[kictanet] Google Summer of Code - OpenMRS

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Excellent opportunity. Please disseminate widely!

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Song [mailto:ssong at idrc.ca]
Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 7:33 PM
To: aubc planning
Subject: [aubc-planning-cl] Google Summer of Code - OpenMRS

Hi all,

Apologies for cross-posting.  Please pass share this with anyone you
think might have an interest. Particularly if you are at an African
university, I would be grateful if you could you ensure that this notice
is circulated among your colleagues in the computer science and
engineering depts.

Deadline is short I am afraid, March 24th.

Cheers... Steve

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Computer science students, need a summer job?
Have you ever imagined that writing code could save lives?
Why not apply to OpenMRS for the Google Summer of Code 2007?

  * Help develop free, open source software
  * Gain experience by working alongside experienced open source
    developers
  * Earn a summer-long stipend so that you can focus on your work
  * Make a difference in the world by helping in the fight against
    HIV/AIDS, TB, and Malaria...

This summer, students around the world have the opportunity to
participate in an exciting collaboration between OpenMRS
(http://openmrs.org) and Google, Inc. to further develop an open-source
medical record system that improves the care of patients with HIV/AIDS,
TB, and Malaria.  The Google Summer of Code 2007 program provides
promising student software developers an opportunity to help these
vulnerable populations by spending their summer vacation writing new
code that will be used in countries throughout the developing world.

During this twelve week program, successful applicants will work
directly with assigned mentors to complete their choice of a variety of
focused development tasks laid out by the OpenMRS collaborative.
Interested?  Visit http://soc2007.openmrs.org or
http://code.google.com/soc for more information.  Applications are now
being accepted, the deadline for all submissions is March 24th, 2007.

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