Are there any students interested in Packit-related coding? Feel free to send this to anyone interested around!

Our team is participating in #gsoc and #outreachy this year. And you still have a short while to participate!

https://gitlab.com/fedora/mentoring/home/-/issues/153 (https://mastodonczech.cz/@lachmanfrantisek mentoring)

https://www.outreachy.org/apply/project-selection/#fedora-easy-local-testing-of-fedora-packages
(@lbarcziova , Maja Massarini and @m4tt_314 mentoring)

Generic notes for mentees are here:
https://github.com/packit/mentoring

We're looking forward to it!

The initial application result for the June 2025 cohort is now available, and the contribution phase has begun!

https://www.outreachy.org/dashboard/

To participate, check your status on your Outreachy dashboard. If approved, select a project and kick-start your contribution.

https://www.outreachy.org/apply/project-selection/

All applicants are expected to make at least one contribution to any project.

Best of luck with your contribution and final application

We encourage all past interns participating in mentoring projects for this cohort to support the mentors and community coordinators during this period.

Your help directing and answering applicants' questions will go a long way toward supporting our mentors. We appreciate you all.

Project submissions for the June 2025 cohort are still open, and we’d love to see your projects included!

By mentoring an intern, you’re opening doors for diverse contributors and strengthening the open-source ecosystem.

If you haven’t submitted your project yet, there’s still time, as the deadline has been extended! https://www.outreachy.org/communities/cfp/

Need any help? The Outreachy team is here to support you—don’t hesitate to reach out!

Let’s build a more inclusive future together!

"More Than Code: Outreachy GNOME Experience" by @gnome's @outreachy intern Adetoye Anointing.

https://blogs.gnome.org/yorubad-dev/2025/03/08/more-than-code-outreachy-gnome-experience/ #GNOME #Outreachy

Congratulations to the Outreachy Interns, Class of December 2024!

Your dedication and contributions to your projects have been truly inspiring!

We celebrate your hard work and your impact on the #FOSS ecosystem. This is just the beginning—may you continue to grow, innovate, and thrive in your tech journeys!

Keep making a difference in open source and beyond!

New Bioconductor blog post on mentoring in Outreachy!

Svetlana Ugarcina Perovic shares her experiences with the Microbiome Study Curation project and open science. Check it out here: https://buff.ly/43aPLAc
Interested in mentoring? Submit a project by March 7, 2025, 4 PM UTC at #Outreachy: https://buff.ly/3wzLxne

Thanks Svetlana!

Thank you all for submitting your applications.

The initial application results will be available on your Outreachy dashboard, or you will receive them via email on March 10, 2025, at 4 pm UTC.

Good luck.

The initial application for the June 2025 cohort is now open!
Read more: https://www.outreachy.org/blog/2025-01-27/june-2025-initial-applications-open/

We strongly recommend that you read our application documentation before submitting your first application.

Documentations:
https://www.outreachy.org/docs/applicant/
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrLAI1zTsX5DSF9XTRhWhjPyPc-U-02CL

The application deadline is Feb. 15, 2025, at 4 pm UTC.

#Outreachy
#OpenSource
#OpenScience

Join Svetlana Ugarcina Perovic, a Microbiome Scientist and our amazing mentor from the @bioconductor
community, in an hour on another series of our mentors' coffee chats.

Our guest will share her experience as an Outreachy mentor while highlighting the Biconducor project and how the Outreachy program impacted their community growth.

Join us live at 3:00 pm (UTC):
https://youtube.com/live/PiOm6nqzTVQ

#Outreachy#Mentoring #OpenSource #OpenScience

The Outreachy June 2025 application window is now open!

New communities and mentors are welcome to fill out a participation application. We are calling on all open source, open science, and non profit communities to support diversity in open source through our remote internship program.

Mentors are the heart of the Outreachy program!

Please join our program through a participating #FOSS mentoring program or submit your community project to participate in the June.'24 cohort.

Visit our website CFP page to get more insights: https://www.outreachy.org/communities/cfp/

"From Intern To Impact: Building A Future As An Engineer", a blog post from our @gnome @outreachy intern. https://blogs.gnome.org/yorubad-dev/2025/02/02/from-intern-to-impact-building-a-future-as-an-engineer/

The next Outreachy internship cohort application starts in a few days.

FOSS communities, coordinators, mentors, and applicants, are you ready?

Dear FOSS communities, coordinators, and mentors.
Looking forward to participating in our next cohort?

Here is our community guide: https://outreachy.org/docs/community/

Join some of our mentors &community coordinators in our upcoming coffee chat, where they talk about their experiences.

Jan 29: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE_9r8-nT94

Feb 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiOm6nqzTVQ

Dear applicants, while you wait for the application commencement, please go through our coffee chats to get insights on our application process.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrLAI1zTsX5DSF9XTRhWhjPyPc-U-02CL

PeerTube: https://diode.zone/my-library/video-playlists/9VoMGSJWQEhxiaqXacDSaL

Support Diversity in Tech: Help Us Sustain Our Internship Program!

The @conservancy Fundraiser is still ongoing, and we need YOUR help to reach our goal!

Your donation ensures:
- Life-changing internships for underrepresented groups.
- Empowerment of diverse voices in open source.
- A more inclusive and innovative tech ecosystem.

Every contribution matters—big or small. Let’s come together to keep creating opportunities that make a difference!

Donate here: https://sfconservancy.org/

Boost to help spread the word! Together, we can sustain this impactful program.

What I'd love to see in the #Linux desktop for 2025: proper #VFS (Virtual File System) and Cloud Files API support[1]. May it be a suitable project for initiatives like #Outreachy or #GNOME STF? I'd love to work on such project myself if I had the proper knowledge...

[1] https://github.com/nextcloud/desktop/issues/3668

Outreachy Success Story- From Intern to Advocate

https://diode.zone/videos/watch/21824f14-bc37-4990-b802-264a4db7e8d0

I've just renewed my Sustainer support for @conservancy , and you should too (or become one if you aren't already one!)

They don't just provide a home and support for many important FOSS projects (many that I use, including OpenWrt, Git, and Samba), they are also the home of Outreachy, and the Debian & Linux Copyright Aggregation Projects, providing a way for developers in those communities to ensure that their copyrights are protected and enforced.

#Outreachy internship for librsvg, December 2024 - https://viruta.org/librsvg-outreachy-dec-2024.html

Internado de Outreachy para librsvg, diciembre 2024 - https://viruta.org/librsvg-outreachy-dec-2024-es.html

Announcement: GNOME will have an Outreachy intern working on librsvg

We are excited to announce that the GNOME Foundation is sponsoring an Outreachy internship for the December-March round!

The intern will work with mentor Federico Mena Quintero on the project, “Implement the SVG2 text layout algorithm in librsvg.”

The intern’s blog will soon be added to Planet GNOME, where you can follow their project updates and learn more about them. Stay tuned!

https://feborg.es/announcement-gnome-outreachy-librsvg-december-2024/

Congratulations to Patrick Noblet Appiah and Divine Attah-Ohiemi, the Debian Outreachy interns selected for the December 2024 round from a pool of great applicants. To those who didn't manage this time, thanks for your contributions and never give up! https://www.outreachy.org/alums/2024-12/ #debian #outreachy