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=== What steps will you take to encourage students to interact with your project's community before, during and after the program? ===
=== What steps will you take to encourage students to interact with your project's community before, during and after the program? ===
Invite them to IRC. Set clear expectations on the mininum frequency of emails (probably one every two or three days). Be nice and friendly to them.
Invite them to IRC. Set clear expectations on the minimum frequency of email progress updates (probably one every two or three days). Be nice and friendly to them.


Octave community enjoys developers related to Academy and Industry and we believe that emergence of joint projects is not unlikely. This represents potential career opportunities for students and the ones that get involved with the community will be encouraged to continue their collaboration. This will be achieved by actively inviting students to participate in Octave and Octave Forge projects, depending on their interests and code submitted.
Octave community enjoys developers related to academia and industries and we believe that emergence of joint projects is not unlikely. Connections made while contributing to the Octave community represent potential career opportunities for students, and successful student interns will be encouraged to continue their collaboration. This will be achieved by actively inviting students to continue and extend participation in Octave and Octave Forge projects, depending on their interests and code submitted.


=== Are you a new organization who has a Googler or other organization to vouch for you? If so, please list their name(s) here. ===
=== Are you a new organization who has a Googler or other organization to vouch for you? If so, please list their name(s) here. ===
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