Class of 2003 - Who is staying to mentor?

[Rob VanTubergen]

I'll be helping my team as a mentor next year. I'm a senior and this was my first year in robotics so I still feel as if there is still something I have to give back.
-Rob Van Tubergen
Team 74

[JVN]

Originally posted by Chubtoad
I plan on joining up with team 250 near my college (RPI in Troy New York right outside Albany) might try to see if there are other high schools around there to try and start a team with.

I'm a 250 Alum.
There are TONS of HS's nearby needing a FIRST team.

There is something in the works in which RPI may reestablish Team 20 (which turned into team 250).

Time will tell what happens!

IM me at: JNoon2 for more Capital District (NY) FIRST info.

Im going to MSOE next year and joining up with team 1064 founded by Kevin (former driver from 71) and Lauren (former member of wildstang)....

All the FIRST secrets are gone when you put a 45, 71 and 111 alumnist on the same team...

[JVN]

Originally posted by D.J. Fluck

All the FIRST secrets are gone when you put a 45, 71 and 111 alumnist on the same team...

They actually tell YOU secrets?

[Gope]

Several members of the Baxter Bomb Squad are heading off to the University of Arkansas next year, all majoring in some form of engineering. We plan to hold off a year, and to start a team our sophmore year. That way we have the engineering knowledge to properly mentor a team.

[rbayer]

In theory, my college (Carnegie Mellon) already has a team (1185), so I may try to join that. Otherwise, I'll be contacting FIRST to volunteer with the organization as a whole. After all, it just wouldn't be a proper January without a healthy dose of FIRST.

[Josh Hambright]

I'll be in town helping 461 next year...and probably helping some other teams around here too...

[Randi267]

Unfortunately I wont be close enough to home to keep working with my team (267); however, I will be going up to Cornell next fall. Cornell sponsor's team 639 (Code Red Robotics). Hopefully I will be able to help them out in any way possible. If I don't continue with his competition, I swear I'll go through withdrawal and need counseling...

[BandChick]

I will definitely be back to help out my favorite rookie team next year, 1089. I mean, I was the first FIRST girl at Hightstown, why would I want to relinquish that title? Not only that, I don't want to leave the team in the hands of Mr. Gregory and Erik alone...c'mon, this is Erik we're talking about! I'm sure they'll do a great job without me when I'm not around, but I plan to be there for all of build season and all our regionals next year.

Hopefully, I'll still have time to keep up the 1089 website and spend time with Erik designing next years t-shirts, in which we hope to present the purple monkey.

I had forgotten how much fun and attaching FIRST could be. I guess you could say, I've got permanent FIRST fever.

[Caleb Fulton]

I'll be working with 1018 and/or 461 next year, I think...

[Lauren Hafford]

I'm gonna go to Olin, and start a team! I've talked with the admin a bit, and they're excited about it. It's really sad, though, because i love 159! our mentors and teachers and students are just the greatest people! And, this year we're working really hard to start a regional in CO (with ColoradoFIRST and the other CO teams), and I won't be there to see it happen! :-(. But hopefully the team that we'll start at Olin will be really cool, too.
lauren
ps. if there are any olinites that are interested in helping me start this, pm me, and we'll talk to the admin more and get them to give us money, and all kinds of stuff! rock on!

[Aaron Knight]

Well, in my case it depends on which of college I pick... If I stay local and go to SU, I'll probably come back to my current team... If I go to St. Lawrence I don't have many options unless Clarkson'll take me....

Aaron Knight
Webmaster and Videographer
Team 891: Neverending Chaos...
http://first891.topcities.com

[Matt Attallah]

I'm going off to Universal Technical Insitute (30 miles west of Chichago), so there are some teams around there. Starting a team while you are not there is very-very hard, so my 1st year i'll proally not start a team and just join one, but the 2nd year, i'll start one in a heart beat!!

Long live FIRST!

[jpren]

It's pretty sad being a senior and all, but I've heard a lot of amazing stories about being mentors. I'm also heading up to Ithaca this fall and I plan on becoming a mentor on 639

If any other FIRSTies are going to continue involvement in FIRST at cornell, it'd be cool if we get in touch before school starts.

~JP
AIM: jpren2025

[tenfour]

I love FIRST and really want to return to my team. Most of the students have asked me if I am gonna come back.

The only problem is our main mentor. We have a great team ,but this guys doesn't get along with anybody. Being the guys I am, I regularly get into arguements with him.

I will try to come back, but due to personal issues, he may not let me. Its a shame since everybody else is cool ith it.