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  • Congressional App Challenge Open to Framingham Middle & High School Students

    Congressional App Challenge Open to Framingham Middle & High School Students

    The 2021 Congressional App Challenge

    FRAMINGHAM, MA — U.S. House of Representatives Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark announced the Massachusetts 5th Congressional District is hosting the district-wide 2021 Congressional App Challenge (CAC) for middle school and high school students.

    The CAC is designed to encourage students to learn to code and to inspire them to pursue careers in computer science. Since the Challenge’s inception in 2016 over 14,000 students from 48 states programmed and submitted an app!

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  • Yvonne Spicer & Michael Whalen Join Bob Moog Foundation Board of Directors

    Yvonne Spicer & Michael Whalen Join Bob Moog Foundation Board of Directors

    Framingham Mayor Spicer named to join Bob Moog Foundation Board of Directors.

    FRAMINGHAM, MA — The Bob Moog Foundation, is proud to announce two new members to the Board of Directors in a time of exciting growth for the Foundation. Dr. Yvonne Spicer, the first Mayor of Framingham, MA, and two-time Emmy award winning composer Michael Whalen join the current Board that consists of David Mash, President; Bill Sautter, Vice-President; Daniel Keller, Secretary; Marc Willis, Treasurer; Chris Halaby, Jerry Kovarsky, Dr. Henry Panion, III, and Sally Sparks.

    Prior to being sworn into office as the first Mayor of Framingham, MA in 2018, Dr. Yvonne Spicer served as the Vice President for Advocacy and Educational Partnerships at Boston’s Museum of Science.

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