you should have gotten at least one more from NCSU (Sarah Heckman) :-)
yah -gina On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 11:56 AM, Heidi Ellis <heidi.el...@wne.edu> wrote: > One week to go to apply to join the POSSE at Red Hat! Join us for an > NSF-funded workshop held at Red Hat in Raleigh, NC, November 16-18, 2017 to > get a better understanding of how to support student involvement in > Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software. Over 100 of your peer > instructors have attended this workshop and we encourage attendance by > multiple faculty from the same institution. Deadline is Monday, September > 11th > > Drop me an email if you have any questions. Details below. > Heidi Ellis > > ========================= > > Professors' Open Source Software Experience (POSSE) workshop (NSF funded) > November 16-18, 2017 > Red Hat, Raleigh, NC > > Would you like to support student involvement in humanitarian free and open > source software (HFOSS)? Full-time faculty at U.S. institutions are invited > to join us at the Professors' Open Source Software Experience (POSSE) > workshop. Over 100 faculty members have attended the workshop and we have a > growing community of faculty members who are helping students learn within > HFOSS projects. > > Additional Information: > http://foss2serve.org > > Intended for full-time faculty at U.S. institutions, this three-stage > faculty workshop will help you prepare to support student participation in a > Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software (HFOSS) project. HFOSS is open > source software that has a humanitarian purpose such as disaster management, > health care, or economic development. > > Join us if you would like to: > * Join the community of educators that involves students in HFOSS > * Learn how to support student learning within a real-world HFOSS project > environment > * Motivate students and raise their appreciation for computing for the > social good > * Meet and collaborate with other instructors who have similar interests and > goals > * Grow professionally > > Workshop Format: > Unlike many workshops in which the content is concentrated in the > face-to-face meeting, this workshop has three stages: > > Stage 1 - Starts September 18, 2017 with online activities. These activities > will take 2-3 hours/week and include interaction among workshop instructors > and participants. > > Stage 2 - The face-to-face workshop held at Red Hat in Raleigh, NC, November > 16-18, 2017. Participants will include the workshop organizers, POSSE > alumni, and open source community members. > > Stage 3 - Starts immediately after stage 2 and consists of online activities > and interactions among small groups so that participants will have support > while involving students in an HFOSS project in the classroom. > > How to Apply: > To apply, please complete and submit the application available at: > http://foss2serve.org/index.php/POSSE_2017-11. Prior work with FOSS > projects is not required. > Submit your application by September 11th. We will notify you of the status > of your application by September 15th, 2017. > > Participant Support: > POSSE is supported by the National Science Foundation and Red Hat, Inc. Due > to the funding source, we can only support full-time faculty at U.S. > institutions. However, if you can support your own travel, please do submit > an application. > > NSF funding will provide 2 nights lodging and meals during the workshop for > full-time faculty based in the United States. Travel costs will also be > covered up to $500. > > > _______________________________________________ > tos mailing list > tos@teachingopensource.org > http://lists.teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos > -- Gina Likins University Outreach, Open Source and Standards Red Hat 100 E. Davie St.; Raleigh, NC 27601 glik...@redhat.com (919)890-8322 or internally 48322 _______________________________________________ tos mailing list tos@teachingopensource.org http://lists.teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos
