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Re: Lessons Learned: The Negative(2006)
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Originally Posted by Peter Matteson
Also it's time to start adding scholarships for the students that have non-engineering functions on the team. We need to start getting scholarships for marketing, business, animation, etc. FIRST has grown beyond just engineering/science at this point.
Last but not least how about a non-engineering equivalent of the WFA on the national stage. There are many people in the program who deserve to be recognized for their work that don't get nominated for WFA because they have no engineering function. The closest thing there is is the regional volunteer of the year award which really at this point doesn't have the prestige and national recognition of a WFA.
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There are scholarships given out to students who aren't specifically going into engineering, but I agree that I don't see many that are geared specifically towards the other competencies.
And, the WFA is not specifically for Engineers. As the award is described, it can really be any mentor on your team. You can nominate any mentor on your team. Teachers have received it before, and not all teachers have engineering background.
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