Category Team Updates
2023-2024 FIRST Tech Challenge Competition Format
Dear FIRST Tech Challenge Community, Throughout this season, the FIRST Indiana Robotics staff has been in conversation with coaches, event hosts, and volunteers regarding the competition format for FIRST Tech Challenge next season. Additionally, we asked for input from all…
Student Advocacy
Student Advocacy Since 2015, FIRST Indiana Robotics has been the direct provider of FIRST in Indiana. During that time, we have developed a series of tools to engage the voice of the youth in our community. Starting with student surveys…
Student Voice
FIRST Indiana Robotics (FIN) central commitment is to provide growth opportunities to students. The organization is centered on supporting and raising these students to their technical, professional, and personal potential. FIRST students are passionate, bright, and have so much to…
Community Knowledge Management
Community Knowledge Management and FIRST Indiana Robotics At the foundation of FIRST is community. Our participants, mentors, and volunteers have developed strong community bonds. One example is the creation of supporting groups that have come out of the culture of…
Workforce Alignment and FIRST
FIRST Robotics is a program designed to inspire and encourage students to develop skills in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) by engaging them in hands-on, project-based learning. The skills students develop through FIRST Robotics align with the skills Indiana’s…
President Search Announcement
Hello #FINFam Community, I am excited to share this message from Logan Byers, Board Chair, on behalf of the FIRST Indiana Robotics Board of Directors: “Over the past 3 months, the Hiring Committee has worked through the process of reviewing…
Volunteer! It’s Fun!
Robot Inspectors – Alumni, parents familiar with FRC Robots, and mentors are great people to volunteer for this role. Time commitment: mostly load-in day, with some people needed throughout the days of competition. Referees – Alumni, mentors, and parents can…
FRC Update February 2023
2-6-2023 Short Survey February 2023 Reminder about Short Surveys – We know surveys are time-consuming and sometimes not fun to do. We don’t want teams to have to sit and fill out a long survey at their first event before checking…
One Email Changes Everything
A bill has been introduced in the Indiana House that would provide teacher stipends and expense support for robotics teams in schools. FIRST Indiana Robotics along with our Student Board of Directors and FTC 12014 FireWires have been working on…
FTC January Update
Happy New Year! We are hitting the ground running in 2023, with lots of important information to share. There are several opportunities for your students included in this email, so we have made a post just for them on our…