Posted by Kris VanKleek, Student on team #71, Team Hammond, from School City of Hammond and Beatty Machine and Manufacturing.
Posted on 4/25/99 4:35 PM MST
Well this is my last year as a high school student in FIRST and I dont want my experience to end because of college so I have been talking it over with many people about getting Purdue university to get a team going next year.
I will be calling up the dean and talking to people as soon as I know that we will have the members. If you are attending or will attend Purdue next year or if you have contacts please contact me.
Thanks,
Kris VanKleek
#71 Beatty and Hammond
Posted by Joe Johnson, Engineer on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.
Posted on 4/26/99 7:43 PM MST
In Reply to: Attention All Present and Future Purdue Attendees posted by Kris VanKleek on 4/25/99 4:35 PM MST:
I have some suggestions of folks at Purdue to help you get started:
Dean Stevenson (judge at Midwest Regional)
Mike Ciavaglia (grad student at Purdue, member of our team on leave to get an MSME0
Ann McCarthy (intern at Delphi, never been on a FIRST team, but a very well connected ME undergrad)
I think with a little more pressure we can push Purdue over the edge. We (me and several others) have been working on them for a number of years now — I think they are about to crack 
Good luck.
Joe J.
Posted by Andy Baker, Engineer on team #45, TechnoKats, from Kokomo High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.
Posted on 4/26/99 9:29 PM MST
In Reply to: some names to hit up while at Purdue posted by Joe Johnson on 4/26/99 7:43 PM MST:
Kokomo is only an hour away from West Lafayette, so if you need
any help from the TechnoKats (Team 45), let any of us know. We
could easily pack up a robot and haul it over there for a demo.
Also, one of our past team members is attending Purdue. Her name
is Mary Pat Stahl, a freshman EE major. Look her up!
Good luck,
Andy B.
Posted by Raul, Engineer on team #111, Wildstang, from Rolling Meadows & Wheeling HS and Motorola.
Posted on 4/27/99 6:46 AM MST
In Reply to: some names to hit up while at Purdue posted by Joe Johnson on 4/26/99 7:43 PM MST:
Getting Purdue going would be great. And how about the other Big Ten schools (Michigan, etc.).
I could see it now - the Big Ten Conference uses FIRST as an official sport. They start giving out scholarships to high school team members to join their team. What a concept!
Raul
Posted by Kris VanKleek, Student on team #71, Team Hammond, from School City of Hammond and Beatty Machine and Manufacturing.
Posted on 4/27/99 3:48 PM MST
In Reply to: some names to hit up while at Purdue posted by Joe Johnson on 4/26/99 7:43 PM MST:
I am determined to get a team down at purdue. Like most of the students
that have been in the competition for four years, they know what it is
like. I might go through withdrawel.