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Affiliations
Open Source is all about community, so we work closely with major groups and organizations already in this space like POSSE, GitHub, The GNOME Project and Red Hat. Below, you can discover who is sharing our mission and to find out how other contributors can get involved. We’re always looking for new organizations and individuals to drive our Network forward.
Why to affiliate with us
- Work with skilled, diverse University Students from around the U.S. and Canada
- Create together: with students your Open Source Project
- Learn through use: have students provide early feedback and identify bugs
- Network common interests: students who are interested about your Open Source Project can use and advocate about it
Investement
Our role is to act as the layer between your projects and our students through our Network.
We want to ensure that our students will be exposed to meaningful contribution opportunities through a healthy and pleasant experience while contributing to your project.
At the same time, we do not want to put additional overhead or have your team allocate resources for specifically supporting the students.
If you are interested having the amazing students of the Open Source Student Network work with you, please reach out to us at: ossn AT mozilla DOT com.
Professors for Open Source Software Experience has worked closely with Mozilla to provide mentorship and support throughout the development of the program. Through our ongoing partnership POSSE helps us identify students, amplify our reach to academic institutions, and provide tools and training for students about collaborating with faculty.
Together with Red Hat’s University Outreach team we try and bridge the gaps between various open source initiatives and find valuable resources and connections for our students.
Our newest collaborator we’re working with the gnome project to design engaging activities that introduce students to the gnome community.
A new programming language systems that runs blazingly fast, prevents segfaults, and guarantees thread safety. We work closely with the Rust team to design meaningful opportunities for students to learn about and contribute to the innovative Rust language.
Beyond driving students towards Hacktoberfest and sharing training materials, we work regularly with the GitHub student expert team to connect our students together to learn from and benefit each other.