Apereo News

June 23, 2026 — The uPortal community has completed a coordinated set of updates across several core projects, marking another important step in the ongoing modernization of one of higher education's longest-running open source portal platforms.

June 22, 2026 —

Session Description

• What the OSPO@GT does in terms of engaging students – training and virtual student internship program
• How the VSIP led to the creation of LibreTech and SineJugem
• Full cycle – students mentoring other students on open source projects - Quibble

Special Outcomes & Objectives

June 16, 2026 — The Xerte community has officially opened its Call for Proposals for the 2026 Xerte Online Conference, taking place on Wednesday, November 18, 2026.

June 1, 2026 — The Apereo Foundation annually holds elections for open positions on its Board of Directors. In the 2026 election cycle, two Organizational seats are up for election. Please review the candidate profiles here and prepare to have your Organizational Member Representative vote by June 19th, 2026.

May 31, 2026 — The Apereo Foundation is delighted to announce that Dr. Wilma Hodges has joined the Foundation staff in the newly created role of Apereo Community Coordinator. In her newest role at Apereo, Dr. Hodges will focus on strengthening relationships with Apereo’s Institutional Members and expanding the Foundation’s growing Community Membership program. She will also take a leading role in advancing the work of the Open Renaissance Group (ORG), building on the momentum generated by the Foundation’s “Open Letter to Higher Education” campaign and helping further conversations around openness, sustainability, and digital autonomy in higher education.