Michigan Lieutenant Governor John D. Cherry stopped by the FIRST Robotics Detroit
Regional Competition at Wayne State University on March 19. FIRST Robotics features
students from high schools around the state and region who work with professional
engineers to design, build and test robots and compete against other schools
in an Olympics of high tech skills. Cherry said that the FIRST Robotics program
is an excellent example of how Michigan universities can work with the private
sector to encourage young people to obtain high tech job skills for the workplace
of the 21st Century. Cherry was at Wayne State to meet with WSU President Irvin
Reid to discuss the Cherry Commission for Higher Education and Economic Growth,
which the Lieutenant Governor will chair. The commission is charged with doubling
the number of Michigan citizens who graduate from college and making sure that
students in the state’s higher education system acquire the job skills
needed for the 21st Century workplace.
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| Francois Castaing,
FIRST Director, (from left) talks about the robotics competition
with Lt. Governor John Cherry, while Wayne State University President
Irvin Reid and Governor Granholm’s education advisor Sue Carnell
look on. |
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| Francois Castaing
and Lt. Governor John Cherry take in the sights and sounds of the
FIRST Robotics Detroit Regional competition at Wayne State University
on March 19. |
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| Lt. Governor
John Cherry and Wayne State University President Irvin Reid extend
their best wishes to all the student competing at the FIRST Robotics
competition at Wayne State University on March 19. |
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Photos
courtesy of
Richard
Bielaczyc, Wayne State University
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March
19, 2004
Wayne State University
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