Thanks Luis! - Greg
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From: tos-boun...@teachingopensource.org
[mailto:tos-boun...@teachingopensource.org] On Behalf Of Luis Ibanez
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 6:56 AM
To: Discussions about Teaching Open Source
Cc: Sean Goggins; Herman L. Jackson
Subject: Re: [TOS] Good news! Grant awarded!
Congratulations !!!
Luis
On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 6:20 PM, Heidi Ellis <heidijcel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Folks,
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> 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!
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> 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.
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> We are just starting this effort and we will keep you apprised as we
> undertake the grant activities.
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> The OpenFE Team:
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> Heidi Ellis (Western New England University)
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> Greg Hislop (Drexel University)
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> Lori Postner (Nassau Community College)
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> Darci Burge (Nassau Community College)
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> Stoney Jackson (Western New England University)
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> Sean Goggins (Drexel University)
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