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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2016 HERMISTONHERALD.COM • A7 EDUCATION Umatilla Robotics TXali¿Hs IoU ZoUlG championships Team will compete for 3rd time By JENNIFER COLTON Staff Writer STAFF PHOTO BY JENNIFER COLTON +HUPLVWRQ+LJK6FKRROVHQLRUV$QGUHDDQG6RÀD*LVSHUW7HOORVWDQGZLWKWKHLUSDUHQWV*DELQR*LVSHUWDQG5RVDULR7HOOR DIWHUUHFHLYLQJ3UHVLGHQWLDO$ZDUGVIURP2UHJRQ6WDWH8QLYHUVLW\RQ:HGQHVGD\ OSU awards siblings with twin scholarships OSU award totals $80,000 By JENNIFER COLTON Staff Writer Hermiston twins were surprised with $80,000 in scholarships, Wednesday at Hermiston High School. “I didn’t know this was going on. My dad said he was picking us up, and I thought we were going somewhere else,” Andrea Gispert-Tello said. “I had no idea.” Gispert-Tello and her WZLQ VLVWHU 6R¿D HDFK UHFHLYHG D 3UHVLGHQWLDO Award to Oregon State 8QLYHUVLW\ $PDQGD Hutchinson, regional ad- PLVVLRQVDGYLVRUIRU268 surprised the twins with the formal award, adding the scholarship is awarded to less than 1 percent of OSU admitted freshmen. ³6R¿DDQG$QGUHDKDYH shown tremendous leader- ship and academic excel- lence,” Hutchinson said. “They should really be SURXGRIDOOWKDWWKH\KDYH accomplished.” To be considered for a Presidential Scholarship, students must be a cur- rent Oregon high school VHQLRU KDYH D PLQLPXP 3.85 unweighted GPA and a minimum score of 1900 SAT or 29 ACT. Appli- FDQWV DUH HYDOXDWHG EDVHG on accomplishments per- VSHFWLYHV H[SHULHQFHV DQG WDOHQWV DFKLHYHPHQWV within the context of so- cial and personal circum- stances of the student; and SDUWLFLSDWLRQ LQ DFWLYLWLHV WKDW GHYHORS DFDGHPLF intellectual and leadership abilities. The renewable schol- DUVKLS SURYLGHV a year for four years, for a total of $40,000 per stu- dent. OSU is the only school ERWK VHQLRUV KDYH RQ WKHLU college list, and the twins said if they do not attend OSU, they likely will not attend the same college. An- drea hopes to study chemi- cal engineering and pre-med to become a dermatologist; 6R¿DKDVKHUH\HVRQLQWHU- national business. Each student has also been accepted into pres- tigious programs for the spring and summer, in- cluding a two-week pro- gram at NYU Shanghai for Andrea and a program at Occidental College in /RV$QJHOHVIRU6R¿D “I am really proud,” fa- ther Gabino Gispert said. “Really proud.” Rachel Dagley )RUWKHWKLUGWLPHLQ¿YH years, Umatilla Robotics will compete at the World Championships. This weekend, Umatilla’s FIRST Robotics Competi- WLRQ WHDP ³&RQ¿GHQ- WLDO´FRPSHWHGDWWKH3DFL¿F Northwest District Champi- onships in Portland against 159 teams from Oregon and :DVKLQJWRQ &RQ¿GHQWLDO brought home the Engineer- ing Inspiration Award, an honor celebrating outstand- LQJ VXFFHVV LQ DGYDQFLQJ respect and appreciation for engineering within a team’s school and community. For Umatilla, the award UHÀHFWV KRZ PHPEHUV RI &RQ¿GHQWLDO YROXQWHHU WR lead robotics clubs and class- es at McNary Heights Ele- mentary School as well as SDUWLFLSDWLQJ DQG YROXQWHHU- LQJDWFRPPXQLW\HYHQWV “It’s really cool this year because we’re going to the championships on a complete- ly different path. This isn’t just about the efforts of the robot, this is a whole team award,” team mentor Kyle Sipe said Monday. “This award reflects what the whole team does in this community.” Only one team from each regional competition can win the Engineering Inspiration $ZDUG 7KH KRQRU TXDOL¿HV Umatilla Robotics to com- pete at the world champi- onships, April 27-30 in St. Louis, Mo. At the champion- ship, 900 teams and 20,000 students from 39 countries will compete. Among those students will be the 48 mem- EHUVRI7HDP&RQ¿GHQWLDO ³:H¶YH EHHQ ORRNLQJ and hotels and talking to Mid-Columbia about bus- LQJ DOO GD\ WU\LQJ WR ¿JXUH out the logistics of how ZH¶UHJRLQJWRJHWHYHU\RQH there,” Sipe said. Team Confidential com- peted in two Pacific Northwest GLVWULFWOHYHO FRPSHWLWLRQV The team qualified for the regional competition by win- ning the Chairman’s Award at RQH GLVWULFWOHYHO FRPSHWLWLRQ and the Engineering Inspira- tion Award at the other. Umatilla Robotics is ac- cepting donations to help the team during the trip to St. Lou- is. For more information or to donate, contact Umatilla High School at 541-922-6525. For a full breakdown of how Umatilla’s team fared WKLV\HDUYLVLWKWWSIUFGLV- trictrankings.firstinspires. RUJ31: FAMILY DENTISTRY Business Health Farm Life Rachel Dagley 541/276-2302 • 800/225-2521 Commercial & Farm Agent The Stratton Agency Pendleton / Hermiston • stratton-insurance.com URGENT & FAMILY CARE MENTAL HEALTH PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY VISION CARE ENERGY COSTS TOO HIGH? TRY LOOKING AT IT IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT. Want to lower your energy costs? When you update lighting and other equipment, you can see the difference instantly and recoup your investment in no time. 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