Wiki Education Foundation Explained

Wiki Education Foundation
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Location:San Francisco, California,
United States
Key People:Executive Director:
Frank Schulenburg
Chair, Board of Directors:
PJ Tabit

The Wiki Education Foundation (sometimes abbreviated Wiki Ed or Wiki Education) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, California.[1] It runs the Wikipedia Student Program, which promotes the integration of Wikipedia into coursework by educators in Canada and the United States.[2] [3]

History

The Wikipedia Student Program was started by the Wikimedia Foundation in 2010, then called the Public Policy Initiative.[4] The Wiki Education Foundation incorporated in 2013, a process that the Wikimedia Foundation began in 2012 to give the education program "more focused and specialized support" and to "develop additional programs to promote academic research and teaching that engage with Wikipedia".[3] It has been granted 501(c)(3) charity status.[3] [5] In February 2014, the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) and Wiki Education Foundation announced the hiring of Frank Schulenburg, who had formerly served as senior director of programs at WMF, as the organization's first executive director.[3]

Leadership

Schulenburg has served as executive director since February 2014. Diana Strassmann formerly led the board of directors,[6] [7] PJ Tabit having become the chair in 2017.[8] [9] Robert Cummings, director of the Center for Writing and Rhetoric and associate professor of English at the University of Mississippi, also serves on the board.[10] Adrianne Wadewitz (1977–2014), a Wikipedian, had served on the inaugural board.[11] [12]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: QA Frank Schulenburg announcement February 2014. Wikimedia Foundation. February 19, 2014. San Francisco, California. February 12, 2014. February 26, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140226151345/https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/QA_Frank_Schulenburg_announcement_February_2014. live.
  2. Web site: Monterrey. Carlos. Frank Schulenburg named executive director of Wiki Education Foundation. Wikimedia Foundation. San Francisco, California. February 19, 2014. February 12, 2014. February 13, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140213143014/https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/02/12/frank-schulenburg-named-executive-director-of-wiki-education-foundation/. live.
  3. Web site: Press releases/Frank Schulenburg named executive director of new WEF. February 12, 2014. Wikimedia Foundation. San Francisco, California. February 19, 2014. February 26, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140226125508/https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Frank_Schulenburg_named_executive_director_of_new_WEF. live.
  4. Web site: Rankin . Kelly . 26 October 2011 . Wikipedia goes to university University of Toronto . 2024-07-24 . www.utoronto.ca . en.
  5. Web site: Exempt Organizations Select Check: Wiki Education Foundation. Internal Revenue Service. January 11, 2016. January 28, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190128191340/https://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/pub78Search.do?ein1=30-0790695&names=&city=&state=All...&country=US&deductibility=all&dispatchMethod=searchCharities&submitName=Search%7CUS. live.
  6. News: People, papers and presentations. February 18, 2014. Rice News. Rice University. November 8, 2013. Houston, Texas. March 7, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140307174623/http://news.rice.edu/2013/11/08/people-papers-and-presentations-179/. live.
  7. Web site: Diana Strassmann. April 21, 2014. University of Chicago Law School. April 22, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140422234034/http://www.law.uchicago.edu/faculty/strassmann. dead .
  8. Web site: Our Board . Wiki Ed . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240301231258/https://wikiedu.org/our-board/ . Mar 1, 2024 .
  9. Web site: How helping others edit Wikipedia changes lives . 10 November 2020 . Wiki Ed . LiAnna . Davis . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231208160609/https://wikiedu.org/blog/2020/11/10/how-helping-others-edit-wikipedia-changes-lives/ . Dec 8, 2023 .
  10. Web site: Visiting Research Fellows: Associate Professor Robert Cummings. April 21, 2014. University of Sydney School of Letters Arts and Media . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054140/http://sydney.edu.au/arts/slam/research/visiting_research_fellows.shtml . Mar 4, 2016 .
  11. News: How can Wikipedia woo women editors?. Lynsea. Garrison. April 7, 2014. April 21, 2014. BBC. May 23, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140523235334/http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26828726. live.
  12. Web site: Remembering Adrianne Wadewitz. Rod. Dunican. April 10, 2014. April 21, 2014. Wikimedia Foundation. April 22, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140422232421/http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/04/10/remembering-adrianne-wadewitz/. live.

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