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SUMMARY:FIRST Robotics Competition @ Magnolia Center
DESCRIPTION:First Robotics Competition at The Magnolia Center! \n\n \n\nFIRST Robotics Competition has hosted regional events throughout the world for more than 30 years and in 2023\, FIRST will bring the first-ever Magnolia Regional FIRST Robotics Competition to Laurel.\n\n \n\n31 high school robotics teams from across the United States and Mexico will compete at The Magnolia Center March17 and 18\, 2023. Students began designing\, building and coding their competitive robots the first weekend of January and\, after only a handful of weeks\, will now bring them to the competition floor for a chance at the FIRST World Championship in Houston April 2023.\n\nKEY DETAILS\n\n- US State Teams from Alabama\, Louisiana\, Missouri\, Mississippi\, Tennessee\, Texas\n\n- Mexican Teams from Saltillo COA\, Pesqueria NLE\n\n \n\n- This is the first year a FIRST Robotics Competition is in Mississippi\, but FIRST Tech Challenge and FIRST Lego League have been holding competitions in the state for many years.\n\n \n\n- Sponsors include NASA and Mississippi Power\n\n \n\n- Key Community Support includes: Central Creativity and Jones College\n\n \n\n- Participants in FIRST are eligible for over $80Million in nation-wide scholarships.\n\n \n\n- The competition is FREE and open to the public from 9am until approximately 6pm. No open toed shoes allowed.\n\n \n\n- Interviews and footage can be shot at any time\, including practice day Thursday March 16 to promote this event to the community.\n\n \n\n"FIRST is not just about the robot. Teams learn project management\, leadership skills\, public speaking skills\, deductive reasoning\, business planning\, fundraising\, marketing\, safety management\, community service and the importance of working as a team. They leave this program with greater self-confidence\, an awareness of their community and the environment surrounding it\, and with 21st century soft skills that can transfer into any college or career path they choose." - Carolyn Arthurs\, FIRST Robotics Competition Regional Director -LA and MS\n\n \n\nFOR MORE INFORMATION\n\nFor more information and for pre-event and on site interviews\, please contact Carolyn Arthurs carthurs@firstinspires.org | 310-733-7600 text/call\n\n\n\n\n\nThe competition runs from Wednesday\, March 15 to Saturday\, March 18\, 2023. View program for full event details and times here: https://www.flipsnack.com/C7F65DFF8D6/2023-magnolia-regional-program-book/full-view.html\n\n \nMission\n\nThe mission of FIRST is to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders and innovators\, by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build science\, engineering\, and technology skills\, that inspire innovation\, and that foster well-rounded life capabilities including self-confidence\, communication\, and leadership.\n\n\n\nVision\n\n\n"To transform our culture by creating a world where science and technology are celebrated and where young people dream of becoming science and technology leaders." Dean Kamen\, Founder\n\n\n\n\nMethodology\n\nEngage PreK-12 (ages 4-18) students in exciting\, mentor-based\, research and robotics programs that help them become science and technology leaders\, as well as well-rounded contributors to society.\n\nFIRST works because our programs use strategies known to increase student interest in STEM: hands-on learning\, working as a team on real-life problems\, exposure to careers and adult mentors\, emphasis on FIRST Core Values\, and a culminating celebration where students can showcase what they created and learned. \n\n\n\nFIRST participants also develop skills in teamwork\, problem solving\, and communication\, preparing them for success in school and the workforce\, no matter what path they take.\n\n\n\nFounder\n\nDean Kamen is a prolific inventor\, entrepreneur\, and tireless advocate for science and technology. His passion and determination to help young people discover the excitement and rewards of science and technology are the cornerstones of FIRST. For over 30 years\, Kamen has resolutely led the growth of FIRST to where it is now universally recognized as the leading\, not-for-profit STEM engagement program for kids worldwide.\n\nAbout FIRST\n\nFIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is a robotics community that prepares young people for the future through a suite of inclusive\, team-based robotics programs for ages 4-18 (PreK-12) that can be facilitated in school or in structured afterschool programs. Boosted by a global support system of volunteers\, educators\, and sponsors that include over 200 of the Fortune 500 companies\, teams operate under a signature set of FIRST Core Values to conduct research\, fundraise\, design\, build\, and showcase their achievements during annual challenges.\n\nAn international not-for-profit organization (501(c)(3)) founded by accomplished inventor Dean Kamen in 1989\, FIRST has a proven impact on STEM learning\, interest\, and skill-building well beyond high school. Alumni of FIRST programs gain access to exclusive scholarships\, internships\, and other opportunities that create connections and open pathways to a wide variety of careers.\n\nRead more about the impact of FIRST or download our FAQs.