This post is to inform you all about the dates for Google Summer of Code. This is an exciting opportunity for students to fulfill "summer training" requirement. Under this, students can enroll to work for one of the participating open-source projects and Google will pay stipend to the participants. There is no better way to spend your summer and gain recognition. The applications will be accepted between March 23 and April 3, 2009. For more information, use one of the links below:
Announcement flyer: http://google-summer-of-code.googlecode.com/files/GSoC2009Flyer.pdf
Discussion group: http://groups.google.com/group/google-summer-of-code-discuss/topics
Official site: http://socghop.appspot.com/
FAQ: http://code.google.com/opensource/gsoc/2009/faqs.html
I am providing this info to you guys early, so make it useful.