[TOS] Good news! Grant awarded!

[Ralph Morelli]

Congratulations Heidi, Greg, Stoney.  That's great news!

-- ralph

On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 6:51 PM, Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs at 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)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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