A high school team from Marquette builds and programs its own robot. By Ian Bek, 14, Will Guter, 13, Julien Malherbe, 13, Perry Mesloh, 11, Ian Parkkonen, 11, and Anja McBride, 9.
Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.