Egerton University Google Map Up Event - 22nd June

We, Moffat Ngacha  and Elias Tenai  the Google Student Ambassadors at Egerton University invite you for a Google Map Up event on Saturday, 22nd June at Egerton University, Njoro from 9:00am.
The venue will be the Computer Science Lab.
A Map Up is an event where we use Google Map Maker to create and edit maps, so as to put our Universities, surrounding areas and the whole country on Google maps.
For us, we will focus on Egerton University and the surrounding areas, schools, buildings.

In view of this, we invite you attend our map up event by registering on this link http://goo.gl/VMAuM
However, please note that we have limited capacity for the attendees.
Oh, we'll have some cool Google swags for you to win and give-aways during the event.
If you have any questions, get in touch with Moffat on 0726560655 or Elias on 0724516219

Happy Days :-)
Google Student Ambassadors.

Want to become a Google Student Ambassador? 2013 applications are now open!!

(Cross-posted from the Google-Africa blog)

Update: Deadline extended to 18th April 2013

It’s that time of the year again, when we select students from universities across Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) to be part the Google Student Ambassador program. The second year of the program saw tremendous growth as it expanded from 6 to 12 countries, and grew from 28 to 97 universities with 160 Ambassadors within 1 year. The program also held its first training summit in Nairobi.

GSA training peers during Google awareness day.       Students mapping during Africa-MapUp week.

                           

Google Student Ambassadors (GSAs) are student leaders on campus whose mission is to use technology to make a difference, not only in their universities, but also in their communities more widely. Ambassadors have helped improve their universities’ online presence by mapping over 60 African university campuses including the University of Ghana, and Nigeria’s Obafemi Awolowo University.

 

GSAs are improving collaboration and communication among students and faculty by conducting trainings on tools such as Google Apps for Education, Google+ for Education and YouTube for School. They have also helped students and faculty to take advantage of Google initiatives for academia like the Google Online Marketing Challenge, Google Summer of Code and Google scholarships.

With the skills picked up during their tenure, a number  of GSAs have even gone on to start their own businesses. An example is Webcoupers, a Nigerian digital marketing company that was started by Oluseyi Oladipo (GSA) and Adepoju Abiodun (GSA Alumni).

                   

If you’re inspired by these examples, we invite you to enter for the 2013 program.  Eligible students from all backgrounds should complete the application form before April 11, 2013.  For more information on the Google Student Ambassador Program and other student opportunities in Sub Saharan Africa, visit our University Programs website.

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If you :
-need more information;
-have any questions;
-or just want to know more about our experiences as GSAs
please feel free to get in touch on:

+Moffat Ngacha -moffatmn@gmail.com - 0726 560 655 (Lead GSA, Egerton University)
+Elias Tenai -tenaielias@gmail.com - 0724 516 219 (GSA, Egerton University)
+Google Student Ambassadors at Egerton University 

Good luck!