Hello all, On Friday 16 January 2015 Wikipedia will receive in the person of Jimmy Wales a honorary doctorate in Maastricht, the Netherlands.
He will receive this during the Dies Natalis of Maastricht University. The ceremony starts at 15:00 in the St.Janskerk (Minderbroedersberg). Attendees must be there at 14:45. After the Dies Natalis there is a reception organized by Maastricht University. If anyone wishes to visit the Dies Natalis and needs more information, contact me. You need to register your presence in a form on the website of the university! Jimmy has that day a busy schedule (including a lecture for students) and is not able to have a wikimeet this day. Photos of the event will be published on Commons. On Thursday 15 January Jimmy is in Amsterdam for a symposium. After the symposium we have organised a wikimeet in this building: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waag,_Amsterdam (It is said to be the oldest remaining non-religious building in Amsterdam.) The meeting starts at 20:00. You can sign up to be present in the section "Ja, ik kom!" (= Yes, I come!) at https://nl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimeet_in_Amsterdam_met_Jimmy_Wales If you need more information, you can contact me. See you next week! Romaine 2014-11-17 23:01 GMT+01:00 Romaine Wiki <[email protected]>: > Hi all, > > A local newspaper in the Netherlands had today as headline: > Eredocteraat voor Timmermans en Wikipedia > > Translated: Honory degree for Timmermans and Wikipedia > > > * Who is coming to Maastricht? > * Can we organize a wikimeet that day in Maastricht? > > Romaine > > > > Rough translation of the newspaper: > > Maastricht University (UM) awarded an honorary doctorate to Frans > Timmermans and the founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales. They will be honored > for the exceptional contributions they, directly or indirectly, have made > to academic education and research. > > Commissioner Frans Timmermans is praised for his great contributions to both > European and international relations. The American Jimmy Wales Wikipedia > has established a platform accessible to everyone, which (in particular) for > students not to imagine that it does not exist as infinite source of > information. The honorary doctorates will be awarded during the official > celebration of Dies Natalis, which takes place on 16 January 2015 at Sint > Janskerk in Maastricht. Besides Timmermans and Wales, are also academics > Michelle Craske (nominated by the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience) and > Wolfgang Wahlster (nominated by the Faculty of Humanities and Sciences) > awarded an honorary doctorate. > > > > > Original in Dutch below: > > Eredocteraat voor Timmermans en Wikipedia > > De Universiteit Maastricht (UM) reikt een eredoctoraat uit aan Frans > Timmermans en de oprichter van Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales. Zij worden gehuldigd > voor de uitzonderlijke bijdragen die zij, direct of indirect, hebben > geleverd aan academisch onderwijs en onderzoek. > > Eurocommissaris Frans Timmermans wordt geprezen om zijn grote bijdragen > aan zowel Europese als internationale relaties. De Amerikaan Jimmy Wales > heeft met Wikipedia een voor iedereen toegankelijk platform opgericht, dat > (in het bijzonder) voor studenten niet meer weg te denken is als oneindige > bron van informatie. De eredoctoraten worden uitgereikt tijdens de > officiële viering van de Dies Natalis, die plaatsvindt op 16 januari 2015 > in de Sint Janskerk te Maastricht. Naast Timmermand en Wales worden tevens > academici Michelle Craske (genomineerd door de Faculty of Psychology and > Neuroscience) en Wolfgang Wahlster (genomineerd door de Faculty of > Humanities and Sciences) onderscheiden met een eredoctoraat. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
