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Photo credit: Scott W. Nichols from the The Webb School �What do you want to be when you grow up?� Who hasn�t been asked that a million times by adults? And when we were little, we would answer that question with whatever felt right to us in the moment: �Unicorn.� �Fire fighter.� �Astronaut.� "Superhero" �Ballerina.� �Doctor.� "Teacher." And we knew in our heart that we could be the thing we wanted to be, and more often than not we were encouraged to pursue our dreams. And when our dreams changed, we wholeheartedly pursued the new dream. And then one day the question became harder to answer. Why? We live, we learn, and we start to judge what our heart wants as attainable or not based on our beliefs about ourselves and our ability to achieve the dream. A boy dreaming of being a ballerina might only see pictures of girl ballerinas and develop the belief that boys can�t be ballerinas. Or a girl might dream of being an astronaut until someone says, �Girls with glasses...

Hi! This is Michelle Long, Alumni and Scholarship Programs Manager at FIRST HQ. Can you believe that the 2014/15 FIRST Tech Challenge Season is almost over already? I hope that your season was as fun as mine was and that you used the opportunity to meet as many people as you could at the event(s) that you attended. One of the most important things that you can gain from your time on a FIRST Team is the incredible exposure to Teams and Participants from all over � even if it�s the next town over! Whether you knew it or not, a lot of your interactions were networking! Networking is one of those business �buzzwords� that people throw around a lot, and sounds really intimidating, but can be really natural and simple. To that effect, we�ve compiled the list below of networking tips that you can put into practice during FIRST events (links to original sources if you want to get an A+ and dig even deeper!):   Seek out people you wouldn�t have met under other circumstances : Is your Pit ...

Hey there FTC ! This is Michelle Long again from the FIRST Scholarship Program . It�s that time of year again to start thinking about the FIRST Scholarship Program and life after FTC. Photo courtesy of Scott Nichols and The Webb School . First of all, check out last year�s FTC FIRST Scholarship Program blog post - all of that information is still accurate. Also check out the FTC Google Hangout that we had last winter with Timm Huffman and Kate Caulfield at Olin College of Engineering: again LOTS of good information. The FIRST Scholarship webpage is THE place to go for information on all FIRST Scholarships. We are currently in the middle of renewing last year�s scholarships and developing new ones for the year- we anticipate the new 2015 Scholarship Program going live in early September. The other program that I wanted to talk to you about is the FIRST Alumni Program- actually the FIRST Alumni Program s ! We�re revving up our Alumni initiatives and developing programming to offer ...