Join SHM OSUM Club

OSUM(Open Source University Meetup) is an on-campus community (club) that educates students about the importance of FOSS and the latest Open Source technologies and communities supported by Sun. OSUMs provide students with training in cutting edge technologies in demand by the IT industry, access to resources to advance their careers and the opportunity to make friends through engaging and fun technology-based activities.

They call it a "Meetup" because the nature of the open source world is community and collaboration. You are encouraged to "Meetup" with existing student groups and share the benefits of Sun's open source technologies and student resources to create an even stronger open source community at our college.

All OSUMs are connected to each other via a global online community that enables students to interact with other students passionate about FOSS at their college/university, in their country or around the world. The global OSUM Community is also the host site for our OSUM webpage. More importantly, it is a social networking site that makes it easy for technical students to connect and collaborate with each other.


Benefits of OSUM Membership

Students at our college will get substantial benefits which include:

● Hands- on training via Tech Demos and Student Projects to learn technologies that can lead to promising careers in the ITindustry

● Ready access to free and low-cost student resources, such as the SAI (free training and discounted certification)

● Make lots of like-minded (technical) friends through the Sun OSUM global community

● Have access to a variety of Sun OSUM events such as Software Freedom Day, University Day

● Participate in OSUM Club activities at your university to learn about open-source technologies that are opening up new career opportunities


OSUM Organization Elements

• Monthly meetings
• Student projects
• Games
• Guest speakers
• Installfest
• Open-source events
• Make new friends on campus with a shared interest in coding and FOSS


Students will be able to do the following:

* Write blogs
* Post comments
* Use an instant-messaging application
* Upload photos and videos
* Post profiles of themselves
* Communicate in forums


STEPS TO JOIN SHM OSUM Club

STEP I: Visit http://osum.sun.com and click on SIGN UP

STEP 2: Enter your details

STEP 3: Join http://osum.sun.com/group/shmengineeringcollege