[TOS] Good news! Grant awarded!

[Gregory Hislop]

Thanks Luis!  - Greg

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From: tos-bounces at teachingopensource.org [mailto:tos-bounces at 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 <heidijcellis at 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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