I'll be administering MediaWiki's participation in Google Summer of Code this year, so I'd like to recruit bright students to consider applying.
Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is a program where you get paid to hack an open source project during the summer. It's never too early to start thinking about summer internships! There's a good explanation of the program here:
http://www.booki.cc/gsocstudentguide/_v/1.0/what-is-google-summer-of-code/
Community college, university, and graduate students around the world are eligible. You don't need to be a Computer Science or IT major:
http://www.google-melange.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2011/faq...
If you'd like to participate, check out the timeline. Make sure you are available full-time from 23 May till 22 August this summer, and have a little free time from 25 April till 23 May for ramp-up.
http://www.google-melange.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2011/tim...
Then sign up on our wiki page and start talking with us in #wikimedia-dev about a possible project!
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Summer_of_Code_2011
Good luck, Sumana Harihareswara interim Wikimedia volunteer/community development coordinator