Bolles School recently issued the following announcement.
Colby Newman ’19 returned to his alma mater in late-January for a visit, during which he made a generous donation to the School’s robotics program.
An alumnus of the robotics team and an experienced coding maestro, Newman presented former robotics coach and Bolles Chief Technology Officer Paul Sollee ’88 a ProJet CJP
660Pro Color 3D Printer for team and student use on the Bolles Upper School San Jose Campus.
Newman honed his strengths in technology at Bolles and currently works at Jacksonville-based Redwire Space while pursuing his junior year computer science studies at the
University of Florida. Redwire Space describes itself as a company “accelerating humanity’s expansion into space by delivering reliable, economical and sustainable infrastructure
for future generations.” Newman’s girlfriend Gina Landrum, also a computer science student at the University of Florida, accompanied him to campus.
During his visit, Newman and Sollee also discussed plans for the School’s new Center for Innovation, Math & Science building. Site plans already are underway for the facility,
which will house Bolles’ upper school robotics operations as well as the School’s Anatomage virtual dissection table among other science, math and technology-related interests.
The building will be located on the southern bluff of the River Campus. Plans include classroom space, areas for collaboration and leading-edge resources.
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