 28, 2021
These innovative women of color not only revolutionized their various fields of science but also paved the way for generations to come. Keep reading to learn more about five women in STEM we think yo...
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Defense STEM Education Consortium Expands Support for Hands-on STEM Educational Activities in Military-Connected Communities

January 28, 2022
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.— The Defense Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education Consortium (DSEC), funded by the Department of Defense (DOD) and managed by RTI Intern...
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Breaking the Glass Ceiling

February 2, 2018
Girl Powered is a movement, but it’s not one that begins and ends with competitive robotics. It’s a mentality you put into your life arsenal and apply the tools learned to your everyday e...
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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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