FIRST Dean's List Award - What it's all about!
The Dean�s List Award recognizes nominated leaders and ambassadors from every FIRST� Tech Challenge team who exemplify leadership qualities, an entrepreneurial spirit, and are ambassadors of FIRST and FIRST Tech Challenge. The Dean�s List Award began in 2010, when Dean Kamen realized that for FIRST to continue its mission of inspiring youth, he needed leaders who understand and demonstrate the values and ideals of FIRST; students who will help drive the FIRST movement. Already inspired by their own FIRST involvement, these students ensure that future generations are able to experience the positive impacts of FIRST.
Each FIRST Tech Challenge team may nominate up to two students who are in 10th or 11th grade that exemplify leadership qualities, an entrepreneurial spirit, and are ambassadors of FIRST and FIRST Tech Challenge. Each FIRSTTech Challenge team should work together to determine which two teammates they feel most deserve to be nominated for the Dean�s List Award.
The criteria for the Dean's List Award include:
- Demonstrates leadership and commitment to the ideals of FIRST;
- Interest in and passion for a long-term commitment to FIRST and its ideals;
- Overall individual contribution to their team;
- Technical expertise and passion;
- Entrepreneurship and creativity;
- Ability to motivate and lead fellow team members; and
- Ability to effectively increase awareness of FIRST in their school and community.
Upon submitted nomination, these students are automatically considered Dean�s List Award Semi-Finalists. Each student will receive a 5-7 minute interview at an event where they are competing. At each Regional Championship, the Finalists for that region are announced. All Finalists are invited to Championship, where the 10 winners of the Dean�s List Award are announced at a special lunch event with FIRSTFounder, Dean Kamen, and FIRST President Don Bossi.
The Dean�s List Award also receives support from some pretty impressive colleges. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), and Yale have been proud supporters of the award, and look forward to seeing Dean�s List applicants each year!
To submit Dean�s List nominations, log into your dashboard at www.firstinspires.org.
We commonly receive questions about deadlines to nominate for this award. Nominations must be made for the event where the nominated member and team will be competing. If your team is competing at a Qualifying Tournament, League Tournament, or Interview Only Event (for those regions that do not have a State Championship) in December of 2017, the deadline for the nomination will be November 15 at 11:59 P.M. EST. More detailed information about how to submit the nominations, deadlines, and which event to apply, can all be found in the Dean�s List Submission Guide.
Make sure to nominate your exceptional 10th and 11th grade students today! Please send any questions about the award or submissions to FTCDeansList@firstinspires.org.
Dean's List Winner Testimonials
�I've accepted an internship for next summer at Delphi in Kokomo, Indiana as a Computer Science intern. In speaking with the recruiter after I'd accepted, one of the things Delphi liked the most about me as a candidate was my interpersonal and communication skills, both of which I can link directly to my involvement with FIRST.�
-Cameron Richards, 2015 Dean�s List Winner, Sophomore at Purdue University
�Besides helping get my scholarship, being a Dean's List winner has given me more opportunities than I ever imagined. It helped me get an internship at Boston Scientific, something almost unheard of as a Freshman. This internship has been life changing, and by using the skills I learned in robotics and through the Dean's List program, I was able to learn and be useful enough to be invited to continue my internship part time through the school year.�
-Laura Irvine, 2015 Dean�s List Winner, Sophomore at University of Minnesota
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