Added blog post from main blog about GSoC students.

Author: kgodey

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+title: Meet CC’s 2019 Google Summer of Code students
+---
+categories:
+community
+gsoc
+gsoc-2019
+open-source
+---
+author: kgodey
+---
+pub_date: 2019-05-30
+---
+body:
+
+This year, [CC is participating in Google Summer of Code (GSoC)](https://creativecommons.org/2019/03/04/cc-google-summer-of-code-2019/)
+ as a mentoring organization after a six year break from the program. We
+ are excited to be hosting five phenomenal students (representing three 
+continents) who will be working on CC tech projects full-time over the 
+summer. Here they are!
+
+<div class="students">
+  <div class="row">
+    <div class="col">
+      <p><strong>Ahmad Bilal</strong></p>
+
+      <p><em>I am Ahmad Bilal, a Computer Science undergrad from UET Lahore, 
+      who likes computers, problems and using the former to solve the later. I
+      am always excited about Open Source, and currently focused on Node.js, 
+      Serverless, GraphQL, Cloud, Gatsby.js with React.js and WordPress. I 
+      like organizing meetups, conferences and meeting new people. I view 
+      working in GSoC with Creative Commons, one of the biggest opportunities 
+      of my life. Cats are my weakness, and I am a sucker for well-engineered 
+      cars.</em></p>
+
+      <p><a href="https://github.com/creativecommons/creativecommons-wordpress-plugin">Ahmad will be taking ownership of [the CC WordPress plugin</a>,
+      which simplifies the process of applying CC licenses to content created
+      using the popular WordPress blogging platform. He will be updating it 
+      to use the latest WordPress best practices, resolving open issues, and 
+      adding new features like integrating with CC Search. Ahmad’s mentor is 
+      our Core Systems Manager <a href="https://creativecommons.org/author/timidcreativecommons-org/">Timid Robot Zehta</a>, backed up by Hugo Solar.</p>
+
+      <p>You can follow the progress of this project through the <a href="https://github.com/creativecommons/creativecommons-wordpress-plugin">GitHub repo</a> or on the <code>#cc-dev-wordpress</code> channel on our <a href="https://creativecommons.github.io/community">Slack community</a>.</p>
+    </div>
+    <div class="col pt-3">
+      <img src="ahmad.jpg" alt="ahmad bilal" /><br />
+      <small class="muted">Ahmad Bilal, credit: Usman C., CC BY-NC-ND 2.0</small>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+  <div class="row">
+    <div class="col">
+      <p><strong>Dhruv Bhanushali</strong></p>
+
+      <p><em>I am Dhruv Bhanushali, a Mumbai-based software developer recently
+       graduated from IIT Roorkee. I started programming as a hobby some five 
+      years ago and, having found my calling, am now am pursuing a career in 
+      the field. I have worked on a lot of institute-level projects and am 
+      excited to expand the reach of my code to a global scale with CC through
+       GSoC. Apart from development, I am a huge music fan and keep my curated
+       collection of music with me at all times. I also love to binge watch TV
+       shows and movies, especially indie art _</em>films._</p>
+
+      <p>Dhruv will be working on an original project, CC Vocabulary, which is
+       a collection of UI components that make it easy to develop Creative 
+      Commons apps and services while ensuring a cohesive experience and 
+      appearance across CC projects. These components will be able to be used 
+      in sites built using modern JavaScript frameworks (specifically Vue.js) 
+      as well as simpler websites built using WordPress. CC’s Web Developer <a href="https://creativecommons.org/author/hugocreativecommons-org/">Hugo Solar</a> serves as primary mentor, with backup from Sophine Clachar.</p>
+
+      <p>You can follow the progress of this project through the <a href="https://github.com/creativecommons/cc-vocabulary">GitHub repo</a> or on the <code>#gsoc-cc-vocabulary</code> channel on our <a href="https://creativecommons.github.io/community/">Slack community</a>.</p>
+    </div>
+    <div class="col pt-3">
+      <img src="dhruv.jpg" alt="dhruv bhanushali" /><br />
+      <small class="muted">Dhruv Bhanushali, credit: Arpit Gupta, CC BY</small>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+  <div class="row">
+    <div class="col">
+      <p><strong>María Belén Guaranda Cabezas</strong></p>
+
+      <p><em>Hello! My name is María, and I am an undergraduate Computer 
+      Science student from ESPOL, in Ecuador. I have worked for the past 2 
+      years as a research assistant. I have worked in projects including 
+      computer vision, the estimation of socio-economic indexes through CDRs 
+      analysis, and a machine learning model with sensors data. During my 
+      spare time, I like to watch animes and reading. I love sports! Specially
+       soccer. I am also committed to environmental causes, and I am a huge 
+      fan of cats and dogs (I have 4 and 1 respectively).</em></p>
+
+      <p>María will be working on producing visualizations of the data 
+      associated with more than 300 million works we have indexed in the CC 
+      Catalog (which powers CC Search) and how that data is interconnected. 
+      These visualizations will enable users to understand how much 
+      CC-licensed content is available on the internet, which websites host 
+      the most content, which CC licenses are used the most, and much more. 
+      She will be mentored by our Data Engineer <a href="https://creativecommons.org/author/sclachar/">Sophine Clachar</a> with backup from Breno Ferreira.</p>
+
+      <p>You can follow the progress of this project through the <a href="https://github.com/creativecommons/cccatalog-dataviz">GitHub repo</a> or on the <code>#gsoc-cc-catalog-viz</code> channel on our <a href="https://creativecommons.github.io/community/">Slack community</a>.</p>
+    </div>
+    <div class="col pt-3">
+      <img src="maria.jpg" alt="María Belén Guaranda Cabezas" /><br />
+      <small class="muted">María Belén Guaranda Cabezas, CC BY-NC-SA</small>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+  <div class="row">
+    <div class="col">
+      <p><strong>Ari Madian</strong></p>
+
+      <p><em>I am an 18 year old, Seattle based, mostly self taught, Computer 
+      Science student. I originally started programming by tinkering with 
+      Python, and eventually moved into C# and the .NET framework, as well as 
+      JS and some web development. I like Chai and Rooibos teas, volunteering 
+      at my local food bank, and some occasional PC gaming, among other 
+      things. I’m now working with Creative Commons on Google Summer of Code!</em></p>
+
+      <p>Ari will be working on creating a modern human-centered version of <a href="https://creativecommons.org/choose/">our CC license chooser tool</a>, which is long overdue for an update. His work will focus on design and usability as well as code. CC’s Front End Engineer <a href="https://creativecommons.org/author/brenoferreira/">Breno Ferreira</a> is the primary mentor for this project with support from Alden Page.</p>
+
+      <p>You can follow the progress of this project through the <a href="https://github.com/creativecommons/cc-chooser">GitHub repo</a> or on the <code>#gsoc-license-chooser</code> channel on our <a href="https://creativecommons.github.io/community/">Slack community</a>.</p>
+    </div>
+    <div class="col pt-3">
+      <p><img src="ari.jpg" alt="Ari Madian" /><br />
+      <small class="muted">Ari Madian, credit: Ellen Madian, CC0</small>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+  <div class="row">
+    <div class="col">
+      <p><strong>Mayank Nader</strong></p>
+
+      <p><em>I am Mayank Nader, a sophomore Computer Science student from 
+      India. Currently, my main area of interest is Python scripting, 
+      JavaScript development, backend, and API development. I also like to 
+      experiment with bash scripting and ricing and configuring my Linux 
+      setup. Apart from that, I like listening to music and watching movies, 
+      documentaries, and tv shows. I am very much inspired by Open Source and 
+      try to contribute whenever I can.</em></p>
+
+      <p>Mayank will be working on building a cross-platform browser plugin 
+      that allows users to search CC-licensed works directly from the browser 
+      and enable reuse of those works by providing easy image attribution 
+      tools. Users will be able to find content to use without having to 
+      switch to a new website. Mayank will be mentored by CC’s Software 
+      Engineer <a href="https://creativecommons.org/author/aldencreativecommons-org/">Alden Page</a> with support from Timid Robot Zehta.</p>
+
+      <p>You can follow the progress of this project through the GitHub repo or on the #gsoc-browser-ext channel on our <a href="https://creativecommons.github.io/community/">Slack community</a>.</p>
+
+      <p>You can visit <a href="https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/6514859793973248/">the Creative Commons organization page</a>
+       on Google Summer of Code site to see longer descriptions of the 
+      projects. We welcome community input and feedback – you are the users of
+       all these products and we’d love for you to be involved. So don’t 
+      hesitate to join the project Slack channel or talk to us on GitHub or <a href="https://creativecommons.github.io/community/">our other community forums</a>.</p>
+    </div>
+    <div class="col pt-3">
+      <p><img src="mayank.png" alt="Mayank Nader" /><br />
+      <small class="muted">Mayank Nader, credit: Rohit Motwani, CC BY</small>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+----
+
+*This post was originally posted [on the primary Creative Commons blog][original-blog-post].*
+
+[original-blog-post]: https://creativecommons.org/2019/05/30/meet-ccs-2019-google-summer-of-code-students/

