Our Sponsors
Special Thanks To
Sponsors
Wallace Foundation
The Wallace Foundation is a company dedicated to giving their support to hundreds of organizations, especially to the arts and educations. Founded in the 1950s by a group of philanthropists lead by DeWitt and Lila Wallace, to this day the foundation focuses on helping to lead students to academic achievements and provides support and grants to them. Despite the grants and financial support they give, the core values of the Wallace Foundation is to bestow upon the students useful life lessons that will carry them on throughout their lifetime.
D.E. Shaw
D.E. Shaw is a technology and investment development firm based in New York with other offices located around the globe. Founded in 1988, D.E. Shaw manages approximately thirty-five billion dollars in a number of companies and other financial entities based in industrialized countries as well as developing ones. D.E. Shaw uses a combination of computer models and human experience to make its investment decisions.
D.E. Shaw has been providing financial assistance to Stuypulse since last season, when they let us attend a seminar describing what their company does, in addition to the shirts and Rubik’s Cubes they gave us. We hope that our partnership with them continues to develop in future seasons to come.
For more information, visit their website.
Verizon
Verizon is a broadband and telecommunications company that provides voice, data, video, and links to many consumers in the United States. These links are not only through more traditional phone lines, but also through more advanced systems like Verizon FiOS, which uses fiber-optic cables. Phone directories such as the Verizon Yellow Pages are also owned by this company. Verizon is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial average.
For every Robotics Team in New York City, Verizon generously gives a grant to aid in reaching the application fee for our FIRST tournament at the Jacob K. Javits Center. In past years, Verizon also offered a web development class during the summer.
For more information, visit their website.
Garage games
Garage Games uses its Torque Powered engine to make games for many systems. They also have the distinction of being part of the curricula of over 200 universities. The teams which make up the main part of the company range from experienced designers to new developers alike.
For more information, visit their website.
Credit Suisse
Credit Suisse is a major financial services company that advises corporations, governments, and individuals in private banking, investment banking, asset management, and other fields. Credit Suisse is also the second largest bank in Switzerland, but it brings its financial expertise, planning, and ideas to clients all over the world.
Steven Hilton, one of our mentors, works at Credit Suisse and has been mentoring us since our days as a rookie team. He introduced to us the red hat/green hat method of suggesting and criticizing ideas, which has helped us considerably during the brainstorming section in the process of designing a robot. As of last season, Credit Suisse has started giving financial support to the team, which has been greatly appreciated. Credit Suisse also supports FIRST regionally.
During the 2007 season, Credit Suisse was our largest financial contributor, and we honored them by allowing them to choose the name of the robot. Credit Suisse decided to christen the robot “Tom,” after their CEO.
For more information, visit their website.
Larry and Yvette Gralla
Larry Gralla, a Stuyvesant alumnus, and his wife, Yvette, have been loyal donors to Stuypulse for four years running. In 2004, we named our robot “Larry” in gratitude of Larry Gralla’s generous donations to our team. The following year we christened our robot “Yvette” in honor of their continuing devotion to our team. Yvette went on to compete in the 2005 Championship Event held in Atlanta, and managed to advance all the way to the semi-finals. In 2006, Larry and Yvette named our innovative robot “Joshua” after their grandson. Without their support, we might not have been able to achieve the heights we have reached, and we hope that our partnership continues to strengthen in the future.
Con Edison
Con Edison is an energy company that provides electrical power and gas to much New York City, as well as power to Westchester County, southeastern New York, northern New Jersey, and northeastern Pennsylvania. In addition, Con Edison also owns the power generating plants used to produce the power, as well as the cogeneration plants used to produce the steam that heats much of Manhattan Island.
As part of their history of contributing to community, education, environmental, and cultural programs and organizations looking to improve the quality and diversity of people’s lives, such as the United Way and the Brooklyn Botanical Garden, Con Edison sponsors FIRST regionally. Con Edison has also been supporting Stuypulse for four years, but its grants are not limited to just our team. In fact, Con Edison gives a grant to every team in New York City. Not only does Con Edison provide financial support, but this company has mentors that visit our team, such as Andy Woo, a Stuy alumnus.
For more information, visit their website.
Zenbe
Zenbe provides services in online communications, mainly e-mail. They use their award winning features in their programs which take care of problems such as mail overload. Their iPhone App was one of the first to be made, and has been downloaded over 100,000 times.
For more information visit their website
Stuyvesant 75 +/- Δ Asian Club
Stuyvesant 75 +/- Δ Asian Club, is comprised of Stuyvesant Alumni from roughly the class years from 1973 to 1977. The original school club formed shortly after the first Asian Woman to enroll at Stuyvesant in 1969. The then small, but growing Asian population met to form networks to understand and embrace their cultural and ethnic heritage, paving the way for following generations of Asian identity at Stuyvesant.