Welcome to the Monthly Education Buzz Report, your go-to source for highlights and updates on all education-related initiatives within the WordPress community. This report aims to celebrate, promote, and inform individuals across the WordPress community and beyond about the diverse educational endeavors underway.
WordPress Campus Connect (WPCC) continues to expand, strengthening the bonds between educational institutions and the WordPress community.
Events Held This Year (to date): 3
- WordPress Campus Connect Ribera del Duero in Spain
- Inaugural Global Event: This program marked the first-ever global WordPress Campus Connect event, successfully promoting digital innovation and web development skills among students. It was a collaborative effort with CIFP Santa Catalina, Ribering, and WordPress.com An online implementation of WordPress code that lets you immediately access a new WordPress environment to publish your content. WordPress.com is a private company owned by Automattic that hosts the largest multisite in the world. This is arguably the best place to start blogging if you have never touched WordPress before. https://wordpress.com/.
- Hands-on Learning & Awards: Students participated in multiple practical workshops and presented their projects, culminating in a Final Gala. Top projects earned opportunities for further exposure, including presenting at WordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. US 2025. Students also received formal recognition through awards and diplomas.
- WordPress Campus Connect Cartago in Costa Rica
- WordPress Campus Connect Cagayan de Oro City in the Philippines
- First in Southeast Asia: WCC Cagayan de Oro holds the distinction of hosting the inaugural WordPress Campus Connect event in Southeast Asia.
- Engaging Activities: Mr. Tanedo hosted a fun and engaging WordPress trivia game, with active participants receiving branded swag from generous sponsors.
- Future Collaborations: PHINMA-COC expressed strong interest in future collaborations, offering to connect the program with the wider PHINMA network of universities and colleges across the country.
Upcoming scheduled events – 2
And 8 more events are currently in the planning stages! We are actively working to expand our global reach and bring more educational opportunities to students worldwide. Come find us in the #campusconnect Slack channel.
Event Highlights
- Scholarship Success Story: A student from the WordPress Campus Connect Ribera del Duero event in Aranda de Duero was awarded a scholarship to attend WordCamp US! His inspiring experience was featured in this article and even published by his school in this article. This clearly demonstrates the tangible benefits and significant opportunities that stem from Campus Connect events.
Other Program Updates
- New Handbook Page for Certificates of Participation: To streamline processes for event organizers, the WordPress Campus Connect handbook page has been updated. This new resource provides detailed steps for issuing Certificates of Participation at WordPress Campus Connect events, making it easier for students to receive formal recognition for their involvement.
- Scholarship Nomination Guidance: We’ve published comprehensive guidance on how to nominate a student to receive a scholarship to attend a flagship WordCamp. This is an essential read for all event organizers!
- Our first WordPress Student club has been created for Sophia Girl’s College in Ajmer, India!
New Wapuus!
WordPress Credits
- New WordPress Credits Handbook Section: A new section has been added to the WordPress Credits Handbook, clearly outlining the program’s objectives and structure. This includes a guide for company involvement and a call for interested educational institutions.
- Official #wpcredits Slack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. Channel: The official #wpcredits Slack channel has been created to ensure project progress and decision-making are open to all interested contributors. We encourage anyone interested to join the conversation there.
- Public GitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ Repository: The public GitHub repository WPCredits-Tracker and its related setup project have been opened to track task priorities and completion transparently.
- Applications Underway: We have started receiving applications from companies willing to sponsor mentors Event Supporter (formerly Mentor) is someone who has already organised a WordCamp and has time to meet with their assigned mentee every 2 weeks, they talk over where they should be in their timeline, help them to identify their issues, and also identify solutions for their issues. and student needs, as well as from interested institutions and students. We are still actively seeking more companies to support and join the program. If your company is interested, please apply via this form.
Other Happenings
- Training Team Course Cohorts Are Back!: The WordPress Training Team is relaunching its free, 6-week guided training sessions. The next cohort will focus on “WordPress Block Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. Editor Basics,” starting soon. These cohorts offer a fantastic opportunity to learn a specific topic in depth with the guidance of a subject matter expert and the support of an online learning group. You can find more details and sign up here.
- Support WordPress Education Initiatives: Learn How to Talk About and Support the New WordPress Education Initiatives. This resource provides valuable information for advocating and contributing to these important programs.
Get Involved
- Learn More About Campus Connect: If you’re interested in understanding the full scope of WordPress Campus Connect events, please refer to this handbook page.
- Explore the WordPress Credits Program: Universities and educational institutions interested in participating in the WordPress Credits program can fill out this interest form to receive more information and get started. This program aims to integrate WordPress education directly into academic curricula.
Stay tuned for next month’s update!
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