GNOME's Participation in Google Summer of Code 2010/2011

The GNOME Project participated in Google Summer of Code in 2010 accepting 22 students, and again in 2011 accepting 26. 2010 was the first year in which women participated through GNOME in Google Summer of Code, accepting two women that year. In 2011, thanks in large part to the GNOME Outreach Program for Women, 7 women were selected through Google Summer of Code. In both years, the majority of students (20/22 and 23/26 respectively) successfully completed their internships.

Students worked on a huge variety of projects in both years ranging from GNOME Shell to Shotwell, Evince, Nemiver, GObject, Getting Things GNOME! and many others. Many students have continued contributing to GNOME after their internships were completed. Among these are Javier Jardon who worked on refactoring GTK+ to make GTK+3 a reality and Raluca Podiuc who integrated Cheese into Empathy.

The contributions of Google Summer of Code students have helped push the GNOME Project into the spotlight, allowing ever more students to participate and become involved in FOSS. Their success is a testament to the hard work that both they and their mentors put into the program each year, and we commend them for their work.