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Edit-a-thon: Pi Day/STEM, Thursday, March 14, 2019, Rose Hill, Walsh Library O'Hare Special Collections Room
Wikipedia for Educators at Fordham in partnership with the LuEsther T. Mertz Library of the New York Botanical Garden will host this Edit-a-thon at Fordham University’s Rose Hill Campus to increase STEM coverage on Wikipedia.
The edit-a-thon will include tutorials for the beginner Wikipedian, editing support, reference materials, and refreshments. This event is free and open to the public. People of all gender identities and expressions are invited to participate.
- Event page this page has additional information and details about the event (coming soon)
- Event dashboard sign into this dashboard during the event so that we can track all of the edits made (coming soon)
Wikipedia for Educators at Fordham supports and promotes the use of Wikipedia in the classroom, organizes edit-a-thons on campus and promotes Wikipedia events in the community. This is an open group made of faculty, staff, and students. Founded in 1841, Fordham University, the Jesuit University of New York, is committed to the discovery of Wisdom and the transmission of Learning, through research and through undergraduate, graduate and professional education of the highest quality.
NY Botanical Garden is an advocate for the plant kingdom. The Garden pursues its mission through its role as a museum of living plant collections arranged in gardens and landscapes across its National Historic Landmark site; through its comprehensive education programs in horticulture and plant science; and through the wide-ranging research programs of the International Plant Science Center.
Wikimedia NYC is the regional Wikimedia chapter serving the New York metropolitan area. They help promote free access to the world’s knowledge in support of Wikipedia and the other projects of the Wikimedia Foundation. Wikimedia NYC is a separate organization from the Wikimedia Foundation and has no editorial control over Wikipedia or any other project hosted by the Foundation.
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