by Robin Runyan | Jun 9, 2020 | Education & Employment, People, Your Neighborhood
DTE supported 25 FIRST Robotics Challenge teams this season. While we and all the teams were ready for exciting competitions this spring, the season was cut short due to COVID-19 in March, just a couple weeks into competition. But while the world hit pause on most...
by Robin Runyan | Jun 1, 2020 | Education & Employment, Our People, People, Your Neighborhood
This summer, DTE will welcome about 500 college and high school students into virtual “Work From Anywhere” internships with the company. At the beginning of 2020, we expected to host these students on-site. But when many companies transitioned to...
by Robin Runyan | Jan 24, 2020 | Energizing Youth, Our People, People, Volunteerism
When Anthony Watson moved to Detroit from Liberia in his teens, he had never seen a robot before. But getting involved with FIRST Robotics in high school changed the trajectory of his life. Now more than 20 years later, Watson is still giving back to FIRST and to his...
by Robin Runyan | Jan 8, 2020 | Education & Employment, Energizing Youth, People
This year’s theme for the 2020 FIRST Robotics Competition resonates with DTE—Infinite Recharge. Students will use innovative ideas to build robots that work in alliance with other teams to collect “power cells” to energize their “shield generator.” About 20 teams...
by Robin Runyan | Sep 11, 2019 | Education & Employment, Our People
This is a guest post from Mark Crosby, a Journeyman Lineman at the DTE Pontiac Service Center. I recently finished my third summer as a volunteer mentor for DTE’s Summer Youth Internship Program. As in previous years, I witnessed first-hand the incredible difference...
