[Ryan Dognaux]

Speaking of college level FIRST, Purdue University has Purdue FIRST Programs, one of the strongest college FIRST organizations. Not only do we mentor the three local FRC teams, but we run the FLL qualifying tournament and provide the backbone that allows the Boilermaker Regional to happen every year as well. The organization is completely student run. Some have FIRST experience, many do not, so we are still looking to inspire new students every year. We work with the students to help them learn as much as possible, but they do the work, it's their team and their robot, and that's how it should be.