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FRC #1739 (Chicago Knights)
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Re: Mentor For Hire!

Working with Team 830 during these past two years at the University of Michigan has been the best experience of my college career. I've been involved in a lot of things - even intercollegiate athletics - but I have learned more from becoming a FIRST mentor than I have in anything else.

As a high school student you learn a lot about engineering, design, business and all of that ... but in college you continue to learn about all of this, problem solving, management and logistics. As you go through school, be it for engineering, chemistry, math, business or even english or history, you learn through FIRST that things don't always go the way the textbook says - a valuable lesson regardless of your chosen career.

I encourage anyone with the opportunity to mentor while in college to do it.
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FRC Team 1739 Mentor, FTC Team 329 Coach
Former Team 830 Mentor and Coach
Former Member of Team 573
2009 Wisconsin Regional Engineering Inspiration Award, Midwest Regional Engineering Inspiration Award

2007 Waterloo Regional Xerox Creativity Award
2006 Waterloo Regional Autodesk Visualization Award

2003 West Michigan Regional Engineering Inspiration Award, Buckeye Regional Xerox Creativity Award
2001 Curie Division Finalist, Great Lakes Regional Finalist, West Michigan Regional Rookie All-Star Award
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