Wikipedia:WikiProject United States Public Policy/Update/28 December 2010
The Signpost covers Ambassador program
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The Wikipedia Signpost, a community-run newspaper for the Wikimedia community, published an update on the Wikipedia Ambassador Program written by Online Facilitator Sage Ross and Ambassador Alex Stinson (User:Sadads). The article gives an overview of where we are with the Ambassador program and the needs for expansion to provide support for all the students in the spring term. Learn more about the current state of the Ambassador program by reading the Signpost article.
Harvard news covers the Public Policy Initiative
[edit]The work Harvard professor Nicco Mele's students are doing in his "Media, Politics, and Power in the Digital Age" course has been covered in Harvard's Kennedy School of Government news page. The article contains quotes from students and Professor Mele on why they were excited to participate in the Public Policy Initiative this fall. Read the article.
Progress Report available on Outreach wiki
[edit]Want more detail about the activities of the Public Policy Initiative this fall? Our progress report from the end of November is now available on the Outreach wiki. The report covers the activities, participants, impact, and lessons learned, and concludes with a section of planned changes for the spring. Read the full report here.
Students make final edits to articles
[edit]Students in Professor Chaim Kauffmann's "Seminar in Intervention" class at Lehigh University were the last to finish up final edits last week for their grades. You can see the breadth of work that students across our participating classes have done during the fall semester by checking out the Course tab on WikiProject U.S. Public Policy.