Wiki Education Foundation Monthly Report: April 2014

Highlights The Wiki Education Foundation welcomed LiAnna Davis as the Head of Communications and External Relations. In her new role, LiAnna will be responsible for key communications with news media and other Wiki Education Foundation stakeholders (including the Wikipedia community), and for building educational materials targeted at instructors and students. Also, LiAnna will be responsible … Continued

Staff present at WikiConference USA

Last weekend, the Wiki Education Foundation’s LiAnna Davis, Jami Mathewson, and Frank Schulenburg traveled to New York City to attend the first WikiConference USA. The event was an opportunity for about 150 Wikimedians from around the United States to gather and discuss programmatic activities happening all around the country. We participated in four talks during … Continued

Campus visit report: University of Puget Sound

Earlier this week, I was honored to be an invited guest at my alma mater, the University of Puget Sound, to speak about Wikipedia. The Collins Memorial Library on campus invited me to speak to a gathering of librarians, professors, students, and staff from the greater Tacoma region, including Pacific Lutheran University, University of Washington … Continued

Job openings: Senior Director of Fundraising & Partnerships and Executive Assistant to the ED

Interested in working for the Wiki Education Foundation? We have two current job openings, Senior Director of Fundraising & Partnerships and Executive Assistant to the ED. Reporting to the Executive Director of the Wiki Education Foundation, the Senior Director of Fundraising & Partnerships will be responsible for building a comprehensive fundraising program; designing and implementing processes and … Continued

New Wiki Education Foundation website

I’m excited to announce version 1.0 of the new Wiki Education Foundation website! Although our organization has been around since 2013, this is our first website. In the future, we’ll be posting our Monthly Reports and announcements here. A historical record of previous announcements can be found on our page on Meta Wiki. I welcome any … Continued