On Saturday, October 22,
2016, at CenturyLink Headquarters in Monroe, LA, SciTEC in the College of Education along with NICERC and CenturyLink hosted the inaugural North East
Louisiana (NELA) Regional Autonomous Robotics Circuit (RARC). There were over 20 teams onsite competing at the middle, elementary, and highschool levels. The students competed trying to accomplish various tasks in a limited amount of time utilizing their programmed robots. Our own AE Phillips Bullpups placed during the event also, going home with two third place trophies for their outstanding efforts!
In addition to the outstanding teams, volunteers, coaches, and parents, there were also COE partners including Louisiana Tech University Admissions representative Collin Bailey, BASH Booth's Sarah Jeffords, and AXI Education Solutions, Lisa Dick who brought exciting STEM educational tools including Promethean panels, Spheros, and Little Bit circuitry kits. This is the first of three competitions planned for the 2016-2017 academic year. The event was only possible with the help of CenturyLink Vice President Bill
Bradley, Mr. Alex Bohl, Mrs. Kristy LaCroix, Ms. Jaicee Choate, Ms. Jo Ann Marshall, and
numerous volunteers, coaches, parents, and teams. To learn more about NELA RARC and how to participate in future
competitions, please contact NELA RARC Competition Coordinator, Ms. Jaicee
Choate at 3182572866 / jchoate@latech.edu or Lindsey Keith-Vincent at lbkv@latech.edu. 