Welcome, Vahid! Looking forward to working with you on expanding the global education program.
Best, Shani Evenstein WM-IL On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 6:43 PM, Tighe Flanagan <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear education colleagues, > > I'm delighted to introduce the newest member of the WMF education team, Vahid > Masrour <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:VMasrour_(WMF)>. Vahid > joins as our Community Capacity Manager, and will be working with groups > like the Wikipedia Education Collaborative > <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Wikipedia_Education_Collaborative> > and > other global education program leaders and affiliates to make sure they > have the support they need to be successful. > > Vahid will be working remotely from Quito, Ecuador for his first few > months before moving with his family to San Diego. A little more about > Vahid in his own words: > > World citizen, with a strong experience in South America, I have resided >> in 6 countries so far, and plan to keep on moving. I am keenly interested >> in transformation of educational processes using technology as a lever. I >> have been part of the Ecuador User Group since its inception (2013), as the >> education program specialist, and am a firm believer that “Knowledge is as >> wings to man's life, and a ladder for his ascent. Its acquisition is >> incumbent upon everyone.” >> > > > Originally trained as a psychologist, I’ve been learning about community >> development through development projects and volunteer service. The overlap >> of my interests in education, technology and community development now >> finds a peculiarly interesting expression through my work at the WMF, where >> I can now serve by enabling a global community’s efforts towards the >> “growth, development and distribution of free, multilingual, educational >> content, and to providing the full content of these wiki-based projects to >> the public free of charge”. > > > Please join me in welcoming Vahid to the education team (on-list or > on-wiki <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:VMasrour_(WMF)>)! > > Tighe > > -- > Tighe Flanagan > Senior Manager, Wikipedia Education Program > Wikimedia Foundation > [email protected] > education.wikimedia.org > > _______________________________________________ > Education mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > >
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