\n\n\n\nFIRST Core Values\n\nThe FIRST Core Values emphasize friendly sportsmanship\, respect for the contributions of others\, teamwork\, learning\, and community involvement and are part of our commitment to fostering\, cultivating\, and preserving a culture of equity\, diversity\, and inclusion. The FIRST Community expresses the FIRST philosophies of Gracious Professionalism and Coopertition through our Core Values:\n\n\n Discovery: We explore new skills and ideas.\n Innovation: We use creativity and persistence to solve problems.\n Impact: We apply what we learn to improve our world.\n Inclusion: We respect each other and embrace our differences.\n Teamwork: We are stronger when we work together.\n Fun: We enjoy and celebrate what we do!\n\n\n\n\nGracious Professionalism \n\nDr. Woodie Flowers\, (1943 - 2019) EAB Chair Emeritus & Distinguished Advisor\, coined the term "Gracious Professionalism ."\n\nGracious Professionalism is part of the ethos of FIRST. It's a way of doing things that encourages high-quality work\, emphasizes the value of others\, and respects individuals and the community.\n\nWith Gracious Professionalism\, fierce competition and mutual gain are not separate notions. Gracious professionals learn and compete like crazy but treat one another with respect and kindness in the process. They avoid treating anyone like losers. No chest thumping tough talk\, but no sticky-sweet platitudes either. Knowledge\, competition\, and empathy are comfortably blended.\n\nIn the long run\, Gracious Professionalism is part of pursuing a meaningful life. One can add to society and enjoy the satisfaction of knowing one has acted with integrity and sensitivity.\n\n\n\nCoopertition \n\nCoopertition produces innovation. At FIRST\, Coopertition is displaying unqualified kindness and respect in the face of fierce competition. Coopertition is founded on the concept and a philosophy that teams can and should help and cooperate with each other even as they compete.\n\n\n\nCoopertition involves learning from teammates. It is teaching teammates. It is learning from Mentors. And it is managing and being managed. Coopertition means competing always\, but assisting and enabling others when you can.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:First Robotics Competition at The Magnolia Center!
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\n\nFIRST Robotics Competition has hosted regional events throughout the world for more than 30 years and in 2023\, FIRST will bring the first-ever Magnolia Regional FIRST Robotics Competition to Laurel.
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\n\n31 high school robotics teams from across the United States and Mexico will compete at The Magnolia Center March17 and 18\, 2023. Students began designing\, building and coding their competitive robots the first weekend of January and\, after only a handful of weeks\, will now bring them to the competition floor for a chance at the FIRST World Championship in Houston April 2023.\n\n
KEY DETAILS
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- US State Teams from Alabama\, Louisiana\, Missouri\, Mississippi\, Tennessee\, Texas
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- Mexican Teams from Saltillo COA\, Pesqueria NLE
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- This is the first year a FIRST Robotics Competition is in Mississippi\, but FIRST Tech Challenge and FIRST Lego League have been holding competitions in the state for many years.
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- Sponsors include NASA and Mississippi Power
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- Key Community Support includes: Central Creativity and Jones College
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- Participants in FIRST are eligible for over $80Million in nation-wide scholarships.
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- The competition is FREE and open to the public from 9am until approximately 6pm. No open toed shoes allowed.
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- Interviews and footage can be shot at any time\, including practice day Thursday March 16 to promote this event to the community.
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&ldquo\;FIRST is not just about the robot. Teams learn project management\, leadership skills\, public speaking skills\, deductive reasoning\, business planning\, fundraising\, marketing\, safety management\, community service and the importance of working as a team. They leave this program with greater self-confidence\, an awareness of their community and the environment surrounding it\, and with 21st century soft skills that can transfer into any college or career path they choose.&rdquo\; - Carolyn Arthurs\, FIRST Robotics Competition Regional Director -LA and MS
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FOR MORE INFORMATION
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For more information and for pre-event and on site interviews\, please contact Carolyn Arthurs carthurs@firstinspires.org | 310-733-7600 text/call
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\nThe competition runs from Wednesday\, March 15 to Saturday\, March 18\, 2023. View program for full event details and times here: \;https://www.flipsnack.com/C7F65DFF8D6/2023-magnolia-regional-program-book/full-view.html
\n \;\nMission
\n\nThe mission of \;FIRST®\; \;is to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders and innovators\, by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build science\, engineering\, and technology skills\, that inspire innovation\, and that foster well-rounded life capabilities including self-confidence\, communication\, and leadership.
