In this talk, the audience will learn about the patterns of collaboration the OpenInfra Foundation has fostered with universities to get students involved in Open Source before they graduate and begin hunting for jobs. The University Partnership Program (UPP) aims to alleviate the Open Source hiring vacuum that exists in the tech job market globally, the UPP's benefits to students, the universities, the open source projects and the larger ecosystem. This talk will explain the process of how a university can join this program with anecdotes and real examples of how its all implemented. This talk will have information for both students and professors but also industry professionals about how they can get involved as mentors or support the program through hiring students completing the program etc.
