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The TTU Whitacre College of Engineering is needing referees for the second Amarillo FIRST Tech Challenge robotics meet on December 10th. Referees help score the robot game matches that occur throughout competition. Training is provided. Breakfast and lunch provided.

Meet will be at AmTech Career Academy. Event contact is Larry Garcia, the Amarillo league coordinator, larry.garcia@amaisd.org.

Questions about volunteering can be sent to our FIRST Senior Mentor, Garrett Smith, gsmith@firstinspires.org.

Those who sign-up will be reached out by one of our volunteer coordinators to help you get signed-up for volunteering with FIRST.

Come join us in helping make an impact on the students of the future! 

About FIRST:

FIRST is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving STEM education through the use of hands-on programs and competitions!

Learn more about FIRST through this video below:

You can also learn more about FIRST by visiting the FIRST website: https://www.firstinspires.org/.

About FIRST Tech Challenge:

FIRST Tech Challenge is a robotics program where teams of middle and high school students come together to design, build, wire, program, and market robots in order to score points and earn awards at robotics competitions. These robotics competitions contain a robot game that changes every year, bringing in new science and engineering challenges that the students must overcome.

Through FIRST Tech Challenge, students learn valuable soft and technical skills that are in demand by the companies and colleges of today.

Learn more about FIRST Tech Challenge by watching this video:

You can also learn more about the program by visiting the FIRST Tech Challenge website: https://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/ftc.

The TTU Whitacre College of Engineering STEM Outreach Program provides STEM based programming for the West Texas K-12 community. Learn more about our department and the programs we offer here: https://www.depts.ttu.edu/coe/stem/index.php.