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\nVision
\n\n\n"\;To transform our culture by creating a world where science and technology are celebrated and \;where young people dream of becoming science and technology leaders."\; \; Dean Kamen\, Founder
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\nMethodology
\n\nEngage \;PreK-12 (ages 4-18) \;students \;in exciting\, mentor-based\, research and robotics programs that help them become science and technology leaders\, as well as well-rounded contributors to society.
\n\nFIRST \;works because our programs use strategies known to increase student interest in STEM: hands-on learning\, working as a team on real-life problems\, exposure to careers and adult mentors\, emphasis on \;FIRST \;Core Values\, and a culminating celebration where students can showcase what they created and learned. \;
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\nFIRST \;participants also develop skills in teamwork\, problem solving\, and communication\, preparing them for success in school and the workforce\, no matter what path they take.
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\nFounder
\n\nDean Kamen \;is a prolific inventor\, entrepreneur\, and tireless advocate for science and technology. His passion and determination to help young people discover the excitement and rewards of science and technology are the cornerstones of \;FIRST. For over 30 years\, Kamen has resolutely led the growth of \;FIRST \;to where it is now universally recognized as the leading\, not-for-profit STEM engagement program for kids worldwide.
\n\nAbout \;FIRST
\n\nFIRST®\; \;(For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is a robotics community that prepares young people for the future through a suite of inclusive\, team-based robotics programs for ages 4-18 (PreK-12) that can be facilitated in school or in structured afterschool programs. Boosted by a global support system of volunteers\, educators\, and sponsors that include over 200 of the Fortune 500 companies\, teams operate under a signature set of \;FIRST \;Core Values \;to conduct research\, fundraise\, design\, build\, and showcase their achievements during annual challenges.
\n\nAn international not-for-profit organization (501(c)(3)) founded by accomplished inventor Dean Kamen in 1989\, \;FIRST \;has a \;proven impact \;on STEM learning\, interest\, and skill-building well beyond high school. \;Alumni \;of \;FIRST \;programs gain access to exclusive scholarships\, internships\, and other opportunities that create connections and open pathways to a wide variety of careers.
\n\nRead more about the \;impact of \;FIRST \;or \;download our FAQs.
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\nFIRST \;Core Values
\n\nThe \;FIRST \;Core Values emphasize friendly sportsmanship\, respect for the contributions of others\, teamwork\, learning\, and community involvement and are part of our commitment to fostering\, cultivating\, and preserving a culture of equity\, diversity\, and inclusion. The \;FIRST \;Community expresses the \;FIRST \;philosophies of \;Gracious Professionalism®\; \;and \;Coopertition®\; \;through our Core Values:
\n\n\n - Discovery: \;We explore new skills and ideas.
\n - Innovation: \;We use creativity and persistence to solve problems.
\n - Impact: \; We apply what we learn to improve our world.
\n - Inclusion: \;We respect each other and embrace our differences.
\n - Teamwork: \;We are stronger when we work together.
\n - Fun: \;We enjoy and celebrate what we do!
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\nGracious Professionalism®\;
\n\nDr. Woodie Flowers\, \;(1943 - 2019) EAB Chair Emeritus \;&\; Distinguished Advisor\, coined the term "\;Gracious Professionalism®\;."\;
\n\nGracious Professionalism \;is part of the ethos of \;FIRST. It'\;s a way of doing things that encourages high-quality work\, emphasizes the value of others\, and respects individuals and the community.
\n\nWith \;Gracious Professionalism\, fierce competition and mutual gain are not separate notions. Gracious professionals learn and compete like crazy but treat one another with respect and kindness in the process. They avoid treating anyone like losers. No chest thumping tough talk\, but no sticky-sweet platitudes either. Knowledge\, competition\, and empathy are comfortably blended.
\n\nIn the long run\, \;Gracious Professionalism \;is part of pursuing a meaningful life. One can add to society and enjoy the satisfaction of knowing one has acted with integrity and sensitivity.
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\nCoopertition®\;
\n\nCoopertition®\; \;produces innovation. At \;FIRST\, \;Coopertition \;is displaying unqualified kindness and respect in the face of fierce competition. \;Coopertition \;is founded on the concept and a philosophy that teams can and should help and cooperate with each other even as they compete.
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\nCoopertition \;involves learning from teammates. It is teaching teammates. It is learning from Mentors. And it is managing and being managed. \;Coopertition \;means competing always\, but assisting and enabling others when you can.
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LOCATION:South Mississippi Fairgrounds 1457 Ellisville Blvd Laurel\, MS 39440
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URL:http://business3.jonescounty.com/events/details/first-robotics-competition-magnolia-center-9715
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