Housekeeping reminder: This email is sent to the lead (2) mentors listed in each team’s registration via the FIRST Dashboard. It does not go to all mentors on a team. Please share this information with your mentors and your teams as is appropriate. Thank you to everyone who is reading these emails, and sharing the information with other mentors on your teams. 
20 days to Duluth Events
41 days to Grand Forks Event
55 days to Minneapolis Events
This week’s update:
- Team Registration
- Duluth Regional Event Team Announcements
- Remote judging
- 2022 Digital Animation Award Winner
- Week Zero Events
- COVID-19 Reminder
- THANK YOU REGIONAL PROGRAM SPONSORS
- Email Blast Archive
- FRC Blog and season updates
- FIRST in Upper Midwest Newsletter
Team Registration: ALL students and mentors should have a completed 2022 season consent and release form on file with FIRST. We know that not every student/family has online access, so there are teams who invite parents/guardians to the end of one of their meetings so they can see what the students are doing and complete the registration online while they are there. Students and mentors must be registered and have signed the consent and release form in order to be at Regional events.
Duluth Regional Event Information for Teams: All information for teams attending the Duluth event can be found on the following Google Doc created by Laurie Schimizu. EVENT DETAILS HAVE CHANGED so be sure to read these announcements. 2022 Duluth Lake Superior and Northern Lights – Information for TEAMS
Remote Judging: A number of announcements have been sent regarding remote judging at the Minnesota events. Have you read them? Email archives can be found here.
2022 Digital Animation Award Winner Sponsored by Automation Direct: Our teams put together some amazing digital animations. Check out this announcement at the FRC blog and share these with great videos with your team.
Week Zero Events:
o Eagan Feb 19 https://www.team2220.org/blue-
o Nevis Feb 26 limited spaces are now available, please write to: knetteberg@nevis308.org
o Willmar Feb 26 Link to website with further information
o Irondale February 26- http://www.team2052.com/2022-
Remember to review the COVID-19 Policies for your event. Every person at the event is responsible for knowing this material and following with gracious professionalism. These policies can be found in the archived email blast from 1/28/22. Please see this link on the firstuppermidwest.org website.
Please also refer to FIRST’s Event Rules, which are in effect for all official FIRST events.
Special thanks and appreciation to our Regional Program Sponsors to make our 2022 FIRST Rapid React season a success!
- Medtronic
- University of Minnesota, College of Science & Engineering
- Boston Scientific
- 3M
- Cirrus Aircraft
- Digi Key
- Freestyle Productions
- John Deere
- Marvin Windows
- Target
- University of North Dakota
- USBank
- Best Buy
- Dunwoody College of Technology
- Essentia Health
- Infor
- North Dakota State University
- The Toro Company
- Visit Greater Grand Forks
- Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation
- Hartel’s
- Komatsu
- Minnesota Power Foundation
- Northern Clearing
- Visit Duluth
- Emerson Solutions
- Paul & Ruth Bauhahn Charitable Fund
- Saturn Systems
- Newcon Co.
- Barr Engineering
- Minnesota Power Employees Credit Union
- North Shore Bank of Commerce
- Marsh & McLennan Agency, LLC
- TKDA
- Bell Bank
- Scheels
Email Blast Archive: These email blasts are archived! Please see this link on the firstuppermidwest.org website.
FRC Blog and Season Updates
Season-critical information is released via the FIRST Blog! Please subscribe and bookmark this page.
FIRST in Upper Midwest Newsletter
Updates for FRC teams in our region from FIRST Upper Midwest, covering off-season events, activities, and outreach opportunities. This is a separate, opt-in, weekly mailing from FUM. Sign up at FUM FIRST Robotics Competition Updates.
Nicole Schossow
Regional Director, MN, ND, SD
Pronunciation and Pronouns: she, her, hers
For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology
Based in Winona, Minnesota
Main Office: 200 Bedford Street | Manchester, NH 03101
Phone: 603.666.3906 x 780 | nschossow@firstinspires.org