PRESS RELEASE: Wiki Education Foundation board adds Karen George

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, June 20, 2014 – Karen Ostrum George has been elected to the board of directors of the Wiki Education Foundation. George has served on a number of other organizations’ boards and has a background in assisting start-ups. An associate with Texas-based private investment firm Ralph S. O’Connor & Associates since 1987, George … Continued

Improving theater articles on Wikipedia through student assignments

At Brooklyn College, students in Dr. Amy Hughes’ Theater History course learn about drama and theatrical production from Ancient Greece to the present. Over the course of two terms, they develop knowledge about plays, artists, and aesthetic styles that they can utilize in their careers as directors, designers, managers, and critics. Ashley Birdsell, a Performing Arts Management … Continued

Ph.D. student creates article on gamification of learning

When Heather Birch, a Ph.D. student at the University of Toronto, first learned she’d been assigned to write a Wikipedia article for Dr. Jonathan Obar’s Knowledge Media, Culture & Society course in spring 2014, she worried about finding an article to edit and spent a week struggling to make the decision. Her research focuses broadly on gamification, but she … Continued

PRESS RELEASE: Karen A. Twitchell joins Wiki Education Foundation board

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, June 11, 2014 – The Wiki Education Foundation board of directors has elected Karen A. Twitchell as a new member. Twitchell will chair the Audit Committee of the board. Twitchell brings extensive experience in board governance and financial management to the Wiki Education Foundation board. She is currently a board member and … Continued

Sara Crouse

As director of fundraising and strategic partnerships, Sara is building the Wiki Education Foundation’s fundraising program, developing and implementing a fundraising strategy to meet revenue targets in the near-term, and identifying new revenue sources to diversify and ensure long-term sustainability. She cultivates, solicits, and stewards funding prospects and donors (including foundations, individuals, and corporations), and advises or … Continued