Congratulations Heidi, Greg, Stoney. That's great news! -- ralph
On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 6:51 PM, Joanmarie Diggs <jdi...@igalia.com> wrote: > Hi Heidi, all. > > Two words: Woo hoo! :) > > Congratulations. Please let me know how GNOME can help you in this VERY > exciting work. > > Take care. > --joanie > > On 09/10/2012 06:20 PM, Heidi Ellis wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > > > > > > > We have some good news! As some of you know, Greg Hislop and Sean Goggins > > from Drexel, Heidi Ellis and Stoney Jackson from Western New England > > University, and Darci Burge and Lori Postner from Nassau Community > College > > submitted an NSF TUES Type 2 proposal back in January. We have just > learned > > that the proposal, titled "OpenFE: Developing Faculty Expertise and > Creating > > Learning Materials for Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software," has > > been awarded! > > > > > > > > So why are we telling you? Because the proposal aims to enhance TOS as > part > > of the effort, as well as build on POSSE. The grant runs from September > > 15th, 2012 through August 31st, 2014 and has a main focus on getting > faculty > > members up to speed on FOSS tools and culture so that they can support > > student participation in FOSS. In particular, the grant provides funding > to > > get faculty members to workshops, including POSSE. Simultaneous efforts > > include building the community of FOSS teachers and representatives, and > > developing course materials. We anticipate that many of you will be > > interested in some part of this effort and we look forward to > collaborating > > with you as we go forward. > > > > > > > > We are just starting this effort and we will keep you apprised as we > > undertake the grant activities. > > > > > > > > The OpenFE Team: > > > > Heidi Ellis (Western New England University) > > > > Greg Hislop (Drexel University) > > > > Lori Postner (Nassau Community College) > > > > Darci Burge (Nassau Community College) > > > > Stoney Jackson (Western New England University) > > > > Sean Goggins (Drexel University) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > tos mailing list > > tos@teachingopensource.org > > http://lists.teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos > > > > _______________________________________________ > tos mailing list > tos@teachingopensource.org > http://lists.teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos >
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