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About GitHub Campus Experts

Enrich your college’s technical community by becoming a GitHub Campus Expert.

Learn the skills to build and grow diverse technology communities on campus with training, mentorship, and support from GitHub as part of the GitHub Campus Experts program. For more information on applying to the GitHub Campus Experts, see “Applying to be a GitHub Campus Expert.”

About GitHub Campus Experts

GitHub Campus Experts are student leaders that strive to build diverse and inclusive spaces to learn skills, share their experiences, and build projects together. GitHub Campus Experts can be found across the globe leading in-person and online conferences, meetups, and hackathons, and maintaining open-source projects. For more information on GitHub Campus Experts, go to https://education.github.com/experts.

About GitHub Campus Experts program training

As local leaders, GitHub Campus Experts know the challenges students on their campuses face. Program training is the most significant benefit any student can get from the program. Over six weeks, you’ll analyze your community and gain leadership skills like public speaking, technical writing, and software development. At the end of your training, you’ll write a community impact proposal to serve as a guide for activities you've planned and goals you've set for your community. With the skills from your GitHub Campus Experts training, you can build a strong technical community, teach other students, create new opportunities for your student community, and position your institution within a global community of student leaders.

Contact your closest GitHub Campus Expert

Optionally, to learn more about the program, contact your closest GitHub Campus Expert.

  1. Go to the “GitHub Campus Experts program” site.
  2. Click Find a Campus Expert.
  3. In the “Contact your local Campus Expert” section, click Contact us.
  4. Hover over the map that appears, then click and or scroll in and out to find a GitHub Campus Expert near you. GitHub Campus Experts are represented on the map as flags.
  5. Click a flag, then click the profile link that appears in a pop-up window.
  6. On the GitHub Campus Expert’s profile, click a social media link to contact them.

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