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-Creative Commons has been selected as a mentoring organization for [Google Summer of Code 2019](https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/)! Increasing digital collaboration is one of CC’s primary goals as an organization, so we are very excited by the idea of helping students become acquainted with open communities. Working with us is a good opportunity to work on large and impactful technical challenges and acquire new skills, but you'll also learn what it’s like to work for a nonprofit and help advance our mission to legally share knowledge and creativity to build a more equitable, accessible, and innovative world.
+Creative Commons has been selected as a mentoring organization for [Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2019](https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/)! Increasing digital collaboration is one of CC’s primary goals as an organization, so we are very excited by the idea of helping students become acquainted with open communities. Working with us is a good opportunity to work on large and impactful technical challenges and acquire new skills, but you'll also learn what it’s like to work for a nonprofit and help advance our mission to legally share knowledge and creativity to build a more equitable, accessible, and innovative world.
 
-For more information about what Creative Commons as a whole does, please check out the ["What we do" page on our organization website](https://creativecommons.org/about/). 
+For more information about what Creative Commons as a whole does, please check out the ["What we do" page on our organization website](https://creativecommons.org/about/).
+
+## Accepted Proposals
+
+See our [organization page on the GSoC website](https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/6514859793973248/) to see information about the proposals that we've accepted and [learn more about the students behind the projects on our blog](https://creativecommons.org/2019/05/30/meet-ccs-2019-google-summer-of-code-students/).
 
 ## Applying