[PLUG] GSoC and Scribus

[John Jason Jordan]

Google Summer of Code is taking applications for 2011, and the Scribus
development team are actively seeking student applications. Students
will be mentored by one of the experienced Scribus developers. The
program is three months long and students will receive a stipend of
US$5,000, with another $500 to the mentoring organization.

Last summer Scribus mentored three students, resulting in development
of several new features, an excellent educational opportunity for
beginning programmers, and a general win for everyone. 

Of course, if you're not excited about Scribus there are many other
open source projects that will be mentoring students. Last year the
total was in the neighborhood of 3,000 students, so whatever open
source project you're interested in, you may find an opportunity to
participate.

Here are some links for further information about GSoC:

Main program page:
http://code.google.com/intl/en/soc/

Frequently asked questions:
http://tinyurl.com/4g9ed2u

And a page for Portland State University regarding GSoC
http://summer.cs.pdx.edu/?q=node/12