Dear all, 
        the EF has been kindly invited to participate to the
          "Semesters of Code" program that is being organized by
            Stephen Walli from Microsoft. He has created and will be
          teaching a course in the Carnegie Mellon University (Qatar
          campus) next summer and would like to provide an
          internship-like experience over the 10-week duration of the
          course.
        
        
        For this initiative, we are looking for interested
              mentors and project ideas! (Stephen already has
          some students lined-up).
        
        
        Here are some general guidelines regarding the program:
        - Duration: 10 weeks. The course runs from mid-May to end
          of July. The students will be in class together in Doha, Qatar
          (GMT+3) for the first six weeks, the last four weeks the
          course will take place using Zoom.
        - Project teams will be conformed by 3-5 students, that
          could tackle together a project with a couple of mentors for
          each project.
        - Mentors are expected to meet students once a week for an
          hour (via any video conference setup folks want to use), and
          to be available by email during the rest of the week.
          - Projects will be posted on the first day of class, and the
          students will self-select their projects. Student teams are
          introduced to their mentors in the first week of class and
          expected to organize that first meeting to begin the project
          learning curve. That’s when mentors point students at any
          tutorials and bootstrap materials, recommended getting started
          materials, etc.
          - Student's expectations: they will be spending 20-40 hours of
          time per week on the project. It is an internship-like
          experience.
        
        
        
        Classes are taught three days a week for 50 minutes, and
          teachers also provide a coaching session with each team to
          ensure they are working with the mentors well. 
        Mentors have a lot of freedom to experiment.
        
        
        
        
        
        
        Kind regards,
        Maria Teresa Delgado
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