Julia Loewen is a Dean's List Finalist!

FRC Team 4512 had its last competition of the year at Shorewood High on March 22. The team performed well, making it to the playoffs, but unfortunately did not qualify for the Pacific Northwest Regional Event. However, it was an exciting moment during the awards ceremony when we found out that Julia, our veteran director, would be advancing to the Pacific Northwest Regional event as a Dean's List semifinalist.

BEARbots Coach Neil Palachuk, BEARbots director Julia Loewen, FIRST Washington Founding Chairman Kevin Ross

Although Julia was unable to attend the Pacific Northwest Regional Event, she was selected to be a Dean's List finalist and go on to the FIRST World Championship in St, Louis later this month.

The term “Dean’s List” comes from Dean Kamen, inventor and founder of US FIRST Robotics. The Dean’s List Award goes to sophomores and juniors and is based on a mentor-submitted essay and student interviews. According to the FIRST website, criteria for the FIRST Dean’s List includes:

• Demonstrated leadership and commitment to the ideals of FIRST
• Interest in and passion for a long term commitment to FIRST
• Overall individual contribution to their team
• Technical expertise and passion
• Entrepreneurship and creativity
• Ability to motivate and lead fellow team members
• Effectiveness at increasing awareness of FIRST in their school and community

Julia has been with our team since our first year at Cascade. She has provided strong leadership on our FTC and FRC teams for the last three years. We look forward to being a much stronger organization next year with Julia at the helm!